Dr Shengnan Jia specialises in commercial law and commercial maritime law, and in particular in the areas of asset transfer and equity interest management, certificate of deposit, banker’s acceptance bill and guarantee, multimodal transport, international trade and charterparties. In her practice, she has disposed of many important and complex litigation cases in the Supreme People’s Court of P.R. of China (SPC) and Higher Courts of different provinces. Some cases have been chosen as the leading cases reported by the SPC. She was also invited to be a Chinese expert witness to submit an Expert Report to LCIA.

Dr Jia has sufficient knowledge of European legal culture and legal history. She has organised and hosted some international commercial law and maritime law conferences in London since 2016 and meanwhile has been invited to attend many international conferences in Europe since 2015.

In addition, she founded China-Europe Commercial Collaboration Association (non-profit organization) aiming to promote communication between trade and shipping, between academics and professionals, and more importantly between Europe and China.

2014-2019 Philosophy of Doctor in Law, City, University of London (UK)

2011—2013 LL.M. (a Two-Year combined degree, in Maritime Law Maritime Law), Lund University; World Maritime University (Sweden)

2005-2009: LL.M. (Civil Commercial Law), Graduate School, the Chinese Academy of Social Science (China)

1996-2000: LL.B., Beijing Union University (China)

2019—present: Partner, Tahota Law Firm, China;

2014-2019; Graduate Teaching Assistant, City, University of London (UK);

2017—present: visiting lecturer, University of Middlesex (UK)

2015-2019: Lawyer, Beijing Zhongrui Law Firm;

2003-2015: Lawyer and Partner, Beijing Beidou Dingming Law Firm;

2000-2001: Assistant of Notary, Beijing Fanyuan Notary Public Office, (former: Beijing No 1 Notary Public Office).

Arbitrator, Caspian Arbitration Society (Geneva);

Founder, China-Europe Commercial Collaboration Association (London);

Supporting Member, London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA)(London);

Member, the Ninth & Tenth & Eleventh Professional Committee of Maritime Law of Beijing Municipal Lawyers Association(Beijing);

Member of International Business Research Society, Beijing Chaoyang District Lawyers Association(Beijing);

Founder, CECCA newsletter on Maritime Law and Commerce (ISSN: 2631-7516)(London);

Founder, CECCA Newsletter on Company and Financial Law (ISSN: 2631-7524)(London);

Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Shipping and Ocean Engineering(USA);

Researcher, China-Britain Artificial Intelligence Association (London).

1. Invited by Clyde & Co to submit a Chinese Expert Witness Report in Commercial Law to the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) in 2018;

2. Disposed of non-litigation cases in London, e.g. Negotiation with In Vitro Plant-tech, Sweden (2016 & 2017), Dealing with international commercial cases in CIETAC (in 2017 and 2018, in cooperation with Berlingieri Maresca Studio Legale Associato, an Italian law firm);

3. Produced Reports on leading cases in the Supreme People’s Court of P.R.C. as follows:

1) Hengfeng Bank Co. Ltd. v. Yantaishan Branch of Yantai Bank Co. Ltd. & Yantai Changcheng Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. & Yantai Huanhai Industry and Commerce Co. Ltd. No. 156 [2010], Civil Retrial, Ti, (A case about dispute over Security Contract)

Vol. 5, Guiding Case in Commercial Law in The Supreme People’s Court, 2011, Civil Division II, The Supreme People’s Court of P.R.C. (editor), Publisher: China Legal Publishing House, ISBN: 9787509328233;

2) Shenyang Yinshengtiancheng Investment Management Co., Ltd. v. Shenyang Office of China Hearing Asset Management Co., Ltd: No. 125 [2009], Civil Retrial, Cert, (A case about dispute over a Contract on Assignment of Claims),

Issue 5, 2010 (total Issue 163), the Supreme People’s Court Gazette;

3) Xinjiang Qingchun Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. v. No. 2 Construction & Engineering Co. Ltd. of Xinjiang Construction Group, No. 31, [2007] Civil Division I, Final, (A case about dispute over Construction Contract)

Vol. 3, Guiding Case in Civil Law (Construction Case) in The Supreme People’s Court, 2010, Civil Division II, The Supreme People’s Court of P.R.C. (editor), Publisher: Law Press, ISBN: 9787511808264;

