Waqas Atique

Waqas Atique is a Senior Staff Attorney at the International Refugee Assistance Project since October 2022, having previously served as a Staff Attorney. Waqas gained experience as a Rechtsreferendar at OLG Frankfurt am Main and the European Commission within the Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union. Prior roles include serving as Projektjurist in Dispute Resolution/Litigation at Gleiss Lutz, working in the legal department of the German American Chamber of Commerce, and as a Rechtsreferendar at the Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office) Germany. Additional experience includes positions in compliance at Hengeler Mueller and in banking and capital markets law at KPMG Law, complemented by a Nebentätigkeit at ASA GmbH. Waqas holds a Staatsexamen in Rechtswissenschaften from Goethe University Frankfurt.