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Dr Ruiqiao Zhang

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Senior Lecturer in Corporate Finance, Corporate and Commercial Law

DCL, LLMs, LLB, BSc
Legal professional qualification of China
Solicitor of England and Wales

Office hours:

Monday 13:00-14:00

Tel: +44 (0)131 650 6957

Email: Ruiqiao.Zhang@ed.ac.uk

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Dr Ruiqiao Zhang has comprehensive education backgrounds, extensive academic training in law, and rich experience of research and practice across multiple jurisdictions in Asia, Europe and North America.

She holds two bachelor’s degrees of Law and Science, three master’s degrees of Civil and Commercial Law, International Commercial and Trade Law, and Comparative Law in China, the Netherlands, and Canada respectively, and one doctoral degree of law at McGill University, supervised by Professor Lionel Smith.

Dr Ruiqiao Zhang is admitted to practice law in England & Wales and China. She has been a regular consultant (as a member or an advisor) for several organisations, including China-Britain Business Council and Cross Party Group on China of the Scottish Parliament.

Dr Ruiqiao Zhang has published monographs and articles with leading publishers (including Hart and Oxford University Press) and in prominent peer-reviewed journals spanning comparative law, general jurisprudence and specialised legal fields.

In 2019, Dr Ruiqiao Zhang held the position of Visiting Professor at Peking University Law School.