Lectures & Seminars

2024

Antitrust Remedies for Digital Platforms (4 June 2024)
United Nations Role in International Tax Order: Past, Present and Future (28 February 2024)
Book Talk: Blockchain Regulation and Governance in Europe (20 February 2024)
Future Law Innovation Programme: Lawtech and the Development of Legal Education in Singapore (2 February 2024)
Open Finance, Artificial Intelligence and Data Quality (30 January 2024)
Strategic Incentives for Adopting the Global Minimum Tax (26 January 2024)
Book Talk: Coherence between Data Protection and Competition Law in Digital Markets (18 January 2024)

2023

UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Day 2023: The Role of Technology and Law in Cross-Border Trade (20 December 2023)
The Quiet Revolution: Foreign Ownership and Corporate Governance (13 December 2023)
Book Talk: The New Stock Market: Law, Economics, and Policy (11 December 2023)
Book Talk: Rethinking Securities Law (1 December 2023)
Deposit Insurance in the Aftermath of Recent Bank Failures (16 November 2023)
Trusts in the Courts – a Period of Constant Change? (13 November 2023)
The Return of Interference in Sovereign Affairs and International Law (9 November 2023)
How Should Central Banks Explore CBDC (6 November 2023)
Should Hong Kong Follow New Zealand’s Decision to Implement a Digital Services Tax? (1 November 2023)
The Evolution of Commercial Dispute Resolution Clauses in the International Commercial, Financial and Investment Contracts of China’s Enterprises – a Forward Look (18 October 2023)
Virtual Banking and Beyond (27 September 2023)
Book Launch: The Law of Loyalty (15 September 2023)
Book Talk: Breaking Away – How to Regain Control Over Our Data, Privacy, and Autonomy (14 September 2023)
Access to Sustainable Finance: The Impact of Private International Law (14 September 2023)
Land Options for Housing: How New Property Rights Can Break Old Land Monopolies (12 June 2023)
The Strength of Bad Ties: Modeling Tying Caselaw Since the Sherman Act (23 May 2023)
Book Talk: The Future of High-Cost Credit – Rethinking Payday Lending (12 May 2023)
The Cross-Border Insolvency Cooperation between Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR: Is the Arrangement Enough and Why? (3 May 2023)
AI in Insurance: A New Regulatory Focus (28 April 2023)
Book Talk: The Administrative Foundations of the Chinese Fiscal State (14 April 2023)
The Public Revenue Regime in Hong Kong: Land & Housing (13 April 2023)
Global Minimum Tax Reform and the Future of Tax Competition (15 March 2023)
Metaverse in China (7 March 2023)
The Covid 19 Pandemic and Business Interruption Insurance (BII) (28 February 2023)
Regulation and Innovation – Where Does the Balance Lie for Crypto? (15 February 2023)
Book Talk: Comparative Law (1 February 2023)
Contractual Estoppel: A First Look at First Tower Trustees in Hong Kong (5 January 2023)

2022

Book Talk: Courts, Regulators, and the Scrutiny of Economic Evidence (13 December 2022)
Patent Licensing in IoT – SEPs and Patent Pools (13 December 2022)
The Future of Financial Centers (29 November 2022)
Global Minimum Tax Reform and China (23 November 2022)
The Changing Landscape of Inbound and Outbound Investment to and from Hong Kong: Taxation Implications for Investors and Corporate Entities (25 August 2022)
The Future of Tax Jurisdiction (22 June 2022)
Book Talk: Hong Kong Competition Law – Comparative and Theoretical Perspectives (28 April 2022)
Understanding the Momentous Mainland-Hong Kong Cross-Border Insolvency Arrangement (21 April 2022)
Blockchain Asset Registries-Freeing Crypto from Mania (12 April 2022)
Protecting Policy Holders’ Interests in Health Insurance (31 March 2022)
China’s Rising (and the United States’ Declining) Influence on Global Tax Governance? Some Observations (3 March 2022)
Book Talk: Regulating the Crypto Economy: Business Transformations and Financialisation (24 February 2022)
Book Talk: Reforming Antitrust (24 February 2022)
Creating Equitable Tax Systems: Challenges Posed by Financial Markets (17 February 2022)

