Faculty Profile

• PhD (Land Economy), University of Cambridge 
• MSc (Real Estate) (REDAS Gold Medalist), National University of Singapore
• LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
• Chartered Surveyor (MRICS)
• Chartered Alternative Investments Analyst (CAIA)
• Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArB)
• Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)
• Attorney and Counselor-at-Law (New York)
• Solicitor (England & Wales)

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

• Associate Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, July 2023-Present

Previous Appointment:

• Assistant Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, January 2018-June 2023
• Lecturer, School of Law, Singapore Management University, July 2016-December 2017

Other Appointments

• Member, Strata Titles Board, MND
• Examination Work Group Member, Council for Estate Agencies, MND
• Consultant, WongPartnership LLP

Honours and Awards

• Lee Kong Chian Fellow (2021-2022)
• SMU School of Law Promising Scholar Award (2019-2020)
• MOE-SMU START Overseas PhD Scholarship, 2016
• International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) Scholarship, 2016
• Real Estate Developers Association of Singapore (REDAS) Gold Medal, National University of Singapore, 2015
• C J Koh Scholarship, National University of Singapore, 2007, 2008 & 2009 

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

• Land & Real Estate Law
• Housing & Strata Law
• Urban Planning & Sustainability  
• Property Trusts & Wealth

Selected Publications

• ‘Forsake not Foreclosure’ (2023) Conveyancer and Property Lawyer (forthcoming).
• Property Valuation as a Function of Law and Policy’ (2023) 26(1) International Real Estate Review 127-142.
• Comparative Lessons in Sectional Title Laws: Mitigating Urban Inequality in South Africa’ (2022) 42(4) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 1012-1039.
• Justice as Fairness: A Rawlsian perspective in Compensating Regulatory Land Takings’ (2022) 14(2/3) Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law 45-60.
• ‘Big Houses on a Small Island: Legislating Singapore’s “Good Class” Bungalows’ (2022) International Journal of Housing Policy https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19491247.2022.2105193
• ‘Strata Plan Cancellations in Australasia: A Comparative Analysis of Nine Jurisdictions’ (2022) 48(1) Monash University Law Review 209-243.
• ‘Of Landlords and Tenants: Property in the Midst of a Pandemic’ (2022) 43(3) Statute Law Review 284-303.
• 'Towards Fairly Apportioning Sale Proceeds in a Collective Sale of Strata Property' (2020) 43(4) University of New South Wales Law Journal 1494-1520.
• 'What is the Value of Built Heritage Conservation? Assessing Spillover Effects of Conserving Historic Sites in Singapore' (2020) 91 Land Use Policy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104393 (with Tan Shin Bin).