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CLASS OF 2021/22 BCL/MJur 1
BCL AND MJUR PROFILE
CLASS OF 2021/22
INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
It is a privilege to welcome The Oxford Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) degree has been a
you to the Oxford Law pivotal feature of Oxford’s law provision since the sixteenth
Faculty’s postgraduate century. This rich history has helped to maintain its status as
programmes of BCL and the most highly regarded taught masters-level qualification in
MJur. We are proud to be the common law world. Since 1991, the Magister Juris (MJur)
an inclusive and curious degree has established a similar outstanding reputation for
community of scholars and students from non-common law backgrounds.
students. The BCL/MJur
Our students benefit from Oxford’s rigorous tutorial system
programme is the best
which makes these degree courses so challenging. This
postgraduate degree in
environment demands exceptional academic motivation,
law in the world in a large
focused analytical ability, and the capacity for sustained
part due to the excellence of its students. We are
work. Students from a wide range of jurisdictions and
happy you will be bringing your diverse experiences
backgrounds refine their wealth of experience, knowledge and
and talents to the mix. As the Associate Dean for
understanding through direct and intensive engagement with
Graduate Studies (Taught), I am looking forward to
some of the best teachers and researchers in the world across
getting to know you during your year at Oxford.
a wide range of legal subjects.
For 2022, the University of Oxford has been named the
Dorota Leczykiewicz world’s number one university for the sixth successive year in
the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies
University was also ranked first in the Guardian’s UK University
(Taught Courses)
Guide for 2021. Oxford’s Faculty of Law was ranked second
in the world in the 2021 QS World University Rankings for Law
and Legal Studies.
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SEUNG MANN BAE BCL SOUTH KOREA Graduated in top 3% of class, Awarded the Savitri Jindal
Mahima Balaji, “Kashmir Media Policy 2020: Crackdown on
Studentship, Awarded the Savitri Jindal Merit cum Means Freedom of Expression”, Law School Policy Review (2020)
seungmann.bae@law.ox.ac.uk • Pembroke College • Korean Scholarship
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Mahima Balaji, “Nevsun Resources Ltd. vs. Araya Requires
EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS Rethinking Alternate Frameworks for Accountability of TNC’s”,
SCIENCES PO, PARIS, MASTER IN ECONOMIC LAW, Jurist (2020)
THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, LLB Joshua Yeung & Kevin S. M. Bae, “Bad apple spoils the barrel:
motive and the close connection test for vicarious liability after EXCHANGE STUDENT (20/12/2019)
(21/07/2021) CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Various Claimants v Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc”, Oxford
Graduated with First Class Honours; Ranked 1st overall in
University Commonwealth Law Journal (2021) EMPLOYMENT International Human Rights Law; Public International Law;
cohort; Awarded various scholarships and prizes
INTERN, ALTERNATIVE LAW FORUM, INDIA Intellectual Property; Law and Development
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Human rights advocacy, litigation, legal services to
EMPLOYMENT marginalised groups ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Public International Law; Jurisprudence; Equity and Trusts; Tort
MINI-PUPIL, 25 BEDFORD ROW, LONDON Law; Contract Law ............................................................................................................................................................................................ J.N. Tata Scholar (2021); Awarded the Honoré Scholarship in
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INTERN, VIDHI CENTRE FOR LEGAL POLICY, INDIA Law, Queen’s College (2021); Research Intern, Dr. B.S. Chimni;
MINI-PUPIL, DES VOEUX CHAMBERS, HONG KONG ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Research Assistant, Prof. Sagnik Das
Research concerning urban governance, judicial backlogs, and
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University Admission Scholarship and Honours at Entrance; waste-picker welfare
VACATION SCHEME STUDENT, O’MELVENY & MYERS Morningside College Admission Scholarship; Deacons
LLP, HONG KONG Prize in Law for Young Leaders; 25 Bedford Row Criminal
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Law Fellowship; Betty Ho Prize in Law; HKICS Foundation
VACATION SCHEME STUDENT, SULLIVAN & CROMWELL Scholarship; Executive Board Member of the CUHK English
LLP, HONG KONG Debate Team 2018-19; External Vice President of the ELIZABETH BARBEARY BCL UK
Undergraduate Law Society of the Student Union of the
Chinese University of Hong Kong 2018-2019 elizabeth.barbeary@law.ox.ac.uk • Keble College • French
EDUCATION Luke Broadway, “Pars Ram Brothers and Commercial Certainty: EDUCATION
The Future of the Rolling Charge”, Cambridge Law Review (De PUBLICATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, LLB (28/06/2021) Lege Ferenda) (2021) SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY, CHINA, LLB Yue Cao, “The Distinction between Grounds for Insolvency and
Recipient of two Dean’s Commendations for Exceptional (30/06/2021) Non-repayment of Debts under Civil Law,” in Han Changyin
Performance Luke Broadway, “The consequences of insufficient legislative Graduated 1st in class; Shanghai Outstanding Graduate; (ed), Study Report of Hard Cases in Insolvency Law
scrutiny: submissions for Parliamentary reform”, Exeter Law National Scholarship; Shanghai Municipal Scholarship; Tang
EMPLOYMENT Review (2020) Lixin Scholarship; SJTU A-level Scholarship CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
MINI-PUPIL, OUTER TEMPLE CHAMBERS; FIVE PAPER Academia; Public International Law; International Law and
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS ............................................................................................................................................................................................
Armed Conflict; Law Of The Sea; International Dispute
CHAMBERS; FIELD COURT CHAMBERS, UK UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, ONE-YEAR VISITING
Modern Equity and Trust Law; Property Law; Corporate Law; Settlement
Commercial property transactions and developments
Employment Law; Commercial Law, Corporate and Financial STUDENT (30/06/2021)
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Responsibility ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
LEGAL INTERN, ANNA MARIA MILLER EMPLOYMENT
RECHTSANWÄLTIN, GERMANY First prize in National Round, 60th Philip C. Jessup
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LEGAL INTERN, ZHONG LUN LAW FIRM, CHINA International Law Moot Court Competition; teaching assistant,
Lead contributor to study on remote courts for former Drafted and translated legal documents; conducted legal student editor and director of mooting, Koguan School of Law;
PUBLICATIONS international judge; University of Exeter Law Society Vice- research on issues including international trade, compliance Chun-Tsung Scholar
Luke Broadway, “Trustee duties versus equity’s moral President; Organiser of Youth Law Virtual FinTech Moot; and anti-corruption
conscience: trust law’s inadequate facilitation of socially Insight Scheme Participant with Baker McKenzie and Hogan
responsible investment”, Trusts & Trustees (2021) Lovells
Researched and prepared e-resources for ‘E-Patshaala’, NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY, a project funded by the Ministry of Human Resource ATHENS, GREECE, LLB (21/03/2018) Academia; The Bar; Civil Law (Contract Law, Tort Law);
SEMESTER EXCHANGE (2017) Development, India including drafting modules for secondary Graduated with First Class honours; ranked 3rd out of 189 Conflict of Laws; International Commercial Arbitration;
High Distinctions in Sports Law, Trial Advocacy and Alternative education for the urban poverty in Haryana students; GPA 8.88/10 Competition Law; Regulation; European Union Law;
Dispute Resolution Comparative Law
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Constitutional Law; Gender and Sexuality; and Criminal Justice; TRAINEE LAWYER, BERNITSAS LAW FIRM, GREECE
ASSOCIATE, CYRIL AMARCHAND MANGALDAS, INDIA Equality Law; Anti-Discrimination Frameworks Surrounding Admitted to the Athens Bar Association as EU qualified lawyer
Conducting legal research; drafting legal documents; assisting
Dispute Resolution, Technology, Media & Telecommunication: Caste-Based Discrimination; Incarceration and Racial Profiling; in due diligence reviews; participating in legal proceedings and
Property diligence for acquisition/development; agreement Intersectionality within The Indian Constitution hearings in the areas of civil and commercial litigation
drafting; issuing advisories relating to contract/constitutional
laws; policy drafting for e-commerce platforms ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Enrolled with the All India Bar Council; Secretary General and
TEACHING ASSISTANT, JINDAL GLOBAL LAW SCHOOL: Deputy High Commissioner at the Centre for study of the
DR SHIVPRASAD SWAMINATHAN (CONTRACT LAW), DR United Nations; Secretary of the Student Grievance Redressal
MANI SHEKHAR SINGH (LAW’S ART, LEGAL AESTHETICS Committee (2015-17) SOTIRIS CHRISTOFI BCL CYPRUS
AND VISUAL CULTURE) & DR MANVEEN SINGH (LAW OF sotiris.christofi@law.ox.ac.uk • Brasenose College • Greek, French, Russian
EVIDENCE), INDIA
EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, LLB (8/06/2018) Thomas Papadopoulos, “Commentary of European Insolvency
Regulation”, Manuscript submitted for publication, Nomiki
JOHN (CHING JACK) CHOI BCL MALAYSIA Vivliothiki (2021)
EMPLOYMENT
john.choi@law.ox.ac.uk • Somerville College • Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay, Indonesian, LAWYER, MARCOS-GREGORIOS DRACOS, NICOSIA Sotiris Christofi, “Derivative financial instruments; the legal
Korean, Japanese, Macedonian Involved in complex (international) commercial disputes under characterization”, Nomomachia (2018)
the supervision of Dr. Marcos-Gregorios Dracos, advocate and
Costas Paraskeva, “The Administrative Law of Cyprus”, Nomiki
EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS full-time Barrister
Vivliothiki (2017)
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, LLB LAW The Bar; Academia; Private Law; Commercial Law; Restitution; ............................................................................................................................................................................................
