WILLEMS, Jane

Advisory Board Member, Asian Academy of International Law

She is an Associate Professor at Tsinghua University, School of Law. Her research interests are international investment law and international arbitration. She has authored several books, book chapters and articles, including Sino Foreign Joint Ventures Disputes before International Arbitrators [in French: Les contrats de joint ventures sino-etrangeres devant l’arbitre international] (2015); “Investment Disputes Under China’s Bits” in Investment Law and Arbitration in the Asia-Pacific (CUP 2017); “The Settlement of Investor-State Dispute and China: New Developments on ICSID Jurisdiction”, SCJIL&B, Vol. 8:1 (2011). She has served as counsel, arbitrator or chair in commercial arbitrations, including ICC, HKIAC, CIETAC, BAC and UNCITRAL Rules. She also served as counsel for the state in Sanum v Lao PDR (PRC-Laos BIT); Lao Holdings v Lao PDR (Netherland-Laos BIT).