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Hannelore Niesten is an Analyst of the Women, Business, and the Law project and works for other World Bank teams (Digital Development and Governance). She also works on various tax and legal projects for the International Center for Tax and Development, the Asian Development Bank, and a Belgian development policy institute. Hannelore joined the Women, Business, and the Law team in July 2021. Before joining the team, Hannelore practiced tax law at a Brussels-based law firm for several years and was a Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar at Georgetown Law School and the University of Florida specializing in tax law. Hannelore holds a PhD in Law from Maastricht University, an LLM in Business and Finance law from George Washington University, Advanced Masters in Tax Law and Notary Law from the Catholic University of Louvain, and Masters in Globalization and Law and European Law from Maastricht University. Hannelore is a qualified lawyer at the Brussels Bar. Hannelore speaks Dutch, English, and French.