KHOO 
Chian Yian, Kenneth

 
Assistant Professor

Academic Fellow

Kenneth is an Assistant Professor at the NUS Faculty of Law. He graduated from NUS (2014) with an LL.B. (First Class Honours) and a B.Soc.Sci. (Economics) (First Class Honours); the London School of Economics (2018, M.Sc. Economics); and Yale Law School (2019, LL.M.; 2024, J.S.D.). In 2022 he was a research fellow at Harvard Law School’s Program on Corporate Governance. His research and teaching lie at the intersection of Law and Economics, especially Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities Regulation, and Competition Law. His awards include the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Economist Service) Prize for Best Thesis in Economics (NUS), the Best Academic Paper on ESG (Junior Category) at the ECGI–Berkeley Forum on Corporate Governance, and the Best Paper Award for Junior Scholars at the Asian Law and Economics Association Annual Conference. His work has been published (or is forthcoming) in journals including the Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, International Review of Law and Economics, and European Business Organization Law Review.

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Contact

(65) 6601-3609
ETS -02-03

Education

JSD (Yale University); LLM (Yale University); MSc (Economics) (London School of Economics); LLB (Hons), BSocSci (Economics) (Hons) (NUS)

Curriculum Vitae

Current Courses

Company Law (C)

Kenneth is an Assistant Professor at the NUS Faculty of Law. He graduated from NUS (2014) with an LL.B. (First Class Honours) and a B.Soc.Sci. (Economics) (First Class Honours); the London School of Economics (2018, M.Sc. Economics); and Yale Law School (2019, LL.M.; 2024, J.S.D.). In 2022 he was a research fellow at Harvard Law School’s Program on Corporate Governance. His research and teaching lie at the intersection of Law and Economics, especially Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities Regulation, and Competition Law. His awards include the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Economist Service) Prize for Best Thesis in Economics (NUS), the Best Academic Paper on ESG (Junior Category) at the ECGI–Berkeley Forum on Corporate Governance, and the Best Paper Award for Junior Scholars at the Asian Law and Economics Association Annual Conference. His work has been published (or is forthcoming) in journals including the Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, International Review of Law and Economics, and European Business Organization Law Review.

Book Chapters
Kenneth Khoo, 'Common Ownership and ESG Performance: Evidence from Institutional Mergers' in Iris H-Y Chiu and Hans-Christoph Hirt (eds), Investment Management, Stewardship and Sustainability: Transformation and Challenges in Law and Regulation (Hart Publishing 2023)

Journal Articles
Kenneth Khoo, Sinchit Lai and Chuyue Tian, 'The Impact of Antitrust Enforcement on China’s Digital Platforms: Evidence from SAMR v. Alibaba' (2025) 83 International Review of Law and Economics

Kenneth Khoo and Jaclyn Neo, 'Gender Gaps in Legal Education: The Impact of Class Participation Assessments' (2023) 20 (4) Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 1070

Kenneth Khoo, 'Transaction Costs in Common Ownership' (2023) 25 (1) University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business and Employment Law 209

Kenneth Khoo, 'Anti-Competitive Mergers in Two-Sided Digital Platform Markets: The Case of Uber-Grab' (2021) 33 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 202

  • Law & Economics
  • Competition Law
  • Company Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Securities Regulations