Tang Hang Wu is a Professor at the Yong Pung How School of Law at Singapore Management University. He has published widely in land law, restitution, equity, trusts, wealth management, and charity and non-profit law and his work has been relied over a hundred times by courts in Singapore and across the Commonwealth. He is frequently engaged as counsel, co-counsel, expert witness, and consultant in complex property and trust disputes in Singapore, Malaysia, and beyond, and is widely regarded for his strategic insight. He has been appointed as an overseas member of the Chancery Bar Association of England and Wales, a country correspondent of Trusts and Trustees, a member of the Board of Advisors of the International Charity Law Network, and a Professorial Fellow at the Attorney-General’s Chambers Academy. Beyond academia and practice, he has served on numerous nonprofit boards and committees. His contributions have been recognised with awards from several Singapore institutions.
Qualifications
- PhD, LLM (Cambridge)
- LL.B., National University of Singapore
- Advocate and Solicitor (Singapore)
- Solicitor (England & Wales) (non-practising)
Courses Taught in SMU
- Property Law
- Principles of the Law of Restitution
- Equity and Trusts
Research Area / Areas of Specialisation
- Property Law
- Equity and Trusts
- Restitution and Unjust Enrichment
- Wealth Management
- Charity and Non-Profit Law