2021

Book Talk: Consumer Theories of Harm – An Economic Approach to Consumer Law Enforcement and Policy Making (30 November 2021)
Hong Kong and BEPS 2.0 (30 November 2021)
Ethical Development and Use of AI and Singapore’s Approach to Developing Trustworthy AI (22 November 2021)
A Multilateral Agreement on Carbon Pricing and Implications for Developing Countries (17 November 2021)
PSD2 and the Regulation of Data-Based Innovation in Retail Banking: A European Perspective (6 October 2021)
AI Governance and Open Finance Initiatives (13 September 2021)
Digital Assets in Hong Kong: What are They and How are They Taxed (31 May 2021)
AIIFL supported DataFlow 2 Go (20 May 2021)
AIIFL co-organised The Fragmentation of Commercial Law: Challenges and Normative Approaches (11 May 2021)
AIIFL supported Use of Orphan Special Purpose Vehicles (“SPVs”) for Structured Finance (24 March 2021)
AIIFL supported FINTECH for ESG Series: Digitizing Green Bonds in Hong Kong (4 February 2021)

2020

Security Token Offerings (11 December 2020)
Tax Residency, Investment Opportunities and Retirement Considerations for the Expat post-COVID-19 (9 December 2020)
AIIFL co-organised Central Bank Digital Currency: Key Developments and Relevance in the Post COVID-19 Monetary Environment (21 October 2020)
AIIFL co-organised US Sanctions on Hong Kong and Its Legal and Financial Implications (3 September 2020)
Financial Inclusion, A Hong Kong Perspective (30 June 2020)
AIIFL co-organised Fintech, a Catalyst for Growth During COVID-19 (6 May 2020)

2019

BEPS 2.0 (22 November 2019)
Artificial Intelligence: Recent Developments and Legal and Policy Implications (1 November 2019)
Blockchain and the UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions: A Question of Compatibility (15 October 2019)
Enhancing Investor Protection Via Regulatory Updates (17 September 2019)
Parallel Holdings and Antitrust: A Global Perspective (16 September 2019)
Cryptocurrencies & Initial Coin Offerings: Are they Scams? – An Empirical Study (6 September 2019)
Lunchtime Brownbag Dialogue with Dr Hungyi Chen (13 August 2019)
Real Estate Tokenization – Challenges and Opportunities in Hong Kong (21 June 2019)
Blockchain, Big Data and International Tax Compliance (19 June 2019)
The Role of Soft Law in Expanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative into the Global Information Economy (11 June 2019)
Legal Regulation for the Fourth Industrial Age (20 May 2019)
Is My Financial Adviser Advising Me? Does He Have To? Obligations of Financial ‘Advisers’ at Common Law (26 April 2019)
The Quickening Pace of Money and Payments Digitization: Operational and Legal Aspects (25 April 2019)
Fish Out of the Water: Thailand’s Early Experience with Adopting Trust Law (8 April 2019)
Corporate Liability and the Criminalisation of Failure (11 March 2019)
Consumer Protection for Insurance Services: Evaluating Hong Kong’s Sector-specific Approach (6 March 2019)
The Myth of Capitalism – Capitalism is Dying and Competition Law Interpretation is to Blame (26 February 2019)

2018

When Sharing Platforms Fix Sellers’ Prices (21 December 2018)
Environmental Integration in Competition and Free-Movement Laws (17 December 2018)
Fiduciary Principles in Investment Advice (11 December 2018)
法律屬性與監管邏輯：從比特幣到區塊鏈 (5 December 2018)
Disruptive Innovation of Online Transportation: Pros and Cons in the Era of Big Data (23 November 2018)
What is Finance for? A Functional Framework for Finance and Law (22 November 2018)
Law as a Product: Competition for Corporate Charters (21 November 2018)
Driving a Culture of Legal Innovation: From private practice in London and New York to Legal Hackers and Stanford CodeX and Legaltech (20 November 2018)
Cultural Relativism Interpretation of Indonesia’s Blasphemy Law: Does Religious Values Effect Foreign Investment? (20 November 2018)
Does Agency Structure Affect Agency Decisionmaking? Implications of the CFPB’s Design for Administrative Governance (19 November 2018)
The Digital Innovation – Smart Contract and Blockchain Anti-Fraud Solution (2 November 2018)
Empowering Financial Services Regulators (31 October 2018)
Double Insurance and Contribution (26 October 2018)
Recent Changes to the Laws Governing CFIUS, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and its Impact (10 October 2018)
Blockchain and Financial Institutions – Pandora’s Box or Panacea for all Ills (21 September 2018)
Dispute Resolution – Current Developments and Perspectives of MDBs (21 September 2018)
The Internationalisation of Financial Services Regulatory Policy (13 September 2018)
Brexit as a Catalyst for Change? Re-Framing UK Collective Fund Regulation (12 September 2018)
Assessing the Impact of Law and Legal Culture on the Development of FinTech in the US, UK, EU and China (14 June 2018)
Investments, Pensions, and Strategic Planning – Taxation Opportunities and Traps for Hong Kong Residents and Expats (12 June 2018)
Blockchain & IP related Transfer Pricing Arrangements (28 May 2018)
Securities and (Derivatives?) Trading and Clearing in the Era of Blockchain: A Glass Half Full! (3 May 2018)
Cryptocurrencies: Beyond the Hype Key Issues, Risks and Solutions (16 April 2018)
Multinationals under Siege – The Changing Nature of International Tax and Trade Disputes (11 April 2018)
The Arm’s Length Price Myth (9 April 2018)
Reflections on Financial Markets Regulation in Hong Kong and Globally (23 March 2018)
The Future of Aviation Finance (14 and 21 March 2018)
Where’s the Sheriff? Opportunities and Challenges in Regulating Cryptoexchanges in the Wild West (15 March 2018)
Public and Private Enforcement of Corporate and Securities Laws: An Empirical Comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore (7 March 2018)
The ICO Goldrush: Is it a scam, a bubble or an important new financing technique? (2 March 2018)
Less is More? Different Regulatory Responses to Crowdfunding and Why the Hong Kong Model Stacks Up Well (31 Jan 2018)

