Synopsis
In recent years, securities class actions have become an increasingly important form of shareholder protection in Asia. The efficacy of class actions varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, depending on the respective institutional, political, cultural and economic environments in which they operate. The talk will examine the experiences of several Asia jurisdictions, including China, Japan, Korea, India, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The discussion shows that it is one thing to stipulate a private right of action in statute or regulation and it is quite another to see it implemented or pursued in practice. Rather than celebrating the perhaps false dream of convergence in what all admit are increasingly globalized capital markets, this talk hopes to contribute to a deeper and less synthesizing understanding of persistent divergence, and the reasons for it.
About the Speaker
Robin Hui HUANG is Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), currently serving as Executive Director of Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development as well as Assistant Dean (External Affairs - Asia). Prior to joining CUHK, Professor Huang was a tenured staff member in the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he now holds a position of Adjunct Professor. He is also Adjunct Professor at the China University of Political Science and Law, Senior Fellow in the Melbourne Law School, as well as an elected member of the Executive Council of China Commercial Law Society. He received two bachelor degrees - in mechanical engineering and in law - and a Masters degree in law, from Tsinghua University in Beijing China, and a PhD from the Faculty of Law, UNSW.
Professor Huang specializes in corporate law, securities regulation, financial law, financial dispute resolution, and foreign investment, with a particular focus on Chinese and comparative law issues. He has written extensively in his areas of expertise, with articles published in some of the top-rated journals in the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Mainland China, and elsewhere. These include leading comparative law journals such as the American Journal of Comparative Law; leading international arbitration journals such as Arbitration International; leading specialist journals in various jurisdictions such as the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law (US), Berkeley Business Law Journal (US), Columbia Journal of Asia Law (US), Journal of Corporate Law Studies (UK), Journal of Business Law (UK), Company and Securities Law Journal (Australia), Australian Journal of Corporate Law (Australia), Australian Journal of Asian Law, Banking and Finance Law Review (Canada); and well-regarded generalist journals such as University of New South Wales Law Journal (Australia), Hong Kong Law Journal, Chinese Journal of Law [法学研究], China Legal Science [中国法学], Tsinghua Law Review [清华法学]. He has also published numerous books and book chapters with reputable publishers such as the Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Kluwer Law International, Routledge, Peking University Press and Tsinghua University Press, including Securities and Capital Markets Law in China (Oxford University Press, 2014) and Comparative Corporate Law: International Experiences and Suggestions for China (Tsinghua University Press, 2011).
Fees
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