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Faculty Profile

Yong Pung How School of Law

Pearlie KOH

Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor of Law
  • LL.M., University of Melbourne, 1995
  • LL.B., National University of Singapore, 1989
  • Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore), 1990

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

  • Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, 2001-Present

Previous Appointments:

  • Director, Continuing Legal Education, May 2012-Jun 2018
  • Associate Dean (Research), School of Law, Singapore Management University, 2006-Dec 2008
  • Associate Professor (2000-2001), Sub-Dean, Nanyang Business School (2000-2001), Assistant Professor (1998-2000), Lecturer (1992 -1998), Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Business School

Other Position

  • Advocate and Solicitor, M/s Lee and Lee, 1990-1992

Courses Taught in SMU

  • Corporate Law
  • Company Law

Research Area / Area of Specialisation

  • Corporate Law

Current Project

  • Articles on Company Law

Selected Publications

  • A Casebook on Company Law: Materials and Commentary (2021), LexisNexis
  • Company Law (3rd ed, 2017), LexisNexis
  • “Corporate Shareholders in Singapore – Retail Shareholders, Effective Empowerment and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Digital Revolution” (with Tan Hwee Hoon) [2022] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 1
  • “Holding Company Liability for Inducing its Subsidiary’s Contractual Breach” (2020) 136 Law Quarterly Review 30