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CURRICULUM VITAE LOCKNIE HSU 3 October 2018

Professor of Law

LLB (NUS), LLM (Harvard)

Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

I. Summary

Locknie Hsu is a full Professor and former Associate Dean at the School of Law, Singapore Management University (SMU). She was called to the Singapore Bar in 1986 and practised with a Singapore law firm, working on commercial contracts, general litigation and intellectual property matters. She went on to receive a LL.M. degree at Harvard University. Locknie specializes in international trade and investment law, and international dispute settlement mechanisms. She has published widely on trade and investment law, treaty dispute settlement mechanisms, arbitration law and sovereign wealth funds in international journals, and has spoken at numerous international seminars and conferences. She has developed local, regional and international professional profiles through her cumulative work in private legal practice, government and academia.

II. Education, Qualifications and Professional Standing

LLB (Second Class Upper, Honours), National University of Singapore, 1985 (top student in

final year)

LLM, Harvard University, 1990

III. Professional Qualifications and Appointments

1985-present Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore 1988-present Member, Singapore Academy of Law 1998-present Member, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators

Chambers of Commerce

October 2016 – present Member of the Advisory Panel, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce in

Singapore

International Law Association (ILA) ILA - Singapore Branch 2016- present

Member of pro temp committee (2015)

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Founding member

From April 2017 - appointed Director of Studies

ILA - General Appointments

Co-rapporteur, Committee on Sustainable Development and the Green Economy in International Trade Law (Oct 2014-present)

Member, FTA Study Group (April 2014-2017)

Member, Trade Law Committee (until the Committee completed its mandate in May 2014)

ASEAN Law Association (ALA)

Chair, Trade and Investment Group (2014-present)

Member, ASEAN Law Association Working Group on Legal Harmonization (2015- present)

Member, ALA 2018 Conference Academic Sub-Committee

Executive Council, ALA Singapore National Committee (2014-present)

Nominated by the ALA Singapore National Committee (chaired by the Hon. Chief

Justice of Singapore) for the inaugural ASEAN People’s Award (2015)

Outstanding Service Award, awarded by the ASEAN Law Association on 25 October 2017

Pre-posting Briefings Conducted briefings on WTO trade law issues and updates for Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials before their postings to the Geneva Mission of Singapore (from time to time), upon the Ministry’s requests. United Nations Network of Experts on Trade Facilitation for Paperless Trade and Transport in Asia and the Pacific (from 2017; see https://unnext.unescap.org/content/locknie-hsu)

Member of Expert Network Forthcoming: Invited Panelist, Hague Academy of International Law External Programme, 26 November 2018, Singapore. International Editorial Board and Review Work

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of World Investment and Trade (JWIT): August 2013-present.

Member, Advisory Board, European Yearbook on International Economic Law (EYIEL), from 2018

Reviewer for various peer-reviewed research journals

Overseas Appointments

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Visiting Professor, Kobe University Law Faculty (July 2015, May 2017)

Past Appointments Society of International Economic Law - Director (hon.) and member of Executive Council (2008-

2016)

Programme Committee, Singapore Academy of Law - Middle Temple Conference– member (2016)

Singapore Antidumping Tribunal - member (2009-May 2016, by appointment of the Ministry of

Law, Singapore)

Future of Singapore Discussions

Invited discussant on the future of Singapore, Ministry of Trade and Industry Futures and

Strategy Division (October-November 2016, continuing in 2017) School of Law representative, SMU discussion group on “Future of Connectivity” to

provide input for Singapore’s National Committee on the Future Economy (2016)

IV. Highlights of Recent International and Regional Law Work

Supreme Court of Singapore

November 2015-April 2016:

Appointed amicus curiae (joint appointment with a Queen’s Counsel) by the Supreme Court of Singapore in an international investor-State treaty dispute case.

Vietnam Judicial Academy - Vietnam Lawyers Integration training programme

2018 (pending SMU approval)

Instructor appointed by Academy

UNCTAD

Supervisor of student research project in 2013 in UNCTAD’s Investment Treaty Mapping Project (2013).

Discussant and topic co-moderator, Multidisciplinary Academic Conference, UNCTAD, World Investment Forum, Geneva, Switzerland. This brought together a host of international officials, investment authority heads, lawyers, policy-makers and academics (13-16 October 2014).

World Trade Organization

First Singapore Academic Coordinator, World Trade Organization (WTO) Regional Trade Policy Course for Asia-Pacific government officials (intensive 12-week course on international trade law held in Singapore, 2007).

Published Book on International Trade and Investment Law

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Author, “Trade, Investment, Innovation and their Impact on Access to Medicines: An Asian Perspective”, published by Cambridge University Press (February 2016, foreword by the Honourable The Chief Justice of Singapore, Sundaresh Menon).

Ongoing ASEAN Research Project

Principal investigator, SMU-funded Tier 1 research grant project on Improving Connectivity between ASEAN's legal systems to Address Commercial Issues.

Regional Judicial Reform Discussions

31 October-1 November 2013: invited by the Supreme Court of Singapore to participate in the 5th Roundtable of the Asia-Pacific Judicial Reform, held in Singapore. (Participants at this meeting comprised Chief Justices/their representatives from 25 Asia-Pacific jurisdictions.)

Consultancy Work

2000 Legal Consultant, Singapore Trade Development Board/Ministry of Trade &

Industry

2001 Legal Consultant, Ministry of Trade and Industry (on secondment from NUS)

2004 Consultant, World Bank – Vietnam Accession Process to WTO

V. Present Employment

Professor of Law, School of Law, Singapore Management University Key Administrative Roles

2008-09 Associate Dean, School of Law 2012 Member, School of Law Curriculum Sub-Committee 2013-16 Member, University Senate 2012-14 Member, Faculty Advisory Committee (Teaching and Learning) - FACTL 2016 Invited representative, “Future Economy” discussion (“Future of Connectivity”) session at SMU, to provide input for Singapore’s national Committee on the Future Economy 2017-18 Programme External Examiner for the LLB and JD programmes, Law School of the

Singapore University of Social Sciences 2018- Dean’s Evaluation Committee (School of Law research applications)

Courses taught at SMU School of Law

Trade and Investment Law (open to LLB, JD, exchange students and external auditors – past auditing participants have included Attorney-General’s Chambers officers)

Trade Dispute Resolution (open to LLM students, past auditing participants have included Attorney-General’s Chambers officers))

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Contract Law (LLB and JD students)

Business Law (open to non-law students)

Law of International Trade (open to non-law students)

Trade and Business Dispute Resolution (open to non-law students)

Teaching Awards Received at SMU 2008: Most Outstanding Teacher Award 2007-8 2010: Most Outstanding Legal Studies (LGST) Teacher Award 2010-11 2010: Nominee, Distinguished Teacher award, SMU 2012: Most Outstanding Teacher Award 2011-12 2013: Most Outstanding LGST Teacher Award 2012-13 2014: Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award 2013-14 2016: Most Outstanding Teacher Award LGST Teacher Award 2015-16 Nominated: SMU Excellent Teacher Award nomination 2018: Nominee, Lee Kuan Yew Fellowship Nominee, Innovative Teacher Award External Awards

Outstanding Service Award, awarded by the ASEAN Law Association on 25 October 2017

VI. Past Employment/Attachments

1986-88 Lawyer (litigation, commercial law, intellectual property, contracts) Donaldson & Burkinshaw, Singapore 1988-2007 Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore Associate Professor (1999-2007) Sub-Dean (1993-1996) Senior Lecturer, Lecturer, Senior Tutor (1994-1998) 1998 Intern, International Court of Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce

(ICC), Paris, France 2004 Member, Singapore team, ASEAN-Korea FTA Joint Study Expert Group (by

appointment of the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Trade & Industry)

VII. Other Appointments/Activities

Feb 1995 Basic Mediator Course (organized by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Asia/Pacific Center of the American Bar Association and Singapore Academy of Law)

1999 Member, Attorney-General’s Law Reform Coordinating Committee 1999-2000 Vice-President, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators

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1998-99 Honorary Treasurer, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators 2004 Participant (by invitation), ASEAN Leadership Forum 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2004 Singapore Representative (by invitation), 5th ASEAN Expert Council, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2006 Member, Legal Education Working Group, Committee to Develop Legal Services in Singapore

2010 Member, Working Party of the Singapore Academy of Law Interim Committee for the Singapore Institute of Legal Education

2006-14 Director, Board, Tsao Foundation (non-profit organization) 2015- Member, Advisory Board, International Longevity Foundation Singapore 16 Sep 2015 Moderator, SMU Law Society Corporate and Commercial Law Week Forum

March 2016 Judge, European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) Moot Court Competition on

WTO Law 17 Nov 2016 Chair, Discussion with Secretary-General of the International Centre for Settlement

of Investment Disputes, Ms Meg Kinnear

VIII. Publications

Books

“Trade, Investment, Innovation and their Impact on Access to Medicines – An Asian Perspective”, Cambridge University Press, February 2016.

A recent review (6 January 2018, BizIndia) can be found here: http://www.bizindia.net/book-review-trade-investment-innovation-and-their-impact-on-access-to-medicines-an-asian-perspective/ Below is a key excerpt from the review:

“This is [sic] highly informative book on international trade law and rights, particularly as it pertains to medicines, and the author – Professor Locknie Hsu – has done an outstanding job in presenting the pros and cons of each pertinent issue and the viewpoints of different parties involved in this area. It is highly valuable contribution to the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the global pharmaceutical market and the roles of the various actors in it.”

“International Encyclopaedia of Laws - Commercial and Economic Law (Singapore)”,

Kluwer Law International, 2000 (with co-author, Dora Neo).

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Research Project-related Publications SMU Tier 1 Research Project on “Improving Connectivity between ASEAN’s Legal Systems to Address Commercial Issues” (expected completion of project in March/April 2018).

Published: Interim Report, 3 August 2017.

Published: Final Report, 22 March 2018, at the Canada-ASEAN Business Forum 2018, Singapore, and available at: http://www.canasean.com/reports/.

IX. Significant Citations by Government/Business Leaders and Media Interviews Showing Practical Impact of Research and Thought Leadership

1. Visited by the Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry and his

delegation in October 2017 for discussion of the work on trade barriers in the

Interim Report of the research project led by Locknie Hsu (Tier 1 grant no 15-

C234-SMU-001) and commended by the Minister in the media (21 October 2017,

Bernama).

2. Cited in speech by former Hong Kong SAR Secretary of Justice (October 2017)

(see page 4 of speech): www.doj.gov.hk/eng/public/pdf/2017/sj20171014e2.pdf.

3. Cited in APEC Business Advisory Council Letter to APEC Finance Ministers; see

text accompanying footnote 8, at http://www.ncapec.org/docs/ABAC%20Documents/2017%20ABAC%20Letter%20and%20Report%20to%20Finance%20Ministers.pdf .

4. Cited in Deutsche Bank report, “Reimagining ASEAN: The Digital Journey to 2025”; see text accompanying footnote 16, at: http://fintechnews.sg/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Reimagining-ASEAN-Digital-Jouney-to-2025-1.pdf .

5. Canada-ASEAN Business Council Advocacy Letter to ASEAN Economic

Ministers, 2017

6. Speech by President of Canada-ASEAN Business Council to ASEAN Economic Ministers, 8 September 2017, Manila, Philippines

7. ASEAN research report cited and endorsed by Canada-ASEAN Business Council

to ASEAN Economic Ministers in Singapore, September 2018.

8. Canada-ASEAN Business Council Interim Report webpage: http://www.canasean.com/cabc-and-smu-hold-launch-event-for-interim-report-on-legal-barriers-in-asean/

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9. Canada-ASEAN Business Council blog: http://www.canasean.com/smu-school-of-law-research-project-on-asean-legal-barriers/

Media Interviews/panels 1. FM 89.3 – “The Significance of NAFTA 2.0” - Interview on NAFTA/USMCA, 2

October 2018.

2. Money FM 89.3 – Interview, RCEP, 30 August 2018.

3. Money FM89.3, 8am – Interview, Singapore’s ratification of the CPTPP, 20 July

2018

4. Speaker, “ASEAN’s Consensus Dilemma”, Bloomberg ASEAN Business Summit

2018, 12 July 2018, Bangkok, Thailand

5. QS Wow News Online

6. Money 89.3, News – Interview on the CPTPP, 12 March 2018

7. Bernama, 21 October 2017, “S’pore Varsity Study to Give Different Perspective on

Non-Tariff Barriers in ASEAN”

8. Lianhe Zaobao, 4 August 2017, “Law Experts: Integrate Legal Systems in ASEAN

Countries to Benefit Business”, p. 11

9. Quoted regarding Asia’s Supply Chain and Belt and Road issues, March 2017,

https://www.theglobaltreasurer.com/2017/03/13/asias-supply-chain-financing-from-

tech-innovation-to-chinas-belt-and-road/, https://www.gtnews.com/articles/asias-

supply-chain-financing-from-tech-innovation-to-chinas-belt-and-road/

10. Interview, 8 March 2016: https://www.asianscientist.com/2016/03/features/smu-

locknie-hsu-dollars-drugs/

Printed Media Contributions:

Locknie Hsu, “Nations’ resolve waver under weight of the law?”, The Straits Times, 4 August 2008, Page 19 ► With response/citation by Andy Ho, “Farewell to Multilateralism”, The Straits Times, 7

August 2008, page 27

Locknie Hsu, “Opportunities, Pitfalls in International Trade”, The Business Times, 27 March 2012, page 11 (Translation from SMU Alert, 7 August 2017)

Locknie Hsu, “The ASEAN Charter: Boosting the Legal Framework”, The Straits Times, 6 December 2007, page 30, http://www2.smu.edu.sg/news_room/smu_in_the_news/2007/sources/ST_20071206_1.pdf

Locknie Hsu, “E-Commerce Holds Promise for ASEAN-US Deal”, 23 February 2017, The Straits Times, page A24, http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/e-commerce-holds-promise-for-asean-us-deal

Locknie Hsu, “ASEAN Needs a New Priority Cluster of E-Services for Integration Boost”, The Straits Times, 24 August 2017, http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/asean-needs-a-new-priority-cluster-of-e-services-for-integration-boost

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Book Chapters Accepted for Publication

Chapter, “Investment law and agreements in the Asian Regional Context”, in Research Handbook in Foreign Direct Investment”, Edward Elgar (expected publication: 2018).

