Yong Pung How School of Law
YPHSL
TANG Hang Wu
Full-time Faculty
Associate Provost (Research Governance); Professor of Law; Deputy Institutional Official for Research
- PhD, LLM (Cambridge)
- LL.B., National University of Singapore
- Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore)
- Solicitor (England & Wales) (non-practising)
Academic Positions Held
Current Appointment:
- Professor of Law, School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jan 2013 to Present
- Associate Provost (Research Governance)
- Lee Kong Chian Professor, 2023-2024
Previous Appointments:
- Associate Professor of Law, National University of Singapore, 2006-2012
- Assistant Professor of Law, National University of Singapore, 2000-2006
- Legal Associate, Cooma, Lau & Loh, Singapore, 1996-2000
- Pupil, Allen & Gledhill, Singapore, 1995-1996
Other Positions
- Member of Board of Advisors, International Charity Law Network, (2022 – to date)
- Director, Special Needs Trust Company, 2010 – 2023
- Panel Member, Strata Titles Board, 2006 – to date
- Donor Relation Committee, Community Foundation of Singapore, 2016 – to date
- Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Singapore Academy of Law, 2015 to date
- Land Law Part A Course, Singapore Institute of Legal Education, 2015 – to date
- Selection Panel for Singapore Law Reports, Council of Law Reporting, Singapore Academy of Law, 2015 – to date
- Volunteer Assistant Director, Legal Aid Bureau, 2011 – to date
- Co-Editor, Book Series Commercial Law in Asia (Academy Publishing & SMU), 2020 – to date
Courses Taught in SMU
- Property Law
- Principles of the Law of Restitution
- Equity and Trusts
Research Area / Areas of Specialisation
- Property Law
- Equity and Trusts
- Restitution and Unjust Enrichment
- Wealth Management
- Charity and Non-Profit Law
Selected Publications
- 'Not Such Massively Discretionary Trusts: Proper Purposes Doctrine and Protectors as Means of Control' (2024) 35 King's Law Journal 150 (with Yip Man)
- 'Aging and the Law in Singapore and Japan: Adult Guardianship and Other Alternatives' (2023) Journal of Aging and Social Policy (with Yukio Sakurai and Yue-En Chong)
- 'The Islamisation of the English Trust: the Hibah Trust in Malaysia' (2023) Asian Journal of Comparative Law
- Trusts and Private Wealth Management: Developments and Directions (co-edited with R Nolan & M Yip) (Cambridge University Press, 2022).
- 'Charitable Organizations in Singapore: From Clan Based to State Facilitated Endeavors’ (2022) Nonprofit Policy Forum