Having studied for an LLM in Soochow, an LLM in Groningen, and PhD in Birmingham, as well as a PGCHET at Queen's, Belfast, Qingxiu Bu joined Sussex Law School in 2013, having previously been a lecturer in law at Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University (2007-08) and School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast (2008-13), during which he taught Transnational Business Law at Centre of Transactional Legal Studies (CTLS), Georgetown University as Adjunct Professor. Qingxiu was also the Founding Director of LLM in Law and International Commerce Programme at the Law School, Queen’s University Belfast. He has held visiting posts at various institutions, including Lund University, Sweden, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Germany, and Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University. Qingxiu was Docent in charge of eight sessions at Institute of Global Law and Policy (IGLP), Harvard Law School in Januarys of 2013, 2014 and 2015. He will also be Shingka Li Professorship at Faculty of Law, McGill University. Qingxiu has completed four projects funded by the British Academy, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and British Council (PMI) during the past years.