Chapter, “An Asian view on the CETA Investment Chapter” in book, “Foreign Investment under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)” (Springer, expected publication: late 2018).

Book Chapters under Preparation (by invitation)

Book chapter entitled “Human Rights and Investment Agreements in Asia”, in “Human Rights and International Economic Agreements”, to be published by Martinus Nijhoff.

Book Chapters – Published

Chapter, “Essentials of the Laws of the Belt and Road Countries” – Singapore Chapter,

Zhejiang University Press, 2018.

Chapter entitled “Legal Barriers to Supply Chain Connectivity in ASEAN”, in

commemorative volume entitled, “ASEAN at 50: Retrospectives and Perspectives on the

Making, Substance, Significance and Future of ASEAN” published by the Economic

Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, September 2017.

Contributor, “Grievance Mechanism”, Dispute Settlement System for the Belt and Road,

published October 2016.

“EU-ASEAN trade and investment relations with special focus on Singapore”, (2015)

Vol. 6 European Yearbook of International Economic Law (EYIEL) (by invitation of

section editor), published under the Yearbook’s section, “Trade and investment relations

between the EU and East Asia: The next frontier?”.

Chapter, “Santiago GAPPs and Code of Conducts: Limits and Chances of Negotiated

Rules” in “Research Handbook on Sovereign Wealth Funds and International

Investment Law”, Edward Elgar (2015).

Chapter, “Rule of Law and Foreign Investment”, in The Importance of the Rule of Law

in Promoting Development - Rule of Law Symposium 2014, eds. Jeffrey Jowell, J

Christopher Thomas and Jan van Zyl Smit, Singapore Academy of Law, 2015.

Chapter, “Tobacco Control in ASEAN”, in “International Legal Dimensions of Tobacco

Control”, Edward Elgar (July 2014).

Chapter, “ASEAN Dispute Settlement Systems”, in “The ASEAN Economic

Community: A Work in Progress”, (2013) Institute of Southeast Asia Studies.

Chapter, “China, India and Dispute Settlement in the WTO and RTAs” in “China, India

and the International World Order”, ed. Sornarajah and Wang (2010, Cambridge

University Press).

Chapter, "Different Approaches to Dispute Resolution under ASEAN and NAFTA", in

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ASEAN-Canada Forum 2008, Regional Economic Integration: ASEAN and Canadian

Perspectives", 2010, ASEAN Studies Centre, Institute of Southeast Asia Studies.

Chapter, "The ASEAN Charter and a Legal Identity for ASEAN", in "The ASEAN

Community, Unblocking the Roadblocks", Institute of Southeast Asia Studies, 2008

Chapter 21, “Applicability of WTO Law in Regional Trade Agreements: Identifying the

Links”, in “Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO”, eds. Bartel and Ortino, Oxford

University Press, December 2006.

“Towards an ASEAN Charter: Some Thoughts from the Legal Perspective”, in

“Framing the ASEAN Charter”, Institute of Southeast Asia Studies, 2005.

“ASEAN Community: Institutional Implications” in “Towards Realizing an ASEAN

Community, Institute of Southeast Asia Studies, 2004.

Law Journal Publications

Journal Articles under preparation

“Investor Complaints and Scrutiny of National Judicial Systems” (tentative title) Journal Articles - Published

Article, “The Role and Future of Sovereign Wealth Funds”, Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 52 No. 4, Fall 2017, 837-856.

Article prepared under SMU Research Project, “Regulatory Flexibilities and Tensions in

Public Health and Trade – An Asian Perspective”, (2015) Asian Journal of WTO and

International Health Law and Policy, Vol. 10 No. 1, 157-191.

“Sovereign Wealth Funds: Investors in Search of an Identity in the Twenty-first

Century”, (2015) Qatar International Review of Law, published 10 March 2015. “Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform - Examining the Formative Aspect of

Investment Treaty Commitments: Lessons from Commercial Law and Trade Law”,

Transnational Dispute Management (published January 2014, Vol. 11:1).

“Asian Treaty-Makers and Investment Treaty Arbitration: Negotiating with a Wary Eye”,

(2012) 5:2 Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal, 243-263.

“Inward FDI in Singapore and its Policy Context”, first published electronically May

2012; published as chapter in Karl P. Sauvant, Padma Mallampally and Geraldine

McAllister, eds., “Inward and Outward FDI Country Profiles” (New York: VCC, 2013),

2nd edition. “Tobacco Regulation and its Discontents: A Cautious View from Singapore”, (2012) 9:5

Transnational Dispute Management, 1-12.

“International Investment Disputes: Idealogical Fault Lines and An Evolving Zeitgeist”,

(2011) 12:6 Journal of World Trade and Investment, 827-953.

“A Decade of Security-related Developments in Trade and Investment”, (2010) 11:5

Journal of World Investment and Trade 697-729.

