Laura Monica Chaves Paz

Lawyer, Immigration law and International Law, Chaves Paz Legal

Immigration law, labour law, human rights, business law, international law, work permits, company transfers, private international law, mentoring, women in law, multiculturalism

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Biography

Laura Monica Chaves Paz is an internationally trained lawyer with expertise in immigration law, labour law, human rights, business law, and international law. She has over a decade of experience in litigation, legal research, policy, and consulting for clients and organizations in Canada and abroad; including the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Central America, Asia, and Africa. Chaves Paz has experience working with clients from different legal systems. This includes drafting legal norms for the legislative branch in Bosnia and Herzegovina, working with governments and NGOs to create new criminal laws on human trafficking in Latin America, advising clients on labour issues in Argentina and Canada, and advising governments and business on how to comply with ethical and international norms. She has law degrees from McGill University, American University in Washington D.C., and Catholic University in Buenos Aires, and is a member of the Canadian, Ontario and Buenos Aires Bar Associations. Chaves Paz has been appointed as a Board Director of the Canadian Hispanic Bar Association. She is also a lawyer with Flex Legal Network, a network of experienced freelance lawyers providing quality outsourced legal services to sole practitioners, law firms, and in-house legal departments.

Recognition/Reconnaissance

Scholarship American University 2005 | Professional

Rule of Law

Peace Fellow, Public International law and Policy Group US | Professional

2005-2006, American University, Washington DC
https://www.publicinternationallawandpolicygroup.org/

Additional Titles and Affiliations

Flex Legal Network

Canadian Bar Association

Canadian Hispanic Bar Association

Canada's Hispanic & Latin American legal community.

Expertise

  • human rights
  • Immigration law
  • human rights
  • business law
  • international law
  • work permits
  • company transfers
  • private international law
  • mentoring
  • women in law
  • multiculturalism

Education/Éducation

  • McGill University
    Law
    Bachelor Common Law and Civil Law, 2008

    Member of the Law Society of Ontario


  • American University, Washington DC
    International Legal Studies
    Master (LLM) in international Legal Studies, 2005
  • Universidad Catolica Argentina
    Law
    Lawyer, 2001

    Member of the City of Buenos Aires Bar Association