Professor CHAISSE, Julien (夏竹立教授)

Dr. Julien Chaisse is Professor at the City University of Hong Kong, School of Law. He is an award-winning scholar and a globally recognized authority on the intersection between international economic law (trade, investment, and tax), international dispute resolution, and the transnational law of globalization. His scholarship, which includes a dozen books and over 60 articles and book chapters, has created an enduring presence in the academic space and has even been cited by international courts/tribunals, as well as U.S. Courts. As a leading scholar in the field of international economic law, Dr. Chaisse sits on the editorial board of several high-impact international journals and he is currently a Joint Editor-in-Chief of the Asia Pacific Law Review. Teaching in Europe and Asia-Pacific for almost 20 years, he has advised and mentored 3 dozen students, and lectured in more than a dozen graduate and undergraduate courses.

Dr. Chaisse is an experienced arbitrator (listed with AIAC, HKIAC, DIAC, SCIA, etc) and he adjudicated on more than 20 cases (some of which have been cited and discussed in the international press). He is also frequently called upon to appear as expert witness on arbitration law issues in international arbitration proceedings or enforcement actions before domestic courts. Dr. Chaisse also is a sought-after consultant/expert to international organizations, governments, law firms, and private investors. He has advised international organizations and governments on private and public international law issues (including concessions contracts, special economic zones, investment structuring, state and international organization immunities, and WTO accession) and assisted with the drafting of legislation in Austria, Azerbaijan, Canada, Ivory Coast, France, Georgia, Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, and Vietnam.

Dr. Chaisse is an active member of the World Economic Forum (“Tax and Globalization Working Group” and “Data Policy Platform”). Dr. Chaisse serves as Advisory Board member of the World Free Zone Convention (WFZC), Academy of International Dispute Resolution & Professional Negotiation (AIDRN), and Asian Academy of International Law (AAIL). Dr. Chaisse is a member of the Hong Kong’s Government Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance), advisor & partner to the United Nations ARTNET on FDI, and member of the Academic Forum on Investor-state Dispute Settlement. He also serves as Director of the Dot Trademark Policy Committee (DTPC), co-founder of the Internet Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI), and member of the ICANN’s Working Group which produced the 2020 Report of the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs.

Prior to joining City University School of Law, Dr. Chaisse taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2009-2019) where he served as research centre director and PhD & MPhil Program director. He earlier worked as deputy head of the team analysing the rules for multilateral trade and investment agreements at the World Trade Institute (Switzerland, 2006-2009), lecturer at elite school Sciences Po Aix (France, 2004-2006), and as a diplomat for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New Delhi (Embassy of France in India, 2001-2004).

 

Awards

• Chinese University of Hong Kong (85th Congregation), Vice-Chancellor's Young Researcher Award (2018).
• Chinese University of Hong Kong (82nd Congregation), Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award (2015).
• Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law Research Excellence Award (2012).
• University of Aix-Marseille, Best Doctoral Thesis in European Union Law, National Award (2008).

