Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL), HKU

AIIFL Fellow

Professor Shahla Ali

Affiliation Professor, Faculty of Law | The University of Hong Kong
Research Areas Arbitration and Dispute Resolution; Law and Development in East Asia; Globalization of Law
  1. The Seeming Paradox of Prevention: Dispute Mitigation by Multilateral Development Banks Civil Justice Quarterly, 43 2024
  2. Preventing Challenges: The Impartiality and Independence of Arbitrators and Mediators in Hong Kong Asian Dispute Review, 2024 2024
  3. Comparative and Transnational Dispute Resolution 2023
  4. Decentralized Global Legal Ordering Michigan State Law Review, 2023 2023
  5. Diversity in International Arbitration: Why it Matters and How to Sustain it 2022
  6. Forming Transnational Dispute Settlement Norms: Soft Law and the Role of UNCITRAL’s Regional Centre for Asia and the… Read more 2021
  7. New Frontiers in Asia-Pacific International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution 2021
  8. UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration: A Commentary 2020
  9. ICA and ISDS Developments in Hong Kong in the Context of China’s Belt and Road Initiative Civil Justice Quarterly, 39 2020
  10. UNCITRAL’s Engagement in African and Latin American Dispute Resolution and Reform Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, 35 2020
  11. Civil Mediation Reform: Balancing the Scales of Procedural and Substantive Justice Civil Justice Quarterly, 37 2019
  12. Court Mediation Reform: Efficiency, Confidence and Perceptions of Justice 2018
  13. The Power of Reflection – Advancing Transnational Dispute Systems through Devolved Reflection and Shared Knowledge… Read more Journal of Baha’i Studies, 28 2018
  14. Practitioners’ Perception of Court-Connected Mediation in Five Regions: An Empirical Study Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 51 2018
  15. Nudging Civil Justice: Examining Voluntary and Mandatory Court Mediation User Experience in Twelve Regions Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, 19 2018
  16. Investor-State Mediation and the Rise of Transparency in International Investment Law: Opportunity or Threat Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, 45 2017
  17. Governing Disasters: Engaging Local Populations in Humanitarian Relief 2016
  18. The Legal Framework for Med-Arb Developments in China: Recent Cases, Institutional Rules and Opportunities Dispute Resolution International, 10 2016
  19. Mass-Claims Mediation in China. The Journal of Comparative Law, 10 2016
  20. Winds of Change as to Intra-Arbitration Appellate Proceedings Have Reached Asia (Parts I & II) Asian Dispute Review, 17 2015
  21. A Human Rights-Based Approach to the Global Regulation of Humanitarian Relief: The Emerging Obligation to Incorporate Local… Read more Brooklyn Journal of International Law, 40 2015
  22. Asian Disasters, Global Impact: Japan’s Fukushima Disaster and Prospects of Utilizing Investor-State Mediation and UNCITRAL Transparency Rules Asian Dispute Review, 17 2015
  23. Towards Peer Presence in Post-Disaster Governance: An Empirical Study Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, 38 2015
  24. Crowd-Sourced Governance in a Post-Disaster Context International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 64 2015
  25. Self-Governance by Humanitarian Non-State Actors in Health and Nutrition Relief DePaul Journal of Health Care Law, 16 2014
  26. Non-State Actors and the Evolution of Humanitarian Norms: Implications of the Sphere Charter in Health and Nutrition… Read more Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 5 2014
  27. Consumer Financial Dispute Resolution in a Comparative Context: Principles, Systems and Practice 2013
  28. International Commercial Arbitration in Asia 2013
  29. The Jurisprudence of Responsive Mediation: An Empirical Examination of Chinese People’s Mediation in Action Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 45 2013
  30. Globalization and Financial Dispute Resolution: Examining Areas of Convergence and Informed Divergence in Financial ADR Journal of Dispute Resolution, 2013 2013
  31. Lessons for the US System of Financial Arbitration: A Responsive Empirical Exploration of Arbitration and Ombudsman… Read more Frontiers of Law in China, 8 2013
  32. Financial Dispute Resolution in China: Arbitration or Court Litigation? Arbitration International, 28 2012
  33. Alternative Dispute Resolution Design in Financial Markets—Some More Equal than Others: Hong Kong’s Proposed Financial Dispute Resolution Center in the Context… Read more Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, 21 2012
  34. Exploring Effective Financial Dispute Resolution Design Models Through a Learning Orientation: Experiences from East… Read more Beijing Arbitration Quarterly, Spring 2012
  35. Resolving Disputes in the Asia-Pacific Region: International Arbitration and Mediation in East Asia and the West 2011
  36. Governing Financial Disputes in China: What Have We Learned from the Global Financial Crisis of 2008? University of Pennsylvania East Asia Law Review, 7 2011
  37. Women, Decision Making and Sustainability: Exploring the Experience of the Badi Foundation in Rural China Hastings Women’s Law Journal, 22 2011
  38. Resolving Financial Disputes in the Context of Australian and Canadian Civil Justice Reform Australian Journal of Dispute Resolution 2011
  39. Lessons Learned from a Comparative Examination of Global Civil Justice Reforms International Journal of Law and Management, 53 2011
  40. Facilitating Settlement at the Arbitration Table: Comparing Views on Settlement Practice Among Arbitration Practitioners in East Asia and the… Read more Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 1 2011
  41. After Lehman: International Response to Financial Disputes – A Focus on Hong Kong Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business, 10 2011
  42. Financial Governance in the Context of Globalization Soochow Law Journal 2011
  43. Multi-Stakeholder Dispute Resolution: Building Social Capital Through Access to Justice at the Community Level Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal, 11 2011
  44. The Morality of Conciliation: An Empirical Examination of Arbitrator “Role Moralities” in East Asia and the West Harvard Negotiation Law Review, 16 2011
  45. Globalization and Financial Dispute Resolution: A View from Hong Kong Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review, 33 2011
  46. Measuring Success in Devolved Collaboration Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, 26 2010
  47. Barricades and Checkered flags: An Empirical Examination of the Perceptions of Roadblocks and Facilitators of Settlement Among Arbitration Practitioners in… Read more Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal, 19 2010
  48. Approaching the Global Arbitration Table: Comparing the Advantages of Arbitration as Seen by Practitioners in East Asia and the… Read more  Review of Litigation, 28 2009
  49. Creating a Commercial Dispute Resolution Center in the Palestinian Territories Dispute Resolution Journal 2005
  50. Building Social Capital Through Consultative Decision Making: A Proposal for an Integrated Approach to Local Justice Sector Reform… Read more International Association for Conflict Management 17th Annual Conference 2004
  1. [CPD] International Investment Law and Procedural Fairness in Cross Border Arbitration
    As CHAIR with Professor Ana Coimbra Trigo (Speaker)
  2. HKU Law & UNIDROIT Day
    As WELCOMING REMARKS with Professor Anna Veneziano (Speaker), William Brydie-Watson (Speaker), Professor Giuliano Castellano (Chair) Recording
  3. The Evolution of Commercial Dispute Resolution Clauses in the International Commercial, Financial and Investment Contracts of China’s Enterprises – a Forward Look
    As MODERATOR with William Blair (Speaker), Wesley Pang (Speaker), Professor Weixia Gu (Speaker)