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Dr Xiaochuan Weng

Dr Xiaochuan Weng

Associate Professor

SJD, LLM (Penn Law); CBL (Wharton, UPenn); MPhil in Finance (UNSW); LLM (NUS); LLM, LLB (ECUPL).

Law & Justice
School of Private & Commercial Law

Charlie Xiao-chuan WENG joined the UNSW Law faculty in 2015 as an Associate Professor. Previously, he was Eastern Scholar Chair Professor of Law and Assistant Dean at the KoGuan Law School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU, China) . He also taught at Nagoya University Graduate School of Law (Japan) as Designated Associate Professor. He studied law at East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL) before completing his LLM at the National University of Singapore (NUS). After working for ECUPL for five years, he went to the University of Pennsylvania School of Law for his LLM and SJD in corporate law, followed by an appointment as a Robert S. McNamara Fellow at the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law. In 2012, he was recruited by SJTU as a Research Professor. He also held fellow/visiting professor positions in many leading research institutions, such as Stanford Law School and Cambridge University. 

His research interest centers on law and business. He has published widely in the fields of corporate law, securities law, and bankruptcy. His research projects were heavily supported by multiple organizations, including the World Bank and the Municipal government of Shanghai. Before joining UNSW, his research outputs well advised funding organizations and legislatures. Currently, he is especially interested in research on the law of capital markets and the fundamental theory of corporate law. Also, he is interested employing cross-disciplinary research methodologies to analyze the impact on the real economy of changes in the law governing corporate law and financial regulation

