Raymond is a PHD scholar focusing on transnational data governance (cross-border personal data flows), investment law and international arbitration, trade law and geoeconomics, and comparative information privacy. His scholarship has been published in Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, Tsinghua China Law Review, among others.

Prior to joining RegNet, Raymond worked at an international law firm and an international arbitration institution respectively in Hong Kong. When working as an arbitration counsel, he served as the secretary for arbitral tribunals, managed international arbitration proceedings, and wrote extensively on international commercial and investment arbitration. In his capacity as a corporate counsel, he routinely worked on cross-border corporate transactions, particularly matters concerning regulatory approval of CFIUS and antitrust review of EU authorities for M&A, as well as equity and corporate bonds offerings.

Once a scholar of US-Asia Law Institute, he researched on due process issues of Chinese Anti-Trust Law enforcement, and Sino-Japan Sovereign Dispute over Diaoyu-tai (Senkaku) Islands. He also worked with an independent NGO on the Philippine-China South China Sea Arbitration, focusing on China’s arbitration strategy and the international law and diplomacy ramifications. In addition, he worked with an international organization on international investment law and policy concerning mining contracts between transnational companies and developing countries.

Research Interests:

• International Economic Law and Governance (Investment and Trade Law)
• Transnational Data Flow
• Geoeconomics
• International Dispute Resolution
• Comparative Information Privacy

Selected Publications:

Bridging an Access to Justice Gap for International Commercial Dispute Resolution: Recent Developments of Interim Measures in Cross-Border Chinese Arbitration, COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL LAW, Volume 59(3) (2021).

The Role of Public International Law in Integrating Human Rights Considerations in Investment Treaty Arbitration, ASIAN JOURNAL OF WTO & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH LAW AND POLICY, VOLUME 16(2), pp. 275-327, (2021).

Personal Information Protection under Chinese Civil Code: A Newly Established Private Right in the Digital Era, TSINGHUA CHINA LAW REVIEW, Volume 13, Issue 1, pp.165-185.

Selected Conference and Workshop Presentation:

Invited panelist, Personal Information Protection under Chinese Civil Code, presented at the 15th Annual Conference of the European China Law Studies Association, in Warsaw, Poland, September 26, 2021;

Invited panelist, Bridging Separate Worlds—Integrating Human Rights Considerations in Investment Treaty Arbitration, presented at 2021 CIBEL GLOBAL YOUNG SCHOLARS WORKSHOP: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM, in Sydney, Australia, August 6, 2021;

Invited panelist, Interpretation of “Personal Information” in Chinese Civil Code: The Unique Value of Personal Information and the Distinction between Personal Information and Privacy, THE FIFTH UIBE LAW REVIEW POSTGRADUATE ACADEMIC CONFERENCE: A DISCUSSION OF KEY ISSUES IN CHINESE CIVIL CODE, UIBE, Beijing, China, December 2020.

Invited speaker, Chinese Arbitration and Chinese Arbitration Research—A Comparative Perspective, 2020 ANNUAL REVIEW CONFERENCE OF CHINESE COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION, Beijing Arbitration Commission and Beijing International Arbitration Center, Beijing, China, November 2020.

Invited panelist, Normative Divide Revisited: Balancing Investor Protection with Human Rights in Investment Arbitration, presented at PluriCourts Workshop on “Investment Arbitration and Human Rights: The Legitimate Role for Investment Law and Arbitration in Protecting, Oslo, Norway, Sept. 2019;

Invited panelist, The Complex Regime of Investor-State Arbitration, presented at EURASIA ECONOMIC FORUM “SILK ROAD ACADEMIC BELT” INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM 2019 and THE FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF CHINA INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ARBITRATION FORUM: MULTILATERAL REFORM OF INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: A DIALOGUE AMONG DIFFERENT APPROACHES, Xi’an, China, Sept. 2019;

Invited panelist, Foreign Variable Interests Entity (“VIE”) Investments in China, 2019 CIBEL GLOBAL NETWORK CONFERENCE AND YOUNG SCHOLARS WORKSHOP, Herbert Smith Freehills CIBEL Center, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, May 2019;

Invited panelist, US-China Trade War: Policy, Disruptions, and the Road Ahead, 2018 REGNET SERIES “IS ASIA-PACIFIC A DISRUPTOR?”, RegNet, ANU, Canberra, Australia, Oct. 2018

Selected Academic Awards:

Award Winner (Best Paper Prize) in the Second CNARB “Yi Cai” Cup Chinese Arbitration Essay Contest hosted by SCIA Chinese International Arbitration Research Academy and CNARB (April, 2021) for paper titled Foreign Arbitration Institutions Arbitrating Commercial Disputes in Mainland China: Controversies, Legal Dilemma and Recent New Developments (《境外仲裁机构在中国内地仲裁的法律问题：争议、困境与新发展》) (in Chinese).

Awarded Winner (First Prize) of the Eighth BAC Cup National College Commercial Arbitration Writing Contest hosted by Beijing Arbitration Commission and Beijing International Arbitration Center (October, 2020) for paper titled Bridging an Access to Justice Gap in International Commercial Disputes: Recent Developments on Interim Measures in Cross-Border Chinese Arbitration.

Award Winner (Second Prize) of the 2020 Youth Scholar International Investment Arbitration Writing Contest hosted by China International Investment Arbitration Forum (November, 2020) for paper titled Blending Oil and Water–Human Rights Defences and Counterclaims in Investor-State Arbitration.

Award Winner (Second Prize) of the Fifth UIBE Law Review Postgraduate Academic Conference: A Discussion of Key Issues in Chinese Civil Code (December, 2020) for paper titled Interpretation of ‘Personal Information’ in Chinese Civil Code: The Unique Value of Personal Information and the Distinction between Personal Information and Privacy (《民法典》人格权编中的“个人信息”之解读—论个人信息的独特价值及其与隐私的界定)(in Chinese).

Selected Other Publications:

Arbitration in China – Recent Updates and Developments in 2017 (first author), Russian Arbitration Association Annual Report for 2017, 2018.

HK Homes in on Belt & Road Disputes (co-author), China Business Law Journal, May 2018.

China’s Non-Acceptance and Non-Participation Strategy in the South China Sea Arbitration and Its Implications for International Dispute Resolution (in Chinese) (first author), the paper was initially published at Journal of Boundary and Ocean Studies, and was reprinted at “The Paper”, “Global Research”, “China Review” and a number of internet medium), 2016.

Supervisors:

Anthea Roberts (ANU, RegNet)

Susan Sell (ANU, RegNet)

Heng Wang (UNSW Law)

Henry Gao (Singapore Management University, School of Law)