Selected Publications

Articles in Law Journals and Other Scholarly Reviews

• “Conservative Innovation: The Ambiguities of the China International Commercial Court,” 115(1) American Journal of International Law Unbound (Forthcoming 2021).
• “One Stone, Two Birds: Can China Leverage WTO Accession to Build the BRI?” 55(2) Journal of Word Trade (Forthcoming 2021).
• “Global Health Law & Governance Amidst the Pandemic: Evidence, Lessons, and Reforms,” 30(1) Annals of Health Law & Life Sciences 15-61(2020).
• “Excessive Costs and Recoverability of Costs Awards in Investment Arbitration,” 21(2-3) Journal of World Investment and Trade 251-299 (2020).
• “The Pervasive Problem of Special Economic Zones for International Economic Law: Tax, Investment, and Trade Issues,” 20(1) World Trade Review 100-138 (2020).
• “Both Possible and Improbable: Could COVID-19 Measures Give Rise to Investor-State Disputes?” 13(1) Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal 97-184 (2020).
• “Chinese Puzzle: Anatomy of the (Invisible) Belt and Road Investment Treaty,” 23(1) Journal of International Economic Law 245-269 (2020).
• “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership’s Investment Chapter,” [Chinese Version] 271 Columbia FDI Perspectives 1-3 (2020).
• “How Will Investments Be Protected in EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment? Investment Court System Put to the Test,” 43(6) European Law Review 250-275 (2019).
• “The Monetization of Investment Claims: Promises and Pitfalls of Third-Party Funding in Investor-State Arbitration,” 44(2) Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 5-51 (2019).
• “The Merging of Two Worlds? Cyber Law and Trade Law Normative Convergence on Internet Domain Names,” 37(2) Boston University International Law Journal 281-306 (2019).
• “China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative: Mapping the World's Normative and Strategic Implications,” 52(1) Journal of World Trade 163-185 (2018).
• “Soft Law in International Law-Making: How Soft International Taxation Law is Reshaping International Economic Governance,” 13(2) Asian Journal of WTO Law and Health Policy 463-509 (2018).
• “The EU Investment Court: Challenges on the Path Ahead,” [Chinese Version] 219 Columbia FDI Perspectives (2018).
• “Cybersecurity and the Protection of Digital Assets,” 21(3) Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law (2018).
• “The ‘Noodle Bowl Effect’ of Investment Treaties in Asia-:The Phenomenon, the Problems, the Practical Solutions,” 33(4) ICSID Review 44-69 (2018).
• “The Doctrine of Legitimate Expectations: International Law, Common Law, and Lessons for Hong Kong,” 48(1) Hong Kong Law Journal 79-104 (2018).
• “Draft Agreement and Rules on the Establishment of the Asia-Pacific Regional Mediation Organization,” 13(1) Asian Journal of WTO Law and Health Policy 5-26 (2017).
• “Renewables Re-Energized? The Internationalization of Green Energy Investment Rules and Disputes,” 9(4) Journal of World Energy Law & Business 269-281 (2016).
• “Shareholder Protection Reloaded: Redesigning the Matrix of Shareholder Claims for Reflective Loss,” 52(1) Stanford Journal of International Law 51-94 (2016).
• “Investor-state Arbitration in International Tax Dispute Resolution: A Cut Above Dedicated Tax Dispute Resolution?” 35(2) Virginia Tax Review 149-223 (2016).
• “Navigating the Expanding Universe of International Treaties on Foreign Investment: Creation and Use of a Critical Index,” 18(1) Journal of International Economic Law 79-115 (2015).
• “The Evolving and Multi-layered Investment Regulatory Framework between the European Union and India,” 20(3) European Law Journal 385-422 (2014).
• “Deconstructing the Conformity Obligation: A Theory of Compliance as a Process,” 37(4) Fordham International Law Journal 57-98 (2014).
• “Maintaining the WTO's Supremacy in the International Trade Order: A Proposal to Refine and Revise the Role of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism,” 16(1) Journal of International Economic Law 9-36 (2013).
• “Exploring the Confines of International Investment and Domestic Health Protections: General exceptions clause as a forced perspective,” 39(2/3) American Journal of Law & Medicine 332-361 (2013).
• “Promises and Pitfalls of the European Union Policy on Foreign Investment: How will the New EU Competence on FDI affect the Emerging Global Regime?” 15(1) Journal of International Economic Law 51-84 (2012). 
• “Sovereign Wealth Funds as Corporations in the Making: Assessing the Economic Feasibility and Regulatory Strategies,” 45(4) Journal of World Trade 837-875 (2011).
• “Why Will China Establish a Government-Sponsored Response Mechanism in Countervailing Games?” 10(2) Journal of World Investment and Trade 227-240 (2009).
• “Implementing World Trade Organization Rules through Negotiation and Sanction,” 28(1) University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 153-186 (2007).
• “Adapting the European Community Legal Structure to the International Trade,” 17(6) European Business Law Review 1615-1635 (2006).
  

Journal Special Issues

• Towards Unilateral Economic Law (with George Dimitropoulos) (Special Issue 24(2) Journal of International Economic Law, Forthcoming 2021).
• China and the Global Commons (with Matthieu Burnay) (Special Issue (23)2 International Community Law Review, 2020).
• The Changing Paradigm of State-controlled Entities Regulation: Laws, Contracts, and Disputes (with Christophe Bondy, Helena Chen, Jędrzej Górski, Dini Sejko, and Romesh Weeramantry) (Special Issue 20(3) Transnational Dispute Management, 2020) 480.
• The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (with Elizabeth Whitsitt, Frédéric G. Sourgens, Tomoko Ishikawa) (Special Issue 19(5) Transnational Dispute Management (2019) 515.
• China’s One Belt, One Road-- Consequences for the World of Arbitration (with Teresa Cheng, Manjiao Chi) (Special Issue 17(3) Transnational Dispute Management (2016) 421.
• Les économies asiatiques face aux défis de la compétitivité internationale (Special Issue 19(1) Revue Economique et Sociale (2009) 172.

