Professor Rosa Lastra 3 December 2020
Professor Rosa Lastra talks about her career at CCLS.
J.A.L. Sterling - In Memoriam 3 December 2020
17 April 1927 – 29 November 2020
Luchmyparsad Aujayeb (International Business Law LLM, 2007) 2 December 2020
Luchmyparsad Aujayeb was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Mauritius on 1 September 2020.
Jamie Crummie (Human Rights Law LLM, 2015) 1 December 2020
Co-Founder and Director at Too Good To Go, Jamie Crummie, is featured during Queen Mary celebration of the Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Dre Efthymiou (Intellectual Property Law LLM, 2017) 26 November 2020
Dre is currently a trainee solicitor at Pinsent Masons LLP, and has completed seats in corporate, pensions, and restructuring. He volunteers at Queen Mary to help current students.
Dubhe Sarmiento Félix (Computer and Communications Law LLM, 2019) 24 November 2020
Dubhe has had her article Data privacy progress, enforcement and Brexit published in the Journal of Data Protection & Privacy.
Rukshana Pervin Hoque (Media Law LLM, 2018) 23 November 2020
Rukshana studied LLM in Media Law and now works as an Assistant Legal Counsel at ZeniMax Europe.
Yiannis Karamanolis (Commercial and Corporate Law LLM, 2009) 18 November 2020
Yiannis Karamanolis was recently recognised as a “Litigation Star” for Cyprus in the 2021 edition of Benchmark Litigation Europe.
Yahor Yefanau (Intellectual Property Law LLM, 2016) 17 November 2020
Yahor has been working for a mobile gaming company, Awem Games, as a Chief Counsel after completing his LLM.
Professor Julian Lew, founder of the School of International Arbitration 12 November 2020
Professor Julian Lew has been teaching at QMUL and CCLS since 1982 and founded the School of International Arbitration in 1985.
Celebrating 40 Years of CCLS: Professor Sir Roy Goode CBE QC 11 November 2020
In 2020 we celebrated CCLS's 40th Anniversary. Sir Roy Goode, CCLS founder, talks about the challenges and triumphs along the way.
Policy Brief on Reforming Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Promotion of Trade and Investment Cooperation 11 November 2020
Giammarco Rao (Comparative and International Dispute Resolution LLM, 2018) has been involved in drafting the policy brief Reforming Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Promotion of Trade and Investment Cooperation. He explains the purpose and need for such reform.
Dr Julia Hörnle, Professor of Internet Law 9 November 2020
Dr Hörnle (PhD 2008) published her new book on Internet Law on 5 November 2020.
Firdausi Firdaus (Computer and Communication Law LLM, 2013) 28 October 2020
Firdausi, along with Antonius Tigor, has recently set up CCLS Indonesia Chapter for the alumni community in Indonesia.
Noora Honkasalo (Intellectual Property Law LLM, 2019) 19 October 2020
Noora was drawn to studying at CCLS because of her intention to study Interactive Entertainment Law. Her expectations were surpassed!
Katerina Sharkova (Intellectual Property Law LLM, 2016) 16 October 2020
Katerina chose to take the Interactive Entertainment Law module as part of her Intellectual Property Law LLM. She describes her experience of studying IEL and the impact it had on her studies at CCLS.
Rossana Amoruso (International Business Law LLM, 2017) 7 October 2020
Rossana Amoruso tells us about what drove her to become a lawyer and how CCLS helped her to achieve her dreams.
Diego Juan Abelleyra Llodra (Banking and Finance Law LLM, 1997) 7 October 2020
Diego Juan describes how studying at CCLS impacted his career and updates us on his move to London and his current freelance work.
Professional Mentoring at CCLS 23 September 2020
At CCLS, we actively support our students in their wish to progress their careers by building professional networks and gaining experience across the legal sector.
Anne Flanagan, Director of the CCLS LLM Programme 16 September 2020
Professor Anne Flanagan (Computer and Communication Law LLM, 2000), LLM Programme Director, talks about the new academic year and the changes CCLS has made to its LLM programmes.
QMIPRI and Covid-19 in the media 16 September 2020
Professor Duncan Matthews, Director of QMIPRI, has made a number of media appearances in which he has discussed the wide-ranging implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on Intellectual Property.
Genome Editing and Patents 15 September 2020
Professor Duncan Matthews, Director of the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, has convened a high-level expert working group on genome editing and patents.
Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer presents her new book ‘Insurable Interest and the Law’ 14 September 2020
Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer (Commercial Law PhD, 2017) held a webinar and panel discussion to launch her new book on insurance law.
Building Trust in the Digital Economy - CCLS Partnership with ARGANS and the European Space Agency 7 September 2020
CCLS experts Professor Ian Walden, Dr Noam Shemtov and Dr Michaela MacDonald have joined ARGANS Ltd in a research project, commissioned by the European Space Agency, as a part of a continuous effort to stimulate innovation within the Earth Observation sector.
