EW Barker Centre for Law & Business

Year 2016


Date Event
5 December 2016 Panel Presentation - Copyright Challenges in the 21st Century

Jointly organised with Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia at Singapore Management University

14 November 2016 Roundtable on Dual-Class Shares Structure and the Singapore Context

Moderator: Professor Hans Tjio (NUS Law)
Jointly organised with Singapore Exchange and NUS Centre for Banking & Finance Law

30 September 2016 The New Wave Of Anti-Tax Abuse Approaches: Australia's Maal, Diverted Profits Tax And Other Interesting Developments

Speaker: Professor Miranda Stewart (Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Australian National University)
Chairperson: Associate Professor Stephen Phua (NUS Law)

6 September 2016 The UNCITRAL Model Law On Cross Border Insolvency - Realising Its Potential In Singapore

Speaker: Professor Gerard McCormack (International Business Law & Director of the Centre for Business Law and Practice, University of Leeds)
Chairperson: Associate Professor Wee Meng Seng (NUS Law)

18 August 2016 Effects Of Assignment Of A Contract On The Counterparty: Problems Of Set-Off And Contractual Variation

Speaker: Professor Louise Gullifer (Commercial Law, Oxford University and Fellow and Tutor in Law, Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Co-organised with NUS Centre for Banking & Finance Law

16 August 2016 Yong Shook Lin Professorship in Intellectual Property Public Lecture - The Piracy Paradox: Can Imitation Spur Innovation? Reflections From The American Fashion Industry

Speaker: Professor Kal Raustiala (UCLA Law School and the UCLA International Institute)
Chairperson: Associate Professor Elizabeth Ng Siew Kuan (NUS Law)
Co-organised with Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

21-22 July 2016 Conference on Comparative Dimensions Of Limitations & Expectations In Copyright Law * By Invitation Only *

PI: Professor Ng-Loy Wee Loon (NUS Law)
Jointly organised with University of Pennsylvania Law School and University of Hong Kong

19-20 May 2016 Workshop on Corporate Governance in State-Owned Enterprises in Singapore and China

PI: Associate Professor Wang Jiangyu (NUS Law) and Assistant Professor Lin Lin (NUS Law)
Jointly organised with Commercial Law Centre of Tsinghua University

25 April 2016 Conference on The Regionalisation of Competition Law and Policy: Implications for he ASEAN Economic Community * By Invitation Only *

PI: Associate Professor Burton Ong (NUS Law)

19 April 2016 Exploring The Connections Between Law & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Speaker: Associate Professor Kernaghan Webb (Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University)
Chairperson: Assistant Professor Christian Hofmann (NUS Law)

13-14 April 2016 Conference on Equity, Trusts & Commerce * By Invitation Only *

PI: Professor James Penner (NUS Law)
Jointly organised with University of Oxford

12 April 2016 Symposium on Equity, Trusts & Commerce (Jointly organied by NUS Centre for Law & Business & Singapore Academy of Law) * By Invitation Only *

PI: Professor James Penner (NUS Law)
Jointly organised with Singapore Academy of Law and University of Oxford

28 March 2016 Book Launch: Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia: Remedies for Breach of Contract * By Invitation Only *

PI: Professor Mindy Chen-Wishart (NUS Law), Professor Alexander Loke (NUS Law), and Associate Professor Burton Ong (NUS Law)

26 February 2016 MOU - Oxford Commercial Law Centre & NUS Centre for Law & Business

PI: Professor Tan Cheng Han (NUS Law) and Associate Professor Wee Meng Seng (NUS Law)

18 February 2016 Opportunities and Challenges for GST/Sales Tax Within ASEAN & The Asia-Pacific

Speaker: Dr David White (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Chairperson: Associate Professor Stephen Phua (NUS Law)

5 February 2016 Professionals In Employment And Competition Law: Who Should Fall Within The Reach Of Competition Law?

Speaker: Dr Mary Catherine Lucey (UCD Sutherland School of Law)
Chairperson: Associate Professor Burton Ong (NUS Law)

4 February 2016 The Present And Future Of International Commercial And Investment Arbitration: Is Arbitration In Crisis?

Speaker: Professor Diego Arroyo (School of Law, Sciences Po, Paris)
Chairperson: Associate Professor Gary Bell (NUS Law)

4 February 2016 The Role Of Outside Directors In Japan, Korea & China

Speaker: Professor Kon Sik Kim (Law at Seoul National University)
Chairperson: Associate Professor Dan Puchniak (NUS Law)

1 February 2016 Transnational Tax Law: Reality Or Fiction, Future Or Now?

Speaker: Professor Miranda Stewart (Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Australian National University)
Chairperson: Associate Professor Stephen Phua (NUS Law)

28-29 January 2016 ASEAN IP Symposium - International Intellectual Property & the ASEAN Way: Pathways to Interoperability * By Invitation Only *

PI: Associate Professor Elizabeth Ng Siew Kuan (NUS Law)

25 January 2016 The End Of Knowing Receipt

Speaker: Professor Robert Chambers (Professor of Private Law in The Dickson Poon Schools of Law)
Chairperson: Professor James Penner (NUS Law)
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20 January 2016 Chinese And Japanese Bankruptcy Laws

Speakers: Judge Chi (Chief Judge of the Liquidation & Bankruptcy Court of the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court) and Associate Professor Jin Chun (Faculty of Law, Doshisha University)
Chairperson: Associate Professor Wee Meng Seng (NUS Law)

20 January 2016 Panel Presentation - Intellectual Property In Media And Entertainment

Jointly organised with Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia at Singapore Management University



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