Past Events

Governance of Digitalisation and Sustainability

12 April 2024
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Asian Corporate Law Forum 2024 Public Seminar: How Climate Change is Reshaping Corporate Law and Governance: Asian and Global Perspectives

11 April 2024, Thursday
4pm to 6pm (Singapore Time)
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Buy Now Pay Later and Its Latent Risks

9 April 2024
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


SGRI Workshop: "Trends and Challenges on Insolvency Law in the United States and Asia"

25 March 2024
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Is Fiscal "Fortress Australia" a Legal Sandcastle? The Emperors' New Taxes on Singaporeans and other Aliens

19 February 2024
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Unravelling the World of Data, Generative AI and Private Law

1 December 2023
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Sustainable Business Research Peak Workshop on "Corporate Purpose"

27 November 2023
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Jones Day Professorship of Commercial Law Lecture 2023

Reexamining Corporate Personality Through the Lens of Reflective Loss

21 November 2023, Tuesday
5.00pm to 6.45pm (Singapore time)
SMU Administration Building, Mochtar Riady Auditorium


Herbert Smith Freehills-SMU Asian Arbitration Lecture 2023

Constraints on the Engagement of State-Owned Enterprises in Mediation and Arbitration

8 November 2023, Wednesday
4.45pm to 6.15pm (Singapore time)
SMU Administration Building, Mochtar Riady Auditorium


Dentons Rodyk Dialogue 2023

Forging a Path to Excellence: The Singapore Experience

2 November 2023, Thursday
10.00am to 12 noon (Singapore time)
SMU Hall, Yong Pung How School of Law


Optimizing Dispute Avoidance and Prevention in ASEAN Economic Agreements

27 October 2023
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Seminar for University of Liechtenstein Delegation

20 October 2023
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Comparative Political Process Theory as a Developmental Strategy

27 September 2023
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


SGRI Professorship Lecture (September 2023)

Towards a New Approach for the Choice of Insolvency Forum

20 September 2023, Wednesday
4.30pm to 6.00pm (Singapore time)
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Succession, Trusts and Families

14 September 2023
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore


Extraterritorial Application of Japan’s Anti-Monopoly Act to ASEAN Countries

31 August 2023
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Trusts, Wealth Management and Philanthropy Conference 2023 – The Law of Trusts, Wealth Management & Philanthropy: Innovation and Reform in the Law of Trusts

27 & 28 July 2023
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Law and Sustainability Conference: Law in a Hyperconnected World – Joining the Dots for a Sustainable Future

13 & 14 July 2023
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Illuminating the Future of Corporate Governance in Asia: Shareholder Stewardship and ESG

9 June 2023, Friday 
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Yong Pung How Professorship of Law Lecture 2023

Characterisation in Choice of Law: The Case of Equity

18 May 2023, Thursday
5.00pm to 6.45pm (Singapore time)
SMU Administration Building, Mochtar Riady Auditorium


Workshop – Developing Robust and Sustainable Ocean Regimes for Uncertain Futures

28 April 2023, Friday
Kwa Geok Choo Law Library, SMU


SGRI Professorship Lecture 2023

The Evolution of Debtor-in-Possession Financing

28 March 2023, Tuesday
5.00pm to 6.15pm (Singapore time)
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Recent Developments in Trust Law and Managing Dispute Resolution for Trust Clients

23 March 2023, Thursday
Six Battery Road


[Webinar] Competition Law and Shareholder Stewardship: Collaboration Among Businesses as a Driver of ESG?

13 March 2023, Monday


18th Annual ACSL Strata Law Conference

1 to 3 March 2023
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Climate Disclosure & Net-Zero: US-EU Regulatory Perspectives

28 February 2023, Tuesday
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


Workshop – Sustainable Finance Regulation: The Case for Greater Alignment in Asia and Globally

27 February 2023, Monday
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


A Need to Rethink ESG? Global Perspectives

21 February 2023, Tuesday
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


[Webinar] Recent Updates on Digital Markets and Sustainability in Competition Law

1 February 2023, Wednesday


Jones Day Professorship of Commercial Law Lecture 2022

Regulation by Enforcement

1 December 2022, Thursday
5.00pm to 6.45pm (Singapore time)
SMU Administration Building, Mochtar Riady Auditorium


Herbert Smith Freehills-SMU Asian Arbitration Lecture 2022

Human Rights, Environmental and Climate Change Law in the Substance and Procedure of International Arbitration

23 November 2022, Wednesday
5.00pm to 6.35pm (Singapore time)
SMU Administration Building, Mochtar Riady Auditorium


[Webinar] Understanding How 'Statutory Assignments' Under Section 4(8), Civil Law Act 1909 'Pass' Debts and Other Choses in Action

21 November 2022, Monday


Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative (SGRI) Inaugural Conference 2022

14 & 15 November 2022
Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium, SMU


