Lei Chen#
| Membership Number: | 7364 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LAW |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/lei-chen/ |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/lei-chen-32821730/ |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 07/2020 - present Chair in International Arbitration and Chinese Law, Durham Law School
- 02/ 2024 - present Deputy Dean (strategic development & external affairs), Durham Law School
- 01/2024 - present Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 03/2023 - present Visiting chair professor at Shandong University, China
- 10/2025 - present Visiting Distinguished Professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University
- 04/2021 - present Titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law
- 07/2022 - present Honorary Professor at the University of Galway, Ireland
- 05/2015 - 06/2020 Deputy Dean, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
- 07/2014 - 06/2020 Associate Professor (tenured), School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
- 08/2009 - 06/2014 Assistant Professor, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
- 08/2008 - 07/2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Fields of Scholarship
- International arbitration
- Private law
- Comparative law
- Commercial law
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Elected as an ordinary Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2024 Appointed as the International Commercial Expert Committee Member of the Supreme People’s Court, PRC
- 2024 Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- 2021 Elected as the Titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law
- 2013 Elected as Fellow of European Law Institute
