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Our Team

Lucy Claridge

Lucy Claridge

Executive Director

Lucy is the Executive Director of the International Lawyers Project.


Prior to joining ILP, she was the Senior Counsel and Head of the Strategic Legal Response Centre at Forest Peoples Programme. 


Her work focused on helping forest and indigenous people across the globe secure their rights to their lands and their livelihoods before international, regional and domestic bodies and courts.

Oliver Windridge

Oliver Windridge

Senior Counsel

Anti-Corruption

Oliver Windridge is an international lawyer with over 15 years’ experience specialising in anti-corruption, business and human rights, sanctions, international human rights, and international criminal law.

John Bush

John Bush

Programme Director

Tax & Fiscal Reform

John Bush is an established tax expert, he has advised the OECD, the governments of Turkey, Liberia, Angola, and Namibia, as well as USAID, the US Securities and Exchange Commission and IRS on taxation reform.

Udit Mahalingam

Udit Mahalingam

Legal Fellow

Udit recently graduated from City Law School with a Distinction on the GDL course. He has worked for several legal NGOs on strategic litigation, advocacy and outreach work in the areas of asylum and immigration, international human rights and police law.

Antonella Vallejos Vitalevi

Antonella Vallejos Vitalevi

Legal Fellow

Antonella is an Argentinian human rights lawyer. She is currently pursuing postgraduate studies in constitutional law and human rights, and has shown a strong interest in anti-corruption throughout her career, having worked with the Argentine chapter of Transparency International.

Eva van der Merwe

Eva van der Merwe

Senior Programmes Director

Eva is ILP's Senior Programmes Director, having previously served as the charity's Executive Director. 


Before joining ILP, Eva worked at Transparency International for several years, as TI UK’s legal counsel and for TI’s global Defence Program, where she managed governance projects in Ukraine, Georgia, Nigeria, Tunisia and Lebanon, among others.

Megan Musni

Megan Musni

Legal Manager 

Anti-Corruption

Megan is a qualified lawyer in the Philippines with 6 years' experience working in the Philippines' Supreme Court, where she lectured and managed a number of judiciary reform programs, including on the Code of Conduct for Public Officials.

Mary Ongore

Mary Ongore

Legal Manager 

Tax & Fiscal Reform

Mary Ongore is a Kenyan legal professional with extensive experience in taxation. 


She holds an LLB degree from the University of Leeds and an LLM in Tax Law from Queen Mary University of London.

Wendy Nyakweba

Wendy Nyakweba

Legal Fellow

Wendy Nyakweba is a Kenyan legal professional. She holds an LL. B from the University of Nairobi and a postgraduate diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law. She is currently pursuing an LL.M. with a focus on Environmental and Natural Resources Law at the University of Nairobi.

Steph Muchai

Steph Muchai

Programme Director 

Anti-Corruption

Steph Muchai was admitted to the Roll of Advocates at the High Court of Kenya, and is a member of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Board and Steering Committee.  


She is a seasoned governance professional currently serving as the Programme Director Governance & Anti-Corruption.

Maria Cristina Mundin

Maria Cristina Mundin

Senior Legal Manager

Environment & Sustainable Development

Maria Cristina Mundin is a qualified lawyer in the Philippines and holds a Master's degree in Environmental Law (Distinction) at Queen Mary University of London. 


She leads International Lawyers Project's Environment and Sustainable Development programme.

Emily Horsbrugh

Emily Horsbrugh

Operations Manager

Emily is an accomplished operations professional with a strong background in non-profit operations and administration.


Emily brings a wealth of experience from her previous roles at WE Charity, where she led change programs and oversaw cross-functional areas of responsibility.

Storm Thiaka

Storm Thiaka

Legal Fellow

Storm is a final year law student at the University of Nairobi and is an active volunteer in a number of international organizations and initiatives such as the Millennium Fellowship and Lawyers Against Poverty as well as being a youth leader in his community.

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