2017

Private International Law Aspects of CISG (18 December 2017)
EU Trade Law and Policy in the Brexit/Trump Era (8 November 2017)
Directors’ Liability for an Insolvent Company’s Debts: Comparative Law Remarks (24 October 2017)
China’s Proposal of a Multilateral Investment Treaty: A Long Road Ahead (20 October 2017)
The Criminalisation of Cartel Activity: A Sensible Policy Choice? (21 September 2017)
Foreign, Cross-Border, Privately Negotiated Acquisitions and Dispositions of China’s Non-Performing Loans (13 September 2017)
The Regulatory Dimension of Security Rights: Is Secured Transactions Law Prudentially Sound? (7 September 2017)
Boards Make-up: A New Corporate Paradigm, for which Governance? (22 August 2017)
家族企業的公司治理: 信託制度在家業傳承的運用及實務案例 (2017年8月21日)
財務信息披露責任保險研究 (A Study on Financial Information Disclosure Liability Insurance) (2017年8月18日)
一種新型法律分析模型的使用: 基於SNA模型的中國大陸農業生產性基礎設施PPP項目法律風險分析研究 (A New Method of Legal Analysis: Research on Risk Assessment of PPP Project in China’s Agricultural Productive Infrastructure Based on SNA) (2017年6月22日)
商業價值判斷原則與公司治理之選擇 – 以中國大陸房地產上市公司寶能收購萬科一案中的公司治理為例 (Business Judgement Rule in the Corporate Governance Selection: A Case Study of Corporate Governance in China’s Real Estate Listed Companies) (2017年6月20日)
Expats & Professionals in Greater China: Retirement Planning Opportunities & Challenges (13 June 2017)
Can Hong Kong Become the InsurTech Hub for Asia? (7 June 2017)
Innovation Law’s Lessons for Fixing Qianhai (25 May 2017)
The Qatari Financial Sector: Building Bridges between Domestic and International (12 May 2017)
Detecting Collusion among Competitors – Economic Evidence (27 April 2017)
Governing the Global Governors: The Competence and Constraints of International Administrative Tribunals (24 April 2017)
The Origin and Evolution of China’s Institutions: A Comparative Institutional Analysis (19 April 2017)
COMPLIANCE SERIES: Meena DATWANI, JP – Risk-based Approach (19 April 2017)
COMPLIANCE SERIES: Stuart Somer – Compliance as a Process (5 April 2017)
Competition Law in Hong Kong and in Ireland: Superficially Similar but Deeply Different? (31 March 2017)
Hong Kong’s Involvement with International Tax Reform: What’s the ‘BEPS’? (30 March 2017)
How Lenders Evaluate Lawsuits? Evidence from Corporate Bond Market (21 March 2017)
“Decoupling” and the Governance of Public Corporations — “Empty Creditors,” “Empty Voters,” and Hidden Interests (17 March 2017)
Rethinking the Relationship between Criminal Law and Markets (9 March 2017)
COMPLIANCE SERIES: Jill Wong – On Regulatory Investigations (1 March 2017)
COMPLIANCE SERIES: Virtue in the Jaws of Temptation: Responsibility for Conduct in Licensed Corporations (15 February 2017)
Governing the FinTech Revolution: Assessing the Impact a Decade of EU Payment Law Reforms (13 February 2017)
The Role of Hong Kong’s Financial Regulations in Improving Corporate Governance Standards in China (10 February 2017)

