Alumni

Rowena Evangeline, a 2025 LL.M. graduate from Malaysia, is already helping shape the future of legal technology as Legal Annotator for a San Francisco-based AI startup.

It was a colleague from Petrobras, one of Brazil’s major companies, who first introduced João Mateus Borges da Silveira (LL.M. ’14) to the UC Davis LL.M. program. João soon found himself traveling from Maranhão, Brazil, to Davis, California a decision that he still fondly looks back on, “When I see back in the past, I have a feeling of being such a lucky guy for being in a nice place, with so many nice and polite people.” 

Ilker Dogan’s career in banking and finance law has taken him from Istanbul to UC Davis School of Law and back, where he now plays a pivotal role in shaping Turkey’s digital banking landscape. As Deputy General Manager of Lydians Electronic Money Institution and a board member of FUPS Bank, Turkey’s first digital deposit bank, Dogan credits the UC Davis LL.M. program with giving him the knowledge and confidence to pursue his career at the highest levels.

Meet Jaime Lopez (LL.M. ICL ’18) from Puebla, Mexico!

Jaime is a partner at DeForest Abogados®, a firm of 90 attorneys with offices in several locations across Mexico, and several international desks, including a German, Chinese, and French desk, as well as a New York and a Texas one.

So my name is Lia Gurchiani. I'm from Georgia, the country, not the state.

Tell us about your internship over the summer.
Okay, so I had an internship at the United Nations. I was interning at the Georgian Mission. So basically, what I would do is, I would attend high-level high level conferences. I would take talking points. And, at the end of the day, I would go back to the mission, and I would have to present it to the mission. My notes would be used for future negotiations between the countries.

With a bachelor’s degree in law from Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Alexandra Kibinian, a 2022 LL.M. alum from Beirut, Lebanon, set her sights on the United States, aiming to build a successful legal career. Her journey took her to UC Davis, where she enrolled in the LL.M. program and found the support and resources she needed to thrive.

With 15 years of experience in business and corporate law, Gianti “Ghea” Erbiana (LL.M. ’16) has led an impressive career and shown a commitment to serving her community and home country of Indonesia through her work.

"For me, a career in law is intellectually challenging and personally fulfilling. I have a personal goal of serving people, the community, and the nation through the profession of law," she explains.

Since graduating from UC Davis School of Law with her LL.M. in 2014, Paula Antunes has worked in-house as a senior legal manager for Reckitt Benckiser in Brazil, a multinational consumer goods group, overseeing the company’s contracts in the market and supporting her team in preparing and analyzing all the company’s contracts. Recently, Paula was recognized as one of Brazil's top in-house lawyers, being included in the GC Powerlist by the Legal 500.

When Emmanuel Agge arrived at UC Davis School of Law to begin his Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree, two things stood out to him: “The people, culture and environment were welcoming and all inclusive. Also, it was quite a surprise to see students and professors riding on bicycles on campus.” Those early impressions marked the start of an academic journey that, fifteen years later, he still remembers as the foundation for his career as a Managing Attorney in Los Angeles.