(1/07/2021) Unjust Enrichment; Law of Obligations; Property Law; Equity UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS, RESEARCH FELLOW (IN CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
First Class (Honours); First class grades in all eight weighted and Trusts; Private International Law; International Commercial BUSINESS LAW), CYPRUS International Commercial Litigation; Conflict of Laws;
modules; Charlotte Ashby Prize (for academic work and Litigation; The Confluence of Private Law and Public Law Researching on international insolvency law with emphasis on Commercial Law; ADR; Public Procurement Law; Gender
contribution to student life); Best performance in Advanced the European Insolvency Regulation. Preparing commentaries Studies; Human Rights
Contract Law (Key Themes and Contemporary Challenges); ADDITIONAL INFORMATION inter alia on the scope of the European Insolvency Regulation
Best performance in Unjust Enrichment; Best performance in Research Assistant, The Litigants in Person Network (under and the Jurisdiction of the courts of the member states in ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Conflict of Laws the Access to Justice Foundation); Judicial Marshall to Malcolm insolvency proceedings
Licensed to practise law in Cyprus since 2019. Pro bono legal
Davis-White QC; Lead Department Representative, UCL ............................................................................................................................................................................................ services in the context of the Network for the Prevention of
Faculty of Laws; Student Researcher, UCL International Law
EMPLOYMENT Commission Project, Senior Transition Mentor, UCL Faculty of WRITER, TIME OUT, CYPRUS Violence against Women
RESEARCH ASSISTANT TO DR NIAMH CONNOLLY, Laws; Committee Member, UCL Law Society; Article Editor, Tasked with the writing of a wide range of pieces, including
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, UK Silk v Brief; Volunteer Teacher, Grassroots Human Rights opinion columns, interviews, etc
Assisted with research on restitutionary claims for overpaid Project; Semi-finalist, UCL Law Senior Mooting Competition;
taxes against the state and the Woolwich principle in the law Organiser, UCL-BCLP Speed Mooting Competition; Recipient
of unjust enrichment of Sunway Special Scholarship (Malaysia)
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T Competition Law; Research assistant to Dr Fiona Jamieson; co-founder of, and
MAXWELL DAVIE BCL AUSTRALIA
postgraduate liaison officer at, Edinburgh University Criminal
EMPLOYMENT
Law and Criminal Justice Society; volunteer at Victim Support maxwell.davie@law.ox.ac.uk • Mansfield College
SUMMER INTERN, AAMER ANWAR AND CO., UK Scotland; volunteer at the University of Edinburgh Free Legal ............................................................................................................................................................................................
Summarised witness statements and described productions; Advice Centre; represented the University of Edinburgh at the
researched Fatal Accident Inquiries, mental disorders, and
EDUCATION WINTER CLERK, VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT SOLICITOR’S
Elaine Tyre Client Consultation Competition 2021; runner-up
entrapment to assist arguments to be made in court at the Edinburgh University Senior Mooting Competition 2020 MONASH UNIVERSITY, JURIS DOCTOR (31/12/2021) OFFICE, AUSTRALIA
............................................................................................................................................................................................ Monash Juris Doctor Academic Excellence Scholarship, Criminal law and state liability work in the justice and
SUMMER INTERN, DICKSON MINTO W.S. UK Nicholas Auden International Travel Scholarship supervision order team
Seats in banking, investment funds, and mergers and ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................
acquisitions UNIVERSITY/COURSE: RMIT UNIVERSITY, BACHELOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT, MONASH UNIVERSITY, BUSINESS
OF ARTS (INTERNATIONAL STUDIES) (30/11/2017) AND TAXATION LAW FACULTY, AUSTRALIA
Bachelor of Arts (International Studies) Prize, International
Research Project Prize, Asian Australian Association Prize for
CHARLES CONNOR BCL UK Best First Year Chinese Learner
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Jurisprudence; Socio-Legal Studies; Public Law; Strategic
charles.connor@law.ox.ac.uk • St. John’s College ............................................................................................................................................................................................ Litigation; Civil Procedure
NANJING UNIVERISTY, EXCHANGE, MANDARIN
EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(31/12/2016)
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, MPHIL IN AMERICAN Charles Connor, “Critiquing the UK Government’s Policy towards RMIT Young Australian Ambassador’s Delegation Co-founder and executive editor of Non Sequitur, a Monash
HISTORY (6/07/2019) Landlord and Tenant during the Pandemic”, Estates Gazette University student publication. Sole participant in the 2021
Distinction, thesis on Reagan’s judicial policy (2021) Monash JD-Oxford BCL pathway program, completing final
EMPLOYMENT semester Juris Doctor studies via completion of the BCL
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CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS PARALEGAL, STATE OF VICTORIA DEPARTMENT OF
CITY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, GRADUATE DIPLOMA The Bar; Commercial Law; Landlord and Tenant; Public PREMIER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA
IN LAW AND BAR VOCATIONAL STUDIES COURSE International Law Summer intern progressed to ongoing paralegal in a core state
(1/07/2021) government department’s public law team
Distinction in both courses; 2nd in GDL cohort ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Future pupil barrister; President of the Cambridge Union
EMPLOYMENT (2018); Astbury Scholarship (2020); 7KBW Prize (2020);
3VB Scholarship (2021); winner of the 2021 Property Bar
VISITING LECTURER (CONTRACT LAW), CITY,
Association Essay Prize JUANA ISABEL DE LEON BCL PHILIPPINES
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, UK
Teaching LLB students juana.deleon@law.ox.ac.uk • Linacre College • Cebuano, Tagalog, French
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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, LAW LLB Sat in corporate restructuring & workouts RESEARCH ASSISTANT, UCL, UK
(11/06/2021) I was a research assistant to Dr Sinéad Agnew. The research
First Class honours CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS project investigated the role of intention in the finding of
illusory and sham trusts
Commercial Litigation; Conflict Of Laws; Corporate Insolvency
EMPLOYMENT
MINI-PUPIL, SOUTH SQUARE CHAMBERS, UK
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HESHAM ELWAKEEL MJur EGYPT
hesham.elwakeel@law.ox.ac.uk • Keble College • Arabic
RUTH FLAME BCL UK
ruth.flame@law.ox.ac.uk • New College
EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
CAIRO UNIVERSITY, EGYPT, LLB (31/05/2018) H.Elwakeel, “Pinpointing the Criteria for Unveiling Indirect
First Class Honours 92.7% (Ranked 1st), Civil law and Expropriation of Foreign Investments: An Analysis of UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, BA JURISPRUDENCE The Bar; Commercial Law; Chancery Law; Insolvency
Common law, Obtained 54 Academic prizes International Investment Law and Investor-State Disputes (30/10/2021)
............................................................................................................................................................................................ before International Arbitral Tribunals”, International Journal of First Class (Hons); New College Academic Scholar (2019- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Doctrine, Judiciary and Legislation (2021) 2021); Lord Rodger Book Prize Recipient (2019)
CAIRO UNIVERSITY, EGYPT, LLM (31/05/2020) Lincoln’s Inn Cassel Scholar (2022); Winner of BPP’s Advocate
Distinction - Private law, International law, Arbitration Matouk Bassiouny Law Firm, “The Middle The Middle Eastern of the Year (2021); Winner of the Maitland Chambers Inter-
and African Arbitration Review”, Egypt Chapter, Global Collegiate Mooting Competition (2021); Semi-Finalist of HSF
EMPLOYMENT
Arbitration Review (2021) Disability Mooting Championship (2020); International Roman
EMPLOYMENT MINI-PUPILLAGE, MAITLAND CHAMBERS; TWENTY
Law Moot (2020)
ASSOCIATE LAWYER, MATOUK BASSIOUNY LAW FIRM ESSEX; 9 BEDFORD ROW; RED LION CHAMBERS,
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
(GAR 100 FIRM), EGYPT LONDON
International Arbitration; Competition Law; Public and Private
With 3 years experience, I specialize in International ............................................................................................................................................................................................
International Laws
Commercial and Investment Arbitration disputes, and Antitrust VACATION SCHEMES, SLAUGHTER AND MAY; KIRKLAND
disputes AND ELLIS, UK
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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SFSD Egypt Scholar, Mooter (Participant and arbitrator -
ASSISTANT LECTURER OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL Willem C. Vis Moot), Co-founder of Cairo University Moot
LAW, FACULTY OF LAW, CAIRO UNIVERSITY, EGYPT Club, Coach of Cairo University’s team in FDI International
Provide lectures to students on private international law and Investment Arbitration Moot
arbitration, conduct legal research, proctor exams, and handle
administrative responsibilities
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ZHI YU FOO BCL MALAYSIA ELENI GKLAVINI MJur GREECE
zhi.foo@law.ox.ac.uk • Brasenose College • Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay eleni.gklavini@law.ox.ac.uk • St. Hilda’s College • French, German, Spanish, Greek
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EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS EDUCATION LAWYER, SIKALOPOULOU – GLAVINIS LAW FIRM, GREECE
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, BACHELOR OF LAWS The Bar; Commercial Law; Commercial Chancery; Contract UNIVERSITÉ PANTHÉON - ASSAS PARIS II, LLM International Business Law
(26/06/2021) Law; Trusts Law; International Trade Law; Commercial INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW (4/07/2021)
First Class Honours; awarded Quadrant Chambers International Arbitration Scholarship by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs PUBLICATIONS
Trade Prize; Distinction in Law Moderations; Brasenose College ............................................................................................................................................................................................
Eleni Gklavini, “Aspects of the arbitral procedure in international
Exhibitioner ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI, LLM CIVIL commercial arbitration”, soon to be published
Mooting (11th Annual National Moot Court Competition PROCEDURE (31/01/2021)
EMPLOYMENT 2020, Inter-Collegiate Mooting Competition 2018/2019 Thesis on international commercial arbitration CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
and 2019/2020, Ellesmere Moot 2018, Oxford Bar Society ............................................................................................................................................................................................
