Faculty Profile

• LL.M., New York University, 2012
• LL.B. (First Class Honours), National University of Singapore, 2012
• Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

• Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, July 2018 to Present
• Deputy Director, Centre for Commercial Law in Asia, Singapore Management University, 2021 to Present

Other Positions

• Senate Member, Singapore Management University, 2022 to Present
• Professorial Fellow, AGC-Legal Service Academy, 2022 to Present
• Senior Associate (2016-2018), Associate (2014-2015), Allen & Gledhill LLP
• Justices’ Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Singapore, 2012-2014
• Member, Singapore Academy of Law, 2012 to Present

Honours & Awards

• University Most Promising Teacher Award, 2022
• Lee Kong Chian Fellowship, 2021 and 2022
• DS Lee Foundation Fellowship, 2020
• Top LGST Teacher Award, 2020
• Most Promising Teacher Award, 2019

Courses Taught in SMU

• Law of Contract
• Business Law
• Corporate Law

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

• Contract Law
• Legal Profession
• Private Law

Selected Publications

• "Novation and Advance Consent" (2022) 81 Cambridge Law Journal 581-609 (link)
• "No Oral Modification Clauses: Autonomy, Certainty or Presumption?" (2021) 80 Cambridge Law Journal 443-446
• “Negligence and the Unfair Contract Terms Act: Experiences in Hong Kong and Singapore Compared” [2021] Journal of Business Law 596-624
• “Precedent Within the High Court” (2020) 40 Legal Studies 397-418
• “Contractual Estoppel and the Fork in the Road” [2019] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 334–343
• “Taking Bills of Exchange into Arbitration” (2018) 134 Law Quarterly Review 548–552
• “Injunctive Relief: But Let’s Agree Not to Have It?” (2016) 79 Modern Law Review 468–476