Current CISG Staff

Professor Marie Stefanini Newman, Database Editor

Gizem Alper, International Commercial Law Fellow. She is currently an LL.M. candidate in Comparative Legal Studies at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, with a specialization in U.S. Legal Practice. She holds a Ph.D. degree from Istanbul University (Turkey), an LL.M. in European Business Law from Leiden University (the Netherlands) and has professional and academic experience in international business and contract law.
CISG Database Advisory Board
The IICL has the benefit of receiving guidance, feedback and suggestions on our CISG Database from leading authorities in the community:
Monica Canafoglia
Research Assistants
The IICL was fortunate to work with a talented group of research assistants from around the world to assist in the migration of information from the old to the new CISG Database. The release of the new Database would not have been possible without them:
Rana Marie Abihabib |
Maria Gabriela Martinez |
CISG Database Contributing Editors

Thomas Neumann, Contributing Editor (Contracting States)
Professor Neumann updated the Database sections related to the "Identification of Contracting States" (including our Table of Contracting States and individual State webpages explaining State-specific declarations and reservations) during the migration of data into the new CISG Database. Professor Neumann now continues his role as editor of this section. Full biography >>

Nevena Jevremovic, Contributing Editor
Nevena played an integral role in the migration of data into the new CISG Database during her tenure as an IICL Research Fellow in 2016-2017.