MINI-PUPILLAGES, ONE ESSEX COURT; QUADRANT International Arbitration (Commercial And Investment); Private
Moots); Brasenose College Law Faculty Scholarship; Barry
CHAMBERS; TWENTY ESSEX, UK DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE, LLB International Law, International Economic Law, International
Nicholas Scholarship
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(30/09/2018) Business Law
Graduated first in class with A-class honours
SUMMER INTERN, MESSRS JOSHUA & ASSOCIATES,
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
MALAYSIA
EMPLOYMENT Interested in practising international arbitration. Made it to
LEGAL INTERN, SIKALOPOULOU - GLAVINIS LAW FIRM, the 25 best candidates for the “Jim Hurlock - White and Case”
GREECE Scholarship 2021. Scholarship by the Onassis Foundation.
Internship on civil and commercial law and international Scholarship by the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford
arbitration
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PATRICIA GERALDEZ MJur PHILIPPINES
patricia.geraldez@law.ox.ac.uk • Mansfield College • Filipino
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EDUCATION ASSOCIATE, POBLADOR BAUTISTA & REYES LAW
AYSU INGRID HAKER BCL USA/NORWAY
ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, OFFICES, PHILIPPINES aysu.haker@law.ox.ac.uk • St. Catherine’s College • Norwegian, Turkish and Spanish
PHILIPPINES, JD (19/06/2016) Appeared before courts, quasi-judicial bodies, and ............................................................................................................................................................................................
Graduated valedictorian; received Gold Medal for Academic administrative agencies; drafted various legal documents EDUCATION SOLICITOR’S CLERK, KENT LAW CLINIC IN PARTNERSHIP
Excellence and Dean’s Bronze Medal for Best Thesis
BPP UNIVERSITY, LAW SCHOOL, LEGAL PRACTICE WITH VYMAN SOLICITORS, UK
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CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS COURSE (6/08/2021) Assisting a criminal solicitor both during and in preparation for
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, PHILIPPINES, BS Dispute Resolution; Competition Law; Public International Law; Distinction; Staff Student Liaison Committee trial in the Crown Court
BUSINESS ECONOMICS (15/05/2010) Human Rights ............................................................................................................................................................................................
Graduated Magna Cum Laude; co-recipient of the Gerardo P.
UNIVERSITY OF KENT, LLB (HONS) (22/07/2020) CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Sicat Award for Best Thesis ADDITIONAL INFORMATION First Class honours; Macmillan Education Sports Law Prize; Intellectual Property Law; Media Law; Cybersecurity and It
Admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2017 Master of Eliot College Prize Law; Jurisprudence; Academia
EMPLOYMENT
LAW CLERK TO THE HON. JUSTICE ALFREDO BENJAMIN EMPLOYMENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CAGUIOA, SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES, LEGAL INTERN, LAW OFFICES OF JAMES M. HADDAD,
PHILIPPINES Editorial Board for the Kent Student Law Review; Participant
USA in Gateley’s Sports Law Negotiation Competition; Student
Drafted decisions and opinions with special focus on family,
Assisting an attorney specializing in construction and insurance Caseworker at the Kent Law Clinic
civil, commercial, and remedial law
law disputes by conducting legal research and drafting
............................................................................................................................................................................................ pleadings, motion papers and applications
PART-TIME FACULTY, ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY ............................................................................................................................................................................................
SCHOOL OF LAW, PHILIPPINES LEGAL INTERN, OZISIK PLLC, USA
Lecturer in sales, legal technique, and legal research
Assisting immigration attorneys with the preparation of
business based visa and work authorizations and permanent
residence applications to reside and work in the US
UNIVERSITY OF YORK, LLB (HONS) (26/08/2021) EDUCATION TEACHING ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE
Eloise C. Hewson and Peter S. Harrison, “Talking in the dark:
Graduated top of cohort. Highest marks in modules including Rules to facilitate open debate about lawful access to strongly KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, BELGIUM, DOUBLE LOUVAIN, BELGIUM
Private International and Corporate Commercial Law encrypted information” Computer Law and Security Review DEGREE, MASTER OF LAW (1/09/2020) Teaching corporate law to law students in the first year of
(2021) Graduated cum laude. Double Degree in collaboration with their master’s degree
Universität Zürich
EMPLOYMENT ............................................................................................................................................................................................
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS ............................................................................................................................................................................................
ADVISOR, CITIZENS ADVICE, UK SUMMER ASSOCIATE, CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN &
The Bar; Commercial Law; Chancery Law; Intellectual Property UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND, DOUBLE HAMILTON LLP, BELGIUM
Conducted client interviews and researched problems in areas
Law; Technology Law DEGREE, MASTER OF LAW (1/09/2020) Corporate Practice
including benefits, debt, housing, and family law. Helped clients
Graduated summa cum laude. Double Degree in collaboration
to understand their rights
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION with Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Landmark Chambers Property Moot Quarterfinalist (2020-
RESEARCHER, THE LAIDLAW SCHOLARSHIP, UK UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, BELGIUM, EU Law; Corporate Law; Environmental Law; Energy Law;
2021). ‘Roses’ York v Lancaster Moot participant (2019). York
Completed two summers of funded independent research on Investment Law
Law School prizes for Outstanding Contribution to PBL and BACHELOR OF LAWS (29/06/2018)
international strong encryption policy. Published an article on Student Law Firm of the Year. Pryers Prize for Healthcare Law Graduated magna cum laude
this topic ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Member of the Brussels Bar
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MINI PUPILLAGES, ONE ESSEX COURT CHAMBERS, JUNIOR ASSOCIATE, LINKLATERS LLP, BRUSSELS
SERLE COURT CHAMBERS, 8 NEW SQUARE CHAMBERS, Corporate & Finance Practice
NEW PARK COURT CHAMBERS, UK
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AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, BACHELOR OF
and Trusts; Legal Theory/Philosophy
lara.ibrahim@law.ox.ac.uk • The Queen’s College • Arabic SCIENCE (13/12/2016)
GPA 6.86/7.00 (High Distinction average); National Merit
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Scholarship; Resident at Bruce Hall (2009-2010)
EDUCATION Researching and presenting written and oral statements to the Vice President (JD/PG) 2020 – UNSW Law Society; UNSW
45th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council Team – 2020 Wilhelm C Vis International Commercial
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, LLM INTERNATIONAL LAW EMPLOYMENT Arbitration Moot; Coach, 2021 UNSW Team (winners) –
AND GLOBAL JUSTICE (27/09/2021) ............................................................................................................................................................................................
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, THINK EQUAL, UK ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, TOM BASS SCULPTURE Alfred Deakin International Commercial Arbitration Moot;
Recipient of the Sheffield Postgraduate Scholarship for
Drafting and editing contracts; making grant applications on STUDIO SCHOOL, AUSTRALIA Coach – 2021 UNSW Team, KWM Private Law Moot; Coach –
Academic Excellence 2020 UNSW Team (winners), Justice William Gummow Equity
behalf of the charity Arts administrator at adult community art school which
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teaches sculpture in the atelier tradition Cup; Semi-Finalist – 2019 A&O Private Law Moot; Grand
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, LLB LAW WITH A YEAR Champion – 2018 Ashurst Beginners Mooting Competition
ABROAD (HONS) (13/07/2020) PUBLICATIONS ............................................................................................................................................................................................
(UNSW); UNSW Law Society Academic Workshop Presenter
Ranked 1st in graduating cohort; awarded Vaughan Bevan Lara Ibrahim, “Autonomous Weapons Systems: Perpetuating the (2018, 2019, 2020); Bronze Medallist – 40th International
RESEARCH ASSISTANT/CASUAL TUTOR, UNIVERSITY OF
Memorial Prize for best overall degree performance Gender Bias in Armed Conflict?”, IntLawGrrls (2020) Chemistry Olympiad, Hungary
NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
............................................................................................................................................................................................ Lara Ibrahim, “Could the NHS Ever Be Truly Independent?”,
UTRECHT UNIVERSITY, ERASMUS PROGRAMME Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (2020)
(30/06/2019)
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
EMPLOYMENT Academia; The Bar; Public International Law; Dispute PANPAILIN JANTARASOMBAT BCL THAILAND
Settlement; Human Rights Law; Refugee Law; Feminist Legal
CASEWORKER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE REFUGEE LAW AND panpailin.jantarasombat@law.ox.ac.uk • St Hugh’s College • Thai, French
Theory
JUSTICE, UK
Conducting research on immigration and asylum law; advising ............................................................................................................................................................................................
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION EDUCATION
clients on fresh claims LEGAL COLUMNIST, THAI ENQUIRER, THAILAND
The Queen’s College Hastings Senior Scholarship (2021); Philip QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, LLB Current events, rule of law, and foreign policy analysis
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C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (2020); (24/07/2020)
UNITED NATIONS LIAISON AND RESEARCH OFFICER, Mentee at One Essex Court; Peer Reviewer for the JRSM; First Class Honours; School of Law Scholarship; various other
THE NEXT CENTURY FOUNDATION, UK Founding Vice-President of Lawyers Without Borders Sheffield CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
scholarships and Academic Excellence Prizes
Division Public International Law; Human Rights and Security; Trade
Law; International Courts and Organizations; Academia
EMPLOYMENT
J
DIPLOMAT, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THAILAND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AMANY JABIR BCL UK/FRANCE Delegate of Thailand to the United Nations Commissions in Royal Thai Government Scholar. Extensive international
amany.jabir@law.ox.ac.uk • Somerville College • French Vienna, co-drafted and negotiated UN resolution, coordinated experience in mooting and debating. Samaggi Samagom Chief
and issued opinions on UN treaty implementation Legal Officer. QM Pro Bono Society Human Rights Officer.
