Born and raised in Hong Kong, Winston Zee is a transnational business lawyer who from his Georgetown days developed a passion to help parties bridge legal and cultural gaps in cross-border investments. Inspired by Georgetown Law’s first-rate tax program, he co-authored China Tax Guide, third edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1999.

After graduating magna cum laude from Georgetown Law, he joined the global law firm of Baker & McKenzie, where he served as Asia Pacific chairman from 2012 to 2014. In 2015, Zee retired from the firm and joined the faculty of Shanghai Jiao Tong University KoGuan Law School, where he uses his Georgetown training and years of practice experience to help develop a new generation of transnational lawyers.

He has chaired the Asian Law Alumni Advisory Board of Georgetown University Law Center since 2010, and has served on its Board of Visitors since 2017. In 2017 he also joined the Council of Presidential Initiatives of Swarthmore College, where he chairs the working group on “Connecting the Liberal Arts.”

In 2016, Zee received the Paul R. Dean Alumni Award from Georgetown Law in recognition of his leadership to his alma mater and the legal profession.