Visiting Faculty
ACADEMIC YEAR 24/25
Liz FISHER
Professor of Environmental Law, Faculty of Law Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford
Lee Kong Chian Visiting Professor, Singapore Management University
William LUCY
Professor, Durham Law School, Durham University
Lee Kong Chian Visiting Professor, Singapore Management University
Course Taught: Death of Law
ACADEMIC YEAR 23/24
Samuel I. BECHER
Professor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington
Lee Kong Chian Visiting Professor, Singapore Management University
Course Taught: Understanding Law in Context: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Sandy STEEL
Professor of Law and Philosophy of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Lee Kong Chian Visiting Professor, Singapore Management University
CHEN Jianlin
Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
Visiting Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
Course Taught: Commercial Law in Asia
Orkun AKSELI
Professor of Commercial Law, University of Manchester School of Law
Visiting Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
Course Taught: Comparative Secured Transactions Law
Felix B. CHANG
Robert J. Watkins/Procter & Gamble Professor of Law
The Ohio State University
Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Allen & Gledhill Visiting Professor, Singapore Management University
Justice Michelle GORDON AC
Justice of the High Court of Australia
Yong Pung How Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Singapore Management University
Özlem GÜRSES
Professor of Commercial Law
King's College London
Allen & Gledhill Visiting Professor, Singapore Management University
CHEN Li
Professor of Law at Fudan University Law School
CAN Eken
Assistant Professor in the Durham Law School
SHEN Wei
KoGuan Distinguished Professor of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Law School
Gilad ABIRI
Assistant Professor of Law, Peking University School of Transnational Law
Neha MISHRA
Assistant Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Barry SOLAIMAN
Assistant Professor of International Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Anindya Sundar CHAKRABARTI
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management
ACADEMIC YEAR 22/23
James LEE
Professor of English Law, The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London
Lee Kong Chian Visiting Professor, Singapore Management University
Course Taught: Advanced Law of Torts
CHEN Jianlin
Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
Visiting Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
Course Taught: Commercial Law in Asia
Orkun AKSELI
Professor of Commercial Law, University of Manchester School of Law
Visiting Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
Course Taught: Comparative Secured Transactions Law
Leonardo BORLINI
Associate Professor of International Law, University Bocconi, Department of Legal Studies
Visiting Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
Course Taught: European Business Law
Luke NOTTAGE
Professor of Comparative and Transnational Business Law,
The University of Sydney Law School
Visiting Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
Course Taught: Consumer Law in Australasia
Kun FAN
Associate Professor of UNSW Law's Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre
Martin STRECKER
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier / IRIT
Adam WYNER
Associate Professor in Law and Computer Science, Swansea University
ACADEMIC YEAR 21/22
Mateja DUROVIC
Ph.D., European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Reader in Contract and Commercial Law, King's College London
Email: mdurovic@smu.edu.sg
Course Taught: Consumer Law, Digital Market and New Technologies (Term 2)
Rafael LEAL-ARCAS
Ph.D. in Law, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Jean Monnet Chair holder in EU Intl Economic Law and Professor of European and Intl Economic Law, Queen Mary University of London, Centre for Commercial Law Studies
Lee Kong Chian Visiting Professor, SMU Yong Pung How School of Law
Email: rlealarcas@smu.edu.sg
Course Taught: Climate Change Law and Policy (Term 2)
Chen Lei
PhD, University of Stellenbosch
Professor of Law, Chair in Chinese Law and Co-Director of Centre for Chinese Law and Policy, Durham Law School
Course Taught: Adv Topics in the Belt & Road Initiative Dispute Resolution (Term 1)
Charlie WENG Xiao-Chuan
MPhil in Finance; SJD, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Associate Professor of Law, University of New South Wales
Course Taught: Critical Topics in Chinese Commercial Law (Term 1)
Daniel Martin Katz
Professor of Law, Illinois Tech - Chicago Kent College of Law