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QM Table Tennis Vice President and Women’s Captain, QM
EDUCATION MINI-PUPILLAGE, FOUNTAIN COURT CHAMBERS, 4
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BANKING AND FINANCE INTERN, ALLEN & OVERY, Swimming Team member
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER, LLB (2/07/2020) PUMP COURT AND SERLE COURT
Graduated with First Class Honours THAILAND
Legal research, analysis, and translation
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
EMPLOYMENT Commercial Bar; International Commercial Arbitration;
PARALEGAL/FEE EARNER, DUNCAN LEWIS SOLICITORS, Commodities and Shipping
UK
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CASEWORKER, SHELTER LEICESTER, UK Scholar of Alderman Newton’s Foundation and The Reid Trust
VISITING FACULTY, NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, DELHI, Surbhi Karwa and Shubham Kumar, “A Blasphemy Law is
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INDIA opposed to India’s Secular Ethos” Economic and Political
EDUCATION STUDENT ASSISTANT, UCL INTEGRATED LEGAL ADVICE Weekly-Engage (2019)
Taught elective seminar course on feminist engagement
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, LLB LAW WITH CLINIC, UK with Indian Constituent Assembly to 4th-5th year B.A.LL.B.
FRENCH LAW (1/07/2021) ............................................................................................................................................................................................
students based on my LL.M. thesis CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
First Class honours, Simon Wallace Prize for Contract Law MANAGER QUALITY AUDIT AND LOST/FOUND BUREAU, ............................................................................................................................................................................................ Constitutional Law and Theory; Criminal Law; Gender
........................................................................................................................................................................................... FÉDÉRATION FRANÇAISE DE TENNIS, FRANCE
RESEARCHER, PARTNERS FOR LAW IN DEVELOPMENT,
UNIVERSITÉ PARIS II PANTHÉON-ASSAS, LICENCE DROIT INDIA ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PRIVÉ (1/07/2020) CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Co-authored report titled ‘Viability and Impact of Declaring Various writings in national dailies- Frontline, Article 14, Wire,
Mention Bien Tax Law; Environmental Law; Sports Law; Family Law Mainstream Weekly, Live Law etc. Translation/Research on ‘5
Child Marriages Void: A Study of Karnataka’s experience with
(surrogacy) amending PCMA, 2006’ with Ms. Madhu Mehra essays on Constitutional law’ written by Prof. Tarunabh Khaitan
EMPLOYMENT in Hindi. Assistant Editor, UNICEF-Centre for Criminal Justice
Administration, RMLNLU-Lucknow
LIBRARY INTERN, JONES DAY, FRANCE
K
NIDA KADAYIFCI BCL TURKEY TIMOTHY KE BCL CANADA
nida.kadayifci@law.ox.ac.uk • Wolfson College • Turkish, French timothy.ke@law.ox.ac.uk • St Hugh’s College • Mandarin
3PB Barristers (Marshal To High Court Deputy Judge Madam EDUCATION MINI-PUPILLAGE, EXCHANGE CHAMBERS, UK
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, LLB (7/06/2021) Cheryl Jones); Ropewalk Chambers; Five Paper Chambers; 187 THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, LLB (HONS) Commercial; insolvency; crime; chancery
First Class honours; Denys Holland Scholarship; Bentham Club Fleet Street (31/07/2021)
Scholarship for outstanding academic promise First Class Honours; Rank 2 out of 223 in cohort; Faculty of PUBLICATIONS
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Humanities Dean’s Award for Achievement; RG Lawson Prize
Timothy Ke, “Interpretative, iterative, and kindred: implication in
EMPLOYMENT for Advocacy and the Law; RG Lawson Prize for Law, Money
fact as contractual interpretation”, Cambridge Law Review (De
Labour Law; Equality and Anti-Discrimination; Human Rights at and Technology
RESEARCH ASSISTANT TO DR MARK DSOUZA, Work; Contracts; Tort Law; Academia; Teaching; Negotiations Lege Ferenda) (2021)
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, UK and Mediation; International Law; Comparative Law Timothy Ke, “The Tos and Fros of Democratic Fabric: How
Assisted with two papers on acts and omissions, one of which EMPLOYMENT Effective is Parliament as Executive Watchdog?”, Manchester
won the best paper prize from the Society of Legal Scholars ADDITIONAL INFORMATION EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, MANCHESTER REVIEW OF LAW, Review of Law, Crime and Ethics (2020)
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Student Leader and Transition Mentor at UCL; Judging CRIME AND ETHICS, UK
TUTOR, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, UK Negotiations and Mooting Competitions, Westminster Inter- ........................................................................................................................................................................................... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Tutored first-year law students during Laws’ Connections Varsity Contract law Mooting Competition finalist; Student INTERN, GUARDIAN LAW GROUP LLP, CANADA President, University of Manchester Bar and Advocacy Society
Programme for two years in a row on employment and tax law Reviewer of UCL LLM Teaching Practice Civil litigation; conveyancing; employment
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EDUCATION LEGAL INTERN, REDRESS, UK EDUCATION Conducted research and wrote legal briefs with regards to the
procedure for amending the Greek Constitution
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, BA JURISPRUDENCE (WITH ............................................................................................................................................................................................ NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF
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LAW IN EUROPE) (6/07/2020) RESEARCH ASSISTANT ATHENS, LLM IN PUBLIC LAW (10/2021)
First Class Honours, Law Faculty Prize in Human Rights Law Research assistant for Jonathan Auburn QC (11KBW), Miranda First Class honours; Dissertation subject: Freedom of assembly EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, NOMIKI VIVLIOTHIKI - LEGAL
............................................................................................................................................................................................ Butler (Garden Court), Steve Broach (39 Essex Chambers) in times of pandemic JOURNAL “APPLICATIONS OF PUBLIC LAW”, GREECE
Responsible for collecting and editing the Journal’s material;
LEIDEN UNIVERSITY, ERASMUS EXCHANGE YEAR ............................................................................................................................................................................................
Contacted prospective writers and discussed their
(5/08/2019) CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF
contributions; Oversaw the 15-member Editorial Board
International Human Rights Law; Equality Law; Special ATHENS, LLB (24/03/2020)
Educational Needs and Disability; Feminist and Queer Theory First Class honours; ranked 2nd overall in graduating cohort;
EMPLOYMENT CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
GPA 9.12/10.0
LEGAL INTERN, JUSTICE, UK Academia; Human Rights; Constitutional Law; Environmental
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
............................................................................................................................................................................................ EMPLOYMENT Law; Competition Law; Consumer Protection Law; Information
Crankstart Graduate Scholarship Law
LEGAL INTERN, GREEK NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS, GREECE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Conducted research on human rights issues, the national case-
law on fundamental rights and the jurisprudence of the ECtHR; Permanent member of the EU “Consumer Policy Advisory
Contributed to the Commission’s “Annual Report on Human Group”; Trade Law Clinic of the Athens Public International
SAHAR KHAN BCL USA Rights” Law Centre on the topic of “Carbon taxes in the context of
sahar.khan@law.ox.ac.uk • Magdalen College • Urdu, Hindi, Persian, French ............................................................................................................................................................................................
international trade law”; 9th place in the written and 12th
place in the oral round of the “5th European Human Rights
LEGAL INTERN, HELLENIC PARLIAMENT, GREECE Moot Court Competition”
EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF LAW, GDL (6/02/2020) Co-authored “Chapter 4D – Financing of Solar Renewable
Distinction Energy”, “Chapter 5 – Global Trends in Renewable Energy”,
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“Chapter 17 – California”, and “Chapter 57 – Pakistan”,
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, MPHIL DEVELOPMENT published by the Business Law Section of the American Bar
L
STUDIES Association in Financing Renewable Energy Projects: A Global RACHELLE LAM BCL HONG KONG
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Analysis and Review of Related Power Purchase Agreements
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, BA WITH HONORS AND (January 2019) rachelle.lam@law.ox.ac.uk • Harris Manchester College • Cantonese, Mandarin
DISTINCTION
James Birdsall Weter Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis, CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
National Toyota Scholar, Al-Mojel Scholar UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, BA LAW (1/07/2020) Private Law; Commercial Law
The Bar: International; Commercial; EU; Competition; Data;
Technology; IP; Public Law Graduated with First Class honours
EMPLOYMENT ............................................................................................................................................................................................
MINI-PUPILLAGES, BRICK COURT CHAMBERS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, LLM (1/07/2021)
LANDMARK CHAMBERS, ONE ESSEX COURT Gray’s Inn Bedingfield & Residential Scholarships; John and
CHAMBERS, ESSEX COURT CHAMBERS, TWENTY ESSEX Sophie Laws Scholar (BEG); Beloff Essay Prize; City Law School
CHAMBERS, KEATING CHAMBERS, 4 PUMP COURT Scholarship of Academic Excellence; ‘Highly Commended’ for
CHAMBERS, UK Golding Essay Prize; National Winner 3M Young Innovators
Award for Zariya Administration, RMLNLU-Lucknow
UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA and High Court of Australia; Doyle’s Guide - Australian Rising COORDINATOR, YIHO LAND ADMINISTRATION AGENT
Star in Construction and Infrastructure; Law Foundation of OFFICE, TAIWAN
South Australia Fellowship
EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, FACULTY OF LAW, THE UNIVERSITY OF
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON, LAW WITH EUROPEAN M Amaxopolou, M Durovic, F Lech, “Regulation of Uber in IN LAWS (30/06/2021) HONG KONG, HONG KONG
LEGAL STUDIES, LLB (4/06/2021) the UK”, in “Global Perspectives on Legal Challenges Posed Distinction in Property Litigation Assisting Professor Po Jen Yap in conducting research on
1st Class; Dickson Poon Scholar for Excellence in Studies by Ridesharing Companies: A Case Study of Uber”, Springer ............................................................................................................................................................................................ Constitutional Law; Student Research Officer of Centre for
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(2021) UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, JD (1/07/2020) Comparative and Public Law, HKU
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM, UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, M Durovic, F Lech, “Global Big Data and Consumer Law”, in First Class Honours; 3rd in Class; Awarded the Bluebell Prize
YEAR ABROAD (1/06/2020) “Legal Challenges of Big Data”, EE Publishing (2020) ............................................................................................................................................................................................ PUBLICATIONS
99% Average M Durovic, F Lech, “Consumer Law Perspective of UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, BACHELOR OF SOCIAL Raphael LH Leung “In defence of the halfway house – The
Commercialization of Data”, European Review of Private Law SCIENCES (10/06/2018) Cavendish penalty rule since 2015” Hong Kong Journal of
EMPLOYMENT (2020) First Class Honours – Awarded 10+ Academic prizes/ Legal Studies (2019)
FUTURE TRAINEE SOLICITOR, SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, M Durovic, F Lech, “Enforceability of Smart Contracts”, Italian scholarships; Double Majors in Politics and Sociology
MEAGHER & FLOM (UK) LLP, UK Law Review (2019) CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
............................................................................................................................................................................................ EMPLOYMENT The Bar; Academia (Constitutional Law; Human Rights Law;
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOW, KING’S COLLEGE CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS MINI-PUPILLAGES, TEMPLE CHAMBERS, PARKSIDE Property Law; Matrimonial Law; Equity and Trusts; Contract
LONDON, UK Law of Obligations; Corporate Finance Law; Constitutional
CHAMBERS, SIR OSWALD CHEUNG’S CHAMBERS, HONG Law)
Selected to work with Dr Durovic on independent legal KONG
Law; Legal History; Legal Theory ............................................................................................................................................................................................
