Biography

Education

• LLB, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, 1990
• LLM (International Legal Studies), Washington College of Law, American University, 1992
• JSM, Stanford Law School, 1999
• JSD, Stanford Law School, 2001
• MBA (Finance), Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2006

Employment/Professional Activities

• Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, 2010-Present
• Lecturer in Law and Microsoft Rule of Law Fellow, Stanford Law School, 2007-Present
• Visiting faculty member or guest lecturer, Peking University, Harvard University, New York University, National Defense University, University of Vienna, and People’s University in Beijing
• Expert witness in the United States and Europe, covering a wide range of issues including non-compete agreements, employment law, application of foreign laws in China, service procedures, and human rights.
• Associate/ Non-resident Associate, China Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C., 2001-2007
• Consultant, John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation, 2002, 2005
• Consultant, United Nations, Geneva, 2001-2003
• Assistant Professor of Law, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong, 1994-1998
• Legal Associate for Asia, International Human Rights Law Group, Washington D.C., 1993

Professional Affiliations

Courses & Programs

Courses

• Chinese Law and Business

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications View All

• Mei Gechlik, A Question of Strategy, China Law & Practice, February 2012, pp. 15-17.
• Mei Gechlik, China's Perceived Threat to Transatlantic Security, Atlantic Community, February 24, 2011.
• Mei Gechlik, International M&A and Joint Ventures: China, 43 International Lawyer 388 (2009).
• Mei Gechlik, Don't Rush to Pre-Install China's Spyware, Rocket Cap, June 18, 2009.
• Mei Gechlik, Making Transfer of Clean Technology Work: Lessons of the Clean Development Mechanism. 11 San Diego International Law Journal 227 (2009).
• Mei Gechlik, Judicial Review: Time for a Closer Look. China Business Review, 2007, issue 2, p. 20 (2007).
• Mei Gechlik, Protecting Intellectual Property Rights in Chinese Courts: An Analysis of Recent Patent Judgments, Carnegie Paper no. 78 (2007).
• Mei Gechlik, Judicial Reform in China: Lessons from Shanghai, 19 Columbia Journal of Asian Law 97 (2005).
• Veron Hung, i.e. Mei Gechlik, Fighting China's Pirates, Legally, Foreign Policy, June 2005.
• Mei Gechlik, Hong Kong After the Elections: The Future of 'One Country, Two Systems', testimony presented to the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (September 2004).