Books and Monographs

• At the Crossroads of World Order: Contestation, Global Governance, and Europe (Oxford University Press, Forthcoming 2022).
• Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy (with Leïla Choukroune & Sufian Jusoh) Volumes I, II, III, and IV (Springer-Nature, Forthcoming 2021) 2,800.
• Wine Law and Policy: From National Terroirs to a Global Market (with Fernando Dias Simões & Danny Friedmann) (Brill, 2021) 788. 
• Sixty Years of European Integration and Global Power Shifts: Perceptions, Interactions and Lessons (Hart, Modern Studies in European Law, 2020) 520.
• China's International Investment Strategy: Bilateral, Regional, and Global Law and Policy (Oxford University Press, 2019) 576. 
• The Future of Asian Trade Deals and Intellectual Property (with Kung-Chung Liu) (Hart, 2019) 320.
• International Economic Law and the Challenges of the Free Zones: Global Regulatory Issues and Trends (Kluwer, Global Trade Law Series, Vol. 38, 2019) 396.
• The Belt and Road Initiative: Law, Economics, and Politics (with Jędrzej Górski) (Brill, 2018) 760. 
• Legal Problems of Economic Globalization: A Commentary on the Law and Practice (2nd Edition) (Wolters Kluwer, 2017) 976.
• The Regulation of Global Water Services Market (Cambridge University Press, 2017) 446. 
• International Investment Treaties and Arbitration Across Asia (with Luke Nottage) (Brill, Nijhoff International Investment Law Series, 2017) 694. 
• International Economic Law and Governance: Essays in the Honour of Mitsuo Matsushita (Oxford University Press, 2016) 624. 
• The ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement: The Regionalization of Laws and Policy on Foreign Investment (Edward Elgar, International Investment Law Series, 2016) 265. 
• International Taxation: Law and Practice in Hong Kong and China (with Michael Lang) (Wolters Kluwer, 2015) 337.

Chapters in Books

• “Plea of Illegality in International Arbitration” in Max Planck Encyclopaedia of International Procedural Law (edited by Hélène Ruiz Fabri) (Oxford University Press, 2021).
• “Praised, But Not Practiced: EU’s Paradoxes of Hybrid Dispute Resolution” in Multi-Tier Approaches to the Resolution of International Disputes: A Global and Comparative Study (edited by Anselmo Reyes and Gu Weixia) (Cambridge University Press, 2021).
• “The China International Commercial Court: Architecture, Pitfalls, and Promises” in International Commercial Courts: The Future of Transnational Adjudication (Stavros Brekoulakis & Georgios Dimitropoulos) (Cambridge University Press, 2021). 
• “The Resolution of International Commercial and Financial Disputes: Hybrid Dispute Resolution in Hong Kong” (with Carrie Shu Shang) in Multi-Tier Approaches to the Resolution of International Disputes: A Global and Comparative Study (edited by Anselmo Reyes and Gu Weixia) (Cambridge University Press, 2021).
• “Reset or Recalibration? The EU Factor in Asia Investment Rule-making” in The Asian Turn in Foreign Investment(Chester Brown and Mahdev Mohan) (Cambridge University Press, 2020). 
• “China's International Investment Law and Policy Regime: Identifying the Three Tracks” in China's International Investment Strategy: Bilateral, Regional, and Global Law and Policy (edited by Julien Chaisse) (Oxford University Press, 2019) 1-22. 
• “The ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement: Much More Than a BIT of Protection for Foreign Investors?” in ASEAN Law in the New Regional Economic Order: Global Trends and Shifting Paradigms (edited by Bryan Mercurio & Pasha Hsieh) (Cambridge University Press, 2019) 232-250.
• “Global Water Services Market and the Law: A Paradigm in the Making” in The Regulation of Global Water Services Market (edited by Julien Chaisse) (Cambridge University Press, 2017) 12-41.
• “Untangling the Triangle: Issues for State-Controlled Entities in Trade, Investment and Competition Law” in International Economic law and Governance: Essays in the Honour of Mitsuo Matsushita (edited by Julien Chaisse and Tsai-yu Lin) (Oxford University Press, 2016) 233-258.
• “Developing and Strengthening International Economic Law: The Contribution of Mitsuo Matsushita” in International Economic law and Governance: Essays in the Honour of Mitsuo Matsushita (edited by Julien Chaisse and Tsai-yu Lin) (London: Oxford University Press, 2016) 8-28.
• “The Impact of International Investment Agreements on the Greek Default” in International Economic Law after the Global Crisis: A Tale of Fragmented Disciplines (edited by Chin Leng Lim and Bryan Mercurio) (Cambridge University Press, 2015) 306-328.
• “The Regulation of Investment in the TPP: Towards a Defining International Agreement for the Asia-Pacific Region” in The Regionalization of Investment Treaty Arrangements: Developments and Implications (edited by Jansen Calamita and Mavluda Sattorova) (British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Series 'Current Issues in Investment Treaty Law' Volume 5, 2014) 270-319 .
• “The Regulation of Sovereign Wealth Funds in the European Union” in Sovereign Investment: Concerns and Policy Reactions (edited by Karl P. Sauvant, Lisa Sachs, and Wouter P.F. Schmit Jongbloed) (Oxford University Press, 2012) 462-495.
• “Towards Innovations in Investment Rulemaking?” in The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Quest for Twenty-first Century Trade Agreement (edited by Chin Lim, Deborah Elms, Patrick Low) (Cambridge University Press, 2011) 147-170.
• “The Regulatory Framework of International Investment: The Challenge of Fragmentation in a Changing World Economy” in The Prospects of International Trade Regulation: From Fragmentation to Coherence (edited by Thomas Cottier and Panagiotis Delimatsis) (Cambridge University Press 2010) 417-451.
  

