Yasmin Waljee OBE, is responsible for shaping the International Pro bono Practice at Hogan Lovells Cadwalader. Her appointment in 1997 was the first of its kind in Europe and her appointment to the partnership was the first such appointment in the UK.

Yasmin is an expert in the field of human rights with a focus on victims and reparations work. She has practiced in this area at Hogan Lovells Cadwalader for 27 years, starting on Privy Council appeals against the death penalty and working on many ground breaking and law changing matters. She has expertise in human trafficking and sexual violence, including formerly sitting on the Advisory Panel to the UK's Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. She is also a Council of Europe member of the network of lawyers on anti-human trafficking (GRETA), Trustee of the IBA Human Rights Institute, Director of the Global Board of Equality Now and Trustee of the Chancery Lane Project and Advisory Board member to the Patchwork Foundation