Mr. Paolo R. Vergano is an international trade lawyer with renown expertise in WTO, EU and ASEAN law. He has been working in the ASEAN region on trade facilitation issues since 2003, through the provision of policy and legal advice to ASEAN institutions and ASEAN Member States. Paolo brings his experience of over 20 years of engagement with private sector, trade associations, governments and regional organizations on issues of trade facilitation, NTMs/NTBs, particularly SPS and TBT regulation, market access and public-private dialogue, gained in different regional fora, including ASEAN, EU, CARICOM and CEFTA. He has been one of the Key Experts under the predecessor programmes to ARISE Plus, namely ARISE (2012-2017) and APRIS 2 (2007-2011).
Paolo Vergano
