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Faculty Profile

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Rachel Phang is an Assistant Professor of Law at SMU, specialising in financial law, regulation, contract law, and tort law, with a strong background in both legal practice and academic research.

Bridges rigorous academic research with practical legal experience in financial services regulation; recognised for comparative analyses of regulatory approaches in major global financial hubs; contributes to policy discussions on fintech, ESG, and digital assets through both scholarship and professional outreach.

Focused research areas include Comparative financial regulation, especially in fintech and digital assets; ESG disclosure and sustainability in financial centres; regulatory frameworks for stablecoins and cryptocurrency derivatives; intersections of contract and tort law with financial regulation.
Areas of Expertise
Financial LawFinancial RegulationPrivate Law
  • LLM, University of California, Berkeley, 2021
  • LLB, National University of Singapore, 2016
  • Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore)

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

  • Assistant Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2024-present

Previous Appointment:

  • Lecturer of Law (FDS), Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2023-Jun 2024

Other Positions

  • Research Associate, Centre for Banking & Finance Law, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 2022-2023
  • Associate, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, 2017-2020

Courses Taught

  • Contract Law
  • Law of Torts

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

  • Financial law and regulation
  • Fintech
  • Contract Law
  • Tort Law

Selected Publications

  • "Sustainability and the Sunlight of Disclosure: ESG Disclosure in Three Asian Financial Centres" (2024) Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law 1-15 (with Yaru Chia) 
  • "Singapore’s Emerging Regulatory Approach to Stablecoins" (2023) 40(1) Banking and Finance Law Review 67-104
  • "Regulating Cryptocurrency Derivatives: A Comparative Analysis of Approaches in the UK, the EU and Singapore" (2023) Journal of Business Law 222-251
  • ""Takings" and "Givings" in Singapore: Land Law and Policy in the Search for Justice" (2023) 51(2) Fordham Urban Law Journal 403-454