Maria José Azar-Baud is Associate Professor at University of Paris-Saclay and a qualified lawyer at the Bars of Paris and of Buenos Aires.

She acts as international independent practitioner advising European institutions, NGOs, Claims administrators, Third-party funders and colleagues on comparative Collective Redress in ten countries.

MJ sits on the Board of European non-profit organisations bringing collective actions and is the Public Affairs Officer (and former President) of Ius Omnibus.

Maria José holds PhD degrees from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and the University of Buenos Aires and has authored more than 200 contributions in French, English and Spanish related to class actions.

In 2017, MJ founded the Observatory of group actions and other forms of collective redress.