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Professor Say Goo

Affiliation Professor, Faculty of Law
Research Areas Land and Conveyancing; Corporate and Insolvency Law
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  1. Should the headcount test for scheme of arrangement be abolished? (2011) 32 The Company Lawyer, issue 6, pp186-190 2011
  2. Should the headcount test for scheme of arrangement be abolished? 2011
  3. Headcount test and scheme of arrangement (2010) 126 Law Quarterly Review, 517-521 2010
  4. Regulation of sale of off-the-plan property [2010] 74 Conv 129-145 2010
  5. Multiple derivative action and common law derivative action revisited: a tale of two jurisdictions (2010) Journal of Corporate Law Studies, pp255-264, 2010
  6. Regulation of sale of off-the-plan property 2010
  7. Multiple derivative action and common law derivative action revisited: a tale of two jurisdictions 2010
  8. Derivative action in China: Problems and Prospects (with Hong Xiangxing) (2009) Journal of Business Law, 376-395. 2009
  9. Derivative action in China: Problems and Prospects (with Hong Xiangxing) (2009) Journal of Business Law, 376-395. (Cited in Mathias M Siems, (2010) UEA LAW Working Paper No 2010-MS-1) 2009
  10. Low structure, high ambiguity: selective adaptation of international norms of corporate governance mechanisms in China 2008
  11. The Statutory Derivative Action: Now Showing Near You 2008
  12. Directors’ Liabilities in Hong Kong 2008
  13. 吳世學 & 洪祥星, 公司治理的改善：小股東保護及獨立董事與監事會的角色, 法律及司法培训文集，第三册, 317-323, (法律及司法培训中心: 澳门,2008)(S H Goo & Hong Xiangxing, Improving Corporate Governance: the protection of minority shareholders and the role of ind 2008
  14. Ethics Management at a Cross-Border Enterprise, (with Jeroen van den Berg) (2008) The Asia Case Research Centre and the ICAC, 30 pages. 2008
  15. He has also contributed to the Halsbury’s Laws of Hong Kong on Landlord and Tenant (Vol. 17(1) 2007, reissue), Personal Property (Vol. 20, 2006 reissue), Trust (Vol. 26, 2002), Misrepresentation & Fra 2007
  16. Manfold Toy Company Ltd: Corporate Governance and Ethics for Directors and Professionals, (with Jeroen van den Berg) (2007) The Asia Case Research Centre and the ICAC, 24 pages. 2007
  17. 12. Cases & Materials on Company Law, (5th edn, 2004) Oxford University Press, 605 pages + xxx. (Co-author with Mr Andrew Hicks of Exeter University). (Cited in (2008) 38 HKLJ 425; (2006) 36 HKLJ 481) 2004
  18. Chapter 5: ‘Utmost Good Faith’ (co-authored with Professor Robert Merkin) (pp 99-170) in S H Goo (ed), Hong Kong Insurance Law & Practice (Sweet & Maxwell Asia, 2003), pp 848 2003
  19. The Corporate Dimension of the Securities and Futures Ordinance, (2003) 33 HKLJ 271-288. 2003
  20. The Expropriation Game: Minority shareholders’ protection, (2003) 33 HKLJ 71-98 (co-authored with Professor Rolf H Weber, Zurich University). 2003
  21. The Corporate Dimension of the Securities and Futures Ordinance, (2003) 33 HKLJ 271-288. (Cited in (2005) 14 Pac Rim L & Pol’y 35; PhD Thesis (Mahidol Uni Thailand) (2008)). 2003
  22. The Expropriation Game: Minority shareholders’ protection, (2003) 33 HKLJ 71-98 (co-authored with Professor Rolf H Weber, Zurich University). (Cited in (2005) 14 Pac Rim L & Pol’y 35; Jack B Jacobs (J 2003
  23. 13. Corporate Governance: The Hong Kong Debate (December 2003) Sweet & Maxwell Asia, pp 593 + xvii (co-author with Anne Carver with a contribution from John Whitman) (Cited in (2004) 15 Am Rev Int’l A 2003
  24. 14. Insurance Law & Practice in Hong Kong (December 2003) Sweet & Maxwell Asia, pp 848 (as General Editor with Professor Robert Merkin of Southampton University as Consultant Editor) (cited judicially 2003
  25. 15. Land Law in Hong Kong, (2nd edn, December, 2003) LexisNexis Butterworths, pp.800 + lxviii (co-author with Alice Lee) (Cited in HLHK [40] Banking & Finance 278; Butterworths: Webster’s Timeline His 2003
  26. Corporate Governance Review in Hong Kong – Implications from SCCLR report Phase I, (in Japanese), Comparative Law Review (The Institute of Comparative Law in Japan, Chuo University), (2002) Vol XXXV, 2002