research in modern English Contract Law. Awarded King’s ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Research Award COURT MARSHAL, THE HIGH COURT OF HONG KONG,
Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
HONG KONG
2021 - Ranked 25th out of 570 teams at the World Rounds;
Marshal to Mr. Justice Godfrey Lam and Madam Justice Au-
Hong Kong Round’s Champion; Member, Panel of Advisers on
Yeung
JEANETTE FAITH LEE BCL SINGAPORE Film Censorship, Government of Hong Kong SAR. Recipient of
the Michael and Judith Beloff Scholarship to study the BCL
jeanette.lee@law.ox.ac.uk • Trinity College • Mandarin, French
Henderson Chambers RESEARCHER, CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES SOCIO- CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
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JURÍDICAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES, COLOMBIA Academia; Legal Philosophy; Political Philosophy; Moral
VACATION SCHEME, SLAUGHTER AND MAY, HONG Philosophy (Especially Metaethics); Epistemology
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KONG
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
COLOMBIA
Academic translator (English-Spanish, Latin-Spanish). Latest
translation: Rachel Sieder, Karina Ansolabehere, and Tatiana
Alfonso (eds.), Derecho y Sociedad en América Latina
(forthcoming). Original work: Routledge Handbook of Law and
Society in Latin America (2017)
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, UK, LLB (HONS), (07/2020) ............................................................................................................................................................................................ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, BA JURISPRUDENCE MINI PUPILLAGE, TANFIELD CHAMBERS, UK
First-Class Honours; Dean’s Commendation for two (13/11/2021) Virtual mini-pupillage during lockdown, in-person pending
EDITOR, BRISTOL LAW REVIEW, UK
consecutive years; Ranked second in cohort in first year Graduated with First Class honours; distinction in Law
............................................................................................................................................................................................ Moderations; college scholarship for performance in Law CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
PUBLICATIONS
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR BEST LAW AND Moderations The Bar; Public law; Human rights; Property law
Madeleine Lusted, “‘Treaties, Peremptory Norms and
STATE COURSEWORK (2018) International Courts: Is the Hierarchy Theory Treading
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Water?’”, LSE Law Review Blog (2020)
EMPLOYMENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BEST IN UNIT PRIZE FOR HIGHEST MARK IN GENERAL MINI PUPILLAGE, DEANS COURT CHAMBERS, UK New College Roche Scholarship
PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (2019) Maddy Lusted, “‘MwB v Rock and the Supreme Court’s
............................................................................................................................................................................................ dereliction of duty - a misuse of judicial discretion?’”, Bristol
Law Review (2018)
HEAD OF SCHOOL’S COMMENDATION FOR
OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (2018)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Awarded a place on the Women at the Commercial Bar
EMPLOYMENT Mentoring Scheme (One Essex Court) (2019-2020); winner ANAÏS MEDINA-ASTRION MJur FRANCE/MEXICO
MINI-PUPIL, QUADRANT CHAMBERS, ONE ESSEX of University of Bristol BPP Speed Moot (2019)
anais.medina@law.ox.ac.uk • Lady Margaret Hall • French, Spanish
COURT, FOUNTAIN COURT, UK
EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT
AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY, MASTER 1 LEGAL INTERN, DE PINNA NOTARIES, UK
M
OISIN MAG FHOGARTAIGH BCL IRELAND INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW (1/06/2021) Drafting notarial certificates and legal translations in English,
Mention Très Bien avec Félicitations du Jury French and Spanish for use outside the UK
oisin.magfhogartaigh@law.ox.ac.uk • Linacre College • Irish, French
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UNIVERSITY OF KENT, BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB) LEGAL INTERN, CABINET STK AVOCATS, FRANCE
EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Providing legal research and assistance in drafting legal
(1/06/2021)
UNIVERSITY/COURSE: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, The Bar; Academia; Jurisprudence; Criminal law; Public law; documents on International Family Law matters for French and
Valedictorian; First Class Honours; Recipient of two merit-
BCL (LAW WITH PHILOSOPHY) (31/08/2021) Legal theory; Penology; Human rights; Philosophy overseas jurisdictions
based scholarships; Girlings Prize of Best Performance in Tort
Graduated with First Class Honours, Bord na Gaeilge Scholar & Contract Law ............................................................................................................................................................................................
2017 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
............................................................................................................................................................................................ LEGAL VOLUNTEER, KENT LAW CLINIC, UK
............................................................................................................................................................................................ Editorial Board Member, UCD Law Review Vol. XXI. UCD Law Support to locals in Kent through free advice sessions with
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, Society Mooting Convener, Senior Member of Committee AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY, BACHELOR OF LAWS
solicitors in Employment Law, Property Law and Family Law
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SEMESTER 2018-2021. Best Advocate & Winner of the Vivian-Lavan (LLB) (1/06/2020)
Memorial Moot, Cecil-Lavery Memorial Moot, and Trinity Valedictorian; Mention Très Bien; Jean-Marc DAVID Award
(30/05/2020) (Valedictorian of all the Faculty’s Bachelors); LEXBASE Award
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Intervarsity Mock Trial Competition. Awarded Gold and Silver
medals for Mooting. Irish Times Debate Semi-Finalist 2021. (best results in international exchange programme); Best The Bar; Academia; International private client issues (Tax Law,
EMPLOYMENT Constitutional Law Dissertation Property Law, Trust Law, Succession Law); Corporate Law
Stream Representative for Law with Philosophy
BRAND AMBASSADOR, LINKLATERS LLP, UK ............................................................................................................................................................................................
Represented the firm on Campus: event management, graphic ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
LE MANS UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA OF
design, social media management Selected to represent the University of Kent in Oxford French
MACROECONOMICS (6/01/2018)
Mention Très Bien Law Moot; Models of United Nations: best delegate in GIMUN
(Palace of Nations, Switzerland) and best position paper
in WIMUN (UN Headquarters, USA); Sorbonne University
LOUISE MCCORMACK BCL IRELAND Certificate in History of Art and Urbanism
louise.mccormack@law.ox.ac.uk • Magdalen College • French, Irish
EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, LLB (12/06/2020) Louise McCormack, “The Insured’s Pre-Contractual Duty of
First Class honours; Graduated 2nd in Class; Julian Prize Disclosure: A Re- Appraisal in Light of the Consumer Insurance
(2020); Entrance Exhibition Scholarship (2016) Contracts Act 2019”, Global Undergraduate Awards Library
............................................................................................................................................................................................ (2020)
SCIENCES PO, PARIS, ERASMUS (1/05/2019)
First Class honours Louise McCormack, “Do You Honestly Believe a Statutory
Definition of Consent is Enough? Rape Myths, Gender
EMPLOYMENT Stereotypes and Legislative Solutions” Trinity Women’s Review
(2020)
DATA PROTECTION CONSULTANT, PEMBROKE PRIVACY,
IRELAND Louise McCormack, “Trade Union Recognition: A Defence of
Completed data subject access requests under GDPR and the Irish Regime in Light of British Failings” Trinity College Law
freedom of information requests Review (2020)
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KING’S COLLEGE LONDON, LLM IN COMPETITION LAW Sachin Nair, “Brexit and the declaration of ineffectiveness: UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, BA LAW (30/06/2021) MINI-PUPILLAGES, QUADRANT CHAMBERS, KEATING
(1/11/2019) Channel Tunnel Group Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport Graduated with First Class honours, elected a Scholar of Trinity CHAMBERS, DES VOEUX CHAMBERS (HONG KONG)
Merit [2019] EWHC 419 (TCC)”, Construction Law Quarterly College, and awarded the Glanville Williams Prize for Criminal
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(2019) Law, Lizette Bentwich Prize, F.W. Maitland Prize, Clark Miller CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Prize, and Cambridge Trust Scholarship
THE UNIVERSITY OF LAW, BAR PROFESSIONAL Sachin Nair, “No litigation privilege for commercial settlement Litigation; Private Law; Commercial Law; Equity And Trusts;
TRAINING COURSE (26/07/2018) discussions: WH Holding Limited & Anor v E20 Stadium LLP Substantive Criminal Law; The Bar
EMPLOYMENT
Very Competent [2018] EWCA Civ 2652”, Construction Law Quarterly (2019)
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VACATION SCHEME STUDENT, SLAUGHTER AND MAY, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Sachin Nair, “Out by the door, back through the window: UK Trinity College Master of Moots; 28th Willem C Vis
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, LLB (27/06/2017)
“no oral modification” clauses”, Construction Law Quarterly ............................................................................................................................................................................................
