Mel Li
Warsaw
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Partner/Deputy General Manager
Carnstone Asia
10.2021 - 12.2023
- Company Overview: Management Consultancy
- As a consultant, I advised European clients on a wide range of sustainability and compliance topics
- Specifically, I supported clients with human rights risk assessments, materiality analyses, ESG ratings and reporting, establishing human rights and environmental policies, and managing sustainable supply chains, to ensure compliance with global regulations and standards
- Management Consultancy
Consultant - freelance
Accountability Counsel
04.2021 - 06.2021
- Company Overview: INGO
- Researched specific entry points to strengthen accountability for Chinese financial institutions involved in overseas investment
- Developed a detailed strategic plan to inform Accountability Counsel's advocacy for the creation of a grievance mechanism for Chinese financial institutions
- INGO
Consultant - freelance
The Sunrise Project
02.2021 - 04.2021
- Company Overview: INGO
- Conducted field visits on behalf of the organization and interviewed the Chinese stakeholders working in energy transition as well as the business and human rights field
- Objective: to build partnerships and advise on the organization's campaign strategy
- INGO
Legal Intern/Visiting Scholar under Chinese Scholarship Council Fellowship
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
02.2020 - 09.2020
- Conducted research on issues related to businesses’ human rights and climate change responsibilities
- Key topics included illicit financial flows (such as money laundering) & human rights, environmental and social policies of China-backed development financial institutions, and integration of businesses’ responsibility into OHCHR’s climate change, environment & human rights work
Legal Intern/Visiting Scholar under Chinese Scholarship Council Fellowship
International Commission of Jurists
10.2019 - 01.2020
- Company Overview: INGO
- Researched on business and human rights topics, including operational-level grievance mechanisms; regulation of conflict minerals from Venezuela, and a set of issues around the draft ‘Legally Binding Instrument to Regulate the Activities of Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises’
- INGO
Lawyer
Dentons (Shenzhen) Law Office
06.2016 - 09.2018
- Specialized in Mergers & Acquisitions in the renewable energy sector (particularly solar power and electric vehicles)
- Responsible for managing acquisition cases, including conducting legal due diligence on target companies to ensure compliance, drafting transaction agreements and presenting due diligence results to clients
Researcher/Trainee
Earth Rights International
06.2014 - 02.2015
- Company Overview: INGO
- Conducted field research in Thailand and Cambodia on environmental and social issues associated with energy development projects, especially hydropower dams and extractives
- Received training on safeguard policies of international finance institutions and international human rights law by drawing upon case studies from each of the six Mekong region countries
- INGO
Education
Master of Law (LLM) - Transnational Law
King’s College London
09.2019
Master’s Degree - Energy and Environmental Law
Wuhan University
06.2016
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Timeline
Partner/Deputy General Manager
Carnstone Asia
10.2021 - 12.2023
Consultant - freelance
Accountability Counsel
04.2021 - 06.2021
Consultant - freelance
The Sunrise Project
02.2021 - 04.2021
Legal Intern/Visiting Scholar under Chinese Scholarship Council Fellowship
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
02.2020 - 09.2020
Legal Intern/Visiting Scholar under Chinese Scholarship Council Fellowship
International Commission of Jurists
10.2019 - 01.2020
Lawyer
Dentons (Shenzhen) Law Office
06.2016 - 09.2018
Researcher/Trainee
Earth Rights International
06.2014 - 02.2015
Master of Law (LLM) - Transnational Law
King’s College London
Master’s Degree - Energy and Environmental Law
Wuhan University
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