Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL), HKU

Visiting Fellows (2025–2026)

International researchers executing short-term projects and academic exchange

Milot Ahma

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Principal Counsel, Legal Transition Team, EBRD

Professor Marija Bartl

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (22 April 2026) and Professor of Transnational Private Law at the Amsterdam Law School

Professor Charles D. Booth

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Director, Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law; and William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa (United States)

Dr. Friso Bostoen

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (12 December 2025) and Assistant Professor of Competition Law and Digital Regulation at Tilburg University

William Brydie-Watson

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (6 November 2024, 27–28 November 2025) and Senior Legal Officer & ATLC Co-Director, International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)

Dr. Julius Caesar Parreñas

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Coordinator, APEC/ABAC Asia-Pacific Financial Forum; and Managing Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Monica Canafoglia

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Legal Officer, UNCITRAL

Jeffrey H. Chen

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (29 April 2026) and Partner and Head of Structured Finance, Dentons Hong Kong LLP (Hong Kong)

Dr. Emily Carroll

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (20 March 2025) and Head of Quality and Accreditation and Associate Professor, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham

Angelia Chia

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Senior Counsel, Trade and Supply Chain (Legal), Office of the General Counsel, ADB (AIIFL

Carmen Chu, JP

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Executive Director (Banking Supervision), Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Professor Marco Dell’Erba

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (19 May 2026) and Professor of Corporate and Financial Law, University of Zurich

Dr. Marek Dubovec

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Director of Law, Reform Programs, International Law Institute

Professor Henry Gabriel

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and School of Law, Elon University & Wenlan Scholar Chair Professorship in International Law, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Professor Gürses Özlem

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (9 September 2025) and Professor of commercial law at King’s College London

Research: Insurance, Marine Insurance and Reinsurance Law

Professor Megumi Hara

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Professor of Law, Chuo University School of Law

Professor Liyang Hou

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (4 December 2025) and Professor of Competition Law, Director of the Economic Law Division, and Director of the Coase Center for Law and Economics at KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Dr. Maria Ioannidou

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (June–June 2026) and Reader in Competition Law, Queen Mary, University of London

Professor Woo-Jung Jon

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Anna Joubin-Bret

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Secretary, UNCITRAL

Stellah Kakwezi Olimi

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Assistant Commissioner, Head of Chattels Securities Registration, Uganda Registration Services Bureau

Richard Kohn

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Founder and a Principal, Commercial Finance Group, Goldberg Kohn Ltd

Johnson Kong

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Board Member, International IP Commercialization Council (IIPCC)

Alex Korb

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (29 April 2026) and Principal, Alternative Risk Solutions

Dr. Gonzalo Larrea

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (18 May 2026) and Assistant Professor, Utrecht University

Hazel Law

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Associate Director, Intermediaries, Securities and Futures Commission

Dr. Sau Wai (Samuel) Law

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (1 April 2026) 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

Jae Sung Lee

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Former AIIFL Visiting Fellow and Senior Legal Officer, UNCITRAL

Mark Leiser

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (24 February 2026) and PhD in law and is a recognised expert in deceptive design, dark patterns, and the regulation of digital manipulation

Professor Christine Loh

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (7–9 November 2025) and Chief Development Strategist at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Professor Björn Lundqvist

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (24 October 2025) and Professor of Law at Stockholm University; Chair of the Swedish Network of European Legal Studies; Director of the European Law Institute; and Director of Ascola Nordic

Professor Catherine Malecki

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (24 October 2025) and Professor of Law at Stockholm University

Professor Eva Micheler

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (23 October 2025) and Full Professor at the Law School of the London School of Economics and Political Science

Dirk Middelschulte

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (17 November 2025) and Global Chief Counsel Competition at Unilever, based in Brussels

Kyrylo Mukhomedzyanov

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Project Lead, Financial Sector Specialist IFC

Dr. Dora Neo

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27 February 2026) and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Professor John Newman

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (18 June 2026) and Herff Chair of Excellence, University of Memphis School of Law

Danny Ong

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Managing Director, Setia Law LLC

Professor Archie Parnell

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (7–9 November 2025) and Professor of Law at Jindal Global University Law School in India

Professor Jeannie Marie Paterson

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (28 October 2025) and Co-Director, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, Professor of Law (consumer protection and AI regulation), Melbourne Law School

Lyu Qi

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Chief Adviser, Beijing Fnlegor Law Firm

Professor Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (26–28 November 2025) and Full Professor of Commercial Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid & President, European Law Institute

Professor Simon Roberts

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (11 May 2026) and Professor of Economics, University of Johannesburg

Doh-Uk Shin

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Director, International Legal Policy Division, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Korea

Professor Alexandre de Streel

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (14 April 2026) and Academic Director of the digital research programme at the Brussels think-tank Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE)

Professor Marc I. Steinberg

AIIFL Honorary Fellow (2026), AIIFL Visiting Fellow (1 December 2023, 13 December 2024, 3 December 2025) 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

Professor Yane Svetiev

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (11 May 2026) and Chair in Market Regulation and Private Law, University of Sydney Law School

Professor Ignacio Tirado

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Secretary-General, UNIDROIT

Thomas Tsang

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Deputy Director of Intellectual Property, Government of Hong Kong SAR, China

