Events | Centre for Commercial Law in Asia

The Centre for Commercial Law in Asia regularly organises and hosts academic conferences on the development of ASEAN law and Asian law in general.

The fruitful exchange of views and opinions among legal researchers from around the region at these conferences, often also involving insights and participation from industry, government and regulatory officials, is critical to the development of ASEAN and Asian commercial law. Past keynote speakers and invitees have included His Excellency Igor Driesmans (EU Ambassador to ASEAN), Ms Mary Elizabeth Chelliah (Principal Trade Specialist, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore) and Mr Yoshifumi Fukunaga (Director, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan).

Upcoming Conferences, Seminars and Workshops

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Past Conferences and Workshops

Buy Now Pay Later and its Latent Risks

9 April 2024

Yong Pung How School of Law

Singapore Management University

Organiser: Centre for Commercial Law in Asia (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

Singapore Management University

Organiser: Centre for Commercial Law in Asia (SMU)

3rd Asia-Pacific Private Law Conference

24 & 25 May 2023

Faculty of Law

The University of Hong Kong

Convenors: Lusina Ho, Rebecca Lee, Hui Jing, Yip Man, Alvin See & Lau Kwan Ho

About the convenors

Professor Lusina Ho, Associate Professor Rebecca Lee and Assistant Professor Hui Jing are from the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong.

Professor Yip Man, Associate Professor Alvin See and Assistant Professor Lau Kwan Ho are from the Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University.

Workshop – Trade and Investment Integration: Shaping the Future of Asia Pacific

25 October 2022

Yong Pung How School of Law

Singapore Management University

Organisers: Centre for Commercial Law in Asia (SMU) & Asia Pacific Law Review

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

31 August 2022

Yong Pung How School of Law

Singapore Management University

Organisers: Centre for Commercial Law in Asia (SMU) & Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business & Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre (UNSW Sydney)

2nd Asia-Pacific Private Law Conference

26 & 27 May 2022

Yong Pung How School of Law

Singapore Management University

Convenors: Lusina Ho, Rebecca Lee, Yip Man, Alvin See & Lau Kwan Ho

About the convenors

Professor Lusina Ho and Associate Professor Rebecca Lee are from the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong.

Professor Yip Man, Associate Professor Alvin See and Assistant Professor Lau Kwan Ho are from the Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University.

7th Asian International Economic Law Network (AIELN) Conference

9 &10 December 2021

Yong Pung How School of Law

Singapore Management University

Convenors: Pasha L. Hsieh & Aurelio Gurrea Martínez

Conference on Sustainable Development and Commerce in ASEAN Cities

12 November 2021

Yong Pung How School of Law

Singapore Management University

ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum – International Law and Post-Pandemic Asia: New Economic Challenges and Opportunities

5 & 6 August 2021

Yong Pung How School of Law

Singapore Management University

Organisers: Centre for Commercial Law in Asia (SMU) & Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law

Asia-Pacific Private Law Conference

20 & 21 May 2021

Faculty of Law

The University of Hong Kong

Convenors: Lusina Ho, Rebecca Lee, Yip Man, Alvin See & Lau Kwan Ho

About the convenors

Professor Lusina Ho and Associate Professor Rebecca Lee are from the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong.

Professor Yip Man, Associate Professor Alvin See and Assistant Professor Lau Kwan Ho are from the Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University.

"Roadmap to the ASEAN-EU FTA in the Post-Pandemic Era" Conference

3 & 4 December 2020

School of Law

Singapore Management University

Convenors: Pasha L. Hsieh & Dorcas Quek Anderson

About Pasha L. Hsieh

Pasha L. Hsieh is the Jean Monnet Chair Professor of Law at the Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law. He received J.D. and LL.M. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was a Senior Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. He also holds a Ph.D. degree in Political Science from the Free University of Brussels. Prior to academia, he served as a Legal Affairs Officer at the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat and as an associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP.

Hsieh's teaching and research focus on international economic law, public international law and Asian legal studies. His co-edited book, ASEAN Law in the New Regional Economic Order: Global Trends and Shifting Paradigms, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. His articles have appeared in the Leiden Journal of International Law, the Journal of International Economic Law, the Cornell International Law Journal and peer-reviewed political science journals. His work has been cited by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, the Brookings Institution and the OECD.

About Dorcas Quek Anderson

Dorcas Quek Anderson is an Associate Professor of Law at the Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University (SMU). She graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. degree (First Class Honours) and obtained her LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School. Before joining SMU, she was a District Judge in the State Courts of Singapore for almost seven years, where she conducted mediation and early neutral evaluation for civil and criminal cases, contributed to the judicial policies on ADR and published extensively concerning dispute resolution.

Dorcas’ research focusses broadly on the interaction between dispute resolution and access to justice. Her work has been published in leading journals including the Harvard Law Negotiation Review, the Civil Justice Quarterly and the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution. Her recent publications have explored the impact of judicial mediation and the use of Online Dispute Resolution on procedural and substantive justice.

Asian Financial Law Conference

23 January 2018

School of Law

Singapore Management University

Organisers: Centre for Cross-Border Commercial Law in Asia (SMU) & the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation and Transactional Law Group (Melbourne Law School)

ASEAN Law Conference

7 & 8 December 2017

School of Law

Singapore Management University

Convenor: Pasha L. Hsieh

About Pasha L. Hsieh

Pasha L. Hsieh is the Jean Monnet Chair Professor of Law at the Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law. He received J.D. and LL.M. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was a Senior Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. He also holds a Ph.D. degree in Political Science from the Free University of Brussels. Prior to academia, he served as a Legal Affairs Officer at the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat and as an associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP.

Hsieh's teaching and research focus on international economic law, public international law and Asian legal studies. His co-edited book, ASEAN Law in the New Regional Economic Order: Global Trends and Shifting Paradigms, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. His articles have appeared in the Leiden Journal of International Law, the Journal of International Economic Law, the Cornell International Law Journal and peer-reviewed political science journals. His work has been cited by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, the Brookings Institution and the OECD.