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"Multi-Sourced Norms Affecting Sovereign Wealth Funds: A Comparative View of

National Laws, Cross-Border Treaties and 'Codes'", (2009) 10:6 Journal of World

Investment & Trade 793-828.

“Sovereign Wealth Funds, Recent US Legislative Changes, and Treaty Obligations”,

(2009) 43:3 Journal of World Trade 451-477.

“Public Policy Considerations in International Arbitration: Costs and Other Issues – A

View from Singapore”, (2009) 26:1 Journal of International Arbitration 101-131.

“Government Procurement under RTAs and Asian Perspectives and Practices”, (2006)

1(2) Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy 379.

“MFN and Dispute Settlement – When the Twain Meet”, (2006) Journal of World

Investment 25.

“Non-violation Complaints – WTO Issues and Recent Free Trade Agreements”, (2005)

7(1) Journal of World Trade, 39(2), 205.

“ASEAN Economic Community: A Fillip for the Future”, Trading Arrangements in the

Pacific - ASEAN and APEC, December 2003, Release 2003-6, Oceana Publications Inc,

New York.

“The Law and the Elderly in Singapore – The Law on Income and Maintenance for the

Elderly”, December 2003, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 398.

“Dispute Settlement Systems in Recent Free Trade Agreements of Singapore:

ANZSCEP, JSEPA and ESFTA”, April 2003, Journal of World Investment, 277.

“Orders for Security for Costs and International Arbitrations in Singapore”, (2000) 3(4),

International Arbitration Law Review 108.

“Applying the International Arbitration Act”, (2000) 3(2) International Arbitration Law

Review 44.

“Section 15 of the Singapore International Arbitration Act”, (2000) 2(1) International

Arbitration Law Review 17.

“End of the Road for Dicta in Northern Regional Health Authority v Derek Crouch

Construction Co Ltd & Anor”, November 1999, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators Newsletter.

“The New Singapore Law on Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duties”, February 1998,

Journal of World Trade 121.

“The Vanol Case” (case note), Newsletter of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, November

1997.

“Recent Developments in Dispute Resolution in Singapore”, Newsletter of the American

Bar Association Sub-Committee on International Commercial Arbitration, 1997.

“Performance Bonds in Singapore: An Update" February [1996] 1 Lloyd's Maritime and

Commercial Law Quarterly 33.

“Remedies Available for Breach of Contract under the UN Convention on Contracts

for the International Sale of Goods”, [1996] 8 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 113.

“Adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration in

Singapore”, [1994] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 387.

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“Franchising Law in Singapore: An Overview”, (1995) 4(1) Asia Pacific Law Review 31.

“Demand Bonds and Injunctions” (case comment) (1993) Singapore Journal of Legal Studies

59.

“Documentary Letters of Credit: The Bank's Duty to Bring up all Discrepancies” (1993)

Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 226.

“Autonomy of Performance Bonds in Singapore” (case comment), (1992) Lloyd's

Maritime and Commercial Quarterly 297.

“Service Marks in Singapore – The Time Has Come” (1990) 3 Malayan Law Journal cxxi.

Legislation Comment on the Homes for the Aged Act and Regulations (1989) Malayan

Law Review 147.

Electronic Publications

Singapore Law online project, Chapter 7, “Singapore’s FTAs: Legal Developments”

“Sovereign Wealth Funds: Mind the GAPP (Generally Accepted Principles and Practices)!”, 2008, Economist Intelligence Unit

Book Reviews

“International Commercial Arbitration” (2011) 7:2 Asian International Arbitration Journal, 1-3.

“Regional Trading Agreements in the GATT/WTO” (2003) 6:1 Journal of International Economic Law.

Conference Papers and Presentations

Speaker, “The Role Model of International Organizations: Promoting Effective Dispute Resolution in the 21st Century”, AIIB Annual Conference, 5-6 September, Beijing, China.

Speaker, “Trade and Investment Agreements: Gaps in Inclusiveness”, in the panel, “Legitimacy Perspectives of Free Trade and Investment Agreements”, International Law Association Conference, 19-24 August 2018, Sydney, Australia.

Speaker, “ASEAN Cross-border Trade and Integration”, SMU International Advisory Council Asia Summit, 17 August 2018, Supply Chain City, Singapore.

Speaker, “Cross-border Obstacles in ASEAN and Solutions”, ASEAN Law Conference, ASEAN Law Association, 26-28 July 2018, Singapore.

Speaker, “ASEAN’s Consensus Dilemma”, Bloomberg Business Summit, 12 July 2018,

Bangkok, Thailand.

Speaker, “The New York Convention and the Limited Grounds for Refusing the

Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards”, International ADR Conference,

UNCITRAL and RCAP, 17-18 May 2018, Bangkok, Thailand.

Speaker, “International Trade Law in the Digital Age”, 9th Conference on the New Haven

School of Jurisprudence, 23-24 April 2018, Hangzhou, China.

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Speaker, highlights of ASEAN research report, at the invitation of the ASEAN Secretariat, presentation made to the 5th ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, 2-6 April 2018.