2016

Global Development of Islamic Banking and Bonds (Sukuk) (19 December 2016)
The Globalization of Entrepreneurial Litigation: Law, Culture, and Incentives (15 December 2016)
Preserving the Corporate Superego in a Time of Activism (14 December 2016)
COMPLIANCE SERIES: Alice Law – On regulatory expectations (7 December 2016)
UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Day 2016: Cross-Border Insolvency (5 December 2016)
Compliance Officers and Professionalism in Legal Services Firms in England and Wales (23 November 2016)
An Update on Hong Kong’s Exchange of Information Developments and Engaging with BEPS (18 November 2016)
COMPLIANCE SERIES: Dr Tony Tan – Why behaving ethically is so hard (17 November 2016)
FinTech, RegTech and the Reconceptualization of Financial Regulation (10 November 2016)
Cross-Border Investment and Mergers & Acquisitions (3 November 2016)
COMPLIANCE SERIES: Bénédicte Nolens – Evolution of the Compliance Role (2 November 2016)
Proposed Enhancements to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited’s Decision-Making and Governance Structure for Listing Regulation (31 October 2016)
Regulating Non-bank Financial Intermediaries in Asia (22 September 2016)
Legal Foundations of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (19 September 2016)
Career Talk for Students “Thinking of a Career in Finance?” (14 September 2016)
Technology, Regulation and the Democratization of Financial Services (7 September 2016)
Investment Banking and Financial Centres Since the Global Financial Crisis (18 August 2016)
From Dealing to Dark Pools: Half a Century of Securities Regulation (11 July 2016)
Implementation of the Competition Ordinance in Hong Kong (14 June 2016)
Are Trusts Still a Strategic Investment Vehicle for Clients? (7 June 2016)
Securitisation and Post-Crisis Financial Regulation (2 June 2016)
Stock Exchange Competition in the PRC (15 April 2016)
Tax Concessions Granted to Charities – an International Comparison (1 April 2016)
The Promise and Perils of Crowdfunding (31 March 2016)
Transnational Tax Law: Fiction or Reality, Future or Now? (23 March 2016)
The German Law on Conversions – Principles and Experiences after 20 Years (21 March 2016)
Getting Back to Basics: What is Financial Regulation Trying Solve For? (11 March 2016)
Mechanisms for Corporate Decision Making by Nobel Laureate Professor Eric Maskin (22 February 2016)
中國農村社區重劃的法律問題和歷程 – 基於土地政策的研究 (25 January 2016)

2015

The Taxation of Trusts in Hong Kong (2 December 2015)
Overlapping Jurisdictions and the Resolution of Disputes Before Chinese and Foreign Courts (19 November 2015)
China’s Shadow Banking Industry and Impact on Capital Markets: Ignoring the Lessons of the Past (9 November 2015)
An Arbitrator’s Perspective of International Arbitration in Asia (29 October 2015)
The Duties of Controlling Shareholders-Complex Relationships, Legal Confusion and New Approaches (28 October 2015)
Building a Global Framework for Investment Funds? A Euro-Asian Comparison (13 October 2015)
Rethinking Independent Non-Executive Directorships in Hong Kong (8 October 2015)
New Trends Regarding Sustainability and Integrated Reporting for Companies: What Protection Do Directors Have? (21 September 2015)
Tax Hot Topics Affecting Dual Residents (20 August 2015)
Should HKEx Allow Weighted Voting Rights? (10 July 2015)
Enhancing Accountability in Securities Enforcement (18 June 2015)
Current Issues in Securities Enforcement (18 June 2015)
Market-Dominant Small Jurisdictions in a Globalizing Financial World (9 June 2015)
Does Reputational Risk Limit Opportunistic Behavior in the Venture Capital Industry? (29 May 2015)
Unbundling and Measuring Tunneling (27 May 2015)
Shareholder Agreements and Corporate Control (13 May 2015)
Critical Analysis of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) (6 May 2015)
Regulating FinTech Innovation: A Balancing Act (1 April 2015)
Crowdfunding: Solving the SME Funding Problem and Democratising Access to Capital? (11 March 2015)
Introduction of the New Draft Foreign Investment Law of China (6 March 2015)
Behavioural Findings and Financial Market Regulation (2 February 2015)
Legislation by Press Release: Hong Kong’s New Stamp Duties – Why & How They Work (8 January 2015)

