Director: Prof. Charles D. Booth
Email: cbooth@hawaii.edu
Deputy Director: Prof. Justin Levinson
Email: justinl@hawaii.edu
Program Coordinator: Elizabeth Chan
Email: iapbl@hawaii.edu
The Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law (the "Institute") was established in June 2006 by the William S. Richardson Law School (the "School of Law") at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. The Institute's goal is to become the premier academic center for research and training in the rapidly growing field of business law in Asia and the Pacific. The Institute will focus on areas of great importance to Asia and Hawai`i, including commercial law, insolvency and secured transactions, corporate law and business transactions, security law, intellectual property, real estate financing, and labor law issues. The Institute's activities will facilitate direct exchanges between the academic, legal, and business communities in Hawai`i and throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Upcoming Events
05/2008 - IAPBL will be serving as one of the Co-Sponsors for the International Colloquium and Roundtable entitled "The Elephant and the Dragon: Lessons and Challenges Respecting the Role of Law in Economic Development in India and China." The event will be held in Bangalore, India, from May 7-10 and will be organized by close to a dozen academic institutions. Further information will follow. Please email me at cbooth@hawaii.edu if you think that you might like to join the IAPBL group attending the event.
05/13/08 - The Shareholder Empowerment Debate: Lessons from News Corp's Exodus to Delaware by Jennifer Hill, Professor of Law, Sydney Law School.
Previous Events
04/07/08 - IAPBL, CIBER, Think Tech Hawai'i, and the Hawai'i Venture Capital Association jointly co-sponsored a seminar on April 7, 2008 entitled Corruption and Good Corporate Governance: Where's the Bottom Line? The three presenters were Prof. Shirley J. Daniel from the Shidler College of Business, Barbara Fredericks, the Assistant General Counsel for the US Dept. of Commerce, and David F. Day, an international law practitioner in Honolulu. | Flyer
03/25/08 - IAPBL and the Asian Institute of International Financial Law at the University of Hong Kong co-sponsored a symposium in Hong Kong on March 25, 2008, on the new Chinese bankruptcy law. The symposium was entitled The 2006 PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law: A New Beginning and attracted over 60 participants and attendees, including some of the leading experts in the field. (Photos from the conference) Click here for the agenda and list of generous sponsors and cooperating institutions. | Flyer
01/15/08 - On January 15, 2008, Professor Gordon Walker from the La Trobe University School of Law, presented the Second IAPBL Distinguished Public Lecture entitled Securities Regulation, Efficient Markets, and Behavioral Finance. | Flyer
10/18/07 - Our one-day Symposium on Venture Capital, Entrepreneurialism and Investment Opportunities in China that was held in Hong Kong on October 18, 2007 and was sponsored by the Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL) at the University of Hong Kong, was a success. To view the summary of the symposium, click here.
04/10/07 - Asian-Pacific Corporate Insolvency Law: Cross-Border and Comparative Perspectives Symposium. To view the summary of the symposium, click here.
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03/15/07 - Settling Business Disputes with Chinese Entities: Seeking Truth from Facts - by Professor Jerome A. Cohen, New York University School of Law.
03/13/07 - Current Tax Developments Affecting Hong Kong as an International Financial Center - by Professor Andrew Halkyard, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law.
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