Speaker, “Legal Barriers to Doing Business in ASEAN”, at launch of related research report, Canada-ASEAN Business Council Annual Business Forum 2018, 22 March 2018, Singapore.

Speaker, “Legal Issues Pertaining to China-ASEAN Trade and Investment Facilitation”,

China-ASEAN Jurist Gathering and China-ASEAN Legal Forum, Nanning, Guangxi, China,

5-6 December 2017 organised by the China Law Society.

Speaker, “ASEAN Trade and CISG: Economic Efficiency”, CISG Workshop organized by

the Vietnam Business Lawyers Club CISG Vietnam and Foreign Trade University, 15

September 2017, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Moderator and panel organiser, “Dispute Resolution Issues for Businesses in ASEAN”, 26

July 2017, organized by RT ASEAN, Singapore.

Paper presenter, “Trade and Transfer of Technology to Developing Countries, ILA

Committee on Sustainable Development and the Green Economy in International Trade

Law, 8 June 2017, Geneva, Switzerland.

Speaker, “The Importance of National Complaint Mechanisms in the Global Economy and

Lessons for Developing Countries”, International Academy of the Belt and Road Forum, 19

May 2017, Chongqing, China.

Speaker, “Convergence: Harmonization of ASEAN Law/Court Procedures”, Litigation

Conference 2017, organized by the Law Society of Singapore, Singapore, 20 April 2017.

Speaker, “Regionalization and Localization in ASEAN – Challenges and Lessons Learned”, ASEAN Horizon Summit, 20 April 2017, organized by Hogan Lovells, Singapore.

Speaker, “The CETA: Some Legal Implications for Asia-Pacific Economies”, 19 April 2017,

APEC Secretariat, Singapore.

Speaker, “A Changing Trade Environment & An Assessment of Cross-Cutting Issues in The

Road to New Growth: FTA, Trade Facilitation, Technology, Compliance & Trade & Supply

Chain Financing”, Asia Pacific Financial Forum (APFF) 2017 Workshop, 7 April 2017.

Speaker, “Addressing the Compliance Agenda in Supply Chain Finance”, 5th Supply Chain

Finance Summit, 2-3 March 2017, organized by the ICC Academy, Singapore.

Speaker, “The Role and Future of Sovereign Wealth Funds”, 24 March 2017, Wake Forest

Law Faculty Symposium, via videoconference.

Guest Lecturer, “Investor-State Complaints and Scrutiny of Domestic Judicial Systems –

Implications for Developing Countries” International Law Faculty, Ho Chi Minh City

University of Law, 27 February 2017.

Speaker, “Investor Complaints and Scrutiny of National Judicial Systems”, the 8th

Conference on the New Haven School of Jurisprudence, 9-10 December 2016, Zhejiang

Guanghua Faculty of Law, Hangzhou, China.

Speaker, “CISG as an Efficient Choice of Law and its Economic Impact”, 2016

UNCITRAL Vietnam Workshop, “Harmonization of Trade law and Outlook for

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Practitioners in ASEAN”, co-organized by UNCITRAL and the Foreign Trade University,

Faculty of Law, Hanoi, Vietnam, 24 November 2016

Invited Guest Lecture, “Investor-State Dispute Settlement under the ICSID Mechanism -

Some Practical Issues”, Foreign Trade University and Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Lecture, 23 November 2016, Hanoi, Vietnam

Speaker, “A Harmonized System of International Commercial Arbitration within the AEC

and Beyond?”, APRAG Conference organized by the BANI Arbitration Center, Bali,

Indonesia, 7-8 October 2016.

Speaker, Plenary Session, “Harmonisation of Laws in ASEAN for the Legal Services

Industry”, 22 September 2016, International Malaysian Law Conference on “Challenges of an

ASEAN Community: Rule of Law, Business and Being People-Oriented”, 21-23 September 2016,

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Speaker, Plenary Session, “Sale of Goods and e-Commerce Laws: Regional Roadmap toward

Harmonization”, jointly organized by the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the

Pacific, Hague Conference on Private International Law, Ministry of Justice of the Republic

of Korea, the International Bar Association, the Korea Legislation Research Institute and the

Korea International Trade Law, Association, 16-18 May 2016, Incheon, Korea.

Speaker, “Investor-State Arbitrations in ASEAN Countries”, Korean Commercial

Arbitration Board, Seoul, Korea, 18 December 2015.

Moderator, interview with Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General, ICSID, organized by the

International Law Association, Singapore Branch, 17 November 2015, Singapore.

Speaker in three sessions (Strengthening the WTO’s Non-Negotiating Pillars, A New Trade

Agenda?; Issues for the WTO's Future: Investment; The Future of the WTO) and closing

remarks, Third Singapore-WTO Policy Dialogue, Singapore, 19-20 December 2015.

