HKU Law’s Inaugural ASEAN Academic Fellow Lecture

LL.M. Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

HKU Law’s Inaugural ASEAN Academic Fellow Lecture

Resolving Disputes Regarding Business Involvement in Arbitrary Land Takings: Lessons from Cambodia

Speaker: Dr. Sao Socheata
Date: 31 October 2024
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Venue: Room 824, 8/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Moderator: Prof. Shahla Ali
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About the Speaker:

Socheata Sao is the Deputy Director of the English Language-Based Master of Law (ELBML) Programme at the Royal University of Law and Economics in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She teaches Legal Research and Business and Human Rights. Socheata is also a member of the Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association, a business and human rights researcher, and a commercial arbitrator at the National Commercial Arbitration Centre of Cambodia (NCAC). Socheata completed her Ph.D. in Law at Monash University, Australia. Her thesis assessed avenues for access to effective remedies for land-grabbing victims in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). She obtained her LL.M. in International Commercial Law (Distinction) from the University of Kent (the United Kingdom) and bachelor’s degrees in Law (Cambodia), Business Economics (Cambodia), and Business Administration (France). Prior to pursuing her Ph.D. at Monash, she worked as a legal associate in the corporate practice group at a leading regional law firm in Phnom Penh.