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Professor Emily Lee

Affiliation Associate Professor, Faculty of Law
Research Areas Financial Law; Corporate Insolvency Law; Cross-border Insolvency Law; Comparative Law
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  1. Advancing Digital Economy and Financial Inclusion through Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Comprehensive Analysis of Policies and Legal Implications through e-CNY and eNaira, African Journal of Inte African Journal of International and Comparative Law 2025
  2. Digitalization and Tokenization of Money: Exploring Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Theories and Retail CBDC Developments in China and Beyond, Banking and Finance Law Review (forthcoming, 2025). Banking and Finance Law Review 2025
  3. ‘The Cooperation Mechanism and Legal Harmonisation: Analysing the Past, Present and Future of Mutual Recognition and Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings Across Mainland China and Hong Kong, with Insi Journal of Corporate Law Studies 2023
  4. ‘Technology-Driven Solutions to Banks’ De-risking Practices in Hong Kong: FinTech and Blockchain-based Smart Contracts for Financial Inclusion’, Common Law World Review, Vol. 51(1-2), pp. 83-108 (May Common Law World Review 2022
  5. ‘Digital Financial Inclusion: Observations and Insights from Hong Kong’s Virtual Banks’, Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 84, pp. 95-113 (March 2021) Law and Contemporary Problems 2021
  6. ‘Judicial Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific: Theory and Evidence from the Singapore-Initiated Transnational Judicial Insolvency Network’, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, 20(2), pp. 389-420 (9 January 20 Journal of Corporate Law Studies 2020
  7. ‘Equity Crowdfunding in Hong Kong: Potential, Challenges, and Investor Protection’, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, Vol. 19(2), pp. 277-302 (July 2018 published online; August 2019 print publication Journal of Corporate Law Studies 2018
  8. ‘Financial Inclusion: A Challenge to the New Paradigm of Financial Technology, Regulatory Technology and Anti-Money Laundering Law’, (UK) Journal of Business Law, 2017 Issue 6, pp. 473-498 (August 201 Journal of Business Law 2017
  9. ‘Will the FIFA Bribery Scandal Spur Money Laundering Law Reform in Hong Kong? Comparing Hong Kong’s Anti-Money Laundering Regime with Financial Action Task Force Recommendations’, Peking University La Peking University Law Journal 2016
  10. ‘Problems of Judicial Recognition and Enforcement in Cross-Border Insolvency Matters between Hong Kong and Mainland China’, American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 63(2), pp. 439-465 (August 2015) American Journal of Comparative Law 2015
  11. ‘Shadow Banking System in China after the Global Financial Crisis: Why Shadow Banks Can Distort the Capital Market Order’, Peking University Law Journal, Vol. 3(2), pp. 361-384 (2015) Peking University Law Journal 2015
  12. ‘The Shadow Banking System—Why It Will Hamper the Effectiveness of Basel III’, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation (JIBLR), Vol. 30(7), pp. 373-381 (July 2015) (invited submission) , Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 2015
  13. ‘Comparing Hong Kong and Chinese Insolvency Laws and Their Cross-Border Complexities’, The Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 9(2), pp. 259-280 (March 2015) , The Journal of Comparative Law 2015
  14. ‘Legal Pluralism, Institutionalism and Judicial Recognition of Hong Kong-China Cross-Border Insolvency Judgments’, Hong Kong Law Journal, Vol. 45(1), pp. 331-350 (May 2015) , Hong Kong Law Journal 2015
  15. ‘The Soft Law Nature of Basel III and International Financial Regulations’, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, Vol. 29(10), pp. 603-612 (August 2014) (invited submission) Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 2014
  16. ‘Basel III and Its New Capital Requirements, as Distinguished from Basel II’, The Banking Law Journal, Vol. 131(1), pp. 27-69 (January 2014) The Banking Law Journal 2014
  17. ‘Securities & Futures Commission v China Metal Recycling (Holdings) Limited: Regional Conflict of Laws, Judicial Recognition and Hong Kong-China Cross-Border Insolvencies’, in Annual Review of Insolve Annual Review of Insolvency Law 2014 2014