2014

TLRP Special Joint Seminar by Mr Philip Baker QC and Mr Patrick Way QC (18 December 2014)
Securitization in China – Overview & Issues (4 December 2014)
China and the European Union: The Solar Dispute from a Practitioner’s Viewpoint (26 November 2014)
Market Misconduct: Its Coverage and Must Know Recent Developments (24 November 2014)
The New European Approach to the Regulation of Public Procurement (13 November 2014)
Legal Valuation in Chinese Tax Law (5 November 2014)
Is the Hong Kong Immigration System for Professionals, Executives and Investors an Impediment for Hong Kong’s Development as an International Financial Centre? (31 October 2014)
Financial Centres under Pressure: Geography of Finance in the Post-2008 Era (21 October 2014)
Roundtable on Corporate Governance in Hong Kong as an International Financial Centre (25 September 2014)
Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes in China’s Context (18 June 2014)
Gold & Precious Metals Trading (13 June 2014)
Taxation and Residency Requirements in Hong Kong, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States – An International Update in 2014 for Individuals, and Corporate Entities (12 June 2014)
Terms of Insurance Contracts (3 June 2014)
Stress Management (15 May 2014)
The Foundations of Hong Kong’s Banking Regulation and Supervision: Challenges of Internationalisation in the 1970s and 1980s (29 April 2014)
Building the New Model of Great Powers Relations and US-China Competition in the Asia-Pacific (24 April 2014)
Freedom to Exercise Contractual Rights of Termination (4 April 2014)
Legal Regulations for Countering Corruption in the Russian Federation (25 March 2014)
Business Tax: Public Debate and Future Trends (24 March 2014)
International Business: Challenges Experienced in a Global and National Interconnected World (21 March 2014)
Volcker Rule Final Regulations (18 March 2014)
Images of the Shareholder – The Regulatory Implications of Shareholder Power and Powerlessness (12 March 2014)
Proving Money Laundering in Hong Kong (11 March 2014)
Conflict of Law Issues in Loan Transactions (26 February 2014)
The Rise of the International Commercial Court: What Is It and Will It Work? (24 February 2014)
Mandate of Financial Stability Board and Implementation of its Systemic Risk Standards (14 February 2014)
The Use of Economics in Antitrust Litigation: Qihoo 360 v. Tencent QQ (7 January 2014)

2013

Hong Kong in a World of Acronyms: East Asia and the WTO, TPP, TISA, IMF, FSB, G20 and QEIII (18 December 2013)
Access to Finance and Microfinance Regulation in Cambodia (6 December 2013)
Last of the Tai-Pans: Improving Corporate Governance in Hong Kong (29 November 2013)
Resolving Disputes with International Financial Institutions (26 November 2013)
Preserving the ‘Analytic Framework’ of Law: The Challenge of Industry Rulemaking (8 November 2013)
The Tangled Web We Weave: Complexity in the Australian Consumer Law (6 November 2013)
The Governance of Corporate Acquisitions (23 October 2013)
The Euro Area Debt Crisis and Its Implications for the Future of the European Union (21 October 2013)
National Tax Law and International Tax Cooperation and Tax Planning Issues: Lessons from Liechtenstein (18 October 2013)
The Role of Asset Management Law / AIFMD in Developing a Financial Centre (8 October 2013)
The American Experience with Self-Regulation of Finance (27 September 2013)
The Establishment of the Independent Insurance Authority (25 September 2013)
What Makes the Bonding Stick? A Natural Experiment Involving the U.S. Supreme Court and Cross-Listed Firms (10 July 2013)
Legal Transplanting: International Financial Institutions and Secured Transactions Law Reform in South Pacific Island Nations (13 June 2013)
Feeling the Heat: Will Hong Kong Succumb to International Pressure for Enhanced Transparency, Cooperation and Information Exchange on Taxation Matters? (10 June 2013)
Remuneration and Riots: Rethinking Corporate Governance Reform in the Age of Entitlement (31 May 2013)
Regulation of Cross-Border OTC Derivatives (28 May 2013)
What Effect Does Financial Law Have on the Wealth Management Industry (and Wealth) in Emerging Markets? (22 May 2013)
Developing an International Arbitration Practice (3 May 2013)
Designing a General Anti-avoidance Rule (11 April 2013)
Why Some Firms Thrive While Others Fail: Governance and Management Lessons From the Crisis (27 March 2013)
Capitalist Tools in Socialist Hands? China Mobile in the Global Financial Network (15 March 2013)
US Corporate Governance Update: Implementing the Dodd Frank Act, the Impact of the JOBS Act and the Regulation of Reverse Mergers (6 March 2013)
Costs, Benefits and the Analysis of Financial Regulation (25 January 2013)

