Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL), HKU

Honorary Fellows

Global experts providing strategic insights and industry advice

Annette Lu

AIIFL Honorary Fellow and Director, Head of Compliance APAC, Hex Trust

Research: Digital asset regulation, AML/CFT, Travel Rule and payment transparency, RegTech, MAS/VARA/SFC regulatory frameworks

Professor Marc I. Steinberg

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2026) and Rupert and Lillian Radford Chair in Law and Professor of Law, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University

Research: Corporate law, securities regulation, financial regulation, corporate governance, investor protection, international securities law, and legal ethics

Dr. Oriol Caudevilla

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2026) and Global FinTech Expert and Advisor// Board Director and Secretary General, Global Impact FinTech Forum (GIFT)

Research: Artificial Intelligence in financial services, digital finance and financial innovation, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), financial regulation and AI governance, digital assets and blockchain, international financial systems and policy

Professor Pablo Iglesias-Rodriguez

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2026) and Associate Professor in International Finance Law, School of Law, University of Sussex (United Kingdom)

Research: Financial regulation, corporate law, corporate sustainability, corporate climate litigation, payment systems, post-trading, systemic risk, consumer/investor protection

Dr. Charles Ho Wang Mak

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2026) and Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Law at the University of Bristol

Research: Insolvency Law, Sovereign Debt Restructuring, Trust Law, Financial Regulation, Technology Law, and Dispute Resolution

Dr. Sau Wai (Samuel) Law

AIIFL Honorary Fellow and Member of the Sustainable Finance Committee (under individual capacity), the British Standards Institution

Research:  Banking and Financial Law, Consumer Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Professional Ethics, Risk and Compliance, Financial Inclusion, and Digital Banking

2020–2024

Felix Cheung

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2020–2024) and Senior Associate, Hill Dickinson (Hong Kong)

Pratibha Chhabra

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2020–2024) and Senior Economist, The World Bank, Washington DC (United States)

Professor Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2020–2024) and E. J. Ball Professor of Law, School of Law, University of Arkansas (United States)

Bryan Fok

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2020–2024) and Vice President – Legal and Compliance, Morgan Stanley (Hong Kong)

Pawee Jenweeranon

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2020–2024) and Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University (Thailand)

Martin Kwan

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2020–2024) and Researcher, OBOR Legal Research Centre (China)

David Lam

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2020–2024) and Associate, Paul Hastings (Hong Kong)

Deepankar Sharma

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2020–2024) and Assistant Professor of Law, School of Law, Manipal University Jaipur (India)

Professor Pablo Iglesias-Rodriguez

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2026) and Associate Professor in International Finance Law, School of Law, University of Sussex (United Kingdom)

Dr. Oriol Caudevilla

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2026) and Global FinTech Expert and Advisor// Board Director and Secretary General, Global Impact FinTech Forum (GIFT)

Dr. Charles Ho Wang Mak

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2026) and Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Law at the University of Bristol

Professor Marc I. Steinberg

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2026) and Rupert and Lillian Radford Chair in Law and Professor of Law, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University

2015–2019

Donald Chan

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Associate Director, UBS (Hong Kong) (2015-2019)

Dr. Francesco De Pascalis

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Senior Lecturer in Financial Law, Brunel Law School, Brunel University London (United Kingdom) (2015-2019)

Professor Berry Hsu

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Professor of Law, CTBC (China Trust Bank Corporation) Business School, Taiwan (Taiwan) (2015-2019)

Professor Lapman Lee

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Professor of Practice (ESG and FinTech), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong) (2015-2019)

Benjamin Liu

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Senior Lecturer, Commercial Law Department, Business School, The University of Auckland (New Zealand) (2015-2019)

Pierpaolo Marano

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Associate Professor, Department of Legal Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan (Italy) (2015-2019)

Professor Andrea Minto

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Jean Monnet Professor in Law and Regulation of Financial Markets, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy) (2015-2019)

Professor Konrad Osajda

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw (Poland) (2015-2019)

Dr. Doreen Qiu

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Associate Professor, Law School, Xiamen University (China) (2015-2019)

Jon Rout

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Business Development Director, APAC, Digital Assets (Hong Kong) (2015-2019)

Kristi L. Swartz

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Partner, DLA Piper (Hong Kong) (2015-2019)

Padraig Walsh

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Partner, Tanner De Witt Solicitors (Hong Kong) (2015-2019)

Patricia Woo

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Partner, Squire Patton Boggs (Hong Kong) (2015-2019)

Dr. Yan Xu

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Scientia Associate Professor, School of Taxation and Business Law, University of New South Wales (Australia)

Professor Ling Zhu

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Professor, Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong) (2015-2019)

Professor Robert Merkin, KC

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Lloyd’s Professor of Commercial Law, University of Exeter (United Kingdom)

James Shipton

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Senior Fellow, University of Melbourne (Australia)

