Welcome to the Centre for Commercial Law in Asia (CCLA)
CCLA aims to advance commercial growth in Asia marked by
sustainability, inclusion and innovation, through excellent research.
We conduct and facilitate research in all areas of commercial law, with focus on its application, development and impact in Asia.
We aim to be a platform for generating great ideas and making these great ideas work, by promoting academic debates and active engagement, with government, practice and industry at international, regional and national levels.
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About Us
Read more about CCLA’s vision and objectives.
Our Research
Discover CCLA’s research focus and publications.
Meet Our People
Find out about CCLA’s leadership, Expert Panel and researchers.
Awards
Cross-Border Insolvency Academic of the Year (2024) by Global Restructuring Review
This award recognises Associate Professor Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez’s cutting-edge work on insolvency and its impact in academic and policy debates internationally.
CIBEL Global Network Young Scholars Prize (2023)
The 2023 CIBEL Global Network Young Scholars Prize was awarded to Assistant Professor Stefanie Schacherer for her paper: “Normative Impacts and Legitimacy Dimensions in the Intersection of Trade and Agile Regulation within Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements".
You may download the paper here.
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) Best Law Working Paper (2023)
The 2023 ECGI Law Prize for the Best Paper in the ECGI Law Working Paper Series was awarded to Professor Dan W. Puchniak for his paper: “No Need for Asia to be Woke: Contextualizing Anglo-America’s “Discovery” of Corporate Purpose”.
You may download the paper here.
News & Updates
Publication: Reinventing Insolvency Law in Emerging Economies
Read our new book Reinventing Insolvency Law in Emerging Economies (Cambridge University Press)
King's Law Journal, Volume 35, Issue 1 (2024)
Read our Special Issue of King's Law Journal, Volume 35, Issue 1 (2024), containing eight articles, each exploring the theme of 'innovation and reform in the law of trusts'. (King's Law Journal)
Publication: Trusts and Private Wealth Management
Read our new book Trusts and Private Wealth Management: Developments and Directions (Cambridge University Press)
Publication: COVID-19 and International Business and Economic Law
Read this new publication COVID-19 and International Business and Economic Law (Academy Publishing)
Publication: Convergence and Divergence of Private Law in Asia
Find out more about Convergence and Divergence of Private Law in Asia, edited by Gary Low (Cambridge University Press)
