Walter WOON
Full-time Faculty
Lee Kong Chian Visiting Professor of Law
Yong Pung How School of Law
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- LL.M. (First Class Honours), University of Cambridge, 1983
- LL.B. (First Class Honours), National University of Singapore, 1981
Academic Positions Held
Current Appointment:
- Lee Kong Chian Visiting Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2022
Other Positions
- Chairman, RHTLaw Asia LLP
- Honorary Fellow, St John’s College Cambridge
- Emeritus Professor, National University of Singapore
- Chairman, Market Surveillance & Compliance Panel, Energy Market Company
- Patron, Gunong Sayang Association
- Chairman, Society of International Law Singapore
- Honorary Fellow, Singapore Institute of Directors
- Director, St John’s Singapore (a registered charity)
- Patron, China-ASEAN Business Alliance
- Dean, RHT Legal Training Institute
- David Marshall Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore 2010-2022
- Dean, Singapore Institute of Legal Education, 2010-2020
- Attorney-General 2008-2010
- Solicitor-General 2006-2008
- Member of the Board of Directors, Monetary Authority of Singapore, 2008-2010
- Chairman, Board of Legal Education, 2008-2010
- Judge Advocate-General, 2008-2010
- Member, Presidential Council for Minority Rights, 2008-2010
- Member, Legal Service Commission, 2008-2010
- Alternate Member, High Level Task Force for Drafting of the ASEAN Charter 2007
- Deputy Chairman, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore 2009-2016
- President, Goethe-Institut (Singapore Branch) 2010-2016
- Ambassador to Germany, Greece, the European Communities, the European Union, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the Vatican 1998-2006
- Legal Adviser to the President and Council of Presidential Advisers 1995-1997
- Nominated Member of Parliament 1992-1996
- Director, Intraco Ltd 1989-2000
- Director, Natsteel Ltd 1997-2001
- Sub-Dean and Vice-Dean, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore 1988-1995
Courses Taught in SMU
- Criminal Law
Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation
- Company Law
- Criminal Law
- International Law
Current Projects
- Book on Essential Company Law
Selected Publications
- Essential Company Law (in progress)
- Companies Act of Malaysia Desk Edition 2020 (LexisNexis, Malaysia) - Consulting Editor
- Woon’s Corporations Law (LexisNexis, Singapore) – editorial work and regular biannual updates on a continuing basis.
- Walter Woon on Company Law (Sweet & Maxwell) (3rd Ed edited by Tan Cheng Han)
- The ASEAN Charter: A Commentary (NUS Press, 2015)
- Towards a Rules-Based Community: an ASEAN Legal Service (with Jean-Claude Piris) (Cambridge University Press, 2015)
- Origins of the NMP Scheme: Contributing an Independent Perspective (forthcoming)
- China and America: From Trade War to Race and Culture Confrontation, Prism (2021) Vol 9 No 2, pp47-55
- China and America - The Power of Historical Memory RSIS Commentary (S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NTU) 11 June 2020
- Remembering the India Connection India on Our Minds (World Scientific, Singapore 2020; Tommy Koh & Hernaikh Singh eds), pp123-127
- Lift Not the Painted Veil Singapore Comparative Law Review 2019, p185
- Impact of Political Trends on Civil Society Civil Society and the State in Singapore, p71 (IPS and World Scientific 2017; Carol Soon & Gillian Koh eds)
- The Teaching of Company Law – Reflections on Past and Future [2017] Sing JLS 258
- Changing Social Mores - Protecting Children from Themselves Speaking of Children: The Singapore Children's Society Collected Lectures (World Scientific Publishing, 2015) pp43-64
- Idealism & Realpolitik – Building the ASEAN Community Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law & Affairs (Vol 32, p 27)
walterwoon@smu.edu.sg