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Professor Charles D. Booth

Affiliation Vice-Chair, AIIFL Academic Advisory Board, 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)
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  1. Charles D., Booth, ELG Tyler, Ludwig Ng & Terry Kan, Hong Kong Corporate Insolvency Manual (4th Edition) (Hong Kong: LexisNexis in association with HKICPA, in press, 2018).  2018
  2. Charles D. Booth & Edward Tyler, Hong Kong Personal Insolvency Manual (2nd edition) (Hong Kong: HKICPA, 2010). 2010
  3. Jay Westbrook, Charles D. Booth, Christoph Paulus & Harry Rajak, A Global View of Business Insolvency Systems (World Bank & Kluwer/Martinius, 2010).… Read more 2010
  4. Charles D. Booth & Trevor N. Lain, Rescuing Hong Kong Companies with Provisional Supervision: Proposals that Workers and Management Can Support, 40 HONG KONG… Read more Rescuing Hong Kong Companies with Provisional Supervision: Proposals that Workers and Management Can Support,  2010
  5. Philip Smart, Charles D. Booth & Stephen Briscoe, Investigation of Insolvent Companies in Hong Kong: A Corporate Governance Crisis, 39 HONG KONG LAW JOURNAL… Read more Investigation of Insolvent Companies in Hong Kong: A Corporate Governance Crisis 2009
  6. Philip Smart, Stephen Briscoe & Charles D.… Read more Insolvent Liquidation in Hong Kong: A Crisis of Confidence 2007
  7. Douglas W. Arner, Charles D. Booth, Paul Lejot & Berry F.… Read more  Property Rights, Collateral, Creditor Rights and Insolvency in East Asia 2007
  8. Charles D. Booth, Philip Smart & Stephen Briscoe, Chapter 12, Corporate Rescue in Hong Kong, in Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal (ed.), Expedited Debt Restructuring: An International Comparative Analysis, pp. 2007
  9. Charles D. Booth, The 2006 PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law: The Wait is Finally Over, 20 SINGAPORE ACADEMY OF LAW SPECIAL ISSUE 275-315 (2008).… Read more The 2006 PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law: The Wait is Finally Over 2006
  10. Charles D. Booth, Zhang Xian Chu & Wendy Chiu, The People’s Republic of China,Chapter 18, in Collier International Business Insolvency Guide, pp. 18-1 to 18-64 (LexisNexis, 2006). The People’s Republic of China, 2006
  11. Douglas W. Arner, Charles D. Booth, Berry F. Hsu & Paul Lejot, Property Rights, Collateral, Creditor Rights and Financial Development, 17 EUROPEAN BUSINESS LAW REVIEW 1215-1240 (The Netherlands, 2006) Property Rights, Collateral, Creditor Rights and Financial Development 2006
  12. Charles D. Booth, Corporate Reorganization in Hong Kong: Can Provisional Liquidation Come to the Rescue? 2(2) JOURNAL OF RESTRUCTURING FINANCE 183-188… Read more  Corporate Reorganization in Hong Kong: Can Provisional Liquidation Come to the Rescue? 2005
  13. Charles D. Booth, Drafting Bankruptcy Laws in Socialist Market Economies: Recent Developments in China and Vietnam, 18(1) COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF ASIAN LAW 93-147… Read more  Drafting Bankruptcy Laws in Socialist Market Economies: Recent Developments in China and Vietnam 2004
  14. Philip Smart & Charles D. Booth, Cross-Border Insolvency and the Discharge of Debts, 20(4) INSOLVENCY LAW & PRACTICE 147-150 (UK, 2004).… Read more Cross-Border Insolvency and the Discharge of Debts 2004
  15. Charles D. Booth, Review of Corporate Insolvency Law: Perspectives and Principles, Vanessa Finch, 34 Hong Kong L. J. 1 (2004).… Read more 2004
  16. Charles D. Booth, Current Trends in Consumer Insolvency in Hong Kong, Chapter 9, in Johanna Niemi-Kiesilainen, Iain Ramsey &William C. Whitford (eds.), Consumer Bankruptcy in Global Perspective 187-20  Current Trends in Consumer Insolvency in Hong Kong 2003
  17. Charles D. Booth, Rights, Powers and Duties of the Debtor and Creditors in Insolvency Proceedings in Hong Kong (2003).… Read more 2003