Professor Pablo Iglesias-Rodriguez

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2026) and Associate Professor in International Finance Law, School of Law, University of Sussex (United Kingdom)

Professor John Lowry

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2015–2019) and Emeritus Professor of Law, Faculty of Laws, University College London (United Kingdom)

2010–2014

Raymond Goh

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Consultant, Edwin Kwok & Co (Hong Kong)

Julian Gooding

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Independent Consultant (United Kingdom)

Dr. Sarah Hinchliffe

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Associate Professor, School of Professional Accountancy, Long Island University (United States)

Norman Pai Ho

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Assistant Professor of Law, Peking University School of Transnational Law (China)

Professor Der-Chin Horng

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)

Young In

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and United States

Danny Kan

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Partner, Stephenson Harwood LLP (Hong Kong)

Giovanna Kwong

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Senior Of Counsel, YTL LLP (Hong Kong)

Dr. Avnita Lakhani

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Former Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

Michael Law

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Senior Fintech Director, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (Hong Kong)

Professor Jing Leng

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and School of International Finance and Law, East China University of Political Science and Law (China)

Iris Leung

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Partner, Edwin Kwok & Co (Hong Kong)

Timothy Loh

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Founder & Managing Partner, Timothy Loh LLP (Hong Kong)

Chee Keong Low

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Former Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

Professor Véronique Magnier

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Director, Institut Droit Ethique Patrimoine (France)

Diana Massada

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Sports Club President, Casa do Futebol Clube do Porto de Macau – China (Macau)

Dr. Frederik Pretorius

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Former Associate Professor, Department of Real Estate and Construction, HKU (Hong Kong)

Dr. Lifen Pu

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and China

Davide Rovetta

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Avvocato Of Counsel, CampaAvvocati (Italy)

Professor Ulrich G. Schroeter

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Professor of Private and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Basel (Switzerland)

Professor Wei Shen

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and KoGuan Distinguished Professor of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Law School (China)

Dr. Jin Sheng

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Former Senior Research Fellow, EW Barker Centre for Law & Business, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (Singapore)

Dr. Alessandro Spano

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Lecturer, Faculty of Laws, University College London (United Kingdom)

Juan Ignacio Stampalija

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Executive Director, Universidad Austral (Argentina)

Edward L.F. Suen

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Independent Financial Services Professional and Chartered Tax Practitioner (Hong Kong)

Claire Wilson

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Former Lecturer in Law, Hong Kong Shue Yan University (Hong Kong)

Professor Duoqi Xu

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Affiliate Professor, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiaotong University (China)

Dr. Maneesh Yadav

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Member, College Academic Integrity Panel, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad (India)

Professor Michael Adams

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Adjunct Professor of Law, School of Law, University of New England (Australia)

Wei Cai

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Postdoctoral Research Fellow (China)

Professor Pablo Iglesias-Rodriguez

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2026) and Associate Professor in International Finance Law, School of Law, University of Sussex (United Kingdom)

Professor Ross Buckley

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Scientia Professor of Law, School of Private & Commercial Law, UNSW Sydney (Australia)

Susie Cheung

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Co-Convenor, Asia-Pacific Structured Finance Association (Hong Kong)

Sou Chiam

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Independent Non-Executive Director, Maybank Banking Berhad (Hong Kong)

Professor Ruth Plato-Shinar

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2010–2014) and Professor of Banking Law & Financial Regulation and Director, Center for Banking Law and Financial Regulation, Netanya Academic College (Israel)

1999–2009

Anne Carver

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and Adjunct Professor, School of Translation and Foreign Languages, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

Professor Li Guo

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and School of Law, Peking University (China)

Taroh Inoue

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and Legal Counsel, Motorola Japan Limited (Japan)

Dr. Sean Leonard

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and Advisor, Commentator and Writer on US, PRC and International Trade Law (Hong Kong)

Laurence Li

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and SC, Senior Counsel, Temple Chambers (Hong Kong)

Pauline Li

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and General Manager, Grashield Consulting Services (Hong Kong)

Georg Ph. Lienke

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and Associate Director, The Boston Consulting Group (Germany)

Marshall Mays

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and Director, Asia Alpha Systems Limited (Hong Kong)

I-Ping Soong

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and Derivatives and Structured Finance Partner, Linklaters (Hong Kong)

Dr Lilia Wan

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and Chair, Heng An Standard Life Pension Insurance Company (China)

Professor Jiangyu Wang

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and Director, Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

Professor Wei Wang

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and Fudan University Law School, Shanghai (China)

Professor Mark Williams

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and Professor of Law, University of Melbourne Law School (Australia) (2015-2019)

Dr. Simon Wu

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and Consultant, Patrick Chu, Conti Wong Lawyers LLP (Hong Kong)

Dr. Joel Arthur McInnis

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (1999–2009) and Adjudicator (Hong Kong), Adjunct Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology