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ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8793-0590
Scopus Author ID: 11141812900
ResearcherID: AAU-4113-2020
Google Scholar Profile: BALTn5sAAAAJ
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Biography
Julien Chaisse is Professor and RGC Senior Research Fellow at City University of Hong Kong School of Law. His interdisciplinary research links international economic law, political theory, political economy, technology and dispute resolution. He is Editor in Chief of the Journal of World Investment & Trade, Area Editor of Data & Policy, and writes the bimonthly “Global Lawyer” column for Financial Times fDi Intelligence. He has been included in Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists list for 2023, 2024 and 2025; his work has been cited by international tribunals and domestic courts.
His academic service includes two elected roles: Vice Chair of the American Society of International Law’s International Law & Technology Interest Group since 2026, and elected member of the Steering Committee of the Academic Forum on Investor State Dispute Settlement since 2024. He also chairs the Asia Pacific FDI Network, serves as Hong Kong’s delegate to the Asia WTO Research Network, and sits on the advisory board of the Asian Academy of International Law.
His research offers a unified account of how transnational governance is being reconfigured by digitalisation and strategic competition. Across trade, investment, arbitration and taxation, he examines how transnational norms define value and allocate it across jurisdictions when production, control and monetisation no longer align. Influenced by thinkers such as Foucault, Deleuze, Arendt and Girard, he treats law as a market making architecture of power. Law does more than regulate exchange; it creates the categories through which authority gains legitimacy and conflict becomes actionable. The recurring concern is how to secure value when economic functions split across borders and jurisdictions compete for control and returns.
His research has had policy impact in Hong Kong through advice to the Law Society of Hong Kong Committee on RCEP, and internationally through work on digital assets, cross border data disputes and FDI and rusted data flows. His academic publications and contributions to World Economic Forum reports, including ‘Overcoming Barriers to Cross Border Data Flows,’ have informed Data Free Flow with Trust; the G7 Digital and Tech Ministers used that report to advance the initiative and support the creation of the Institutional Arrangement for Partnership. His digital law work covers UDRP and URS domain name disputes, ICANN related matters and ICANN’s review of rights protection mechanisms for gTLDs.
His core research affiliations are the Hong Kong Research Grants Council Research Fellow Alliance, the World Economic Forum Trade & Investment Council, and the UN Centre for Trade Facilitation & Electronic Business Working Group on Conflict of Laws in Critical Raw Material Value Chains. He is also Senior Research Affiliate at Singapore Management University’s Centre for Digital Law and Fellow at the Information Society Law Center at the University of Milan.
Before joining CityUHK, he held posts at the World Trade Institute (Switzerland), University of Antwerp (Belgium), Sciences Po Aix (France) and the Embassy of France in India, with visiting appointments at Columbia, Oxford, Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Melbourne and Tokyo.
Research Interests/Areas
International Economic Law
Commercial and Investment Contracts
Special Economic Zones
Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
Cyberlaw (ICANN, domain names, trademarks)
Transborder Data Flows and Data Privacy Law
Vitivinicultural law
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Keywords
- K Law (General)
- KZ Law of Nations
- H Social Sciences (General)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Research output
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Arbitration scope in shareholder agreements (Soremi v China National Gold)
CHAISSE, J., 15 Jan 2026, LexisNexis.Research output: Other Outputs › RGC 64A - Other outputs › peer-review
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Book Review: Azmeh and Nicol on the Law and Practice of the QFC Civil and Commercial Court and Regulatory Tribunal, by Umar Azmeh and Catriona Nicol
Chaisse, J., 2026, In: Arab Law Quarterly. 40, 4, p. 1-8Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 62 - Review of books or of software (or similar publications/items) › peer-review
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Legal Duality in Blockchain Technology: Linking Investment and Innovation
Chaisse, J., 19 Mar 2026, Digitalisation, New Technologies, and International Investment Law. Delimatsis, P., Dimitropoulos, G. & Gourgourinis, A. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 108-142 35 p.Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author) › peer-review
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Quantum Computing as a Service in Finance: Standards and Contracts as Proof of Control
Chaisse, J. & Pandya, D., 17 Jun 2026Research output: Other Outputs › RGC 64A - Other outputs
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SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES AND INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT: FROM CONFLICT TO CONVERGENCE
Chaisse, J., Dimitropoulos, G., Dagbanja, D., Chuc Gamboa, A. P., Jaber, S. S., Losari, J. J. & Olaoye, K., 18 Jan 2026, Academic Forum on ISDS Concept Paper 2026/1. Geneva: Academic Forum on ISDS, p. 1-52 (Academic Forum on ISDS Concept Paper).Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review
