Senior Lecturing Fellow
B.A. 1978, LL.M. 1981, University of International Business and Economics; J.D. 1986, Duke University. Professor Gao is a native of Xian, People's Republic of China. He was a lecturer of international trade law in the Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade before coming to the United States in 1982 to work for an American law firm. After graduating from Duke Law School in 1986, he was an associate for a large New York City law firm, before returning to China in 1988 to develop a securities market. He was recently appointed the deputy chief executive of the Bank of China and is the former general counsel and director of public offerings of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and a professor of law at the University of International Business and Economics. He publishes in the areas of Chinese securities law, banking, and antitrust, and is a member of various international arbitration associations. Professor Gao returns to the Law School each year to teach a course on international business transactions with China and Chinese securities law.