Roundtable - Achieving a Just and Sustainable Future in the Global South

10 November 2022, Thursday
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


[Webinar] Advancing Sustainable Business Operations in the Asia Pacific: ESG Reporting and Disclosures

7 November 2022, Monday


Dentons Rodyk Dialogue 2022

Building a Safe and Inclusive Digital World Together: Vision and Transformation

31 October 2022, Monday
10.00am to 12 noon (Singapore time)
SMU Hall, Yong Pung How School of Law


[Virtual] SMU-Asia Pacific Law Review Workshop - Trade and Investment Integration: Shaping the Future of Asia Pacific

25 October 2022, Tuesday


[Webinar] Insolvency and Cryptocurrencies

21 October 2022, Friday


Conference - Sustainable Banking and Financial Regulation in Asia: Principles, Practice and Innovation

31 August 2022, Wednesday


[Webinar] Advancing Sustainable Business Operations in the Asia Pacific: Business Sentiments and Opportunities

8 August 2022, Monday


[Webinar] Implementing a Pre-Packaged Scheme of Arrangement in Singapore: A Case Study Approach

22 July 2022, Friday


[Webinar] The CPTPP Expansion in New Asian Regionalism

15 July 2022, Friday


[Webinar] Trusts Law in the Asia-Pacific Region: Modern Trends and Contemporary Issues

12 July 2022, Tuesday


[Virtual] Yong Pung How Professorship of Law Lecture 2022

The Effect of Choice of Court Agreements on Third Parties

25 May 2022, Wednesday
5.00pm to 6.30pm (Singapore time)


Data Science for Lawyers

10 May 2022, Tuesday
Yong Pung How School of Law, SMU


[Webinar] Facilitating Philanthropy: Taxation, Structures and Legacy Giving

23 February 2022, Wednesday


[Virtual] 7th Asian International Economic Law Network (AIELN) Conference - Building a Sustainable Future: New Asian Regionalism in International Economic Law

9 & 10 December 2021


[Virtual] Herbert Smith Freehills-SMU Asian Arbitration Lecture 2021

Witnesses and Webcams: The Psychology of Witness Evidence in a Virtual World

23 November 2021, Tuesday
5.00pm to 6.35pm (Singapore time)


[Virtual] Jones Day Professorship of Commercial Law Lecture 2021

The Legal Innovation Agenda - Pre, During and Post COVID

17 November 2021, Wednesday
9.00am to 10.50am (Singapore time)


[Virtual] Conference on Sustainable Development and Commerce in ASEAN Cities

12 November 2021, Friday


[Virtual] 3rd SMU-Cambridge Roundtable on Corporate Insolvency Law

9 November 2021, Tuesday


[Webinar] A Case Study on the Restructuring of Pacific International Lines: Practical Lessons and Takeaways

5 November 2021, Friday


Dentons Rodyk Dialogue 2021

Sustainability and Innovation for a More Resilient Future

27 October 2021, Wednesday
10.00am to 12.30pm (Singapore time)
SMU Hall, Yong Pung How School of Law


[Webinar] Launch of Asia-Pacific Trust Law Book Series

14 October 2021, Thursday


[Webinar] Digitalisation and Decentralisation: The Future of Corporations

11 October 2021, Monday


Singapore Mediation Lecture 2021

Freeze, Talk & Trade: 3 Principles of Dispute Resolution in Inter-State Disputes

6 September 2021, Monday
3.30pm to 5.05pm
Conrad Centennial Singapore


[Virtual] 2021 ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum - International Law and Post-Pandemic Asia: New Economic Challenges and Opportunities

5 & 6 August 2021


[Virtual] Trusts and Wealth Management Conference 2021 - Philanthropy in the Age of Covid-19: Asian and Global Perspectives

22 & 23 July 2021


[Webinar] Recent Developments in Rescue Financing in Singapore: A Case Study Approach

15 July 2021, Thursday
4.00pm to 5.30pm (Singapore time)


[Webinar] Quistclose Trusts and Directors’ Creditor-Regarding Duties in Near-Insolvent Companies

10 June 2021, Thursday
3.00pm to 4.10pm (Singapore time)


[Webinar] Digital Bank and Digital Currencies: A New World of Banking & Money?

21 May 2021, Friday
11.00am to 2.30pm (Singapore time)


[Virtual] Yong Pung How Professorship of Law Lecture 2021

The Changing Global Landscape for Foreign Judgments

6 May 2021, Thursday
5.00pm to 6.45pm (Singapore time)


[Virtual] Conference on the Roadmap to the ASEAN-EU FTA in the Post-Pandemic Era

3 & 4 December 2020


[Webinar] Cryptocurrencies - A Legal Tangle for the Insolvency Industry

2 December 2020, Wednesday
8.00pm to 9.30pm (Singapore time)


[Virtual] Jones Day Professorship of Commercial Law Lecture 2020

Artificial Intelligence and the Idea of a Legal Singularity

18 November 2020, Wednesday
9.00am to 10.50am (Singapore time)


[Virtual] Herbert Smith Freehills - SMU Asian Arbitration Lecture 2020

Don't Shoot the Sheriff: The Threat of Legal Claims Against Arbitrators and Arbitral Institutions

