Faculty Profile

• Ph.D. in International Law, China University of Political Science and Law, 2019
• PgD. in International Law, University of Glasgow, 2016
• LL.B. (Honours), University of Glasgow, 2014

Academic Positions Held

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Singapore Management University and Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy, October 2021-Present
• Research Fellow, Singapore Management University and Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy, September 2020-September 2021
• Lecturer, China University of Political Science and Law, September 2019-August 2020

Courses Taught in SMU

• Foreign Investment Law in Asia
• Dispute Resolution Advocacy

Research Areas / Areas of Expertise

• International Investment Law and Arbitration
• Investor-State Mediation
• The Belt and Road Initiative and State-Owned Enterprises
• Law and Technology

Training Engagements

• Speaker, Investor-State Dispute Settlement Capacity-Building Workshop, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Academy 2021, 8th September 2021.
• Trainer, Managing International Investment Treaty Commitments, Singapore Cooperation Programme, conducted by the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Singapore Judicial College, 24th August 2021.

Selected Speaking Engagements

• Managing State Capitalism in Asia: National Security, Competitive Neutrality, and Investment Obligations, 2021 CIBEL Global Network Conference: New Dynamics in the Post-COVID Context: International Investment Law and Beyond, 1st October 2021.
• The Digital Silk Road and Data Sovereignty: What Role for Investment Law and Arbitration? 2021 International Law Association – American Society of International Law (ILA-ASIL) Asia-Pacific Research Forum, 6th August 2021.
• Regulating State-owned Foreign Investors in Chinese Investment Treaties, The 7th Biennial Global Conference of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), 8th July 2021.
• Is COVID-19 a Catalyst for Investor-state Mediation? The Case of Belt and Road Disputes, Asian Society of International Law 2021 8th Biennial Conference, 24th May 2021.
• ‘COVID-19 and The Singapore Convention: Have the Stars Aligned for Investor-State Mediation?’ 2020 CIBEL Global Network Conference and Young Scholars Workshop, 20th August 2020.

Selected Publications

• 'COVID-19 and Investor-State Disputes: Have the Stars Aligned for Mediation?' in COVID-19 and International Economic Law: China in a Changing World (forthcoming, 2022)
• Regulating the Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises in Investment Arbitration, (forthcoming, 2021)
• Investor-State Mediation and the Belt and Road Initiative: Examining the Conditions for Settlement, Journal of International Economic Law (September 2021), Volume 24, Issue 3
• State-Owned Enterprises and Threats to National Security under Investment Treaties, Chinese Journal of International Law (June 2020), Volume 19, Issue 2, p283–327
• ‘Non-Precluded Measures Clauses: Regime, Trends and Practice’ in Julien Chaisse, Leïla Choukroune and Sufian Jusoh (eds) Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy, (Springer, 2020) (co-authored with Dilini Pathirana) (invited contribution)
• Defining a State-Owned Enterprise in International Investment Agreements, ICSID Review – Foreign Investment Law Journal (February 2020), Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages 595–625
• Global Reform of Investor-State Arbitration: A Tentative Roadmap of China’s Emergent Equilibrium (June 2018) Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 73–102