2012

Dispute Concerning the Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products (12 December 2012)
Harmful Tax Competition Between Member States of the EU (8 November 2012)
Contractual Approach to Discipline Self-dealing by Controlling Shareholders (7 November 2012)
BRICS: Experiments with State Capitalism and Institutional Investment (25 October 2012)
Legitimacy of the G-20 as Global Financial Regulator (18 October 2012)
Australian Corporate Governance (12 October 2012)
The US-PRC UnionPay WTO Dispute: Bringing the Back Office Front & Center (5 October 2012)
A GST/VAT Can Be Made to Work Well in a Small Jurisdiction with Time: The New Zealand Experience (4 October 2012)
Capturing the Aurora of the Dawn after the Financial Crisis (15 September 2012)
If There is Another Eurozone Sovereign Restructuring … (9 July 2012)
Recent Developments in Liability Insurance (20 June 2012)
Dodd-Frank Act: Extra-Territorial Impact on Swap Dealers (15 May 2012)
Dodd-Frank Act: Extra-Territorial Impact of the Volcker Rule (8 May 2012)
The Euro Zone Debt Crisis – Why Greece is (not) Argentina (2 May 2012)
President Obama’s Pivot to Asia-Pacific and US-China Relations (27 April 2012)
The EU as a Leading Actor in International Trade and Investment (25 April 2012)
The EU Commission’s Proposal for a Financial Transaction Tax (26 March 2012)
Harmonising Sales Law (20 March 2012)
The Global Stock Market: Issuers, Investors, and Intermediaries In an Uneven World (5 March 2012)
Will the United States Government Ever Again Have a Functioning Budgetary System? (27 February 2012)
The Legal Framework for Bank-Customer Relationship in Israel (23 February 2012)
The Bank’s Fiduciary Duty – Towards a New Model (22 February 2012)
Supervision of Financial Conglomerates – Are Measures Avoiding Systemic Risks and Achieving Financial Stability Available? (1 February 2012)

2011

High Frequency Trading (15 December 2011)
Recent Trends on Private Equity Fund Investments and Governance in China (14 December 2011)
Unleashing the Power of Risk & Crisis Management in New Business Development (7 December 2011)
Can International Trade Negotiations at the WTO Ever Succeed? (22 November 2011)
Transfer Pricing: Implications of the Recent SNF Judgment (9 November 2011)
The Challenges Facing the Multilateral Trading System (4 November 2011)
Competition Law and the Regulation of Buyer Power (25 October, 2011)
Hong Kong’s Developing Double Tax Agreement (DTA) Regime: A Case Study of the HKSAR-New Zealand DTA (1 September 2011)
China’s Ascent in Global Trade Governance: From Rule Taker to Rule Shaker, and Maybe Rule Maker? (13 July 2011)
Fraud Liability of Foreign Issuers under the US Securities Laws (23 May 2011)
U.S. Tax Enforcement and Offshore Assets: Recent Developments and Legal Options (28 April 2011)
Property Law and the City (26 April 2011)
Effective Application of Dispute Resolution in the Financial Services Industry and Preparing for the Financial Dispute Resolution Centre (14 April 2011)
Tax Treaty Benefits for the Income of Collective Investment Vehicles (12 April 2011)
Sovereign Immunities and the Congo Case: International and Constitutional Law Considerations and their Implications for Hong Kong as a World Financial Center (17 March 2011)
China Aerospace Trade: Developments in U.S. and Canadian Export Control Law & Policy for Aviation and Space Technology Products & Services (10 March 2011)
What Now After the Great Recession? Perspectives on Global Trade and the Relevance of International Cooperation (24 February 2011)
The Impact of Fundamental Rights on Taxation: the European Perspective (26 January 2011)
Green Border Tax Adjustments and their Consequences for Chinese Tax Policy and Trade (20 January 2011)

