LL.M. Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

Speaker: Magdalena Łągiewska, Assistant Professor, University of Gdańsk 
Date: 19 November 2024
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Venue: Room 824, 8/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
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About Speaker:

Magdalena Łągiewska is an Assistant Professor, the Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Gdańsk (2020-2024), a Research Associate in the “China, Law and Development” project at the University of Oxford and a  Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb).  She is currently an Asia Global Fellow at the University of Hong Kong.

She received her Ph.D. in Law from the University of Gdańsk in 2017 and her second Ph.D. in Law from the East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai in 2020 (Ph.D. thesis entitled “The Effectiveness of the Arbitration Agreement under Chinese and Polish Law: A Comparative Study” in Chinese). In addition to her legal education, she holds a Master’s degree in International Economic Relations with a specialisation in International Finance and Banking (University of Gdansk). She gained practical experience in international commercial arbitration through her internship at the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (SHIAC). Her research interests include international law, arbitration in China, intellectual property rights protection and the legal dimensions of the Belt and Road Initiative.