Jack Wright NELSON
Jack was a Research Associate at the Centre for Banking & Finance Law, NUS.
Prior to joining the Centre, Jack practiced law with King & Wood Mallesons (“KWM”) in Hong Kong (2015 – 2018) and in Singapore (2019 – 2020). While at KWM, Jack was seconded to the Securities & Futures Commission, where he worked on both policy and enforcement matters. He is admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Hong Kong.
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Jack was a Research Associate at the Centre for Banking & Finance Law, NUS.
Prior to joining the Centre, Jack practiced law with King & Wood Mallesons (“KWM”) in Hong Kong (2015 – 2018) and in Singapore (2019 – 2020). While at KWM, Jack was seconded to the Securities & Futures Commission, where he worked on both policy and enforcement matters. He is admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Hong Kong.
Recent/Selected Publications
Journal articles
- “NewSpace, Old Problems: Asset-Based Satellite Financing in the Asia-Pacific” Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, September 2021, 354
- “Safety Zones: A Near-Term Legal Issue on the Moon” Journal of Space Law, Vol. 44, No. 2, 2020, 604 – 624
- “A Practitioner’s Guide to Hong Kong’s Outer Space Ordinance” German Journal of Air and Space Law, Vol. 68, No. 3, 2019, 387 – 411
- “International Commercial Arbitration in Asia: Hong Kong, Australia and India Compared” Asian International Arbitration Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2014, 105 – 136
- “On the Conceptual Origins of the Law of Unjustified Enrichment” European Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2013, 119 – 135
- “The Merger Review Guidelines 2008: Concerns and Recommendations” University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review, Vol. 14, 2012, 83 – 102
Book reviews
- “ASEAN Law in the New Regional Economic Order” Asian Journal of International Law, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2020
- “Chance, Order, Change: The Course of International Law” Asian Journal of International Law, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2016
Online publications
- “The Artemis Accords and the Future of International Space Law” (December 2020) American Society of International Law – Insights
- “Lost in Space? Gaps in the International Space Object Registration Regime” (November 2018) European Journal of International Law
- “Machine Arbitration and Machine Arbitrators” (July 2016) International Council for Commercial Arbitration
- “The House of Saud and the English Court: The Harb Saga” (November 2015) Cambridge International Law Journal
- “Waiving the Right to Arbitrate in the United States: Should the Prejudice Requirement be Discarded?” (May 2015) Kluwer Arbitration
- Asia-Pacific Legal Systems
- Emerging Technologies
- Financial Regulation
- Public International Law
- Private International Law
- Space Law
Research Project
Satellite Financing in the Asia-Pacific: A Comparative Law Analysis
Space is an extreme operating environment, and vast sums of capital are required to finance space activities. Nonetheless, new businesses are emerging globally that seek to access the vast commercial opportunities that space presents. In this context, this research project will explore how Asia-Pacific legal frameworks respond to the financing needs of Asia-Pacific satellite operators. More specifically, this research project will:
- establish the typical satellite financing models, and the financing challenges faced by regional satellite operators;
- assess the state of Asia-Pacific satellite financing law and accompanying regulatory regimes by in-depth study of selected jurisdictions, including Singapore;
- examine the legal reforms that have taken place outside the region, and at the international level, regarding the perfection and priority of interests in satellites; and
- analyse potential improvements to Asia-Pacific satellite financing regimes.