Barbara Bates

Barbara Bates, Ph.D., is an Associate at Burns Charest LLP since August 2023, with prior experience as an Attorney-at-law and Junior Associate at Skils from March 2019 to July 2023. Barbara has also held the position of Visiting Associate at Boston Consulting Group in late 2018 and served as a Junior Lawyer and Paralegal at Clifford Chance between September 2016 and July 2017. Additional roles include Paralegal at Taylor Wessing for a brief period in 2015 and Assistant at the Department of European Law at Charles University in Prague from September 2013 to September 2015. An internship at the Court of Justice of the European Union took place in September 2014. Barbara's educational credentials include a Doctor of Philosophy in Law from Charles University obtained in 2022, two Master of Laws (LLM) degrees from Harvard University and NUS Faculty of Law, and studies in Chinese and French law at various institutions.