Douglas W Arner (Banking and Finance Law LLM, 1996) 3 September 2020
Douglas gained a Masters in Banking and Finance Law at QMUL in 1996. He has had a long and prestigious academic career and is currently Kerry Holdings Professor in Law at the University of Hong Kong.
On the Origin of CCLS by Means of CIPA Selection 2 September 2020
Malcolm Langley, Librarian of the Intellectual Property Archive, describes the lesser-known origins of CCLS with its initial inception in the field of Intellectual Property Law.
Interview with Professor Chris Reed 1 September 2020
As part of our 40th CCLS Anniversary Celebration we conducted an interview with Chris Reed, Professor of Electronic Commerce Law, who has been teaching at CCLS since 1987.
Research Handbook on European Union Taxation Law 19 August 2020
Dr Christiana HJI Panayi, Professor of Tax Law at Queen Mary, has published a new book on European Union Taxation.
Shazia K. Afghan (Banking and Finance LLM, 2015) 12 August 2020
Shazia is currently studying for a PhD in Fintech Law, Ethics and Regulation, which she combines with working for Treasury Legal Advisers at HM Treasury.
Mary Clancy (Laws LLM, 1976) 3 August 2020
Read about Mary’s fascinating career in law and politics since she graduated with an LLM from Queen Mary in 1976.
CCLS Development Board 28 July 2020
CCLS has established a new Development Board
Christos Karavias (Commercial and Corporate Law LLM, 2019) 22 July 2020
Recent graduate, Christos, talks about how his LLM degree at CCLS has opened doors for a great career in law in his home country of Greece.
CCLS 40th Anniversary Lecture Series 15 July 2020
The CCLS 40th Anniversary Lecture Series is now online.
Dr Despina Chatzimanoli (Laws LLM, 1997) 14 July 2020
Agis Georgiades (International Mediation PGDip, 2010) 13 July 2020
Agis was appointed as a Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) in June 2020.
Anastasia Simonova (Comparative and International Dispute Resolution LLM in Paris, 2019) 10 July 2020
Anastasia talks about her work since graduating a year ago.
Demilade Isioma Elemo (Comparative and International Dispute Resolution LLM, 2016) 10 July 2020
Demilade talks about her roles as a PhD Researcher at the University of Dundee and as Regional Chair for Africa, Young ITA (Institute for Transnational Arbitration).
Prashanta Barua (Computer and Communication Law LLM, 2006) 8 July 2020
Prashanta has recently established a foodbank in rural Ramu, in Bangladesh, to help families stranded in COVID-19 lockdown.
Dr Anna Howard (PhD, 2020) 1 July 2020
Anna Howard (PhD, 2020) gives an overview of her CCLS experience and her pre-CCLS legal career.
Dan Kraft (Banking and Finance LLM, 1997) 17 June 2020
Dan talks about his busy legal and academic career that have included several relocations around the world since he graduated from CCLS in 1997.
Aiya Al-Jabiri (Law and Economics LLM, 2018) 9 June 2020
Aiya Al-Jabiri (Law and Economics LLM, 2018) talks about her experience of studying at CCLS and of having a part of her dissertation paper published in an international legal journal, entitled 'Financial Regulation International'.
QMUL Event for Alumni from Argentina 4 June 2020
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal organised, along with alumni, Juan Aguirre and Brian Burstein, an event for QMUL alumni from Argentina
New France Alumni Chapter 3 June 2020
Professor Jonathan Griffiths, Director of CCLS in Paris, Talks About New France Alumni Chapter
‘Alumni’ as Lifelong Learners in the University of the Future 21 May 2020
This article is written by Dr Nigel Spencer, Professor of Education Innovation and Professional Practice, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London
Carlos Carvalho (Comparative and International Dispute Resolution Law LLM, 2017) 20 May 2020
Carlos Carvalho (Comparative and International Dispute Resolution Law LLM, 2017)
Dr Iwa Salami (PhD, 2006) 14 May 2020
Dr Salami talks about her work and recent publications.
Andrea Bacher (International Business Law and French and European Law, QMUL-Sorbonne Double LLM, 2019) 12 May 2020
Andrea talks about participating in the CCLS seminar in Paris on "Climate Change and the Paris Agreement" held at the end of 2019.
Energy Law Institute 6 May 2020
Norah Gallagher, Academic Director of the CCLS Energy Law Institute (ELI), talks about the Energy and Natural Resources Law LLM.
Rt Hon Chris Huhne Speaks at the Last Energy Law Lecture of the Spring Term 5 May 2020
Gustavo Rochette (Energy and Natural Resources Law LLM, 2019) shares his experience of teaching and organising a lecture, given by the Rt Hon Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2010 to 2012 and a member of the UK’s National Security Council.
Law School Students from the University of Adelaide visit CCLS 30 April 2020
A group of law students from the Law School of the University of Adelaide visits CCLS for a study tour.
