Past Events

The unprecedented economic sanctions against Russia will affect businesses directly and indirectly. They are likely to bring both intended and unintended effects.

Central bank digital currency (CBDC) is a game changer for the economy in digital era. This event discussed cutting-edge issues. For instance, what is the future of CBDC? How would it likely affect banks, other businesses and the public? 

Natasha Blycha, former Global Head of Digital Law at Herbert Smith Freehills, shared her insights on who is holding the baby on digital assets, ethics in data, AI and robotics, and the stewardship model and ESG reporting.  

This webinar explored the cutting-edge issues in the digital era, including the fast-developing practices. This would help businesses and other stakeholders better understand the new landscape and think about going forward. 

This panel explored the trend of international commercial and economic law and its implications based on the analysis of representative areas (e.g., state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and investment rules, merge control). 

This panel approached the implications of investment law from diverse viewpoints in trade and investment, with the major focus ranging from investment obligations, competition law and policy and the regulation of digital platforms.

This panel explored the ongoing efforts of ISDS reform from different institutions (including ICSID, UNCITRAL Working Group III on ISDS Reform) and probes public opinion on ISDS through behavioural experiments.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on the global economy and flow of capital and people. This session explored significant issues in corporate law in the turbulent times. 

This panel discussed some of the most systemic and controversial issues relating to China, the world trading system and beyond. 

New issues of finance and currency are arising, ranging from new international development banks to new technology and digital currency.

This panel discussed a number controversial issues facing international dispute settlement mechanism, from the covid-19 crisis and investment contracts under the ICSID Convention, to human rights issues arising out of investment treaty arbitration

The panel discussed some of the most systemic and controversial issues relating to China, the world trading system and beyond. 

The campaign of decoupling driven by geopolitics is reshaping our business world. Commercial law plays a critical role in responding to the unpredictable future. This panel discussed these issues and more. 

This panel discussed issues emerging from the two cutting edge areas of competition law and policy.

Technology, digital currency, and climate change are crucial factors that profoundly affect world economy. New digital currencies, such as CBDC as a digital form of fiat currency, bring new opportunities and challenges to world economy.

Co-sponsored by the Centre for Commercial Law in Asia (CCLA), Singapore Management University (SMU) and CIBEL, this event focused on regulatory issues surrounding central bank digital currency (CBDC) and stablecoins. 

At this webinar, CIBEL co-director Professor Heng Wang and Professor Duoqi Xu of Fudan University discussed the impact of RCEP on eCommerce from two different aspects of international and domestic law, followed by Q&A with the audience.

Following the developments and changes in the post-pandemic context, this workshop co-hosted by CIBEL and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) explored cutting-edge issues about CBDC.