2010

Globalisation and the Future of Corporate – Shareholder Taxation (15 December 2010)
The Growth of Australia’s National Corporate Regulator (Australian Securities and Investments Commission): “The New Puppet Master or Just a Gatekeeper?” (8 December 2010)
Recent Developments in Securities Law (30 November 2010)
The Future of the European Union after the Lisbon Treaty (22 November 2010)
Good Governance at ANZ in Asia Pacific, Europe & America (19 November 2010)
Disclosure of Price Sensitive Information: is there a Correspondence Between State Enforcement and Compliance? (17 November 2010)
Common Law Rules for Regulating Derivatives (15 October 2010)
Taxation Planning in an International Environment (21 September 2010)
Adapting the Full Protection and Security Standard of International Investment Law to the Digital Age (7 September 2010)
The Limits of the WTO as a Promoter of Freedom of Speech: Reflections on a Potential Google Dispute (21 July 2010)
Did We Tame the Beast? Some Thoughts on the US Financial Reforms (7 July 2010)
Reform of Insurance Law: Recent Developments in the United Kingdom (14 June 2010)
OTC Derivatives Regulation in Hong Kong: The Way Forward and Challenges (8 June 2010)
Taxation in Mainland China: Tax Law or Administrative Rulings – Which is “King”? (2 June 2010)
A Lack of Resolution (14 May 2010)
Are Securities Class Actions in the U.S. “Supplemental” to SEC Enforcement? An Empirical Analysis (7 May 2010)
International Taxation Prosecutions (30 April 2010)
International Financial Dispute Resolution (15 April 2010)
A Greek Test for the European Monetary Union (13 April 2010)
Recent Development of Investors’ Liability and Practical Solutions in China (29 March 2010)
The IRS and Americans With Foreign Accounts: Looming Tax and Enforcement Issues (22 March 2010)
Hong Kong’s Tax History and Some of the Questions It Raises (25 February 2010)
The Taxation of Offshore Residents from the USA, UK and Australia – A Comparative Analysis (2 February 2010)
Mobile Financial Services (25 January 2010)
Future of Microfinance: Leveraging the Platform (21 January 2010)

2009

Control, Conflict, and Corporate Rescue (9 December 2009)
Regulating the Credit Rating Agencies: Governing the Financial Oracle (8 December 2009)
The Common Law Concept of ‘Charity’ (7 December 2009)
A Primer on Leveraged Buyouts and the Role of Corporate Counsel (20 November 2009)
Better Than Fuller: A Two Interest Model of Remedies for Breach of Contract (5 November 2009)
The European Union and the Global Financial Crisis: Responses and Global Role (4 November 2009)
After Kyoto: International Welfarism and the Impossibility of Global Carbon Trading (3 November 2009)
European Union Jurisdiction over Foreign Investment and the Impact on Investor State Arbitration (29 October 2009)
Current Issues in Global Financial Regulation (5 October 2009)
Demands of a Multi-jurisdictional Practice on a Corporate Counsel’s Skill Set (25 September 2009)
Teaching Property Law in the United States (4 September 2009)
The Evolution of Property Rights (3 September 2009)
Reinsurance (16 June 2009)
The U.S. Economic Crisis: Causes, Myths and Solutions (4 May 2009)
Corporate Governance – Compliance Culture at GE (27 March 2009)
The Greatest Uncontrolled Power within the Global Financial System (20 March 2009)
Competition and Government: How Much Regulation? (12 March 2009)
Whistleblowing as Legal Duty and Right (9 January 2009)

2008

Tax in the Virtual World (18 December 2008)
Credit Default Swaps – Why Were They So Popular and What Was Their Part in the Financial Crisis? (28 November 2008)
Antitrust Law in China and Hong Kong – A Critical Perspective (26 November 2008)
The Law of Monopoly Control in the EC and UK (6 November 2008)
The Global Credit Crisis: Causes and Consequences (24 October 2008)
The Interpretation of Article 56 of the European Community Treaty (12 September 2008)
Risk Taking, the Limits of Law and Regulatory Failure – The Case of Northern Rock (8 September 2008)
Shareholderism: Board Members’ Values and the Shareholder-Stakeholder Dilemma (25 July 2008)
Achieving Tax Reform: Consultation in a Tax Policy Network (23 June 2008)
Professional Indemnity Insurance (19 June 2008)
Dating Games in the U.S. Executive Suite: A Scandal Hong Kong Can Avoid (12 June 2008)
Modernisation of EU Competition Policy – A Model for the New Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law? (22 May 2008)
The Shareholder Empowerment Debate: Lessons from News Corp’s Exodus to Delaware (21 May 2008)
Islamic Finance and ADR (6 May 2008)
Legal Reform in Transition Countries: the EBRD Approach (10 April 2008)
Corporate Governance and Shareholder Litigation (3 April 2008)
Transnationalisation of Law and Finance (27 March 2008)
Dynastic Chinese Law and the Modern Chinese Legal Identity (18 March 2008)
The Meaning and Reach of a Contractual Choice of Law Clause in International Financial Transactions (17 March 2008)
The New Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan and Better Regulation Issues (22 January 2008)
Executive Compensation in the USA (10 January 2008)
Capital Markets Competitiveness and the Forced Internationalization of US Securities Regulation (7 January 2008)

