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The True Status of Corporate Directors and Officers – “Discretionaries” Not Fiduciaries
3 December 2025In the 20th AIIFL Distinguished Public Lecture, Professor Marc I. Steinberg of SMU Dedman School of Law challenged the longstanding characterisation of corporate directors and officers as fiduciaries, arguing instead that they should be termed "discretionaries" to more accurately reflect the variable liability standards applied to them in practice.
Read more Featured Story8th Conference on International Coordination of Secured Transactions Reform
27 November 2025Co-organised by AIIFL, HKU Faculty of Law, and UNCITRAL, the 8th Conference on International Coordination of Secured Transactions Reform brought together international experts, policymakers, and financial institutions to examine legal and policy reforms for inclusive digital finance, with a focus on expanding credit access for MSMEs through improved frameworks for digital assets, intellectual property, and receivables as collateral.
Read more Featured StoryAIIFL at HKU Law and UNIDROIT’s ATLC Strengthen Legal Cooperation in Asia, Sign Enhanced Cooperation Agreement
26 November 2025The new Enhanced Cooperation Agreement will support joint initiatives examining the impact of UNIDROIT instruments across key areas of transnational commercial and financial law in Asia.
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