Dr. Julien Chaisse is Professor at the City University of Hong Kong, School of Law. He is 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 US courts. In 2021, he was awarded the prestigious SmitLowenfeld Prize of the International Arbitration Club of New York for the best article published in the field of international arbitration. As a leading scholar in the field of international economic law, he sits on the editorial board of several high-impact international journals, and he is currently 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 three dozen students and has lectured in more than a dozen graduate and undergraduate courses. He is an experienced arbitrator 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 an expert witness on arbitration law issues in international arbitration proceedings or enforcement actions before domestic courts. He 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 xxi 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. 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 center director and Ph.D. and M.Phil. program director. He earlier worked as deputy head of the team analyzing 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 junior lawyer for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New Delhi (Embassy of France in India, 2001–2004)..
Leïla Choukroune is Professor of international law and Director of the University of Portsmouth Thematic Area in Democratic Citizenship. Her research focuses on the interactions between international trade and investment law, human rights, development studies, jurisprudence, and social theory. For the past 20 years, it has been applied to the Global South in India, South Asia, China, and East Africa, in particular. She has published about 100 scientific articles, book chapters, and journal special issues in English, French, Spanish, and Chinese. She also has authored more than 10 books, including Judging the State in International Trade and Investment Law (2016), Exploring Indian Modernities (2018), Adjudicating Businesses in India (2021), and International Economic Law (2021). She is editor of the Springer book series International Law and the Global South (https://www.springer.com/ series/13447?detailsPage¼titles-) and the Routledge book series Human Rights, Citizenship and the Law (https://www.routledge.com/Studies-in-CitizenshipHuman-Rights-and-the-Law/book-series/HRLCITIZE NSHIP). She is also associate editor of the Manchester Journal of International Economic Law (https://www. electronicpublications.org/catalogue.php?id¼48#board) xxii About the Editors and member of the editorial boards of the leading peerreviewed journals China Perspectives and Perspectives Chinoises. She is working on the creation of a new journal in international law and development with a Global South orientation. She regularly publishes in the global media and has given a large number of interviews about her research and its impact. Together with Professor James Nedumpara, she is cochair of the South Asia International Economic Law Network (SAIELN), a learned society that endeavors to foster research and publication in international economic law. She has taught all disciplines of international law to graduate and postgraduate students as well as specialized executive courses and programs in Europe, Asia, and Africa. She has also supervised and mentored a very large number of students at master’s and PhD levels. Professor Choukroune is regularly solicited as an independent expert on international economic law and business and human rights issues. She has been an independent adviser to the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) and a member of the French National Books Commission (CNL). She is officer of “l’Ordre du mérité” (Knight of the Order of Merit