International Commercial Arbitration Moot; Cambridge-
First Class Honours; Placed in top 3% of graduating class;
(2018) VACATION SCHEME STUDENT, FRESHFIELDS Limerick Moot (Winner); Cambridge Law Review (Associate
Awarded the RG Lawson Prize in European Union Law
Editor)
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
EMPLOYMENT
The Bar, Commercial Litigation And Arbitration; Competition
PUPIL-IN-CHAMBERS, LIM CHEE WEE PARTNERSHIP, Law
MALAYSIA
Called to the Bar in Malaysia (August 2021)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION KATHRIN NICKEL BCL GERMANY
Called to the Bar of England and Wales (July 2018); Runners- kathrin.nickel@law.ox.ac.uk • St Hugh’s College • German
PARALEGAL, SK CHAMBERS, MALAYSIA up in the Thomas A. Finlay Moot Court Competition, Ireland
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(2018) Available to Professor Saskia Lettmaier at Christian-Albrechts-
MINI-PUPIL, UK EDUCATION University Kiel (Faculty of Law) for research assistance in
Pump Court Tax Chambers, Twenty Essex, 3 Verulam Buildings, private law and legal history matters
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, MLITT IN LEGAL AND
Monckton Chambers, Henderson Chambers, Quadrant
CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES (30/09/2021)
Chambers, and 4 Pump Court CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Distinction: Deans’ List; Award for Academic Excellence
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Commercial Law; Academia; Property Law, Particularly Land
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, LLB (28/06/2019) Law and Trusts; Legal History; Law and Gender; Jurisprudence
First Class Honours; Best performance in European Legal
HAY LOK GABRIEL NG BCL HONG KONG History ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Awarded DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
hay.ng@law.ox.ac.uk • St Hugh’s College • Chinese EMPLOYMENT LLM scholarship for BCL, St Andrews Institute of Legal and
DISPUTE RESOLUTION PARALEGAL, FRESHFIELDS Constitutional Research scholarship for MLitt, and Selden
EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT BRUCKHAUS DERINGER LLP, UK Society Milsom Studentship for English Legal History.
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MINI-PUPIL, DES VOEUX CHAMBERS, HONG KONG Volunteer for gender equality and academic access initiatives,
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, PCLL (1/06/2021)
............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ RESEARCH ASSISTANT, UK e.g. UN Women and Sutton Trust
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, LLB (1/06/2020) MINI-PUPIL, TEMPLE CHAMBERS, HONG KONG
............................................................................................................................................................................................
Ranked 3rd overall in cohort; First Class honours; awarded
various scholarships INTERN, DEACONS, REED SMITH RICHARDS BUTLER,
............................................................................................................................................................................................ HONG KONG
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, FULL-YEAR EXCHANGE
STUDENT (30/06/2019) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
First Class results in all subjects taken The Bar
EDUCATION Team Lead in Gender and Diversity and Education Policy EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
Research.
UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA, BACHELOR OF LAWS ............................................................................................................................................................................................ TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, LLB (31/05/2020) Louis O’Carroll “Solving the Rubik’s Cube: The Three-
(6/04/2019) Dimensional Trade Mark and its Implications for Competition in
CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENT, THE 4TH LAGOS STATE EMPLOYMENT the EU”, European Intellectual Property Review (2021)
1st Class 6.5/7.0. Overall Best Graduating Law Student.
CHILDREN’S PARLIAMENT, NIGERIA
5-Year Vice-Chancellor’s and Dean’s Honours Roll Awardee. ANALYST/INVESTIGATOR, COMPETITION AND
Secretary to the Parliament, Motion Lead for the Amendment Louis O’Carroll “Procedural justice in the age of tech giants –
JCI’s Most Outstanding Person of the University 2018. Best of the Child Rights Law 2015, Co-organiser of the Day of the CONSUMER PROTECTION COMMISSION, IRELAND
Private and Property Law Student. Chief Judge of the Law Competition Enforcement and Mergers division justifying the EU Commission’s approach to competition law
African Child 2014-2015 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ enforcement”, European Competition Journal (2019)
Faculty
............................................................................................................................................................................................
PUBLICATIONS RESEARCH ASSISTANT, TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN,
NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL, BARRISTER (15/09/2020) IRELAND Louis O’Carroll “The Duty of Disclosure in Insurance Contracts
Top 3 percentile of the Class. Recipient of the Institute of Elizabeth C. Nwarueze, “2019 Polls Re-scheduling: Breach or Research assistant for Professor Aileen Kavanagh - The Road to Hell is Paved With Good Faith”, Irish Law Times
Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC) Scholarship Balance of the Law?”, cited in the Federal High Court of Nigeria ............................................................................................................................................................................................ (2019)
............................................................................................................................................................................................ Case - Nwoga v National Assembly & 3 Ors. SUIT NO. FHC/ LEGAL INTERN, DLA PIPER, IRELAND
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, BRITISH COUNCIL FUTURE EN/CS/28/2018 (2018) CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
LEADERS CONNECT CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE Competition Law; Civil Procedure; Legal Philosophy; The Bar
(1/11/2019) Elizabeth C. Nwarueze, “Gas Flaring in Nigeria- Flaws, Laws
Issued under the Royal Charter of Churchill College and and Next Course”, (2019)
endorsed by University of Cambridge’s Board of Executive and
Elizabeth C. Nwarueze, “Sovereign Risk in International Law
Professional Education. Guest Speaker at the Cambridge Union
Contracts”, (2020)
EMPLOYMENT
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
ASSOCIATE, OLANIWUN AJAYI LP, NIGERIA JOSEPH O’DONNELL BCL IRELAND
Experience in Maritime Law, Admiralty Disputes and Policy, Public International Law; Maritime Law, Economic Law and
Dispute Resolution, Tax Policy, Corporate Restructuring and Dispute Settlement joseph.odonnell@law.ox.ac.uk • Christ Church
Commercial Law Practice.
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EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
RESEARCH ANALYST, BORG.RESEARCH, NIGERIA/ Best Oralist, Africa Regionals of the Monroe Price Media Law
GHANA Moot 2017. Oralist, John H. Jackson WTO Moot 2018, 2021 UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, UK, BA LAW TRIPOS, International Public Law, Space Law, Competition Law,
Rhodes Scholarship (07/2020) Jurisprudence
Graduated with double first-class honours, Awarded Pembroke
College Foundress Prize, Foundation Scholar of Pembroke
College, Rebecca Flower Squire Scholarship
O
COLM Ó NÉILL BCL IRELAND EMPLOYMENT
LEGAL INTERN, EUROPEAN COURTS OF JUSTICE,
colm.oneill@law.ox.ac.uk • Magdalen College • Gaeilge, German, French
LUXEMBOURG
............................................................................................................................................................................................
EDUCATION LAW TUTOR, RIKKYO UNIVERSITY, UK EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Provided tutorial-style teaching to Japanese university
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, LAW (JURISPRUDENCE) UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, BA JURISPRUDENCE Intellectual Property Law; Ai Governance; Environmental and
students in contract law as part of an Oxford summer school
(25/09/2021) ............................................................................................................................................................................................ (18/06/2021) Planning Law; The Bar; Commercial Law
First Class Honours; Francis Taylor Building Prize in First Class; Distinction in Law Moderations; Anne Campbell
LEGAL INTERN, PROJECTS ABROAD HUMAN RIGHTS
Environmental Law; Wadham College Scholarship Scholar; FHS Prize in Copyright, Trade Marks and Allied Rights ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
OFFICE, SOUTH AFRICA
Legal research; social justice work Research project for Dell Technologies on AI application with
EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT focus on data protection and AI governance, President of the
LEGAL INTERN, HOGAN LOVELLS; SLAUGHTER AND CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS LEGAL INTERN, CHARCO NEUROTECH, UK Mansfield Society (Christ Church Law Society), represented
MAY; BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER, UK Internship at Medtech start-up, focused on GDPR compliance Christ Church in the Christ Church-Wadham Moot
Private Law (Specifically Land and Trusts); Intellectual Property
Legal research; drafting; attending talks given by departments and legal / business research
Law ............................................................................................................................................................................................
at the firms
SUMMER VACATION SCHEME, SLAUGHTER AND MAY,
UK
Legal research; commercial contract law and legal tech
R
COMPARATIVE PUBLIC LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, (LYS); İş Bankası Outstanding Success Award; Coşkun Kırca
Foreign Languages Award; Galatasaray Alumni Association
SANGH RAKSHITA BCL INDIA
GERMANY
Contributed to research projects in various fields of public Outstanding Success Award sangh.rakshita@law.ox.ac.uk • St. Hilda’s College • Hindi
international law and international human rights law
EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
ILS LAW COLLEGE, PUNE, INDIA BACHELOR OF SOCIO- Co-author, “Privacy and The Indian Supreme Court”, National
LEGAL SCIENCES & BACHELOR OF LAW (BSL LLB); Law University Delhi Press (2020)
DIPLOMA IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND LAW (1/06/2018)
Rank 1, First Class with Distinction. Received the Award of Sangh Rakshita (CCG), “Freedom on the Net Report (India)”,
Freedom House (2020)
MUALLA BETUL OZKAN MJur TURKEY Merit for overall academic performance and 6 awards for
securing highest marks in specific courses
mualla.ozkan@law.ox.ac.uk • Lady Margaret Hall • Turkish, German Sangh Rakshita and Shashank Mohan, “Comments on Data
EMPLOYMENT Empowerment and Protection Architecture” CCG (2020)
EDUCATION SUMMER ASSOCIATE, ESIN ATTORNEY PARTNERSHIP LAW AND POLICY ANALYST, TECH AND SOCIETY,
(BAKER MCKENZIE), TURKEY Sangh Rakshita, “The Proliferating Eyes of Argus: State Use of
BILKENT UNIVERSITY, BA LAW (26/06/2019) CENTRE FOR COMMUNICATION GOVERNANCE,
Providing research assistance regarding IP law, ITC and Facial Recognition Technology”, CCG Blog (2020)
Graduated 3rd in cohort (GPA: 3.89/4); graduated summa NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY DELHI, INDIA
employment law; participating in a compliance project Conducted academic and policy research to trace citizens’
cum laude; highest honour; awarded merit based scholarship Sangh Rakshita and Nidhi Singh, “Reflections on the Personal
............................................................................................................................................................................................