2 Downloads (CityUHK Scholars)
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PPR-GOVT: Making E-awards Work: Legal Fixes and Tech Upgrades to Keep Hong Kong at the Forefront of Digital Arbitration
CHAISSE, J. L. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator), BARNETT, J. (Co-Investigator), LEDERER, F. I. (Co-Investigator), TRELEAVEN, P. (Co-Investigator) & ZELEZNIKOW, J. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/26 → …
Project: Research
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SRFS: Semiconductors, Quantum Computing, and AI: Pioneering the Future of Trade and Sustainability in International Economic Law
CHAISSE, J. L. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/01/26 → …
Project: Research
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GRF: The Black Box of Settlement Offers: Uncovering the Hidden Dynamics of Investor-State Dispute Settlement
CHAISSE, J. L. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/01/25 → …
Project: Research
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Ger/HKJRS: Domestic National Security Regulation and Foreign Investment: A Comparative Analysis of Germany and Hong Kong
CHAISSE, J. L. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator) & HERRMANN, C. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/23 → …
Project: Research
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DON_RMG: Commercial Law as a Strategic Pillar in the Legal Development - RMGS
LOKE, A. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator), CHAISSE, J. L. (Co-Investigator), HE, T. (Co-Investigator) & Tsimplis, M. (Co-Investigator)
1/02/20 → …
Project: Research
Prizes
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Stanford's Top 2% most highly cited scientists 2025
CHAISSE, J. L. (Recipient), Sept 2025
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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Stanford's top 2% most highly cited scientists 2024
CHAISSE, J. L. (Recipient), Sept 2024
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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CityU Outstanding Research Award 2023
CHAISSE, J. L. (Recipient), Oct 2023
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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Stanford's top 2% most highly cited scientists 2023
CHAISSE, J. L. (Recipient), Oct 2023
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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2022 China Law Research Award
CHAISSE, J. L. (Recipient), 1 Dec 2022
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
Press/Media
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Taipei vows crackdown on fake ‘Made in Taiwan’ labels as fresh US tariff threats loom
15/04/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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China’s trade moves against US show it’s ready to fight back but willing to make a deal
5/02/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Activities
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• Judge at the 23rd Edition of the John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition (West and South Asia Regional Round), held on 14–16 February 2025 at the National Law University Jodhpur, India. Organized by NLU Jodhpur in collaboration with the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA). Judicial role included evaluation of oral pleadings and written submissions in WTO law.
CHAISSE, J. L. (Advisory Chair)
14 Dec 2025Activity: Organizing or Participating in a conference / an event › Conference / Symposium
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• The WTO and Plurilateral Agreements. Talk delivered at the TradeLab Clinic organized jointly by Georgetown University – Qatar (GU-Q) and HBKU College of Law, held on 13 March 2025 in Doha, Qatar. Joint presentation with Professor Katrin Kuhlmann (Georgetown Law).
CHAISSE, J. L. (Advisory Chair)
13 Mar 2025Activity: Organizing or Participating in a conference / an event › Conference / Symposium
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• International Investment in the Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence. Invited participant at the Roundtable Seminar on International Investment in Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence cum Consultation for the World Investment Report, co-organized by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Institute of Global Governance and Innovation, City University of Hong Kong. Held on 11 March 2025, at CityUHK, Hong Kong SAR.
CHAISSE, J. L. (Advisory Chair)
11 Mar 2025Activity: Organizing or Participating in a conference / an event › Conference / Symposium
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• Digital FDI and Plurilateral Regulation. Paper presented at the Law & Economics Workshop on Economic Regulation and Digitalisation, held on 4–5 March 2025 at the French Competition Authority, Paris, France. Organized in partnership with Université Paris X Nanterre and Allen & Overy Paris.
CHAISSE, J. L. (Speaker)
4 Mar 2025 → 5 Mar 2025Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture
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“International Law Limits to Investment Screening”, Domestic National Security Regulation and Foreign Investment: A Comparative Analysis, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, December 17–19, 2024
CHAISSE, J. L. (Advisory Chair)
17 Dec 2024 → 19 Dec 2024Activity: Organizing or Participating in a conference / an event › Conference / Symposium