llona Millar is a Senior Associate with Baker & McKenzie’s Environment and Environmental Markets Practice. With a diverse range of experience in environmental law and environmental policy, Ilona has acted for a wide range of private and public sector clients and domestic and international NGOs advising on the legal aspects of international and domestic climate change policy, carbon markets and emissions trading. In recent years Ilona has been involved in structuring and advising on a number of transactions related to carbon forestry and REDD, both in Australia and overseas.
Prior to joining Baker & McKenzie in May 2008, Ilona worked for the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development in London, where she assisted the Alliance of Small Island States in international climate change negotiations and provided advice to the European Commission on legal and policy issues associated with emissions trading schemes. Between 2003-2006 Ilona was the Principal Solicitor of the Environmental Defender’s Office (NSW).
Ilona teaches the international climate law course at the Australian National University and regularly publishes and lectures on topics such as international legal frameworks for climate change. In 2005, whilst Principal Solicitor of the EDO, Ilona was named “NSW Young Environmental Lawyer of the Year” by the Law Council of Australia.
