{"id":11403,"date":"2025-07-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/explegal.local\/?post_type=mt_team&#038;p=11403"},"modified":"2026-07-17T11:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:40:11","slug":"chris-thompson","status":"publish","type":"mt_team","link":"https:\/\/explegal.it\/en\/team\/chris-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11403\" class=\"elementor elementor-11403 elementor-10773\" data-elementor-post-type=\"mt_team\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06ce73 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e06ce73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c02c49 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c02c49\" 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2019471\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Banking<\/li><li>Enterprise and bank privatization<\/li><li>Public-private partnership<\/li><li>Corporate and commercial, international transactions<\/li><li>Bankruptcy and restructuring<\/li><li>Commercial litigation, alternative dispute resolution<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6debc8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f6debc8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dbe0fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5dbe0fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ead17a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" 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He is an American lawyer, team leader, strategist, and facilitator of legal system development.<\/p><p>Admitted to practice in Virginia and Washington, D.C., he has more than 30 years of experience advising private clients and governments on commercial law and economic growth initiatives. His work spans international client support, enterprise and bank privatization, public-private partnership, commercial and bankruptcy legislation, banking regulation, reforms in commercial justice, and alternative dispute resolution. He contributes regularly to institutional governance through board service, including with RIT Kosovo (formerly the American University in Kosovo), the American Chambers of Commerce in Bulgaria and Kosovo, and the Fulbright Commission in Bulgaria.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83b797e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"83b797e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0696a0e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0696a0e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f33bd3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f33bd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bar Admission<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06d7611 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"06d7611\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9c206a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9c206a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Washington, D.C. 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