Dr. SHENGNAN JIA, PhD          

Navigation College
Jimei University, Xiamen, China
Email: shengnan.jia@jmu.edu.cn

EDUCATION

  • 1996-2000 – LLB, China
  • 2005-2009 – LLM, Civil and Commercial Law, China
  • 2011-2013 – LLM, Maritime Law, Sweden
  • 2014-2019 – PhD, UK

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 2000-2001 – Assistant Notary, Beijing Fangyuan Notary Public Office (Former: Beijing No. 1 Notary Public Office), China
  • 2003-2015 –Lawyer and Partner, Beijing Beidou Dingming (B&D) Law Firm, China
  • 2014-2019 – Graduate Teaching Assistant, City, University of London, UK
  • 2015-2018 – Lawyer and Partner, Beijing Zhongrui Law Firm, China
  • 2018-2023 – Lawyer and Partner, Tahota Law Firm, China
  • 2020 – present – Adjunct Lecturer, the School of Juris Master, China University of Political Science of Law, Beijing, China
  • 2021 – present – Adjunct Lecturer, Ankara University National Centre for the Sea and Maritime Law, Turkey
  • 2022 – present – Adjunct lecturer, the School of Juris Master, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China
  • 2022 – present – Lecturer, Navigation School, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian

PERSONAL SKILLS

  • Languages: Chinese, English
  • Chair of the Board, Stichting China-Europe Commercial Collaboration Association (CECCA) (Netherlands)
  • Co-Founding Director, China-Europe Commercial Collaboration Association (CECCA) (London)
  • General Editor, Journal of Transnational and Chinese Maritime Law ISSN 2634-4777 (original: CECCA monthly Newsletter Maritime Law and Commerce ISSN: 2631-7516)
  • General Editor, Journal of Transnational and Chinese Commercial Law ISSN 2634-8209 (original: CECCA monthly newsletter on Company and Financial Law ISSN: 2631-7524)

RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • The Impact of Secured Transactions Law on the Shipowner’s Contractual Security in the Chartering Industry: Common and Civil Law Perspectives, City, University of London (2014-2019)
  • West Meets East: Challenges for Today and Tomorrow, International Maritime and Commercial Law/ Issues of Maritime Governance Conference, the National Higher Education Innovation Fund, UK (2017-2018)
  • United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on Judicial Sale of Ships, China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) (2020-2022)
  • United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on Negotiable Multimodal Transport Document, China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) (2023-present)

CONFERENCES (Selected)

  • “The challenging impact of judicial sale of ships and its underlying legal issues” in International Symposium on the development on Ocean Rules of Law of China, Dalian, China, 18 November 2022
  • United Nations Commission on international trade law working group VI (Negotiable Multimodal Transport Documents) Forty-first Session, Vienna, 28 November – 2 December 2022
  • “Legal Analysis Of Warranty In Marine Insurance Contract – English Law And Chinese Law Perspectives “ in Inter-University Center Dubrovnik International Maritime and Transport Law, Croatia, 5-10 September 2022
  • “The Impact of  the Cultural Difference between the East and the West on Cross-Boarder Commercial Dispute Solution” in China International Fair for Trade in Services, Beijing, 1-5 September 2022
  • “The Impact of  the Cultural Difference on Cross-Boarder Commercial Dispute Solution” in Beijing Chaoyang District Lawyer’s Association, Beijing, China, 28 April 2022
  • “The Current Revision of Arbitration Law of PRC: From the Perspective of Arbitral Interim Measures Regime” in TAW Asian Arbitration Panel – “Recent Developments in Asia”, International Arbitration Week, Turkey, 1-5 November 2021
  • “The Legal Nature of the ‘Bill of Lading’ by the China-Europe Railway Express: The Chinese Perspective”, Inter-University Center Dubrovnik International Maritime and Transport Law, Croatia, 6-11 September 2021
  • “Legal Relationships in the Ever Given Accident: Time Charterparty and Cargo Claim” In “The Salvage of the Vessel Ever Given in the Suez Canal”, CECCA Seminars Maritime Series No 1, Online, 19 May 2021
  • “A Talk on International Legal Education: What Skills Are Required to be an International Legal Specialist?”, Dalian Maritime University, China, 6 December 2020
  • “Essential Skills of an International Commercial Lawyer: From a Chinese Practitioner Perspective”, Middlesex University, London, 24 November 2020
  • “The Adoption of Chinese Civil Code and Its Implications on the Chinese Maritime Code”, Inter-University Center Dubrovnik International Maritime and Transport Law, Croatia, 7-9 September 2020
  • “The Impact of Coronavirus (NCP) on Commercial Contracts and Dispute Resolution”, Arbitration Enforcement and Jurisdiction in a Commercial Setting: Anglo, Euro and Chinese Perspective, China-Europe Commercial Collaboration Association (CECCA), Swansea Law School’s Institute of International shipping and Trade Law and HFW, London, 21st February 2020
  • “Development and Practice Regarding Dispute Resolution in Europe and China”, West Meets East: Challenges for Today and Tomorrow, International Maritime and Commercial Law Conference, China-Europe Commercial Collaboration Association (CECCA) and Middlesex University, London, UK, 7th, December 2018
  • “China’s Port System”, The Seventh Annual International Research Seminar in Maritime, Port and Transport Law, The North Adriatic Sea Port Authority and University of Bologna, Italy, 20-24 June 2018
  • “Issues of Warranty Clauses Within Marine Insurance Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Legal Education Regarding English Law and Chinese Law”,
  • International Conference on Maritime Policy, Technology and Education, China Center (Maritime), Southampton Solvent University, UK, 7-8 June 2017
  • “The Shipowner’s Potential Liabilities When Invoking the Contractual Security Provisions Under the Charterparty”, The Eighth Annual Maritime Law and Policy Postgraduate Research Conference, London Universities Maritime Law and Policy Group (LUMLP), City, University of London, UK, 7th April 2017
  • “Lien as a Security Device and Contractual Remedy in Charterparties: Common and Civil Law Perspectives”, the Ninth European Colloquium of Maritime Law Research (ECMLR), Bilbao, Spain, 14-15 September 2016
  • “The Seemingly Unproblematic Notion of ‘Lien’ in Charterparties: in Common
  • Law and Civil Law Countries”, Postgraduate Research Forum, City University London, UK, 13th May 2016
  • “The Seemingly Unproblematic Notion of ‘Lien’ in Charterparties: in Common Law and Civil Law Countries”, Postgraduate Research Forum, City University London, UK, 13th May 2016
  • “Contractual Security Remedies in Charterparties: A Call for Harmonization Between Two Legal Systems”, Goldsmith Graduate Festival, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, 9th May 2016
  • “The Seemingly Unproblematic Notion of ‘Lien’ in Charterparties: in Common Law and Civil Law Countries”, The Seventh Annual Maritime Law and Policy Postgraduate Research Conference, London Universities Maritime Law and Policy Group (LUMLP), City University of London, UK, 29th April 2016
  • “Incorporation of Arbitration Clauses in a Charterparty and a Bill of Lading: Chinese Cases in Perspective”, The Fourth Annual International Research Seminar in Maritime, Port and Transport Law, University of Bologna, Italy, 29th June – 2nd July 2015