  18. ‘Basel III: Post-Financial Crisis International Financial Regulatory Reform’, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, Vol. 28(11), pp. 433-447 (2013) Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 2013
  19. ‘Investor Protection in Lehman Brothers’ Insolvency Litigation’, The Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 7(2), pp. 284-306 (August 2013) The Journal of Comparative Law 2013
  20. ‘The Reorganization Process under China’s Corporate Bankruptcy System’, The International Lawyer, Vol. 45(4), pp. 939-974 (Winter 2011) The International Lawyer 2011
  21. ‘China’s New Enterprise Bankruptcy Law—A Great Leap Forward, but Just How Far’, International Insolvency Review, Vol. 19(2), pp. 145-177 (2010). [with Karen Ho] International Insolvency Review 2010
  22. ‘Remuneration of Provisional Liquidators and Liquidators under the Official Receiver’s Contracting-Out Schemes’, Hong Kong Law Journal, Vol. 39(1), pp. 65-94 (2009) Hong Kong Law Journal 2009
  23. ‘Taiwan’s Recent Business Law Development—Financial Holding Companies and the Financial Holding Company Act in Taiwan; US Model, Compared’, in A Guide to Business Law in Asia, Pitman B. Potter & Ljilj A Guide to Business Law in Asia 2008
  1. The Singular Role of Public Pension Funds in Corporate Governance
    AIIFL Distinguished Public Lecture
    As CHAIR with Professor Jill E. Fisch (Speaker) Recording
  2. Cross-border Data Transfer: Key Takeaways from the European Commission’s Adequacy Decision for Korea (2021) and the Data Privacy Framework for the US (2023)
    As CHAIR with Dr. Min Kyung Kim (Speaker), Professor Alexander Loke (Chair)
  3. Future Law Innovation Programme: Lawtech and the Development of Legal Education in Singapore
    As CHAIR with Paul Neo (Speaker)
  4. Staff Seminar: Experiences on the Process of Publishing in U.S. Law Reviews
    As HOST with Professor Jill E. Fisch (Speaker)
  5. The Cambridge Handbook of Private Law and Artificial Intelligence
    As MODERATOR with Professor Thomas Cheng (Speaker), Professor Ernest Lim (Speaker), Anselmo Reyes (Speaker)
  6. Blockchain Regulation and Governance in Europe
    As CHAIR with Professor Michèle Finck (Speaker)
  7. Access to Sustainable Finance: The Impact of Private International Law
    As CHAIR with Gérardine Goh Escolar (Speaker) Recording
  8. The Cross-Border Insolvency Cooperation between Mainland China and HKSAR: Is the Arrangement Enough and Why?
    Professor Philip St. John Smart Memorial Lecture
    As CHAIR with Dr. Jingxia Shi (Speaker) Recording
  9. Virtual Banking and Beyond
    As CHAIR with Sally Chen (Speaker) Recording
  10. The Government Shareholder as a Fiduciary: Implications for ESG Management
    AIIFL Distinguished Public Lecture
    As CHAIR with Professor Ernest Lim (Speaker)
  11. Comparative Law
    As CHAIR
  12. Regulators’ Perspectives on AI, Technology and Personal Data Protection
    As CHAIR with Ada Chung, SBS (Speaker), Zee Kin Yeong (Speaker) Recording
  13. PSD2 and the Regulation of Data-Based Innovation in Retail Banking: A European Perspective
    As CHAIR with Dr. Nikita Divissenko (Speaker) Recording
  14. Financial Inclusion, A Hong Kong Perspective
    As SPEAKER
  15. Directors’ Duties & Disclosure Obligations under HK Law regarding Climate Change
    As SPEAKER with Professor Ernest Lim (Speaker), Christine Lau (Speaker), Sarah Barker (Speaker), Alex Bidlake (Speaker) Recording
  16. Protecting Policy Holders’ Interests in Health Insurance
    As CO-CHAIR with Clement Cheung GBS, JP (Speaker), Professor Anita Katharina Wagner, PharmD, MPH, DrPH (Speaker), Dr. Andreas Alois Reis (Speaker) Recording
  17. Blockchain Asset Registries-Freeing Crypto from Mania
    As CHAIR with Professor Kelvin Low (Speaker) Recording
  18. Understanding the Momentous Mainland-HK Cross-Border Insolvency Arrangement
    As CHAIR with Professor Wee Meng Seng (Speaker)
  19. Regulating the Crypto Economy
    As CHAIR with Professor Iris Chiu (Author), Dr. Dora Neo (Chair) Recording
  20. China’s Rising (and the US’ Declining) Influence on Global Tax Governance? Some Observations
    As CHAIR with Professor Jinyan Li (Speaker), Adjunct Professor Richard Cullen (Chair) Recording
  21. AI Governance and Open Finance Initiatives
    As CHAIR with Professor Mark Findlay (Speaker), Nydia Remolina - Leon (Speaker) Recording
  1. Digital Financial Inclusion: Observations and Insights from Hong Kong’s Virtual Banks (Law and Contemporary Problems)
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