22 October 2020, Thursday
5.00pm to 6.35pm (Singapore time)


[Virtual] Dentons Rodyk Dialogue 2020

Global Smart Cities: Challenges & Opportunities

25 September 2020, Friday
10.05am to 11.25am (Singapore time)


[Webinar] Facilitating Effective and Targeted Asian Philanthropic Giving in the Age of COVID-19

26 August 2020, Wednesday
4.00pm to 5.10pm
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Designing the Capital Market Union with FinTech and Open Banking

6 February 2020, Thursday
3.30pm to 5.00pm
SMU School of Law


Investor Obligations for Human Rights

2 December 2019, Monday
10.00am to 11.30am
SMU School of Law


Corporate Social Responsibility Rephrased as Risk: Fiduciary Duties and Climate Change in a Shifting Legal Landscape

12 November 2019, Tuesday
2.30pm to 4.00pm
SMU School of Law


STEP Academic Community Symposium 2019

7 November 2019, Thursday
9.00am to 4.30pm
SMU School of Law


Seminar for University of Liechtenstein Delegation

25 October 2019, Friday
SMU School of Law


Singapore Mediation Lecture 2019

Singapore's Voyage Across the World Map of Mediation - Past, Present, Future 

17 October 2019, Thursday
5.00pm to 6.30pm
SMU Administration Building, Mochtar Riady Auditorium


Herbert Smith Freehills-SMU Asian Arbitration Lecture 2019

The Court's Role in Arbitral Proceedings: Regulator or Promoter?

2 October 2019, Wednesday
5.00pm to 6.30pm
SMU Administration Building, Mochtar Riady Auditorium


Regulating Payment Services in Singapore and Japan: A Comparative View

18 September 2019, Wednesday
3.30pm to 6.00pm
Bird & Bird ATMD LLP


Flipped Classrooms for Legal Education: Silver Bullet or Just Another Teaching Gimmick?

12 September 2019, Thursday
2.30pm to 4.00pm
SMU School of Law


Legal Aspects of China's Belt and Road Initiative

11 September 2019, Wednesday
12.00nn to 2.00pm
TSMP Law Corporation


Dealing with #MeToo Claims in the Workplace - The Interplay Between Contract, Tort and Criminal Law

13 August 2019, Tuesday
2.30pm to 5.30pm
SMU School of Law


Jones Day Professorship of Commercial Law Lecture 2019

The State of Illegality

6 August 2019, Tuesday
5.00pm to 6.45pm
SMU Administration Building, Mochtar Riady Auditorium


Trusts and Wealth Management Conference 2019 - Asian Wealth and the Global Context

1 & 2 August 2019
9.00am to 6.00pm
Supreme Court Auditorium


Reflections on Singapore Land & Trust Law: Launch of Tan Sook Yee's Principles of Singapore Land Law and Property & Trust Law in Singapore

22 July 2019, Monday
2.30pm to 5.00pm
SMU School of Law


Roundtable on Current Topics in Corporate Insolvency Law

27 June 2019, Thursday
2.00pm to 5.45pm
University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law


Yong Pung How Professorship of Law Lecture 2019

The Choice of Court Agreement: Perils of the Midnight Clause

22 May 2019, Wednesday
5.00pm to 6.30pm
SMU Administration Building, Mochtar Riady Auditorium


Dentons Rodyk Dialogue 2019

18 April 2019, Thursday
1.20pm to 3.25pm
SMU Administration Building, Mochtar Riady Auditorium


SMU-Cambridge Roundtable on Corporate Insolvency Law

5 April 2019, Friday
2.00pm to 6.40pm
SMU School of Law


The Cost of Capital: The Normative Foundation of Corporate and Corporate Insolvency Law?

4 April 2019, Thursday
10.00am to 11.00am
SMU School of Law


The Remedial Approach to Proprietary Estoppel in Singapore

25 March 2019, Monday
10.00am to 11.30am
SMU School of Law


Judicial Policy, Public Perception and the Science of Bias - The Case for a New Approach to the Law of Apprehended Bias

11 March 2019, Monday
12.30pm to 2.00pm
SMU School of Law


Ethical Challenges Facing In-House Counsel - Issues and Case Studies

22 February 2019, Friday
2.00pm to 3.20pm
SMU School of Law


Seminar for Chuo University Delegation

21 February 2019, Thursday
SMU School of Law


Journal of Equity Annual Conference 2019 - Equitable Fraud

14 February 2019, Thursday
9.00am to 4.20pm
SMU School of Law


Comparative Corporate Governance Conference 2019

24 & 25 January 2019
Singapore Academy of Law, The Adelphi Building


Restorative Justice: Agency, Accountability and Restorative Justice

10 January 2019, Thursday
12.30pm to 2.00pm
SMU School of Law