Panelist, “ASEAN Integration and its Significance for the Singapore Lawyer”, Law Society

of Singapore Continuing Legal Education Day, 5 October 2015.

Speaker, “International Arbitration Law: the Singapore Experience”, BANI Arbitration

Center seminar on Reform of Indonesian Arbitration Law, Jakarta, Indonesia, 12 August

2015.

Speaker: “Regional Efforts at the Harmonization of Commercial Laws”, CISG Conference

organized by the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore, and UNCITRAL, May 2015,

Singapore.

Workshop Chair and paper presenter, “Trade and Investment Dispute Settlement

Mechanisms in ASEAN – The Evolving Landscape and Major Developments”, Workshop,

ASEAN Law Association, Manila, Philippines, 26-28 February 2015

Speaker, “Current Topics in International Business and Economic Law: Issues Facing the

TPP”, Georgetown University Law Center, Singapore, 11 December 2014.

Speaker, “Public Health Regulation: Convergence, Divergence, and Regulatory Tension – an

Asian Perspective”, prepared for Society of International Economic Law Global Conference,

10-13 July 2014, in Bern, Switzerland.

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Panel Moderator, Singapore Intellectual Property Academy, Global Forum on Intellectual

Property, Singapore, August 2013.

Commentator, Colloquium on the Performance Interest in the Contract Laws of Asia,

Singapore, 25-26 July 2013.

Speaker, “The Role of Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in the AEC”, in Session entitled,

“Overcoming Barriers and Impediments to Realizing the ASEAN Economic Community”,

talk, 13th International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association, 20 October

2012.

Speaker, “Public Health Regulation: The Impact of Intersections between Trade &

Investment Treaties in Asia”, Society of International Economic Law 3rd Biennial

Conference, Singapore, July 2012.

Speaker, “Critical Issues on Investment Law Harmonization within ASEAN”, ASEAN Law

Association General Assembly, Bali, Indonesia, 14-19 February 2012.

Speaker, “Recent Developments in Investment Arbitration and Implications for Asian Host

States”, presented at Hanyang Law School, Seoul, Korea, September 16, 2011.

Speaker, “The Way Forward”, Asian FTA Forum, Beijing, China, Boao Forum, 8-9 Dec

2010.

Speaker, “Security-Related Developments in Trade and Investment”, Society of International

Economic Law 2nd Biennial Global Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 8-10 July 2010.

Speaker, “Sovereign Wealth Funds: Trojan Horses or White Knights?”, New York State Bar

Association International Conference, Singapore, October 2009.

Speaker, “Trade and Small States”, organized jointly by the EU Centre and the Institute of

Southeast Asia Studies, 30 October 2009.

Speaker, “National and Transnational Investment Issues” - presented at SMU Conference

entitled “A Comparative Approach to Supra- and Transnational Legal and Economic

Issues”, September 2009.

Panel Chair, session on Elder Abuse and Mental Capacity Legal Issues, Health and Ageing

conference, Singapore, 29 May 2009.

Speaker, “Sovereign Wealth Funds and Investment Regulations”, presented at Symposium

on “Institutional Aspects of Foreign Direct Investment”, Radzyner School of Law

Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel, March 12-13, 2009.

“WTO and Regulation of Sovereign Wealth Funds”, paper presented at the Asian WTO

Research Network Conference, “The WTO in Difficult Times”, 10-11 October 2008,

Singapore.

“The Law and the Elderly in Singapore”, paper presented at the Institute of Policy Studies-

Tsao Foundation Conference on Successful Ageing in Singapore, 24 October 2008,

Singapore.

Paper presented and published as part of conference papers, “WTO and Regional Trade

Liberalization: Implications for ASEAN”, 9th General Assembly of the ASEAN Law

Association, “Challenge to Globalization of Legal Services”, 22-26 November 2006,

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Bangkok, Thailand.

“WTO Decisions - Compliance and Implementation”, paper presented at the Fifth WTO

Annual Conference organized by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law,

London, 17-18 May 2005; published in “WTO Law and Process”, BIICL (2007) 81.

Speaker, Tilburg Law & Economics Centre seminar, “ASEAN Economic Integration:

Regionalism and Legal Developments” (March/April 2005).

“Application of WTO in ASEAN”, paper presented at the ASEAN Law Conference,

published in ASEAN Law Association conference book, December 2003.

“Resolution of International Business Disputes”, paper presented at the International

Arbitration Conference, organised by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce,

Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and the

National Computer Board, 18 November 1997.

“Standard-Term Contracts in Singapore” paper presented at the 2nd Indonesia-Singapore

Business Law Seminar in April 1994, at Jakarta, Indonesia.

“An Update on Investment Laws and Regulations in Singapore”, paper presented at the

Sixth Assembly and Conference of the ASEAN Law Association in 1992 in Manila,

Philippines.

“The Growth Triangle”, paper presented at the 1992 Conference on International Business

Law held in Singapore by the National University of Singapore (published as chapter in

“Current Developments in International Transfers of Goods and Services”, Faculty of Law,

NUS, 1994, pp. 491- 508, Part VI.)

