Educational Qualifications

2022
Master of Law (LL.M.) (First Class Honours), University of Cambridge
(Lee Kuan Yew Fitzwilliam Scholar; Rank 18 / 192)

2013                    
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), National University of Singapore

Academic and Professional Experience

2023 – Present 
Lecturer, School of Law, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2021 – 2022 
Visiting Researcher, EW Barker Centre for Law & Business, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore 

2018 – 2020
Research Associate, Centre for Asian Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

2017 – 2018 
Legal Counsel, Global Banking and Commercial Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

Awards and Honours

2025
Shortlisted for Best Paper Prize (Society of Legal Scholars)

2025
Professor John Farrar Award (Society of Corporate Law Academics)

2024
Professor Stephen Bottomley Award (Society of Corporate Law Academics)

2022
1912 Senior Scholarship (Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

2022
David Pearl Prize (Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

2021
Hong Leong – Lee Kuan Yew Fitzwilliam Master Scholarship (University of Cambridge)

2021
JRW Alexander Law Book Grant (Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

2021
Lee Kuan Yew Travel Award (Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

2020
Global Network Young Scholar Prize (Herbert Smith Freehills CIBEL Centre, UNSW Law, Australia)

2020
High Commendation Prize (Corporate Law Teachers Association)

2019
ICGRG Routledge Prize (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

2013
Dean’s List for Final Year (Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore)

2009
NUS Faculty of Law Award Scholarship (National University of Singapore)

Selected Publications

Articles and Book Chapters

  • ‘Digital Currency as Money: The Case of Stablecoins’ (2026) Asian Journal of Comparative Law (forthcoming)
  • ‘The Case for Winding up for Inability to Pay Cryptocurrency Debts’ (2024) 140 Law Quarterly Review 496 (Link)
  • ‘The Legal Classification of Human Capital in ‘Markets, Hybrids and Hierarchies’ (2023) 11 Chinese Journal of Comparative Law 1 (Link)
  • ‘The Regulation of Share Buybacks and Insider Dealing: A Comparative Analysis’ (2023) 18 Capital Markets Law Journal 329 (Link)
  • ‘International Commercial Courts, Party Autonomy and the Transnational Rule of Law’ in Kun Fan & Charlie Weng (eds), COVID-19 and International Business Law (Singapore: Academy Publishing, 2023) (Link)
  • ‘Party Autonomy, Venue Risk and Jurisdiction Agreements – The Singapore Position Reappraised’ (2021) 17 Journal of Private International Law 281 (Link)
  • ‘The Start of History for Corporate Law: Shifting Paradigms of Corporate Purpose in the Common Law’ (2021) 38 Wisconsin International Law Journal 427 (Link)
  • ‘Capitalist Variations in “Say on Pay”: A Look at Corporate Governance Contradictions in Singapore and Hong Kong’ (2020) 15 University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review 222 (Link)

Reports

  • ‘Singapore’s Commodity Trading Regulations and Sustainable Development Framework’ (2026)
    - Commissioned by the Swiss Academy of Sciences
  • ‘Empowering Investors: A Decade of Progress in Singapore (2025) (Link)
    - Co-Principal Investigator (along with Associate Professor Kevin Ow Yong and Dr Tan Eng Joo)
    - Commissioned by the Securities Investors Association (Singapore) (SIAS);
    - Profiled by The Business Times (Singapore) and The Straits Times (Singapore)

Shorter Publications

  • ‘Classifying Gig Workers under the Coordination-Risk Bargain: A Singapore Perspective’ (May 2024) Oxford Business Law Blog (Link)
  • ‘Why are more people in Singapore going bankrupt?’ Channel News Asia (11 March 2024) (with Adrian Peh) (Link)
  • ‘SEC Regulation of Share Buybacks and Insider Dealing: A Lost Opportunity’ (May 2023) Columbia Law School Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets Blog (CLS Blue Sky Blog) (Link)
  • ‘How Regulation of Share Buybacks and Insider Trading Compare in the U.S. and Europe’ (April 2023) Oxford Business Law Blog (Link)
  • ‘Legal Disruption in Dispute Resolution in the Age of COVID-19’ [2021] Harvard International Law Journal (Online) (Link)
  • ‘International Commercial Courts and the Interplay Between Realism and Institutionalism: A Look at China and Singapore’ [2020] Harvard International Law Journal (Online) (Link)
  • ‘Capitalist Variations in “Say on Pay”: A Look at Corporate Governance Contradictions in Singapore and Hong Kong’ (May 2020) Oxford Business Law Blog (Link)
  • ‘Revision of the Singapore Code of Corporate Governance: A Shift from the “Shareholder Primacy” Model to the “Enlightened Shareholder Value” Model?’ (February 2019) Singapore Law Gazette (Link)

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