  27. Improving Corporate Governance: Role of Shareholders and Regulators in Hong Kong, in Goo, Arner and Zhou (eds), International Financial Sector Reform: Standard Setting and Infrastructure Development ( 2002
  28. 18. Cases & Materials on Company Law, (4th edn, 2001) Blackstone Press Ltd, London, 760 pages + xxix. (Co-author with Mr Andrew Hicks of Exeter University). (Cited in (2009) LLM Thesis (Ming Chuan Uni 2001
  29. Minority Shareholders in Hong Kong: a Legal Conundrum, in Building Value in Asia: Corporate Governance and Compliance for a New Era (Asia Law & Practice: 2000), pp 77-86. 2000
  30. Minority Shareholders in Hong Kong: a Legal Conundrum, in Building Value in Asia: Corporate Governance and Compliance for a New Era (Asia Law & Practice: 2000), pp 77-86. (Cited in (2001) 31 HKLJ 122) 2000
  31. 19. Cases & Materials on Company Law, (3nd edn, 1999) Blackstone Press Ltd, London, 742 pages + xxxi. (Co-author with Mr Andrew Hicks of Exeter University). (Cited in (1999) 19 Legal Stud 515). 1999
  32. ‘Shareholder Remedies’ (1998) Company Secretary (Vol 8 No 5) 16-19 1998
  33. Reforming the Priority Rules in Hong Kong: A Comparative Perspective 1997
  34. 21. Cases & Materials on Company Law, (2nd edn, 1997) Blackstone Press Ltd, London, 722 pages + xxxii. (Co-author with Mr Andrew Hicks of Exeter University). (Cited in Marjan Koelemeijer, Redelijkheid 1997
  35. Let the estate lie where it falls 1995
  36. Enforceability of Securities and Guarantees after O’Brien 1995
  37. Reviews: The authors have succeeded in writing an excellent student text. ((1995) 11 Insolvency Law & Practice, p 89 (reviewed by Richard Hardwick, Nicholson Graham & Jones)) 1995
  38. 22. Cases & Materials on Company Law, (1st edn, 1994) Blackstone Press Ltd, London, 650 pages + xxiii. Co-author with Mr Andrew Hicks, Senior Lecturer in Law, Exeter University, England. 5 chapters ou 1994
  39. Priority of Substituted Mortgagee 1993
  40. Unfair Prejudice Remedy 1993
  41. Satisfying Proprietary Estoppel”, [1993] The Conveyancer, pp 173-176. 1993
  42. Enforcement of Positive Covenants 1993
  43. Section 459 of the Companies Act 1985 and s.122(1)(g) of the Insolvency Act 1986 1985
  1. Auditors & Professionals as Gatekeepers: Risk, Reward and Ruin
    Corporate Law and Corporate Governance
    As CHAIR with Mr. Philip TN Koh (Speaker)
  2. Sustainable Corporate Governance: The New European Ambition and the French Experience
    AIIFL Lectures & Seminars
    As CHAIR with Professor Catherine Malecki (Speaker) Recording
  3. Lessons from a Malaysian Company Law Case
    As CHAIR with Philip TN Koh (Speaker) Recording
  4. The Quiet Revolution: Foreign Ownership and Corporate Governance
    AIIFL Lectures & Seminars
    As CHAIR with Professor Merritt B. Fox (Speaker) Recording
  5. The New Stock Market: Law, Economics, and Policy
    Book Talk
    As CHAIR with Professor Merritt B. Fox (Speaker) Recording
  6. The Creditor Modified Duty in Hong Kong after Sequana and Foo
    AIIFL Lectures & Seminars
    As CHAIR with Professor Eilis Ferran (Speaker) Recording
  7. Reconciling Shareholder Primacy and the Interests of People and Planet
    As CHAIR with Professor Eilis Ferran (Speaker)
  8. LawtoData: An App for Automating Empirical Legal Research
    As CHAIR with Professor Ben Chen (Speaker) Recording
  1. The Case for the Extra-Territorial Application of Corporate Governance Standards in China
    AIIFL Working Paper
  2. Hard Corporate Governance Law in a Soft Law Jurisdiction
    AIIFL Working Paper
  3. The Value of the Corporate Governance Canon on Chinese Companies
    AIIFL Working Paper
  4. Last of the Tai-Pans: Improving the Sustainability of Long-Term Financial Flows by Improving Hong Kong’s Corporate Governance
    AIIFL Working Paper
  5. Do Corporate Governance Practices in One Jurisdiction Affect Another One? Lessons from the Panama Papers
    AIIFL Working Paper
  6. Taiwan Financial Sectors and Belt and Road Initiative
  7. Shareholder Engagement and Activism in Hong Kong
  8. Financial Markets in Hong Kong: Law and Practice
    Publications
  9. International Financial Sector Reform