Highlights
[Upcoming] Dialogue with Professor Ignacio Tirado, UNIDROIT Secretary-General
CBFL is delighted to host a dialogue with Professor Ignacio Tirado who will reflect on how transnational law is shaping international and domestic private law legislation around the world, and offer his insights on some of UNIDROIT’s projects, such as digital assets and private law, bank insolvency, investment contracts, voluntary carbon credits, corporate sustainability due diligence, and dispute resolution.
CBFL Visiting Scholar, Dr Lisa-Marie Ross celebrates duo publications
CBFL Visiting Scholar, Dr Lisa-Marie Ross recently published her article, co-written with Kathrin Asschenfeldt, “The Role of International Commercial Arbitration in Mastering Climate Change Disputes: Initiatives, Advantages, and Challenges“ Journal of International Arbitration Vol 41 Issue 3 (2024). She has also published a monograph in German, “Nachhaltigkeitsregulierung im Finanzbereich [Sustainability regulation in the financial sector]” (Nomos Publishing Group 2024).
12th EBI Academic Debate: “Bank-Customer Relationship in Private Law: The Bank’s Fiduciary Duty”
Sandra Booysen was a panellist in the 12th EBI Academic Debate on 6 December 2023. The event was moderated by Prof. Dr. Christos Gortsos, President of the Academic Board of EBI. Other panelists included Prof. Ruth Plato-Shinar, Fellow Academic Member of EBI; Director of the Center for Banking Law and Financial Regulation, Netanya Academic College, Israel. Prof. Matthias Lehmann, Member of the Academic Board of EBI; University of Vienna.
21st ASLI Conference
CBFL alumni participated in the 21st ASLI Conference (29-30 May 2024) hosted by the Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Dr Petrina Tan convened a panel discussion on ‘Financial Regulation and Regulatory Design in Asia’ with panellists including CBFL alumni Dr Alex Zhou Qin (Macau University of Science and Technology) and Rachel Phang (Singapore Management University) who presented their papers on, ‘Financial Regulation in the Context of Financial Inclusion: Understanding the Logic of China’s Banking Wealth Management Regulation’ and ‘Consumer Protection and Retail Cryptocurrency Trading in Singapore’ respectively.