4) Pantai Branch of China Everbright Bank v. Yenta Engineering Co. Ltd. & Yantai Yinfeng Trade Co. Ltd. No. 8, [2007] Civil Retrial, Kang, (A case about dispute over Bank's Acceptance Bill and Guarantee Agreements);

5) Commercial Bank of Lanzhou v. Lanzhou Haoye Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. [2007], Civil Division II, Final, (A case about dispute over Loan Contract);

6) Xinjiang Kefang Cotton (Group) Co.Ltd. v. Urumchi Office of China Hearing Asset Management Co., Ltd. No. 32, [2006] Civil Division II, Final (A case about dispute over Asset Transfer and Equity Interest Management Contract);

7) Yantai Penghui Service Co. Ltd v. Beijing Haidian Branch of Agriculture Bank of China: No. 22 [2006] Civil Retrial, Kang; (A case about dispute over Certificate of Deposit);

8) Fenghuangtai Branch of Yantai Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. v. Shandong Province Yantai International Marine Shipping Co. Ltd., No. 10 [2005] Civil Division II, Ti (Mediation Agreement )( A case about dispute over Loan Guarantee Contract).

Organizer of “Arbitration Enforcement and Jurisdiction in a Commercial Setting: Anglo, Euro and Chinese Perspective” CECCA, Swansea Law School’s Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law and HFW, London, 21st February 2020

Organizer of The Tenth Annual Maritime Law and Policy Postgraduate Research Conference, London Universities Maritime Law and Policy Group (LUMLP), City, University of London, 5th April 2019

Organizer of The Third Annual Conference: “West Meets East: Challenges for Today and Tomorrow, International Commercial and Maritime Law Conference”, CECCA and Middlesex University supported by Clyde & Co, London, 7th, December 2018

Organizer of The Ninth Annual Maritime Law and Policy Postgraduate Research Conference, London Universities Maritime Law and Policy Group (LUMLP), City, University of London, 20th April 2018

Organizer of The Second Annual Conference: Issues of Maritime Governance hosted by CECCA and Middlesex University, London, 9-10th June 2017

Organizer of The Eighth Annual Maritime Law and Policy Postgraduate Research Conference, London Universities Maritime Law and Policy Group (LUMLP), City University of London, 7th April 2017

Recipient of University Doctoral Studentship, City, University of London

Excellent Lawyer, Beijing Chaoyang District

Advanced Lawyer for Legal Aid, Beijing Chaoyang Bureau of Justice

Four years scholarship, Beijing Union University

Monography

Interim Remedies– Comparative Analysis between English law and Chinese Law, Publisher: Tayor & Francis, 2020 (forthcoming).

Edited Book

West Meets East: Challenges for Today and Tomorrow in Commercial and Maritime Law, Publisher: Informa Law from Routledge (Agreement in principle has been achieved).

Chapters in Edited Books

1) “Shipowner’s Implied Obligations in a Charterparty Relating to Lien on Cargo: English and Chinese Law Perspectives” (two peer reviewers) in Maritime Law in Motion, Professor Proshanto K. Mukherjee (eds), January 2020, at pp. 311-340, Publisher: Springer, ISBN: 9783030317492;

2) “China’s Port System Development and Its Internationalisation: With a Special Reference to Belt and Road Initiative” (two peer reviewers) in the collective volume in Maritime and Transport Law, December 2018, at pp. 351-372, Publisher: Bonomo Editore, ISBN: 9788869720772;

3) “The Lien as A Security Device and Contractual Remedy in Charterparties: Common and Civil Law Perspectives” (two peer reviewers) in New Trends in Maritime Law: Maritime Liens, Arrest of Ships, Mortgages and Forced Sale, Jose Manuel Martin Osante (editor), 2017, at pp. 383-408, Publisher: Thomson Reuters, ISBN: 9788491527732;

4) “Collision and Oil Pollution Liability: International and Chinese Perspectives” (two peer reviewers) in Stefano Zunarelli and Massimiliano Musi (editors), Current Issues in Maritime and Transport Law (2), 2016, at pp. 77-98, Publisher: Bonomo Editore, ISBN: 9788869720321

5) “Incorporation of Charterparty Arbitration into Bills of Lading: Chinese Cases in Perspective” (two peer reviewers) in Massimiliano Musi (editor), New Challenges in Maritime Law, 2015 at pp. 95-124, Publisher: Bonomo Editore, ISBN:9788869720109.