Yong Pung How School of Law
YPHSL
LAU Kwan Ho
Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Law
- LL.M., New York University, 2012
- LL.B. (First Class Honours), National University of Singapore, 2012
- Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)
Academic Positions Held
Current Appointment:
- Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2018 to Present
Previous Appointment:
- Deputy Director, Centre for Commercial Law in Asia, Singapore Management University, Jan 2021 to Jun 2024
Other Positions
- Senate Member, Singapore Management University, 2022 to Present
- Professorial Fellow, AGC-Legal Service Academy, 2022 to Present
- Senior Associate (2016-2018), Associate (2014-2015), Allen & Gledhill LLP
- Justices’ Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Singapore, 2012-2014
- Member, Singapore Academy of Law, 2012 to Present
Honours & Awards
- Postgraduate Teaching Award, 2024
- University Most Promising Teacher Award, 2022
- Lee Kong Chian Fellowship, 2021, 2022 and 2023
- DS Lee Foundation Fellowship, 2020
- Top LGST Teacher Award, 2020
- Most Promising Teacher Award, 2019
Courses Taught in SMU
- Law of Contract
- Business Law
- Corporate Law
Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation
- Contract Law
- Legal Profession
- Private Law
Selected Publications
- "A Call for Clarity in Contractual Accessions to Shareholder and Partnership Agreements" (2025) 45 Legal Studies 96-112 (link)
- "Recovering Cost of Cure Damages: The Necessity of Showing an Intention to Cure” (2024) 140 Law Quarterly Review 342-346
- "Novation and Advance Consent" (2022) 81 Cambridge Law Journal 581-609 (link)
- "No Oral Modification Clauses: Autonomy, Certainty or Presumption?" (2021) 80 Cambridge Law Journal 443-446
- “Negligence and the Unfair Contract Terms Act: Experiences in Hong Kong and Singapore Compared” [2021] Journal of Business Law 596-624
- “Precedent Within the High Court” (2020) 40 Legal Studies 397-418
- “Contractual Estoppel and the Fork in the Road” [2019] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 334–343
- “Taking Bills of Exchange into Arbitration” (2018) 134 Law Quarterly Review 548–552
- “Injunctive Relief: But Let’s Agree Not to Have It?” (2016) 79 Modern Law Review 468–476
