Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL), HKU

Academic Advisory Board

Professor Sir William Blair

Affiliation Core Member, AIIFL Academic Advisory Board, 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)
  1. Reconceptualizing the role of standards in supporting financial regulation, chapter in Rethinking Global Finance and its Regulation, Cambridge University Press, 2016 2016
  2. Alternative Dispute Resolution and its Relationship with the Judicial Process, a chapter in Commitment to Law, Development and Public Policy: A Festschrift in Honour of Dr S.K.B. Asante, ed Oppong and 2016
  3. Remedies—Injunctive Relief, chapter 12 of International Financial Disputes, Arbitration and Mediation, Oxford University Press, 2015 2015
  4. Book review in Arbitration International, 2015, 31, 515–518, Rethinking the New York Convention: A Law and Economics Approach by Professor Shen Wei (published by Intersentia, Cambridge, 2013) 2015
  5. Odious debt, chapter 17 of Sovereign Debt Management, ed Rosa Lastra and Lee Buchheit, Oxford University Press, 2014 2014
  6. European Business Organization Law Review, Vol 14, Issue 01, March 2013, p. 141-3, book review of Avgouleas, Governance of Global Financial Markets: The Law, the Economics, the Politics, Cambridge Uni 2013
  7. Standards and the Rule of Law after the Global Financial Crisis, Chapter 4 of International Monetary and Financial Law, The Global Crisis, ed Giovanoli and Devos, Oxford University Press, 2010. 2010
  8. CSR in Finance: the Development of International Norms, published in Studies on Corporate Social Responsibility, ed Jianbo Lou, Peking University Press, Beijing 2009, pp. 559–566 2009
  9. Global Financial Law, Law and Financial Markets Review, Vol 1, Issue 5 (Sept 2007) 2007
  10. Commentary on 'Documents and Contractual Convergence in International Trade', in Commercial Law and Commercial Practice, ed Sarah Worthington (Hart, Oxford, 2003), p.213 2003
  11. Jurisdiction, Conflicts of Law, and the Internet, (chapter 8 in Capital Markets in the Age of the Euro, ed Ferrarini, Hopt and Wymeersch, Kluwer, The Hague, 2002) p.153 (with D Quest) 2002
  12. International Standards in the Governance of Financial Markets, Journal of Financial Crime, Vol 8, No 3, Feb 2001, p.248 (with Cheong Ann Png) 2001
  13. Secondary Liability of Financial Institutions for the Fraud of Third Parties, (2000) Vol 30 Hong Kong Law Journal p.74 2000
  14. Interference of Public Law in the Performance of International Monetary Obligations, Ch 21, International Monetary Law, ed Giovanoli, (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000) 2000
  15. A Successful Milestone in the UK's Regulatory Reform, Journal of Internat. Banking Reg'n, Vol 2 No 2, July 2000, p.1 (editorial) 2000
  16. Enforcement of Bank Claims and the Law of Security, (a chapter in Current Developments in Monetary and Financial Law, Vol 1, International Monetary Fund, 1999), p.451 1999
  17. The Legal Status of Central Bank Investments under English Law, [1998] Vol 57, Cambridge Law Journal, p.374 1998
  18. European Securities markets, ed G. Ferrarini, Kluwer, London, 1998) p.135 1998
  19. Dealing with Banks in Distress, foreword and afterword to chs 10 and 11 of Current Legal Issues affecting Central Banks (ed R. Effros, Vol 5, IMF, April 1998) pp.252 and 303 1998
  20. Recent Developments in UK Banking Law, (a chapter in Current Legal Issues Affecting Central Banks, ed R. Effros, Vol 4, International Monetary Fund, March 1997) p.235 1997
  21. Law, Essays in honour of Roy Goode, ed R.Cranston, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1997) p.323 1997
  22. Contracts and Monetary Union, 8 European Business Law Review, Oct 1997, p.228. 1997
  23. Insulating against Perceived Risks and the Role of the Choice of Law, NAFTA, Law & Business Review of the Americas, Autumn 1995, p.60 1995
  24. Regulation and Deregulation in UK, (a chapter in International Banking Regulation eds JJ Norton, CJ Cheng & I Fletcher, Graham & Trotman, London, 1994) p.81 1994
  25. The Modern Relationship of Banker and Customer in English Law, (a chapter in European Banking Law, ed R. Cranston, Lloyds of London Press, 1993, 2nd edn, 1999) 1993
  26. Extraterritorial Orders Affecting Banks, BFLR (Banking & Finance Law Review), May 1992 1992
  27. Negotiability and Estoppel, 1988, 1 JIBL (Journal of International Banking Law), p.8 1988
  28. Cash Deposits as a Form of Security, Butterworths, Banking and Financial Law Review, 1987, p.162 1987
  29. Charges over Cash Deposits, International Financial Law Review, Nov 1983, p.14 1983