Profile
Christina is a part-time Teaching Associate at Queen Mary University of London, teaching Contract and Tort Law to undergraduate students. She has also supported Professor van Hoecke by delivering tutorials in Comparative Contract Law to postgraduate students.
Alongside her academic role, Christina practises as a contracts lawyer within local government, advising on commercial contracts, procurement matters, redevelopment projects and governance issues. She has around three years’ experience advising on procurement processes, contract drafting, framework agreements and governance compliance within public sector regulatory frameworks.
She has also worked as a legal adviser with several London-based charities, focusing on the intersection of housing and homelessness, immigration and domestic violence. In these roles, she provided legal advice, prepared legal documentation, supported practitioners assisting vulnerable individuals and families, and delivered training on statutory housing duties and homelessness legislation.
Her international experience includes work with the European Commission in humanitarian aid and crisis management, contributing to initiatives promoting access to education in regions affected by environmental crises and armed conflict while supporting the integration of human rights and humanitarian law principles into policy development. She also contributed to work supporting the development of rescEU, the EU reserve of specialised emergency response assets designed to strengthen disaster response capabilities across Member States when national resources are overwhelmed.
Earlier in her career, she trained and practised as a lawyer in private practice, gaining experience in legal drafting, litigation preparation and client advisory work, focusing on corporate and immigration law.
Undergraduate Teaching
- Contract Law;
- Tort Law.
Research
- Public procurement reform and governance;
- Commercial and public sector contracting;
- Regulatory compliance and public decision-making;
- Legal technology in (public sector) legal services;
- Housing and public law policy development.