Francisco Alarcon (International Business Law LLM, 2019) 29 April 2020
Francisco tells us about the new and innovative Centro de Mediación Empresarial (Business Mediation Centre) that he recently opened in Eucador.
Clara Barbiani (Banking and Finance Law LLM, 2018) 23 April 2020
Clara updates us on her role as a compliance manager since completing her LLM in 2018.
Abhishek Tilak (Tax Law LLM, 2016) 22 April 2020
Abhishek is a Senior Associate - Direct Tax Litigation at Advaita Legal, which has just won the India Business Law Journal 2020 "Law Firm Award for Taxation".
Yashvardhan Rana (Intellectual Property Law LLM, 2016) 16 April 2020
Yashvardhan talks about his work in India in the field of Intellectual Property Law.
Interview with Professor James Dallas 14 April 2020
James Dallas, Executive Director of the Energy Law Institute, is interviewed by current CCLS student, Souria Maroua Touihar (Energy and Natural Resources LLM, 2020).
The Faculty Seminars for CCLS Staff and PhD Students Become Webinars 5 April 2020
Dr Garry Gabison talks about the changes he made following 17th March lockdown to the Faculty Seminar series he runs for CCLS staff and PhD students.
Fizza Ali (Commercial and Corporate Law LLM, 2019) 30 March 2020
Fizza is interviewed by Queen Mary alumni office about her experience as a student in London and her career inspirations.
Antonius Tigor (Computer and Communications Law LLM, 2017) 26 March 2020
Antonius was chosen as In-House Lawyer of the Year 2019 winner by Asian Legal Business, Thomson Reuters.
Dr Guido Reinke (Technology, Media & Telecommunications Law LLM, 2020) 16 March 2020
Dr Guido Reinke has published a new book about Data Protection, which will help organisations and professionals with data transfer between the EU and post-Brexit Britain.
Professor Anselm Kamperman Sanders (PhD, 1995) 10 March 2020
Anselm updates us on high profile roles he held since graduating with a PhD from CCLS in 1995.
Atilla Kasap (Law LLM, 2018) 5 March 2020
Atilla shares with us the exciting news that his LLM thesis is being published in the Wake Forest Journal of Business & Intellectual Property Law.
Matthew Gream (MSc Management of Intellectual Property Law 2004) 19 February 2020
Matthew Gream, MSc in Management of Intellectual Property 2002-2004, explains how this programme furthered an unconventional, interesting and inspirational career path, opening up leadership roles at Google/YouTube, and an entrepreneurial journey beyond. https://linkedin.com/in/mgream/
Nazeera Ali (Corporate and Commercial Law LLM 2013). 11 February 2020
Nazeera Ali tells us about her exciting career in Trinidad and Tobago since completing her Corporate and Commercial Law LLM in 2013.
Valerio Novembre (PhD, 2008) 5 February 2020
Valerio Novembre updates us on his career following the completion of a PhD in 2008.
Barbara Christine Lange (LLM Law 1996) 20 January 2020
Armstrong Chen (LLM Banking and Finance Law 2010) 20 January 2020
Find out about Armstrong Chen, who graduated from the Banking and Finance Law LLM in 2010.
Dr Apostolos Gkoutzinis (LLM Banking and Finance 2000 and PhD 2004) 17 January 2020
We interviewed Dr Apostolos Gkoutzinis about his opinions on the differences between working in a “big law firm” and being an in-house lawyer. Apostolos is currently a Partner at Milbank in London.
Dr Ana Maria Fagetan (Banking and Finance Law LLM 2007) 16 January 2020
Find out what Dr Ana Maria Fagetan is doing now after graduating from the Centre for Commercial Law Studies in 2007.
Adebisi Sanda (Law and Economics LLM 2014) 15 January 2020
Find out what Adebisi Sanda has been doing since graduating from the Centre for Commercial Law Studies in 2014.
Walter Pellecchia (LLM Banking and Finance Law 2019) 14 January 2020
Walter Pellecchia, Banking and Finance Law graduate, tells us about his work at Reed Smith LLP, following completion of his LLM.
Isil Etes (LLM Public International Law 2010) 14 January 2020
Isil Etes, who studied for an LLM in Public International Law, shares her advice on job seeking for recent graduates.
Georg Wabl (LLM Banking and Finance Law 2016) 13 January 2020
Georg Wabl, Banking and Finance LLM graduate, talks about the career opportunities that the LLM has given him.
Dr Daniele D’Alvia (LLM Commercial and Corporate Law 2013) 13 January 2020
Dr Daniele D’Alvia, who completed his LLM in Commercial and Corporate Law in 2013, updates us on his career since graduating from Queen Mary University of London.
Buddhinee Herath (LLM Commercial and Corporate Law 2011) 13 January 2020
We catch up with Buddhinee Herath, LLM Commercial and Corporate Law graduate, who tells us about her experiences at CCLS and what she has done since graduation.