Mr Lance Ang

Lance Ang is a Lecturer at the School of Law, Singapore University of Social Sciences, and a Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. As the recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew Fitzwilliam Scholarship, Lance graduated in 2022 with the Master of Law (First Class Honours) from the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded the 1912 Senior Scholarship and David Pearl Prize. Prior to joining SUSS, he practised in the area of corporate mergers & acquisitions and served as a Legal Counsel at Standard Chartered Bank.

Lance has published his work in several international journals, including the Law Quarterly Review, Capital Markets Law Journal, Journal of Private International Law, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, and the Asian Journal of Comparative Law. He has been invited to present his scholarship at law schools internationally, including Stanford Law School, University of Oxford and UNSW Law. He was awarded the CIBEL Global Network Young Scholar Prize from the Herbert Smith Freehills CIBEL Centre, UNSW Law & Justice, the High Commendation Prize from the Corporate Law Teachers Association at Monash University, and the ICGRG Routledge Prize at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

2024 – Present
Research Associate, Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

2024 – Present
Member, Publications Committee, Law Society of Singapore

2018 – 2020
Editorial Board Member, Asian Journal of Comparative Law (Cambridge University Press)

2014 – Present
Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore

2014 – Present
Member, Singapore Academy of Law

2023
Visiting Fellow, Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

2023
Visiting Fellow, Centre for Chinese and Commercial Law, City University of Hong Kong

• ‘Classifying Gig Workers under the Coordination-Risk Bargain: A Singapore Perspective’ (May 2024) Oxford Business Law Blog (Link)
• ‘Why are more people in Singapore going bankrupt?’ Channel News Asia (11 March 2024) (with Adrian Peh) (Link)
• ‘SEC Regulation of Share Buybacks and Insider Dealing: A Lost Opportunity’ (May 2023) Columbia Law School Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets Blog (CLS Blue Sky Blog) (Link)
• ‘How Regulation of Share Buybacks and Insider Trading Compare in the U.S. and Europe’ (April 2023) Oxford Business Law Blog (Link)
• ‘Legal Disruption in Dispute Resolution in the Age of COVID-19’ [2021] Harvard International Law Journal (Online) (Link)
• ‘International Commercial Courts and the Interplay Between Realism and Institutionalism: A Look at China and Singapore’ [2020] Harvard International Law Journal (Online) (Link)
• ‘Capitalist Variations in “Say on Pay”: A Look at Corporate Governance Contradictions in Singapore and Hong Kong’ (May 2020) Oxford Business Law Blog (Link)
• ‘Revision of the Singapore Code of Corporate Governance: A Shift from the “Shareholder Primacy” Model to the “Enlightened Shareholder Value” Model?’ (February 2019) Singapore Law Gazette (Link)

2024
'Innovation and Sustainability: Comparative Law for a Better World'. 2024 American Society of Comparative Law Younger Comparativists Committee Meeting, Texas A&M University School of Law

2024
'Corporate Law & Other Ideas'. Centre for Commercial Law in Asia, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University

2024
'Shifting Connections Between the Corporation and Society', Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference, UNSW Law

2023
'Corporate Purpose and Human Capital Management in the ESG Framework'. Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge

2023
'Comparative Regulation of Cryptocurrencies in Hong Kong and Singapore'. Centre for Chinese and Commercial Law, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong

2020
Stanford International Junior Faculty Forum, Stanford Law School

2020
Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Global Network Young Scholars Workshop, UNSW Law

2020
'20/20 Hindsight: Reflections on Perceptions of Trust in Corporations', Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference, Monash University

2019
'Symposium on Dispute Settlement in the Belt and Road Initiative', Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

2019
'Unpacking the Complexity of Regulatory Governance in a Globalising World: International Conference on Global Regulatory Governance', Chinese University of Hong Kong

2019
Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford

2019
'Possible Futures for the Company and for Corporate Law'. Faculty of Law, Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland

2024
‘Recent Legal and Regulatory Developments in Digital Currencies’, School of Law, Singapore University of Social Sciences (Conference Organiser)

2024
Professor Stephen Bottomley Award (Society of Corporate Law Academics)

2022
1912 Senior Scholarship (Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

2022
David Pearl Prize (Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

2021
Hong Leong – Lee Kuan Yew Fitzwilliam Master Scholarship (University of Cambridge)

2021
JRW Alexander Law Book Grant (Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

2021
Lee Kuan Yew Travel Award (Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)

2020
Global Network Young Scholar Prize (Herbert Smith Freehills CIBEL Centre, UNSW Law, Australia)

2020
High Commendation Prize (Corporate Law Teachers Association)

2019
ICGRG Routledge Prize (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

2013
Dean’s List for Final Year (Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore)

2009
NUS Faculty of Law Award Scholarship (National University of Singapore)

• ‘Daily Cuts - Why are more people in Singapore going bankrupt?’ Channel News Asia (12 March 2024)

• Law of Business Organisations
• Contract Law and Civil Litigation
• Legal Methods and the Singapore Legal System

• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Regulation
• Commercial Law
• Private International Law
  
• Comparative Law