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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News & Updates

Event - Digitalisation and Decentralisation

Register for the Digitalisation and Decentralisation: The Future of Corporations webinar on 11 October 2021, where Justice Andrew Phang will launch Technology and Corporate Law: How Innovation Shapes Corporate Activity (Edward Elgar)

Event - Launch of Asia-Pacific Trusts Law Series

Join us on 14 October 2021 for the launch of the Asia-Pacific Trusts Law book series (Hart Publishing) by Justices Andrew Phang and Susan Glazebrook

Newsletter – Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative (SGRI)

Catch up on the latest insolvency and restructuring developments with the SGRI newsletter (September 2021)

Call for Papers - 7th AIELN Conference

Respond to the Call for Papers - 7th Asian International Economic Law Network Conference on Building a Sustainable Future: New Asian Regionalism in International Economic Law (9-10 December 2021)

Case Study on the Pacific International Lines Restructuring

Event - Webinar on Pacific International Lines Restructuring

Publication – The Asian Turn in Foreign Investment

Read more about our new CCLA publication on The Asian Turn in Foreign Investment (Cambridge University Press)

Video - Singapore Mediation Lecture 2021

Relive the Singapore Mediation Lecture 2021 by Professor Kishore Mahbubani here!

Video - Keynote Speeches at ‘Philanthropy in the Age of Covid-19’ Conference

Keynote speeches at the ‘Philanthropy in the Age of Covid-19: Asian and Global Perspectives’ Conference (22 & 23 July 2021) are now available for viewing here and here!