As the Job Fair for LL.M students and OCI season for JD students approach, we invited several associates in international arbitration with more recent experience in securing a position in the field for a panel discussion. Panelists will share their insight and experience in the job search/networking process and provide advice on how to distinguish themselves from other candidates. Their experience will be relevant to students from Asian backgrounds as well as to those interested in working/specializing in Asia.
Please register for the event here: https://forms.gle/n8JYp5ZUKGJumG2q8. For the Zoom link to the event, please reach out to Qiaozi Guanglin ([email protected]).
Our panelists are:
- Peter Tzeng, Associate at Foley Hoag LLP, Washington, D.C. Peter has extensive experience in both international arbitration and international litigation. Peter regularly works on cases before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where he previously clerked, as well as before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). A recipient of the Diploma of The Hague Academy of International Law, he speaks all six official languages of the United Nations (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish) at varying levels of proficiency.
Peter is a graduate of Yale Law School, where he twice received the Jerome Sayles Hess Prize for "excellence in the area of international law." He was also the author of the 2018 and 2021 Problems of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
- Wendy Cai (CLS JD '18), Associate Attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, New York. Wendy practices in the Intellectual Property and International Arbitration practice groups of Gibson Dunn. Her practice focuses on patent litigation and both international commercial and bilateral investment treaty arbitration in a wide range of fields, including telecommunications, robotics, logistics, consumer electronics, and pharmaceuticals.
Wendy received her Juris Doctor in 2018 from Columbia Law School, where she was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and the student Editor-in-Chief of the American Review of International Arbitration. She represented Columbia and placed third at the 24th Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, and was awarded “Best Cross-Examination” in the Judith S. Kaye Arbitration Competition in 2017.
- E Jin Lee (CLS JD '16), Associate Attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, New York. E Jin is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Litigation and International Arbitration Practice Groups. He has extensive experience in international commercial and investor-state arbitration. He has represented clients in international arbitrations spanning a range of sectors, including energy, natural resources, technology, intellectual property, taxation, and apparel. E Jin has served as counsel in international arbitrations administered under various institutional rules, including those of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) and International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). He also has extensive experience in ad hoc arbitration conducted under the Arbitration Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, E Jin clerked at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, where he supported arbitral tribunals in major investor-state, inter-state, and international commercial arbitrations. He was a member of the PCA delegation that established the PCA’s Singapore office.
E Jin earned his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, where he graduated as a James Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and a recipient of the Parker School Certificate for Achievement in International and Comparative Law.
- Jasmine Feng, Associate at Jones Day, Singapore. Jasmine focuses her practice on international arbitration and cross-border disputes. She is familiar with common law and civil law principles and has advised high net worth individuals in Greater China and multinational companies in cross-border disputes ranging from joint ventures, banking, oil and gas, and pharmaceuticals.
Prior to joining Jones Day in 2021, Jasmine trained as an attorney in Taipei and worked as an associate in top-tier international law firms in London and Hong Kong, where she advised clients in international arbitration under various institutional rules, including HKIAC (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre), ICC (International Chamber of Commerce), CIETAC (China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission), SIAC (Singapore International Arbitration Centre), and UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission On International Trade Law), and complex commercial litigation matters before the courts of Taiwan and Hong Kong. Jasmine received her LL.M degree from University College London with a specialization in International Commercial Law in 2016 and her LL.B degree from National Cheng Kung University in 2012.
