Robert Weatherley
Partner at Lau China Institute, King's College London
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRobert Weatherley is a partner and construction & engineering law specialist with over 20 years’ experience drafting and negotiating JCT, NEC, FIDIC and bespoke contracts for employers, contractors, consultants and funds. Trained as a project finance lawyer at Clifford Chance and with a long tenure at Mills & Reeve, he combines transactional rigour with deep sector knowledge of performance security, collateral warranties and consultant appointments. He regularly advises on cross-jurisdictional matters involving Chinese parties, drawing on secondment experience in Shanghai and strong, well-established contacts with leading Chinese law firms. Alongside practice, he maintains an active academic career as an affiliated lecturer at Cambridge, a senior research advisor at King’s College London and a Visiting Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Tartu. He has published extensively on Chinese politics and law—including six books and numerous peer-reviewed articles—and is currently writing on emulation campaigns in post‑revolutionary China. His blend of frontline construction practice, project finance foundations and scholarly expertise gives clients nuanced strategic advice where commercial, legal and China-related issues intersect.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) Research, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) Research at Nankai UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chinese Politics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chinese Politics at Newcastle UniversityMaster’s Degree, Law, Master’s Degree, Law at Nottingham Law SchoolChinese language, Chinese language at Renmin University of ChinaChinese language, Chinese language at National Taiwan Normal University
Chinese
Github Skills (25)
stochastic10
placement9
quantum-computing8
chemistry8
wave8
cnc-controller8
quantum-mechanics8
kicad8
quantum-chemistry7
quantum-algorithms7
eda7
schematic7
embedding6
3d-printing6
codebase6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
robert-anderson/M7
Feb 2020 - Feb 2023
Contributions:1793 commits, 170 pushes, 23 branches in 3 years
robert-anderson/pyscf
Dec 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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