Andres Knobel is a lawyer working on Tax Justice Network's Financial Secrecy Index, an assessment of the legal framework of more than 100 jurisdictions in terms of banking secrecy; beneficial ownership registration of companies, trusts, private foundations and partnerships; compliance with FATF Recommendations; etc. Other research work relates to automatic exchange of information under OECD’s CRS and FATCA; and a comparative analysis of abusive (offshore) trust laws.