Dr. Siqi Zhao is a Legal Associate in the firm’s Amsterdam office. She assists clients with sanctions, export control, and other trade-related matters. A native Mandarin speaker, her work has an emphasis on projects involving China.

Siqi holds a PhD in law from KU Leuven in Belgium. Her doctoral research centred on international trade law, WTO law, Free Trade Agreements, and EU and China trade laws and policies. Her PhD dissertation was unanimously approved by the doctoral examination committee without changes.

Siqi holds a master degree (cum laude) in EU law from the University of Turin, Italy. She earned dual bachelor degrees in law and sociology from the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) in 2017 and successfully passed the Chinese National Judicial Examination in the same year, obtaining the Legal Professional Qualification Certificate.