The World Bank Group has issued two requests for expression of interest seeking legal consultants to support governments with critical strategic short-term advice on the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The consultant will form part of the PPIAF COVID-19 Rapid Response teams on a country-by-country basis to provide remote, short-term targeted legal assistance on types of contracts of specific sectors or examples of projects that are likely to be affected or are already affected by COVID-19 developments, with respect to the potential contractual implications of those developments.

One RFEOI concerns countries in Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean; and separate RFEOI is launched for countries in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.

The deadline to submit the interest is May 07, 2020. You can find more information about these RFEOIs here and here.