............................................................................................................................................................................................ rights in the context of legal and policy issues on media
freedom, online free speech, right to privacy, intermediary Data Protection Bill, 2019”, CCG Blog (2020)
WINTER INTERN, TURKISH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT,
UNIVERSITÄT AUGSBURG, PROGRAM ON EUROPEAN TURKEY liability, legal tech, encryption, regulation of Big Tech and
AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW (27/07/2018) emerging tech Sangh Rakshita, “Privacy and Surveillance”, ILS CPL Public Law
Drafting legal memoranda and opinions regarding the
Attended various lectures on European and international law ............................................................................................................................................................................................ Bulletin (2020)
applications made; classifying decisions rendered by the Court
LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT TO A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
EMPLOYMENT CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS (LAMP FELLOW), PRS LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH, INDIA CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
ASSOCIATE, GUNER LAW OFFICE, TURKEY Received extensive training in legislative drafting, Law and Policy Consultancy and Research; Academia; Public
The Bar; Corporate Law; It Law; International Commercial parliamentary interventions, and policy issues. Prepared
Advising local and international companies on data Law; Regulatory Law; Technology Law and Policy; Global
Arbitration; Corporate Governance; Commercial Litigation; and submitted several Parliamentary questions, policy and
protection rules, employment law, media law; involving in Data Protection Law; Regulation Of Ai and Emerging Tech;
Competition Law legislative briefs, and motions on various issues of public
dispute resolution and drafting petitions; conducting legal International Human Rights; Constitutional Law; Competition
investigations; preparing legal memoranda on human rights interest Law
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................................................................
law
........................................................................................................................................................................................... Represented Turkey in European Human Rights Moot Court LEGAL INTERN, LEGAL AND TREATIES DIVISION, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Competition; registered to Istanbul Bar Association; awarded MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, GOVERNMENT OF
Co-editor, “The Future of Democracy in the Era of Big and
DAAD Scholarship; awarded the Jean Monnet Scholarship INDIA, INDIA
Emerging Tech” National Law University Delhi Press (2021);
Assisted with research on the UNFCCC Paris Agreement and
Internet Society Youth Ambassador to the UN Internet
allied climate change law regime. Vetted treaties and assisted
Governance Forum, 2020 and member of ISOC Youth
in drafting reports
Observatory; Registered with the Bar Council of India (2019)
USA INTERN (CAPITAL MARKETS), L&L PARTNERS, INDIA All-India Rank 1 – National Law Olympiad 2020, Deputy
Undertook due diligence work relating to upcoming Initial Editor-in-Chief – NLS Business Law Review, Academic
PUBLICATIONS Public Offerings and researched on the disclosure requirements Support Facilitator – Corporate Law I and II, Teaching Assistant
for accounting adjustments and shareholders’ special rights in – Family Law I, Member – Legal Services Clinic, NLSIU,
Angelo Ryu “Chevron’s Two Bodies”, Dartmouth Law Journal
offer documents Founder-Editor – The Boardroom Lawyer
(2021) ............................................................................................................................................................................................
EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS EDUCATION Proposed amendments of regulatory administrative acts
(delegated legislation); conducted research in criminal
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO, COMBINED LLB Academia; Contract Law; Comparative Private Law; Legal NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF procedure and administrative law
AND LLM (22/07/2021) History; Private International Law ATHENS, LLB (30/07/2021) ............................................................................................................................................................................................
First Class honours (GPA: 29.9/30) and final dissertation in Graduated with First Class honours; GPA 9.54/10 TRAINEE-LEGAL ASSISTANT, PROFESSOR CHRISTOS C.
Contract law recommended for publication ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
............................................................................................................................................................................................ MYLONOPOULOS LAW FIRM, GREECE
Team member during the 26th edition of the Willem C. EMPLOYMENT
CENTER FOR TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES, Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (winning an INTERN, THE PRESIDENCY OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, PUBLICATIONS
CERTIFICATE IN TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES Honorable Mention for the Memorandum for Respondent) GREECE
(15/05/2020) and subsequently team coach; 8th Law Schools Global League Konstantinos Sioufas, “Constitutional Issues of Lockdowns” (in
Assisted in the legal processing of executive orders, pleas Greek), Theory & Practice of Administrative Law (2021)
GPA: 4.65/5; Directors’ List Award and Best Student Award in Summer School of pardon and ad hoc legal issues; conducted research in
“National and Transnational Remedies for Violations of Human administrative law
Rights” ............................................................................................................................................................................................ CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
INTERN, THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, GREECE Administrative Law; Constitutional Theory; Jurisprudence;
EMPLOYMENT Public Law and Technology; Criminal Procedure
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI
TORINO, ITALY
Assistant to Prof. Edoardo Ferrante for a project on European
Private Law
MIKHAIL SONDOR MJur RUSSIA
mikhail.sondor@law.ox.ac.uk • St Hugh’s College • Russian
EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
TRENTON SEWELL BCL CANADA RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF JUSTICE, LLM Mikhail Sondor, “Territorial energy distribution networks and
(30/06/2017) problems of its regulation”, MGUA Digest (2014)
trenton.sewell@law.ox.ac.uk • Hertford College • Spanish
............................................................................................................................................................................................
Cum laude, GPA: 4.95/5.0, merit-based tuition fee waiver
............................................................................................................................................................................................ CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
EDUCATION FLEET OPERATIONS INTERN, DROVER, UK RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF JUSTICE, LLB International and national dispute resolution; Arbitration;
Assisted with legal issues concerning fleet operations.
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL (30/06/2015) Insolvency; Transnational insolvency; International law
Reviewed contracts between Drover and suppliers and
SCIENCE, MSC IN PHILOSOPHY AND PUBLIC POLICY First Class honours (top 10 out of 200), merit-based tuition (public&private); International investment law; Commercial
Conducted research on the legality of proposed product offers
(31/08/2021) fee waiver law; Torts; Conflict of laws
Firsts in all subjects
............................................................................................................................................................................................ EMPLOYMENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, LLB LAW (31/07/2020) GROUP LEAD FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS, VTB DC LTD., RUSSIA Argued cases before the Russian Supreme court, Managed
Graduated with Double First Degree. Two Subject Prizes Legal services to VTB financial group, the largest in Russia. VTB group problematic assets circa 7bn roubles ($100m),
Represented VTB in litigation and arbitration. 4 promotions Participant, Team Captain, Team Coach, Arbitrator of the
EMPLOYMENT between 2015 and 2018 Willem C. Vis ICA Moot
............................................................................................................................................................................................
LEGAL INTERN, LEX PACIFICA LAW CORPORATION,
INTERN, ENEL RUSSIA, RUSSIA
CANADA
Worked on international arbitration disputes and construction
Assisted partners in case research and pleadings and managed
contracts. Drafted contracts with manager supervision
discourse with clients ............................................................................................................................................................................................
T
Ranked 1st in the graduating class of 2020
CHER-YI TAN BCL SINGAPORE
Dörte Poelzig and Carl A. Strobel “COVID-19 und Ad-hoc-
EMPLOYMENT cher-yi.tan@law.ox.ac.uk • Wadham College, Oxford • Mandarin
Publizität” Juristische Ausbildung (2020)
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, CHAIR OF CIVIL LAW, ............................................................................................................................................................................................
GERMAN AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW (PROF. CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS EDUCATION CHAMBERS (UK), DES VOEUX CHAMBERS (HONG
DR. DÖRTE POELZIG M.JUR. (OXON), GERMANY KONG), DAVINDER SINGH CHAMBERS (SINGAPORE),
Capital Markets Law; Corporate Finance; Decentralized Finance UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, BA LAW (2/07/2021)
Research on Capital Markets Law and Corporate Law; SERLE COURT (UK), 4 STONE BUILDINGS (UK)
Lecturing Contract Law and Property Law; Organising Double First honours; ranked 3rd in Part IA; Downing College
seminars, lectures, and conferences; Accredited examiner ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Foundation Scholar; twice-awarded Wilsey & Lerch Prize and CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
............................................................................................................................................................................................
Due to complete doctoral thesis on the liability of legal Scholarship; Platt Prize; Rebecca Flower Squire Scholarship;
John H Morrison OBE Scholarship in Law; Senior Harris Chancery Bar; Unjust enrichment; Conflict of laws; Tax
STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT, CHAIR OF CIVIL LAW, persons for infringements of MAR. DAAD Scholarship. Pro
GERMAN AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW (PROF. bono advisor at a student legal aid clinic Scholarship; subject prizes for Aspect of Obligations and
Conflict of Laws ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DR. DÖRTE POELZIG M.JUR. (OXON), GERMANY
Editor-in-chief at the Youth Law Journal, which has
EMPLOYMENT received contributions from UKSC judges, experienced
practitioners and senior academics; Speakers Officer at
LIEUTENANT, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE NAVY,
TEDxCambridgeUniversity; IRONMAN triathlete; Cambridge
SINGAPORE
Blues Boxing Team
SEAN SUTHERLAND BCL UK Team Commander in the Navy’s elite ASSeT Teams
............................................................................................................................................................................................
