Faculty Profile

• B.C.L., University of Oxford, 1992
• LL.B., King's College, University of London (First Class Honours), 1990
• Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore), 1993

Academic Position Held

Current Appointments:

• Dean, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2022-Present
• Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2019-Present

Other Positions:

• Vice Provost (Faculty Matters), Singapore Management University, Jul 2020-Jun 2022
• Associate Dean (Undergraduate Teaching & Curriculum), School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2017-2020
• Academic Director, Faculty Affairs, Office of Provost, Singapore Management University, Jul 2017-Jun 2020
• Associate Dean (Teaching & Curriculum), School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jun 2010-Jun 2013
• Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, 2008-Jun 2019
• Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, 2000-2007
• Member of the 3rd Faculty Senate (from 2007)
• Member of the Editorial Board for the Reissue of the Singapore Law Reports (from 2007)
• Legal Manager, Keppel Corporation Limited, 1993-2000

Professional Positions

• Vice-President, Senate of the Singapore Academy of Law
• Member, Board of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education
• Member, SAL Commissioning Advisory Panel
• Member, Reform of Legal Education Working Group
• Member, Corporate Law Advisory Panel, Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)

Courses Taught in SMU

• Business Law
• Corporate Law
• Law of Torts

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

• Corporate Law
• Contract Law
• Law of Torts 

Current Project

• Articles on Company and Contract Law

Selected Publications

• “Remedying the Abuse of Organisational Forms: Trusts and Companies Considered” (2019) 13 Journal of Equity 211 – 236.
• “Form, Substance and Recharacterisation” in Andrew Robertson and James Goudkemp (eds), Form and Substance in the Law of Obligations (Hart Publishing, 2019).
• “Dual Class Shares in Singapore – Where Ideology Meets Pragmatism” 15 Berkeley Business Law Journal 440 – 467 (2019).
• “Unravelling Civil Conspiracy” [2018] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 508 – 526.
• “Accessory Liability in Tort and Equity”, (2015) 27 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 853 – 879.
• “Inducing Breach of Contract, Conversion and Contract as Property” (2009) 29 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 511 – 534.