X. Professional Training Seminars/Modules

2 August 2018: Harmonising ASEAN Commercial Laws – organised by the Singapore

Judicial College (training for ASEAN judicial officials held in Singapore). Presentation used by Singapore Academy of Law in online learning materials for lawyers:

“ASEAN Integration and its Significance for the Singapore Lawyer”, Biennial Lecture 2015,

Law Society of Singapore;

http://www.lawsoc.org.sg/events/tabid/82/ctl/viewdetail/mid/423/itemid/241/d/201812

11/language/en-us/e-Learning-Biennial-Lecture-2015-.aspx.

Co-speaker with international arbitration-practitioners, “The Fair and Equitable Treatment

Standard in Foreign Investment Law: Where have We come from, Where are We Now, and

Where are We Going?”, SMU Continuing Legal Education Seminar, SMU School of Law, 16

October 2015.

Visiting Professor, Kobe University Law Faculty, intensive course on international

investment law, Global Masters Program in Law, July 2015 (intensive course), Kobe, Japan.

Co-speaker with international arbitrator-practitioner, “An Introduction to International

Investment Law and Recent Updates in the Field”, CLE Seminar, SMU School of Law, 22

May 2015.

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Speaker and commentator, “Addressing Non-Tariff Measures in Asia Pacific Economic

Integration”, APEC FTAAP Capacity Building Needs Initiative Program 2014, Seoul, Korea,

1-3 December 2014.

Intensive two-day course for the Mandalay Department of Law, Mandalay University,

Myanmar, on globalization, cross-border issues, trade and investment law and ASEAN

integration issues, 5-6 June 2014.

Speaker, “The Law and the Elderly – Transactions by the Elderly”, Tsao Foundation

Caregivers Workshop, Singapore, 17 May 2013.

“The WTO TRIPS Agreement,” in the programme entitled “Intellectual Property for

Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam”, 18 January 2012, IP Academy, Singapore

“Competition Law and International Trade Law: Interfaces”, by invitation of the

Competition Commission of Singapore: Singapore, 29 May 2012.

Speaker, “The WTO TRIPS Agreement” in the programme, “Intellectual Property for

Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam”,

Singapore Intellectual Property Academy, 18 January 2012.

“Introduction to Trade Law”, Health Development Board, Singapore, 23 September 2010

Speaker, “A Primer on the World Trade Organization and its Relevance to Legal Work”,

Singapore Academy of Law, 6 March 2009.

Trainer, Foundation Centre for Trade and Negotiations, Executive Programme Dispute

Settlement module, “Dispute Settlement in the WTO”, 17-21 November 2008

Discussant, Workshop on “ASEAN Community: Unblocking the Roadblocks”, discussion

topic, “ASEAN Charter: Does it Really Matter?”, 15 April 2008.

Panelist, Evian Group Roundtable, Lausanne, Switzerland, 27-29 November 2006, on

“Multilateralism and Its Stakeholders”, organized by the IMD and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

“Trade Negotiations and Dispute Resolution”, Trade Policy and Development in the

Greater Mekong Sub-Region, ADB and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 10

November 2006.

“Trade Arrangements and Trade Negotiations” and “Trade Disputes and Resolution” in the

Greater Mekong-Phnom Penh Plan for Development Management program, organized by

the ADB and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 19-24 September 2005.

World Bank Consultant, training on Fundamental Concepts in WTO Law for Vietnamese

National Assembly members, Hanoi, Vietnam, 27-30 March 2004.

Panelist for the ASEAN Community Roundtable, Institute of Southeast Asia, 2004.

Participant, ASEAN Leadership Forum 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (2004).

“WTO and Its Agreements” for officers of Ministry of Law and Intellectual Property Office

of Singapore, 17-18 March 2003.

Speaker and panelist, “WTO Law: Trade in Goods”, Hanns-Siedel Foundation course for

Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam officials, organized by the International Trade

Institute of Singapore, October 2002.

Speaker, “World Trade”, for officers of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, May 2002.

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Basic Arbitration course organized by Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and Singapore

Institute of Architects, 14 January 2000.

Commercial Arbitration Law, to delegation of Sri Lanka Attorney-General’s Chambers

officers, June 1999.

International Entry Course, for the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators in 1998 and 1999.

Negotiation modules taught

Negotiations training for private-sector professionals in partnership with CMPartners, LLC

of Boston, Massachussetts, USA, December 2008, held in Sydney, Australia.

Negotiation course, NUS Public Policy Programme, 2002-3.

Executive Programme, “Negotiating Leadership”, organized by the John F. Kennedy School

of Government, Harvard University, NUS Public Policy Programme and CM Partners, 2003-

4.

Negotiation Seminar for the International MBA Programme, School of Business, NUS,

April 2004.

Mekong Leaders Programme, ADB and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, July 2006.