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, LLB (19/07/2021) Academia; Environmental Law; Regulation; Competition Law; THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, BBA(LAW) & LLB RESEARCH ASSISTANT, THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF
First Class Tort (DOUBLE-DEGREE) (31/07/2021) SINGAPORE
............................................................................................................................................................................................ First Class honours, attained perfect GPA at final term (ranked
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 1st); multiple awards and scholarships PUBLICATIONS
(14/07/2021) Head of School Module Prize for Cyberlaw; Hughes ............................................................................................................................................................................................ Oliver Tse, “A Comparative Analysis: Should Hong Kong Follow
Discretionary Award for Outstanding Performance; UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, VISITING STUDENT AT LAW the UK Standard of Indirect Discrimination under the Equality
EMPLOYMENT Oxford University Press Law Prize in Family Law; First Year (31/07/2020) Act 2010?” Hong Kong Journal of Legal Studies (2021)
Achievement Prize for highest average Distinctions at Public International Law, Family Law and more
ADVISOR (VOLUNTEER), CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, UK
Legal research; interviewed clients; provided advice
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
EMPLOYMENT The Bar; Commercial Law; Trust Law
MINI-PUPILLAGE, PARKSIDE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE
CHAMBERS, DES VOEUX CHAMBERS; DENIS CHANG’S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CHAMBERS, HONG KONG Champion of Oxford Hong Kong Moot (2019) and AMS
............................................................................................................................................................................................ Joint-University Contract Law Moot (2021). Champion, Best
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, FACULTY OF LAW, THE Speaker and Leading Counsel of AMS Basic Law Moot (2017).
Honourable Mention and 4th Position in International Maritime
LEON THEIMER MJur GERMANY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG
Law Arbitration Moot (2019) and more. Awarded Peter Vine
Professor Lusina Ho, Associate Professors Rebecca Lee and
leon.theimer@law.ox.ac.uk • Corpus Christi College • German, French Postgraduate Law Scholarship; Parkside Chambers Scholarship;
Cora Chan
HSBC HK Scholarship and more
............................................................................................................................................................................................
EDUCATION
INTERN, EMBASSY OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG, FIRST LEGAL STATE GERMANY, UK
U
EXAMINATION (5/07/2021) Political Department ÇAĞLA USTA MJur TURKEY
Graduated within top 2% of cohort (statewide), specialisation
in conflict of laws, Studienstiftung scholar cagla.usta@law.ox.ac.uk • Hertford College • Turkish
PUBLICATIONS
............................................................................................................................................................................................
Leon Theimer “The End of Consumer Protection in the U.S.? EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, VISITING STUDENT Mandatory Arbitration and Class Action Waivers” The Rabel
(1/12/2017) İSTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY, LLB (12/07/2017) Academia; Legal practice; Contract law; Commercial law;
Journal of Comparative and International Private Law (2019)
Three terms of undergraduate studies (first class average), one Ranked 1st out of 254 students, full merit-based scholarship Comparative law; International dispute settlement
term of research for dissertation CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
EMPLOYMENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Private Law Theory; Conflict Of Laws; Arbitration; Law and
EMPLOYMENT Economics; Consumer Law ASSOCIATE, ERÇIN BILGIN BEKTAŞOĞLU LAW FIRM, Member of the runner-up team of the Elsa Moot Court
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, SKADDEN ARPS TURKEY Competition on WTO Law and winning team of the European
Regional Round (2017), registered to Istanbul Bar Association;
SLATE MEAGHER & FLOM LLP AND AFFILIATES, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Advising reinsurers on coverage disputes and airport operators’
liability; representing Turkish and foreign clients in commercial Chevening Scholarship recipient
GERMANY Studienstiftung scholarship (German National Scholarship
Controversy Team (Arbitration & Litigation) disputes on insurance and maritime law before Turkish courts
............................................................................................................................................................................................ Foundation) for First Legal State Examination and MJur, ............................................................................................................................................................................................
Oxford Law Faculty Scholarship for MJur, Participant Willem
STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT, INSTITUTE FOR TRAINEE ASSOCIATE, ERÇIN BILGIN BEKTAŞOĞLU LAW
C. Vis Moot 2016: 2nd place for Claimant Memorandum
COMPARATIVE LAW, CONFLICT OF LAWS AND FIRM, TURKEY
(Hongkong), Round of 16 (Vienna)
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW, CHAIR OF PROF. DR. Conducted research on different fields of law; assisted foreign
DR. H.C. THOMAS PFEIFFER, GERMANY and Turkish leasing companies for leasing of aircrafts and
boats; drafting and submitting petitions
V
JULIAN AURELIO TORRES-H-BONILLA BCL SPAIN DESPOINA VASILAKI BCL GREECE
julian.torres-h-bonilla@law.ox.ac.uk • Lincoln College • Spanish, Latin despoina.vasilaki@law.ox.ac.uk • Brasenose College • Greek ,German
EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
The Bar. Chancery (traditional & commercial); Tax Law; Legal DURHAM UNIVERSITY, LLB (HONS) (1/06/2021) Family Law; Legal Theory/Philosophy; Legal History; Feminist
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, BA (2/07/2021)
History; Roman Law First Class honours; HSF Prize; Sullivan & Cromwell Best in Year Legal Tradition; Postmodernism; CLS; Interdisciplinary Legal
CLASS IN PART IB AND II. Elected Scholar, awarded Senior
Prize; Graduated 7/250; Hefin Rees QC Prize for Media Law Approaches
Harris Scholarship and the 5 Stone Buildings Prize for best
Succession Law script ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
EMPLOYMENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
President of the Cranworth Law Society. Winner of the
Downing-Lincoln Equity Moot. Represented Cambridge 14th LEGAL INTERN, GEORGE K. PANAGOPOULOS LAW ELSA Durham Secretary General & Co-Founder, Durham
International Roman Law Moot FIRM, GREECE University Asian Law Journal Editor, Durham European Law
............................................................................................................................................................................................ Institute Speaker, ‘Contra Legem’ Podcast, Oxford Law Faculty
Scholarship
LEGAL INTERN, WILLCRAFT, SINGAPORE
W
AILSA WALLACE BCL AUSTRALIA arthur.wong@law.ox.ac.uk • Keble College • Chinese, Cantonese
ailsa.wallace@law.ox.ac.uk • Jesus College
EDUCATION VACATION SCHEME STUDENT, DAVIS POLK &
EDUCATION Solicitor in the corporate M&A team, working on public and WARDWELL, HONG KONG
private law transactions
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, BA JURISPRUDENCE
MONASH UNIVERSITY, BACHELOR OF LAW (HONS)/ (1/07/2021)
ARTS (23/05/2017) CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS First class honours; White & Case Prize in Company Law
The Bar; Company Law, Property Law, Legal Philosophy
Private Law; Private Law Theory; Legal History
EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SOLICITOR, KING & WOOD MALLESONS, AUSTRALIA MINI-PUPIL, 4 STONE BUILDINGS, UK
............................................................................................................................................................................................
Keble College Roger Lui Scholarship; Winner of DCU National
Moot Competition; Semi-Finalist in BPP National Moot; Dame
MINI-PUPIL, DES VOEUX CHAMBERS, DENIS CHANG’S Barbara Mills Legal Research Prize; Slessenger-Brierly Prize in
CHAMBERS, HONG KONG Law; various other scholarships and moots
............................................................................................................................................................................................
EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS ISAAC L W WONG BCL HONG KONG
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, BA JURISPRUDENCE Academia; Teaching; The Bar; Criminal Law; Company Law; lok.wong@law.ox.ac.uk • St Hugh’s College • Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese
(30/10/2021) Corporate Crime
First Class Honours; Shaw Lefevre Scholarship in Law; EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Somerville Lawyers Group Prize ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, BA (LAW) (1/07/2021) The Bar; Academia; Private And Commercial Law; International
Mooting (organised and competed in moot between Double First Class honours; Honorary Senior Scholarship; Arbitration; Legal History
EMPLOYMENT Somerville College, Oxford and Girton College, Cambridge); Senior Scholarship; Academic Scholarship; Sir William McNair
TUTOR, MYTUTOR, UK Returning Officer of Somerville College JCR Law Prize ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Delivering bespoke tutoring to students preparing for the Des Voeux Chambers Oxford Scholar; Overall Champion,
LNAT and University law exams EMPLOYMENT University of Southampton Inns of Court Society National
MINI-PUPIL, QUADRANT CHAMBERS, UK Moot Competition; Judge in seven rounds of moot; Honorary
............................................................................................................................................................................................ Mention for Outstanding Advocacy, HK Schools Mooting and
MINI-PUPIL, TEMPLE CHAMBERS, HONG KONG Mock Trial Competition
............................................................................................................................................................................................
Y
IAN YU BCL HONG KONG
yat.yu@law.ox.ac.uk • Keble College • Cantonese, Putonghua
PUYI ZHAO MJur CHINA
EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS puyi.zhao@law.ox.ac.uk • Balliol College • Mandarin Chinese
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, LLB (31/08/2020) The Bar
First Class Honours EDUCATION Drafted and revised share transfer agreements for clients;
conducted due diligence on private placements projects;
RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA, LLB (15/06/2021) drafted Response Letter to China Securities Regulatory
EMPLOYMENT Awarded Xinshan Scholarship, JD.Com, Inc. Scholarship, and
Commission for clients
MINI-PUPIL, TEMPLE CHAMBERS, HONG KONG Renmin University International Organization Internship
............................................................................................................................................................................................
............................................................................................................................................................................................ Scholarship
MINI-PUPIL, DES VOEUX CHAMBERS, HONG KONG ............................................................................................................................................................................................ INTERN AT THE LEGAL DIVISION, ILLINOIS STATE
TREASURER’S OFFICE, USA
QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, EXCHANGE Prepared a class-action litigation involving government trust
(30/01/2020) funds; wrote case briefs, legal research reports, and memos;
GPA 4.00/4.00 attended venture capitals’ events held by the Illinois Treasurer
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, STUDY ABROAD CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
(16/12/2019) International Arbitration; Corporate Governance; Financial
Distinction Regulation; Competition Law
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