Dr. Rocky Tung

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Director & Head of Policy Research for the Financial Services Development Council

Dr. Anna Tzanaki

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (18 August 2025) and Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds

Professor Markus Wagner

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (30 October 2025) and Professor of Law at the University of Wollongong and Director of its Transnational Law & Policy Centre (30 October 2025)

Professor Masako Wakui

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (30 January 2026) and Professor, the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University

Professor Martin Dr. Wenz

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (10 October 2024, 10 July 2025) and Professor of National and International Tax Law and holds the Chair for Business Taxation and the Laws of International and Liechtenstein Taxation at the University of Liechtenstein

David Wong

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Director of Intellectual Property, Government of Hong Kong SAR, China

Queenie Wu

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Deputy Director, Hong Kong International Legal Talents Training Office, Department of Justice, Government of Hong Kong SAR, China

Timothy James Yip

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (29 April 2026) and Managing Director and Head of ILS Investments, ILS Advisers

Dr. Aaron Yoong

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (28 October 2025) and Assistant Professor of Law at the Singapore Management University

Dr. Kasem Zotkaj

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (10 July 2025) and Researcher and lecturer at the Chair for Business Taxation and the Laws of International and Liechtenstein Taxation at the University of Liechtenstein in Vaduz

Ben Chen

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (17 March 2025) and Associate Professor, University of Sydney Law School

Marco Corradi

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (24 February 2025) and Assistant Professor, ESSEC Business School (Paris and Singapore)

Professor Sean Ennis

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (10 February 2025) and Director, Centre for Competition Policy and Professor of Competition Policy, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia

Professor Eilis Ferran

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (30 March 2025–April 2025) and Professor of Company & Securities Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

Professor Jill E. Fisch

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (29 April – 6 May 2025) and Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Camden Hutchison

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (18 February 2025) and Associate Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law and Director, Centre for Business Law, University of British Columbia

Professor Frédéric Jenny

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (26 February 2025) and Emeritus Professor of Economics, ESSEC Business School (Paris)

Professor Ernest Lim

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (21 April 2023, 2 February 2024, 20 November 2024, 2 May 2025) and Vice Dean (Faculty Development), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Wendy Ng

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (28 April 2025) and Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School

Justice Anselmo Reyes

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (29 April 2025, 20 November 2024) and Former Judge, Court of First Instance, Hong Kong; International Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court

Professor Ramsi Woodcock

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (29 May 2025) and Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs Associate Professor of Law, University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law

Bob Trojan

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (27–28 November 2025) and Former AIIFL Visiting Fellow and Senior Advisor, International Law Institute

2024–2025

Professor Martin Dr. Wenz

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (10 October 2024, 10 July 2025) and Professor of National and International Tax Law and holds the Chair for Business Taxation and the Laws of International and Liechtenstein Taxation at the University of Liechtenstein

Professor Alison Jones

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (25 November 2024) and King’s College London

Philip TN Koh

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (1 November 2024) and Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya, Senior Partner of Messrs Mah-Kamariyah & Philip Koh and Adjunct Professor at Universiti Malaya and School of Business, Monash Malaysia University

Justice Anselmo Reyes

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (29 April 2025, 20 November 2024) and Former Judge, Court of First Instance, Hong Kong; International Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court

Professor Anna Veneziano

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (6 November 2024) and Deputy Secretary-General of UNIDROIT

Professor Felix B. Chang

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (23 May 2023, 4 June 2024) and Visiting Professor, Mortiz College of Law, Ohio State University

Professor Merritt B. Fox

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (9–13 December 2024) and Arthur Levitt Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

Paul Neo

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (2 February 2024) and Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Singapore Academy of Law

William Brydie-Watson

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (6 November 2024, 27–28 November 2025) and Senior Legal Officer & ATLC Co-Director, International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)

Professor Ernest Lim

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (21 April 2023, 2 February 2024, 20 November 2024, 2 May 2025) and Vice Dean (Faculty Development), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Professor Marc I. Steinberg

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (1 December 2023, 13 December 2024, 3 December 2025) and Rupert and Lillian Radford Chair in Law and Professor of Law, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University

2023–2024

David Brownbill KC

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (13 November 2023) and Barrister, XXIV Old Buildings, London

Professor Felix B. Chang

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (23 May 2023, 4 June 2024) and Visiting Professor, Mortiz College of Law, Ohio State University

Gérardine Goh Escolar

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (14 September 2023) and Deputy Secretary General, Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)

Professor Frédéric Mégret

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (9 November 2023) and Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University

Professor Jodi Gardner

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (12 May 2023) and Brian Coote Chair of Private Law, University of Auckland

Lau Kwan Ho

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (5 January 2023) and Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University

Professor Sir William Blair

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (18 October 2023) and Professor of Financial Law and Ethics, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom)

Professor Ernest Lim

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (21 April 2023, 2 February 2024, 20 November 2024, 2 May 2025) and Vice Dean (Faculty Development), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Professor Marc I. Steinberg

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (1 December 2023, 13 December 2024, 3 December 2025) and Rupert and Lillian Radford Chair in Law and Professor of Law, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University

2003–2004

Paul Lejot

AIIFL Visiting Fellow (2003) and Visiting Fellow (Financial Law)​