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FACULTY OF Profiles L AW BCL AND MJUR CLASS OF 2019/20 www.law.ox.ac.uk CLASS OF 2019/20 BCL AND MJUR 1 BCL AND MJUR PROFILE CLASS OF 2019/20 INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE PROGRAMME Oxford is renowned The Oxford Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) degree has been a for the size, strength, pivotal feature of Oxford’s law provision since the sixteenth and diversity of its century. This rich history has helped to maintain its status as community of legal the most highly regarded taught masters-level qualification scholars drawn from in the common law world. Since 1991, the Magister around the world. Juris (MJur) degree has established a similar outstanding I am delighted to reputation for students from non-common law backgrounds. welcome our new class of BCL and MJur Our students benefit from Oxford’s rigorous tutorial system students to this community. which makes these degree courses so challenging. This The students also come from a diverse range environment demands exceptional academic motivation, of backgrounds; they are united by their focused analytical ability, and the capacity for sustained previous academic achievements and shared work. Students from a wide range of jurisdictions and enthusiasm for the study of law. backgrounds refine their wealth of experience, knowledge and understanding through direct and intensive engagement Christopher Hare with some of the best teachers and researchers in the world Associate Dean of Graduate Studies across a wide range of legal subjects. (Taught Courses) Oxford’s Faculty of Law was ranked second in the world in 2016 QS World University Rankings for law, and second in the Guardian’s UK University Guide 2018. BCL Class Size BCL Nationalities BCL Age Range BCL Average Age 93 19 20-32 24 MJUR Class Size MJUR Nationalities MJUR Age Range MJUR Average Age 32 14 21-29 25 Follow us and join the conversation Disclaimer: This profile book has been compiled from the submissions of the individuals represented in the book, who www.facebook.com/OxfordLawFaculty are solely responsible for the accuracy of the information they have provided. While this information is believed to www.linkedin.com/groups/Oxford-University-Lawyers be accurate, it is made available without any responsibility on the part of the University of Oxford, which makes no www.twitter.com/OxfordLawFac representations about its veracity. 2 BCL AND MJUR CLASS OF 2019/20 CLASS OF 2019/20 BCL AND MJUR 3 HERMAN LIN YAO AHMAD SINGAPORE BCL CHARLOTTE ASHMORE IRELAND BCL [email protected] • Exeter College • Mandarin [email protected] • Lady Margaret Hall • Irish LEGAL INTERN, TRANSIENT WORKERS COUNT TOO, .................................................................................................................................................................................................. EDUCATION EDUCATION SINGAPORE JUDICIAL EXTERN, US FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT OF UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, UK, BA JURISPRUDENCE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, IRELAND, BCL LAW Casework for migrant workers pursuing salary and injury claims CALIFORNIA WITH HISTORY (06/2018) (06/2019) Judicial extern to Judge Terry J Hatter and Judge Andre Graduated first in class with distinction; awarded Adrian Hardiman Graduated with first-class honours; Jardine Foundation PUBLICATIONS Birotte; conducting legal research and drafting memoranda for Prize in Law with History; awarded Entrance Scholarship; Erasmus Scholarship; Tobias Law Prize; Fitzgerald Prize H Ahmad, ‘”Judge-Driven in a Vehicle of Discretion”: Is the Road judgements Blocked Off to Remedial Constructive Trusts in Singapore?’, exchange student at University of Vienna EMPLOYMENT Singapore Comparative Law Review (2018) CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS EMPLOYMENT GROUP LEGAL INTERN, DAIRY FARM INTERNATIONAL The Bar; public law; environmental law; human rights law; EMPLOYMENT HOLDINGS LTD, HONG KONG CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS European Union law; international law of the sea Assisting in M&A, internal restructuring and litigation case International and comparative law, public international law, LEGAL ASSISTANT, CIAN O’CARROLL SOLICITORS, management conflict of laws IRELAND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................................................................................................. Drafting court documents; liaising with clients, barristers and experts National Irish Finalist in Jessup Moot Competition 2018; Moot ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Convenor, University College Dublin Law Society INTERN, NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT, SINGAPORE .................................................................................................................................................................................................. International arbitration team Jessup National Rounds semi-finalist; HSF-NLU Delhi International Negotiation Competitor runner-up; editor-in-chief .................................................................................................................................................................................................. RULE OF LAW INTERN, OSCE MISSION TO BOSNIA of Singapore Comparative Law Review ANDHERZEGOVINA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Drafting reports on hate crime monitoring and the co-ordination of transitional justice activities in Bosnia; attending war crime trials TIM ANCEV AUSTRALIA BCL ZEYNEP AYATA AYDOGAN TURKEY MJUR [email protected] • Merton College • Macedonian [email protected] • St Hugh’s College • Turkish RESEARCH ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH EDUCATION EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS WALES UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, LLB Research assistant to Prof. Dimity Kingsford Smith and Prof. BILKENT UNIVERSITY, TURKEY, LLB (06/2018) G Gürkaynak, B Akgün, Z Ayata Aydoğan, ‘An Analysis on the (12/2014) Simone Degeling Graduated first in class; highest honour; merit based full Television Broadcasting Sector - The Impact of OTT Services: First-class honours; placed 4th in graduating cohort scholarship (2017-18) Are They Complementary or Substitutable?’, The Second Academic Gift Book of ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law .................................................................................................................................................................................................. PUBLICATIONS EMPLOYMENT (2019) UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA BCOM T Ancev, ‘Equity crowdfunding in Australia: A regulatory balancing act’, Company and Securities Law Journal (2015) (12/2014) TRAINEE ASSOCIATE, ELIG GÜRKAYNAK ATTORNEYS-AT- CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Exchange semester to Bocconi University, Milan LAW, TURKEY CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Competition law; merger notifications; litigation and advice on The Bar; competition law; corporate law; IT law; international commercial arbitration EMPLOYMENT Academia; the Bar; private law; finance law; equity and trusts restrictive practices and abuse of dominance .................................................................................................................................................................................................. LAWYER, ASHURST, AUSTRALIA ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Restructuring, insolvency and finance law INTERN, TURKISH COMPETITION AUTHORITY, TURKEY Recipient, Dulverton Scholarship; Scholarship of Success from .................................................................................................................................................................................................. Admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Legal research Turkish Prime Minister; founder of Bilkent Alumni Foundation; Wales .................................................................................................................................................................................................. Competition Law and Policy Summer School in London School TIPSTAFF TO THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE BALL, of Economics; ranked first in Human Rights and Human SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA INTERN, FOUNDATION FOR POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND Trafficking, Migrant Smuggling and the Refugees Moot Court Legal research; proofing and editing judgements; assisting in SOCIAL RESEARCH, USA Competition; intern at Çakmak Attorney Partnership conduct of civil trials Researching US foreign policy; attending the meetings in US .................................................................................................................................................................................................. Foreign Ministry and the House of Representatives ROYSTAN ANG SINGAPORE BCL DAVID BALLMER SWITZERLAND MJUR [email protected]• Worcester College • Mandarin [email protected] • St Cross College • German, French LEGAL INTERN, LENZ AND STAEHELIN, SWITZERLAND EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS EDUCATION Technology law; data protection law UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, UK, BA LAW (06/2019) R Ang, ‘A two-part analysis of the use of force by third states UNIVERSITY OF BASEL, SWITZERLAND, LLB (06/2018) .................................................................................................................................................................................................. Graduated with first-class honours; top of cohort in Year 1 in Syria: Examining the legality of force against the Syrian Ranked 1st in the graduating class of 2018; graduated summa government