sanja.tseveenjav@gmail.com | sanja@legas-attorneys.com Tel +976 95025998 |+ 976 70110664
Attorneys-at-law at Legas Attorneys LLC
Chief editor at Legas LLC
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Member of the Lawyers’ Group at the Amnesty International Mongolia
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
2023 – to date LLM, Law School, Mongolian National University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
24 – 26 May 2023 Securities Lawyer, Securities law training, Mongolian Bar Association & Financial Regulatory Commission /Licence No. 147/
2020 – 2023 LLB, Law School, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2014 – 2017 LLB, University of London, UK
2009 – 2010 Visiting Scholar, International Commercial Arbitration Law, Law School, Xiamen University, the PRC
2007 – 2009 Postgraduate Diploma, International & Commercial Dispute Resolution, University of Westminster, London, UK
2007 – 2008 Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellowship courses, Award Writing & Fellowship, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, UK
2007 – 2008 Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration, Keble College, Oxford University, UK
Aug – Sep 2007 CEDR Accredited Mediator, Mediation Accreditation Summer School, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, Sitges, Spain & London, UK
Jun 2005 – Mar 2007 Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Arbitration Law Modules, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, UK
1999 – 2003 Legal studies, Ulaanbaatar-Erdem Law School, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
1993 – 1997 Mongolian studies specialist, Mongolian Knowledge University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
1982 – 1991 Complete secondary education, Secondary school No.1, Nalaikh district, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
6 March 2024 – to date Khanbank Comprehensive Business Management Programme
28 April 2024 Resolving election-related disputes, Lawyers’ Club
26 April 2024 Representing public interest at courts, Chambers of Administrative and Civil Cases at the Supreme Court of Mongolia & Open Society Forum
20 April 2024 CDP for attorneys, Association of Mongolian Attorneys-at-Law, Shihihutug Law School & Attorneys Academy
19 April 2024 Public speaking, persuasion & influence, Dr Sam Potolicchio, FLEX Mongolia & Education USA Mongolia, American Councils for International Education
18 April 2024 Lawyers’ Forum, Mongolian Bar Association
5-7 April 2024 IBA Human Rights Conference: Climate, justice and law – challenges & opportunities,
Tokyo, Japan
28 March 2024 Resolving election-related disputes, Lawyers’ Club
28 March 2024 Administrative proceedings, Mongolian Bar Association, Chamber of Administrative cases at the Supreme Court of Mongolia & University of Internal Affairs
4-5 March 2024 Commercial Negotiation training, Mongolian Bar Association & Commercial Law Development Program, U.S. Department of Commerce
3 March 2024 National Chess Arbiter training, Mongolian Chess Federation & International Chess Federation
27 February 2024 Arbitration Law training, Mongolian International Arbitration Centre & Commercial Law Development Program, U.S. Department of Commerce
11 – 13 Oct 2023 Business & Human Rights training, UNDP in Mongolia & the European Union
13 – 14 Sep 2023 Investor-State Dispute Settlement Workshop, Mongolian Bar Association & Commercial Law Development Program, U.S. Department of Commerce
26 – 30 Jun 2023 Introduction to Data Science course, GerHub & Stanford University
12 – 21 Jun 2023 Legal Analysis & Writing course, Law School, National University of Mongolia & Penn State Law
17 – 18 Apr 2023 International commercial arbitration training, Mongolian Bar Association & Commercial Law Development Program, U.S. Department of Commerce
Mar – Jul 2023 Law Mentorship Programme, Mongolian Bar Association & Asia Foundation
5 – 18 Jan 2023 German Commercial Law, Law School, National University of Mongolia & Hanns Seidel Foundation, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Mar 2008 SIIM Applied Wealth Management, Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment Institute, London, UK
Feb 2004 Legal English Course, Cambridge Law Studio, Girton College, Cambridge University, UK
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2023 to date Counsel, Legas Attorneys LLC, Mongolia
June 2024 – June 2025 Counsel, Passenger Information Unit, Mongolia
2023 to date Programme Director, Mongolian Women Lawyers Association, Mongolia
2003 – 2023 Director, Legas LLC, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2007 to date Manager, Property Rental Business, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2007 – 2009 Arbitration pupil, Pupillage with International arbitrator Anthony Canham, London, UK
2007 – 2009 Community Mediator, Milton Keynes Community Mediation Centre, Milton Keynes, UK
Mar – Apr 2008 Intern, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Paris, France
Feb 2006 – Feb 2008 Administrator, Blue Vista Investments LLC, London, UK
Apr 2007 – Jul 2007 Intern, Dr. Federico Ortino, British Institute of International & Comparative Law, London, UK
Jan 2003 – Feb 2004 Foreign relation officer, Consensus (Lobby) Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Sep 2002 – Jan 2003 Foreign relation officer, Mongolian Women Lawyers’ Association, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Sep 1997 – Apr 1999 Assistant to Mr Bilegsaikhan S., Member of Parliament, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
SKILLS:
Foreign languages:
English: advanced | Russian: intermediate | German: intermediate | Chinese: basic | Korean: Basic | French: Basic Computer skills:
MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint: sufficient | Touch typing in Mongolian & English
MEMBERSHIP WITH PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS:
Mongolian Bar Association, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Association of Mongolian Attorneys-at-law
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) London, UK
Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) London, UK
MEMBERSHIP WITH ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS:
British Institute of International Comparative Law, London, UK
COPYRIGHTED WORKS:
Anthology /collection of poems/, 27 April 2015, Copyright Certificate No. 7133
Seeking tranquility /novel/, 30 July 2016, Copyright Certificate No. 8076
HOBBIES & INTERESTS:
Chess, hiking, running, travelling, swimming & personal development