  18. Charles D. Booth, Securitization in Emerging Markets, Including Government Promotion of Securitization: A Comment on Hill and Arner, 12(2) DUKE JOURNAL OF… Read more  Securitization in Emerging Markets, Including Government Promotion of Securitization: A Comment on Hill and Arner 2002
  19. Co-participant with George M. Kelakos, Saturo Murase, Arnold M.… Read more Corporate/Debt Restructuring Roundtable: Japan, The Hong Kong SAR & the People’s Republic of China – A Roundtable Discussion 2002
  20. Philip Smart & Charles D. Booth, Corporate Rescue: Hong Kong Developments, 10 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE LAW REVIEW 41-45 (2002).… Read more Corporate Rescue: Hong Kong Developments 2002
  21. Zhang Xian Chu & Charles D. Booth, Chinese Bankruptcy Law in an Emerging Market Economy: The Shenzhen Experience, 15 COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF ASIAN LAW 1-32 (USA,… Read more Chinese Bankruptcy Law in an Emerging Market Economy: The Shenzhen Experience 2001
  22. Philip Smart & Charles D. Booth, Reforming Corporate Rescue Procedures in Hong Kong, JOURNAL OF CORPORATE LAW STUDIES 485-499 (UK, Dec. 2001).… Read more Reforming Corporate Rescue Procedures in Hong Kong 2001
  23. Zhang Xian Chu & Charles D. Booth, Beijing’s Initiative on Cross-Border Insolvency: Reflections on a Recent Visit of Hong Kong Professionals to Beijing, 31… Read more Beijing’s Initiative on Cross-Border Insolvency: Reflections on a Recent Visit of Hong Kong Professionals to Beijing 2001
  24. Philip Smart & Charles D. Booth, Provisional Supervision and Workers’ Wages: An Alternative Proposal, 31 HONG KONG LAW JOURNAL 188-199 (2001).… Read more Provisional Supervision and Workers’ Wages: An Alternative Proposal 2001
  25. Charles D. Booth, Hong Kong Insolvency Law Reform: Preparing for the Next Millennium, JOURNAL OF BUSINESS LAW 126-156 (UK, 2001); SSRN… Read more Hong Kong Insolvency Law Reform: Preparing for the Next Millennium 2001
  26. Charles D. Booth & Philip Smart, The New Avoidance Powers under Hong Kong Insolvency Law: A Move from Territoriality to Extraterritoriality, 34 INTERNATIONAL… Read more The New Avoidance Powers under Hong Kong Insolvency Law: A Move from Territoriality to Extraterritoriality 2000
  27. Charles D. Booth, When Government Intervenes: Winding Up Fraudulent Companies in Hong Kong, Analysis, 29 HONG KONG LAW JOURNAL 368-92 (1999) HeinOnline;… Read more When Government Intervenes: Winding Up Fraudulent Companies in Hong Kong, Analysis 1999
  28. Charles D. Booth, An Analysis of Consumer Insolvency Trends in Hong Kong in the Aftermath of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and the 2007-2008 Global Financial Crisis, in Janis P. Sarra & Barbara Roma An Analysis of Consumer Insolvency Trends in Hong Kong in the Aftermath of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and the 2007-2008 Global Financial Crisis, in Janis P. Sarra & Barbara Romaine  1997
  29. Charles D. Booth, Transnational Insolvency: Cross-Border Co-Operation between the United States and Hong Kong – In re Axona International Credit & (and)… Read more 1993
  30. Andrew J. Halkyard & Charles D. Booth, In Memoriam: Philip St.… Read more In Memoriam: Philip St. John Smart, 1961-2008 1961
  1. Reform Trends: Challenges and Successes
    International Conference: 8th Conference on International Coordination of Secured Transactions Reform
    As SPEAKER with Murat Sultanov (Speaker), Miha Isol (Speaker), Angelia Chia (Speaker), Julius Caesar Parreñas (Speaker), Stellah Kakwezi Olimi (Speaker) 27 November 2025 - 12:00 pm Recording
  2. Developments in Consumer Bankruptcy: A Comparative Look
    As COMMENTATOR with Professor William Whitford (Speaker)
  1. Property Rights, Collateral and Creditor Rights in East Asia