2007

The Legacy of UK Taxation Law Abroad (18 December 2007)
Defacto Multi-jurisdictional Context Within a Formally Unitary State: Tax in China (17 December 2007)
China’s New Enterprise Income Tax Law (13 December 2007)
Japanese and Chinese Competition Laws in the Context of an Emerging Global Consensus (12 December 2007)
Reducing Systemic and Legal Risk in International Derivatives Markets (4 December 2007)
Corporate Governance in the U.S.: A Brief History and Present Standards (30 November 2007)
Jurisprudential Perspectives of Taxation Law (7 November 2007)
The Tools of Government (16 October 2007)
Human Rights in Securities Regulation (25 June 2007)
Directors’ Duty of Care in Australia – A Reform Model? (20 June 2007)
A System of Selective Substitute Compliance (5 June 2007)
Corporate Social Responsibility (4 May 2007)
Reputational Sanctions in China’s Securities Market (23 April 2007)
Financial Regulatory Reform in post-WTO China (18 April 2007)
The Ecology of Chinese Corporate Governance (2 March 2007)
International E-Trade (2 February 2007)
A New Tax Adventure for Hong Kong and the EU – The HKSAR-Belgium Double Tax Treaty (18 January 2007)

2006

Recent Developments in International Banking Law (6 July 2006)
Does Hong Kong Need Competition Law? What Might It Control and How? (22 June 2006)
Regulation of Socially Responsible Investment in the Financial Services Sector: Global Trends and Lessons (29 May 2006)
Cambodia – Law, Context, and Development (29 April 2006)
Too Many Bells? Too Many Whistles? Corporate Governance in the Post Enron, Post WorldCom Era: Implications for China (29 March 2006)
Business Law and Legal Education in Japan (22 March 2006)

2005

Intellectual Property Rights in Secured Transactions (19 May 2005)
Basel II – Recent Developments (18 May 2005)
Financial Structure and Corporate Governance: Comparative Approaches (18 April 2005)
The Intellectual Property Land Rush: Has IP Gone Too Far? (13 January 2005)

2004

The Truth of the True Sale (14 October 2004)
Recent Developments in US and European Securities Regulation (5 October 2004)
China Banking Liberalisation and Restructuring (4 October 2004)
Learning from Enron (20 September 2004)
Copyright, Globalization and Digital Networks (25 May 2004)
Recent Legal Developments in International Finance (18 May 2004)
Corporate Crime and the Enron/Arthur Anderson Debacle (10 May 2004)
International Treaties on Organised Crime (5 March 2004)
Japan’s Corporate Governance Mechanism and the Law of Banking Practices (12 January 2004)

2003

Current Issues in Corporate Law and Securities Regulation in the US, China and Hong Kong (29 November 2003)
Legal Reform in Asia (28 October 2003)
The Death Penalty: A Crisis in Human Rights? (26 September 2003)
The Proposed Basel II Capital Accord: Implications for Financial Markets in Asia (8 January 2003)

2002

Corporate Governance Reform in East Asia: Comparative Perspectives for Hong Kong (30 November 2002)
Reforms to China’s Foreign Trade Law System After WTO Accession (19 November 2002)
Combating Terrorist Financing: Implications for Financial Markets (30 October 2002)
A Framework for the Delisting of Penny Stocks in Hong Kong (23 October 2002)
The Role of Courts in a Society Based on Law (10 September 2002)
Parallel Imports and Exhaustion (International Comparison) (3 July 2002)
The CMI/UNCITRAL Preliminary Draft Instrument on Transport Law (2 May 2002)
Regulation and the Complexity of Culture (3 April 2002)

2001

The Transformation of the Global Economy, the Other Harmful Tax Competition, and Why a Few Countries Have Expanding Tax Bases, But Most Countries Have Eroding Tax Bases (14 December 2001)
Criminal Justice and China’s Foreign Relations (14 November 2001)
Ideology, Experience, and the Rule of Law in Developing Societies (31 May 2001)

2000

Mr Philip Wellons, Deputy Director, Program on International Financial Systems, Harvard Law School, presented a seminar on his Program’s financial law research agenda, 1 December 2000
Mr Ronald Harmer, Consultant, Blake Dawson Waldron (Australia) and Staff Consultant, Asian Development Bank, spoke on the effort by UNCITRAL to develop a model bankruptcy law, 20 November 2000