Professional Publications

• “China’s Massive Hainan Free-trade Port,” Financial Times - fDi Intelligence (2020).
• “A Roadmap for Cross-Border Data Flows: Future-Proofing Readiness and Cooperation in the New Data Economy (contributor),” World Economic Forum (2020).
• “COVID-19 and the Gloomy Outlook for Global Investment: Freefall, Protectionism, and Disputes,” Financier Worldwide (2020).
• “White Paper on Tax, Digitalization and Globalization,” World Economic Forum, Tax and Globalization Working Group (2020).
• “China Cannot Escape Middle-income Trap unless it Solves Reshoring Quandary,” Financial Times - fDi Intelligence (2020).
• “Strategic Brief on Misconceptions around Trade Balances,” World Economic Forum, Global Future Council on International Trade and Investment (2019).
• “Strategic Brief for the Annual Meeting of Stewards of International Trade and Investment,” World Economic Forum, Global Future Council on International Trade and Investment (2018).
• “Was 2016 the Year the World Turned its Back on Free Trade?” The Conversation (2017).
  “Strategic Brief for Trade Ministers on Creating an Inclusive Trade Agenda,” World Economic Forum, Global Future Council on International Trade and Investment (2017).
• “Strategic Brief for the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany,” World Economic Forum, Global Future Council on International Trade and Investment (2017).
• “Strategic Brief for Trade Ministers on the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism,” World Economic Forum, Global Future Council on International Trade and Investment (2017).
• “Strategic Brief on Trade Rules for the Global Tech Race,” World Economic Forum, Global Future Council on International Trade and Investment (2017).
• “Rising Protectionism Threatens Global Trade: WTO Law and Litigation in Asia” 19(3) Asian Dispute Review (2017) 112–118.
• “TTIP: ¿hacia el caos de otro paradigma comercial?” 17(10) International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) Puentes (2016).
• “International Investment Law and Taxation: From Coexistence to Cooperation” Think Piece, World Economic Forum (WEF) - E15initiative (2016).
• “Privatización del agua en América Latina: implicancias para las políticas de desarrollo sostenible” 16(7) International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) Puentes (2015).
• “The Investment Version of the Asian Noodle Bowl: The Proliferation of International Investment Agreements” 128 Asian Development Bank (ADB) Working Paper (2014).
• “Tendencias globales en la construcción de normas y arbitraje de inversion” 15(8) International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) Puentes (2014).