Jones Day professor of Law, Singapore Management University
Course Taught: Legal Innovation & Technology
YAN Yueming
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK Law)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law with SMU Yong Pung How School of Law
Aarne RANTA
Professor of Functional Programming, University of Gothenburg
Oliver GOODENOUGH
Research Professor, Vermont Law School
ACADEMIC YEAR 20/21
Chester BROWN
PhD, University Cambridge
Professor of International Law and International Arbitration, University of Sydney Law School
Course Taught: The Settlement of Inter-State Disputes
JIANG Huiqin
PhD in Law, University of New South Wales
Associate Professor, School of Law and Politics, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China
Course Taught: International Investment Law and the Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI)
Gary BORN
JD, summa cum laude, University of Pennsylvania Law School
President of the SIAC Court of Arbitration
Chair of the International Arbitration Group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Course Taught: The SIAC and Institutional Arbitration
ACADEMIC YEAR 19/20
Dov GREENBAUM
PhD, Bioinformatics (Genetics Dept.); Yale University Graduate School of Arts & Sc
University of California, Berkeley
Professor, Harry Radzyner Law School, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
Course Taught: Introduction to Law and Technology
Orkun AKSELI
PhD, University of Manchester Law School
Associate Professor of Commercial Law, University of Durham School of Law
Course Taught: International and Comparative Secured Transactions Law
CHEN Li
PhD International Law, Fudan University
Vice Dean and Professor of international Law at Law School of Fudan University
Course Taught: Chinese Commercial Arbitration
Hengameh SABERI
SJD, Harvard Law School
Associate Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Course Taught: Public International Law
Graham VIRGO, QC (Hons)
Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Education
Professor of English Private Law, University of Cambridge
Jones Day Professor of Commercial Law, 2019
ACADEMIC YEAR 18/19
Dov GREENBAUM
PhD, Bioinformatics (Genetics Dept.); Yale University Graduate School of Arts & Sc
University of California, Berkeley
Professor, Harry Radzyner Law School, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya
Course Taught: Introduction to Law and Technology
Dino KRITSIOTIS
LL.M. (International law), University of Cambridge (Darwin College)
Professor of Public International Law, Chair of Public International Law and Founding Head of the International Humanitarian Law Unit, University of Nottingham
Course Taught: International Humanitarian Law
David B. WILKINS
Lester Kissel Professor of Law
Director, Center on the Legal Profession
Vice Dean for Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession
Harvard Law School
ACADEMIC YEAR 17/18
Gerard McCORMACK
PhD, University of Essex
Professor of International Business Law, University of Leeds School of Law
Course Taught: International & Comparative Insolvency Law
ACADEMIC YEAR 16/17
Chris REED
LL.M. (London)
Professor of Electronic Commerce Law, Queen Mary University of London
ACADEMIC YEAR 15/16
SHEN Wei
PhD (London School of Economics and Political Science)
KoGuan Distinguished Professor of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Course Taught: International Financial Regulation, Chinese Investment Law
Robin HUANG
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Law, University of New South Wales
Professor of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Course Taught: Capital Markets Law in Asia
Eilis FERRAN
Professor of Company & Securities Law
University of Cambridge
Jones Day Professor of Commercial Law, 2015
ACADEMIC YEAR 14/15
Julia HORNLE
PhD, University of London
Professor in Internet Law, Queen Mary University of London
Course Taught: Law of Cybercrime and Digital Investigations
John PHILLIPS
PhD, University of Queensland
Professor of Law, The Dickinson Poon School of Law, King's College London
Course Taught: Banking Law
Sir Bernard RIX
LL.M., Harvard Law School
Professor of International Commercial Law, Queen Mary University of London
Course Taught: Drafting of Commercial Agreements
Jones Day Professor of Commercial Law, 2015
ACADEMIC YEAR 13/14
Adrian BRIGGS
B.C.L. (First Class Honours), University of Oxford
Professor of Private International Law, University of Oxford
Course Taught: Commercial Conflict of Laws
John PHILLIPS
PhD, University of Queensland
Professor of Law, The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London
Course Taught: Banking Law
