Reza Beheshti is an assistant professor in the School of Law, and the co-director of Study Abroad Programme. He holds PhD and LLM degrees from the University of Leicester and an LLB from the Shiraz State University (Iran). Before joining University of Nottingham in October 2016, he was lecturer for one year at University of Leicester, where he taught commercial law, contract law and international sales transactions. He has also worked in Leicester as part-time tutor teaching contract law during his PhD studies. In September 2017, he was appointed as an arbitrator and is enlisted at the Arbitration Centre of Iran Chamber (ACIC). He also acts as voluntary correspondent for UNCITRAL, in which capacity he provides abstracts on important cases governed by UNCITRAL Texts and decided by UK and Iranian Courts for UNCITRAL legal database. (CLOUT) Séverine Saintier joined Cardiff University as a Professor in commercial law in January 2023. Prior to that, she held a position at Exeter University, Sheffield and Liverpool. She studied law in France until 1993 before coming to the UK to read for an LLM (Staffordshire University) and a PhD (Sheffield University) under the late Professor Bradgate. Her primary research interest is in the field of contract/commercial law, broadly defined. Her research is comparative in nature. Her PhD was in the field of commercial agency contracts where she has published two monographs (one co-authored) and numerous journal articles. In this field, her work has been widely cited. She is also, with Professor Rob Merkin KC, Reading University, the co-editor of Jill Poole's Contract Law Textbook and Contract Law casebook. Sean Thomas joined York as a Reader in September 2019, having previously held positions at the University of Durham (2015-19, Associate Professor), University of Leicester (2010-13, Lecturer in Commercial Law; 2013-15, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law) and Anglia Ruskin University (2008-10, Senior Lecturer in Law). He holds a PhD from the University of Manchester (where he was a Graduate Teaching Assistant). He also holds a PG Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is currently the Deputy Chair of the Board of Studies, Chair of the Staff-Student Forum, and the Research Seminar coordinator.
