Akshata Limaye MILE 19

Akshata Limaye is an India-qualified lawyer. She joined the International Trade Centre (ITC) in 2019. She is an Associate Programme Officer in the Trade for Sustainable Development (T4SD) Programme at ITC. She has advised on and managed projects relating to green and inclusive value chains, international trade and market access for small and medium-sized enterprises, with a special focus on voluntary sustainable standards and mandatory sustainability-related regulation. She been leading the organisation of ITC’s annual flagship sustainability event since 2023.

Prior to this, she worked as a lawyer at Economic Laws Practice (ELP), a private law firm in Mumbai where she worked on variety of matters in the fields of general corporate advisory, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate insolvency and foreign exchange laws.

She holds a Master’s degree in International Law and Economics (MILE) from the World Trade Institute, Bern, Switzerland, and a Bachelor of Legal Sciences (B.L.S.) and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Government Law College, University of Mumbai, India. 

Akshata is fluent in English and Indian languages, Marathi, and Hindi. She is learning French (Intermediate).