Bryan Mercurio is Professor and Vice Chancellor’s Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), having served as Associate Dean (Research) from 2010-14.  Specializing in international economic law, Professor Mercurio is a leading expert in the intersection between trade law and intellectual property rights.  His work also frequently deals with free trade agreements, dispute settlement and increasingly international investment law.  Professor Mercurio is the author of one of the most widely used case books on WTO law (Hart Publishing, 2012, 2nd ed, with S. Lester) and editor of the leading collection on bilateral and regional trade agreements (Cambridge University Press, 2015, 2nd ed, with S. Lester and L. Bartels).  Prior to academia, Professor Mercurio worked in government and in the private sector practicing international trade, intellectual property and commercial law and he continues to advise law firms, NGOs and governments on a wide range of trade and investment issues.