Centre for Private and Commercial Law (PCL)

Our people

Find out more about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Hedvig Schmidt

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Competition Law and Policy
  • Antitrust Law
  • Intellectual Property Law

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Iris Benohr

Professor

Research interests

  • International Law and European Law
  • Competition and Consumer Law
  • Financial Law and Digitalisation 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Mr Jingzhong Chen

Research interests

  • Contract Law
  • Contract Theory
  • Political Philosophy
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Dr Liang Zhao

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Maritime law
  • Contract and commercial law
  • Insurance law

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Miss Madison Stevens LLB, LLM

Research interests

  • Maritime Law
  • Private Commercial Law
  • International Law
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Dr Michail Risvas

Lecturer in Law

Research interests

  • Public International Law
  • International Arbitration
  • International Economic Law and World Trade Organization Law

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Mr Paraskevas Rodosthenous

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Corporate Governance 
  • Company Law
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Dr Stephanie Law

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • European Union Law
  • Consumer Protection
  • Private International Law and European Civil Procedure

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Miss Tengjiao Xu LLB, LLM

Research interests

  • International Trade Law
  • Maritime Law
  • Electronic Commercial Law
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Mr Xinzhe Qiao

Research interests

  • Shipbuilding contracts
  • Guarantees
  • Relational contracts
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