MEMBERSHIPS

  • An Expert of advisory Panel for CCPIT (China council for promotion of International Trade) as UNCITRAL Observer on working Group VI (Negotiable Multimodal Transport)
  • Reviewer, “Ocean and Coastal Management (SCI)
  • Reviewer, “The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law (published by Oxford University Press)
  • Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Shipping and Ocean Engineering (published by David Publishing Company)
  • An Expert in International Commercial Law, Beijing Municipal Lawyers Association
  • Arbitrator, Zhuhai court of International Arbitration
  • Arbitrator, Hainan International Association Court, China
  • Arbitrator, Caspian Arbitration Society, Geneva (CAS)
  • Arbitrator, London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA)
  • Consultant and Arbitrator, Energy Dispute Arbitration Centre, Ankara, Turkey
  • Member of China Maritime Association
  • Member of the Eleventh Professional Committee of Maritime Law of Beijing Municipal Lawyers Association
  • Researcher of China-Britain Artificial Intelligence Association, London
  • Member of International Business Institute of Beijing Chaoyang District Lawyers Association
  • Member of All-China Lawyer’s Association

BIBLIOGRAPHY (Selected)

Books and articles

  1. Jain, Vivek; Macey-Dare, Thomas; Jia, Shengnan
    Comparative Analysis of Interim Measures: Interim Remedies v Preservation Measures
    Informa Law from Routledge, London, May 2022, ISBN:9781032257884
  2. Jia, Shengnan; Zhao, Lijun Liz
    Commercial and Maritime Law in China and Europe
    Informa Law from Routledge, London, December 2022, ISBN 9780367749286
  3. Jia, Shengnan
    Legal Nature of the “Bill of Lading” by the China-Europe Railway Express: The Chinese Perspective Poredbeno pomorsko pravo = Comparative Maritime Law, vol. 61 (2022), no. 176, pp. 677-703, ISSN 1331-9914 (print), ISSN 1848-8927
  4. Jia, Shengnan
    Sources of Law in China CECCA Newsletter on Maritime Law and Commerce, vol. September 2019, issue 18, ISSN: 2631-7516
  5. Jia, Shengnan; Zhao, Lijun Liz
    Deficiency and Remedy of a Cargo Lien Clause Under Multiple Charterparties from the Perspective of Chinese Law in Maritime and Commercial Law in China and Europe
    Informa Law from Routledge, London, May 2022
  6. Jia, Shengnan
    The Lien as A Security Device and Contractual Remedy in Charterparties: Common and Civil Law Perspectives (peer reviewed), Osante, Jose Manuel Martin (ed.), New Trends in Maritime Law: Maritime Liens, Arrest of Ships, Mortgages and Forced Sale
    Thomson Reuters, Spain, 2017, pp. 383-408, ISBN: 9788491527732
  7. Jia, Shengnan
    Collision and Oil Pollution Liability: International and Chinese Perspectives (peer reviewed), Zunarelli, Stefano; Musi, Massimiliano (eds.), Current Issues in Maritime and Transport Law (2) Bonomo Editore, Bologna, 2016, pp. 77-98, ISBN 9788869720321
  8. Jia, Shengnan
    Incorporation of Charterparty Arbitration into Bills of Lading: Chinese Cases in Perspective (peer reviewed), Musi, Massimiliano (ed.), New Challenges in Maritime Law Bonomo Editore, Bologna, 2015, pp. 95-124, ISBN 9788869720109
  9. Jia, Shengnan; Yu, Haiyang
    Shipowner’s Implied Obligations in a Charterparty Relating to Lien on Cargo: English and Chinese Law Perspectives” (peer reviewed), Mukherjee, Proshanto K.; Mojia, Jr, Maximo Q.; Xu, Jingjing (eds.), Maritime Law in Motion Springer, 2020, pp. 311-340, ISBN 978-3-030-31748-5; 978-3-030-31749-2(eBook)
  10. Jia, Shengnan
    China’s Port System Development and Its Internationalisation” (peer reviewed), the collective volume in Musi, Massimiliano (ed.), Port, Maritime and Transport Law Between Legacies of the Past and Modernization Bonomo Editore, Bologna, 2018, pp. 351-372, ISBN: 978886972122-9

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