Head of the School of Law and Politics and Professor of Law at The University of Hull.
Inaugural holder of The University of Hull established Chair in the Law of Economic Integration.
Serves on the Council of The University of Hull.
Formerly Professor of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Outstanding Fellow of its Faculty of Law.
Served as Associate Dean (Research) and Associate Dean (Development and External Affairs) of the Faculty of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Doctor of Juridical Science, Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia, Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand and Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.
Elected to the Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Law in recognition of his ‘exceptional distinction in the discipline of law’.
Elected to the Fellowship of the European Law Institute for his active engagement in European legal development.
Elected Associate Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law.
Has authored close to 100 publications, mainly on matters of constitutional economics and legal issues of economic integration, including six monographs and textbooks and more than sixty articles in journals with a high impact in his area of specialisation, such as the World Trade Review, Journal of World Trade, The Journal of World Investment & Trade, Legal Issues of Economic Integration, European Law Journal, European Law Review, European Foreign Affairs Review, Australian Journal of International Affairs, Australian Law Journal or Public Law Review, and in periodicals as diverse as The International Lawyer, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, Company and Securities Law Journal, Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, Chinese Journal of International Law, Hong Kong Law Journal, Arab Law Quarterly, Australian Quarterly, Law Society Journal, the Parliament of Australia’s Papers on Parliament and the Parliament of Spain’s Revista de las Cortes Generales, Anuario Español de Derecho Internacional, the American Bar Association’s Public Contract Law Journal, Law in Context, The Law Teacher: The International Journal of Legal Education or the Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education.
Has written with The Hon Chief Justice Justice Susan Kiefel AC of the High Court of Australia and other prominent jurists.
Cited by the World Trade Organization, European Commission (Directorate-General for Trade) and Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Cited by the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and counsel before the High Court of Australia, including the Attorney-General for the State of South Australia.
Presented papers at national and international conferences, including the World Congress of the International Association of Constitutional Law, the Global Conference of the Society of International Economic Law, the Annual Conference of The International Society of Public Law, the Conference of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies, the Conference of The Society of Legal Scholars and the Conference of The Australasian Law Teachers Association.
Given keynote speeches and presented at multiple seminars and colloquia, such as at the Europa Institute (Leiden University), the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies (King’s College London), and the Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies (Government of Spain.)
Regularly lectures for the Department of Justice (Treaties and Law Unit: International Law Division) and the Trade and Industry Department, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
Participated at the 7th Global Economic Symposium together with the Nobel Laureate for Economic Sciences, Prof Joseph Stiglitz, the former Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy, and BBC World News journalist, Nik Gowing, among other policy, business, academic and media leaders.
Nominated by the Delegation of the European Union to Australia to participate in the inaugural European Union – Australia Senior Leaders’ Forum, with the support of HE Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission as well as The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Invited by the Australian Government through the Office of Trade Negotiations, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to inform consultations on Australia’s Free Trade Agreement negotiations with Hong Kong, the Pacific Alliance, European Union, Indonesia and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
Written for the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, the European Commission and research institutes like the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Institute of European Studies.)
Appeared in Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Radio Television Hong Kong productions and contributed to the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), China Daily (Hong Kong), The Age (Melbourne) and Okaz (Riyadh.)
Awarded significant external and internal research grants, including a HKD 1 million (approx) General Research Fund from the Research Grants Council – University Grants Committee (Hong Kong) and a fund from the Education Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
Practised commercial law with Clayton Utz, Australia’s leading independent law firm and one of the largest law firms in the world.
Served on the Legal Profession Act and Ethics Committee of the Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory and various committees of the International Bar Association.
Served as a Justice of the Peace of the Australian Capital Territory.
Was a Scholar of the International Bar Association.
Former member of the Court of Governors of The University of Liverpool.
Former External Examiner for the Solicitors Regulation Authority, The Law Society.
Graduated from the Australian National University.