Luana Matoso, LL.M (Hamburg)

Main Fields of Research

International civil procedure, comparative law

Vita

Luana Matoso studied law at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil) and the Université d’Angers (France). After being admitted to the Brazilian bar, she earned a master’s degree (LLM) in private international law and German civil law from the University of Hamburg. She has previously worked as a research assistant for Prof. Dr. Stefan Kröll and Prof. Dr. Karsten Thorn at the Bucerius Center for International Dispute Resolution and as an investigation consultant at the International Organisation for Migration – UN Migration. In 2020, she also worked at Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, first as an intern, then as a consultant. She is currently a PhD candidate under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ralf Michaels. 

Luana Matoso joined the Institute in August 2023 as a research associate in the Centre of Expertise on Latin America.