Mr. Jamieson Michael KIRKWOOD

Research Student

Working toward a PhD in Laws, expected 2022

Jamieson is an experienced legal practitioner with dual expertise in both International Economic Law and Investment Management and therefore ideally positioned to undertake the below research, which is best undertaken by a candidate with both legal and empirical skills.

THESIS TOPIC

Investment Dispute Resolution along China’s Belt and Road Towards a New Paradigm?, co-supervised by Professors Anatole BOUTE and Noam NOKED.

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AIMS

I am especially interested in the interface between International Economic Law and Investment Management / Dispute Resolution / Arbitration arising from the Investments. With my thesis, I hope to investigate further this interface, particularly along the Belt and Road and present my findings to a wider audience.

PAPERS DELIVERED
  • Chaisse, Julien & Kirkwood, Jamieson, ‘Foreign Investors vs National Tax Measures: Assessing the Role of International Investment Agreements’ in Mosquera Irma, Lesage Dries & Lips Wouter (eds) Taxation, International Cooperation and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (Springer 2021), https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030648565 (FORTHCOMING).
  • Chaisse, Julien & Kirkwood, Jamieson, ‘One Stone, Two Birds: Can China Leverage WTO Accession to Build the BRI?’ (2021) 55 (2) Journal of World Trade 287-308, https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Journal+of+World+Trade/55.2/TRAD2021011.
  • Chaisse, Julien & Kirkwood, Jamieson, ‘CHINESE PUZZLE: ANATOMY OF THE (INVISIBLE) BELT AND ROAD INVESTMENT TREATY’ (2020) 23 (1) Journal of International Economic Law 245–269, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgz047.
  • Author of dissertation during Master of Science in Swansea, “An Investigation of the Paradigm Shift in Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment”, 2017.
EDUCATION AND AWARDS
  • Master of Science in Investment Management, School of Management, Swansea University, United Kingdom, 2017.
    Dissertation Title: “An Investigation of the Paradigm Shift in Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment”
  • Master of Laws in International Economic Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2013.
  • Summer School for International Financial Law, Oxford University, United Kingdom, 2010.
  • Young Lawyers Program, Tübingen University/ Düsseldorf High Court, Germany, 2004.
  • BVC Program, Inns of Court School of Law, London, United Kingdom, 2003.
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 2000.