Career Café Leiden Law School
- Date
- Thursday 14 December 2023
- Time
- Address
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Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden
The opportunity to ask all your career-related questions!
Do you still need to decide what path to take after your studies, would you like to learn more about career opportunities and would you like to meet professionals in the field? Then, meet us at the Career Café in the Student Living Room on Thursday, the 14th of December. Leiden Law School alumni from various sectors, positions and specialisations will be there to talk to you! You will get to know different professionals in five rounds of speed dating, each fifteen minutes. Afterward, we call it a day with some informal drinks and bites.
This event is especially for international students who..
.. are still unsure about what they want to do after their studies
.. want to hear more about career opportunities
.. are interested in what it is like to work for a commercial law firm, an international organization, the judiciary, or how to begin a startup.
The alumni we have invited are keen to answer all your questions, offer advice and share their experiences. Information on the alumni present is yet to be announced, but you can already sign up to secure a spot.
See you on Thursday the 14th of December!
My name is Yao Yuan, a PhD candidate at Leiden Law School. My current research focuses on a comparative legal study of the foreign direct investment screening mechanisms in the EU, US and China. I completed my LL.M in Advanced Studies in European and International Business Law at Leiden University in 2016. After that, I worked for Dutch and International law firms, in the Hague and Beijing. My specialties included M&A, IPOs, and corporate financing. I am also involved in teaching on International Company law for the advanced master’s program in International Civil and Commercial Law, as well as on Comparative Company Law for bachelor’s program in international business law.
My name is Naz Sipahi and I am a lawyer originally from Istanbul, Turkey. I graduated from Law school (LLB) at Ozyegin University in Istanbul in 2019 and Law and Digital Technologies Advanced Master (LLM) at Leiden University in 2022. Currently, I am working as a Global Senior Data Privacy Analyst in Fossil Group Europe in the Netherlands. Data protection, data privacy, cybercrimes, cybersecurity, corporate/commercial law, contracts law, Blockchain and FinTech are my primary interests, as I have experience working in these areas.
My name is José Figuerero, and I am originally from Argentina. I studied Law in Argentina, and worked as a criminal lawyer in a white-collar crime law firm for 7 years. I moved to the Netherlands in 2017 to do a Master in Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice. After completing my masters, I worked for Philips, ING, and then Booking.com, where I am currently working in the Trust & Safety department.
I am Thomas and I am a Dutch lawyer currently living in Amsterdam. Between 2011-2015, I completed both a Bachelor's (Dutch Law and Business) and a Master's programme (European Law) at Leiden University. Subsequently, I studied in South Africa where I obtained a Master's degree in International Trade Law at the University of Cape Town. After my studies I pursued some traineeships, among which the BlueBook traineeship in Brussels with the European Commission (DG Competition - Merger Control). Next, I joined a Brussels-based law firm as a legal associate specialising in EU trade defence, customs as well as competition law. In 2022 I moved back to the Netherlands to work at the Ministry of Finance (Directorate-General Customs). In my current role, I handle appeal cases before the national courts and I represent the Dutch authority in committee meetings in Brussels with delegates of the Member States as well as the European Commission. I am also responsible for the implementation of OLAF recommendations following its financial fraud missions.
Seif works as an innovator at ABN AMBRO bank N.V. while managing his startup Angel Investor & Advisor. On top of this, he works as a mentor at Techstars, an investor that provides access to capital, mentorship, and other support for early-stage entrepreneurs.
After finishing his bachelor’s degree in history at Kings College London in 2014, he obtained a PG certificate in social entrepreneurship in 2016. He completed his Advanced Masters of European Law in 2018.