Phone
61293859547
Location
Office 346, Law Building
  • Books | 2024
    Weng X, 2024, COMPANY LAW IN CHINA: STATUTES, CASES AND MATERIALS, Fudan University Press
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Weng X, 2024, 'Corporate Law in China: Past, Present and Future', in Xie Y (ed.), CHINESE LEGAL SYSTEM, Shanghai People Press
    Book Chapters | 2024
    Weng X, 2024, 'The Melting Glacier: An Introduction to Chinese Takeover Regulations', in POREEN PROJECT BY EUROPEAN UNION
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Guo C; Weng X, 2023, 'Baojia Sun, Gongdao Zhang v Shanghai Huili Group Co, Ltd, Shanghai Huili Flooring Products Co, Ltd.', in Selected Chinese Cases on the UN Sales Convention (CISG) Vol. 2. Selected Chinese Cases on the CISG, Springer-Verlag GmbH,
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Guo C; Weng X, 2023, 'XXX (Beijing) International Trade Co., Ltd. vs. XX Co., Ltd.', in Selected Chinese Cases on the UN Sales Convention (CISG) Vol. 2. Selected Chinese Cases on the CISG, Springer-Verlag GmbH,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Guo C; Weng X, 2022, 'Shanghai Shanshan Ruiyuan Import and Export Trade Co., Ltd v Lanificio Ing Loro Piana & C S P A Italy', in Guo P; Zuo H; Zhang S (ed.), Selected Chinese Cases on the UN Sales Convention (CISG), Springer-Verlag GmbH
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Guo C; Weng X, 2022, 'Yiwu Majiali Import & Export Co., Ltd v Y & Q International Trade (Group), Inc', in Guo P; Zuo H; Zhang S (ed.), Selected Chinese Cases on the UN Sales Convention (CISG), Springer-Verlag GmbH
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Shen Z; Tang L; Weng CXC, 2021, 'The role and future of self-regulation in the market for corporate control: A comparative narrative of the two models in the UK and China', in Takeover Law in the UK, the EU and China: State Interests, Market Players, and Governance Mechanisms, pp. 85 - 119,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Weng X, 2021, 'Securities Regulations in China: A Takeover Law Perspective', in CHINESE LEGAL SYSTEM, Shanghai People Press
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Weng X; Wu S; Shen Z, 2020, 'The First Step of a Long March: Dual Class Company Regulations and Its Application for the Sci-Tech and Innovation Board in China', in Lee P; Godwin A; Langford R (ed.), TECHNOLOGY AND CORPORATE LAW: HOW INNOVATION SHAPES CORPORATE ACTIVITY, Edward Elgar,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Weng X, 2020, 'The Implications of Cook v. Deeks to Chinese Shareholder Protection', in Jurisprudence
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Shen Z; Weng X; Tang X, 2019, 'The Role and Future of Self-Regulation in the Market for Corporate Control', in Lee J (ed.), Takeovers in EU and China: State Interests, Market Players, and Governance Mechanism, Springer,
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Weng X, 2007, 'Survey and Analysis on the History of Corporate Crime Culpability and the Theory of Piercing the Corporate Veil', in THE STUDY ON NEW ISSUES OF LAW SCIENCE, Peking University Press
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Weng X, 2006, 'Anatomy of the Double Control Theory in Economic Crime', in THE STUDY ON NEW ISSUES OF LAW SCIENCE 2006, Peking University Press
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Weng X, 2005, 'Anatomy of Business Embezzlement', in THE STUDY ON NEW ISSUES OF LAW SCIENCE 2005, Peking University Press
  • Edited Books | 2023
    Fan K; Weng X, (ed.), 2023, COVID-19 and International Business and Economic Law: China and a Changing World, Academy Publishing (the Singapore Academy of Law), Singapore
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Xun X; Weng X, 2024, 'Reining in the Behemoths for the Common Good? An Analysis of State Control of State-owned Enterprises and the Pathway to Better Governance in China', European Business Organization Law Review,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Jiang H; Watters C; Weng X, 2022, 'Regulating Weighted Voting Rights in Asia: Pragmatism or a Race to the Bottom?', Hong Kong Law Journal, 52,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Weng X; Godwin A, 2022, 'The Duty of Loyalty of Company Directors in China: Tracing its Origins and Plugging the Gaps', University of Western Australia Law Review, 49,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Weng X, 2022, 'A Promising Path or a Dead End? Director’s Duty of Care in China', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 45,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Weng X, 2022, 'Every Sunset is an Opportunity to Reset: An Analysis of Dual-Class Share Regulations and Sunset Clauses', Journal of Corporate Law Studies,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Yang L; Hui P; Weng X, 2022, 'Dancing in Chains: Reassessing China's Foreign Investment Legislations (Part II)', Hong Kong Law Journal, 52,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Yang L; Pang H; Weng X, 2022, 'Dancing in Chains: Reassessing China's Foreign Investment Legislations (Part I)', Hong Kong Law Journal, 52,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Weng X; Hu J, 2021, 'Analysis on Time-based Dual Class Sunset rule in China', Nanjing University Law Review, pp. 1 - 18,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Weng X, 2021, 'Analysis of the Path Choices of Judicial Self-constraint Mechanism on Business Judgement', Journal of Political Science and Law, 4, pp. 57 - 68,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Weng X, 2021, 'Panacea or Wisdom Tooth? Assessing the Misconstrued Mandatory Bid Rule', European Business Organization Law Review,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Weng X, 2021, 'Remedies for Shareholder under Oppression: Shareholder’s Fiduciary Duties or Oppression Remedies', Journal of Comparative Law, 4, pp. 187 - 200,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Weng X, 2021, 'The Standard of Duty of Care in China', Law and Economy, 6, pp. 48 - 66,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Wu P; Weng X; Joseph S, 2021, 'Crossing the Rubicon? The Implications of RCEP on Anti-monopoly Enforcement on Dominant E-commerce Platforms in China', Computer Law and Security Review: the International Journal of Technology Law and Practice,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Wu P; Weng X, 2021, 'Old Wine in a New Bottle? Assessing the injunction Remedies for Intellectual Property Disputes in China', Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, 3, pp. 295 - 313,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Wu P; Weng X, 2021, 'The Implications of the US-China Trade Agreement on the Civil Protection of Trade Secrets in China: Is it a Game-Changer?', Asia Pacific Law Review, 28, pp. 316 - 336,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Su E; Weng X, 2020, 'Lifting the Veil of Time: Piercing the Corporate Veil Empirical Study and Its Implication to Legislation', Soochow University Law Review, 32, pp. 85 - 122,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Weng CX-C, 2019, 'Enforcement of Corporate and Securities Law: China and the World', ASIAN JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY, 6, pp. 428 - 434,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Weng X; Ni R, 2019, 'States of Bankruptcy', Tsinghua Financial Law Review, 2, pp. 120 - 146,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Weng X, 2018, 'Do Auctions Matter? Assessing the Chinese Auction Promotion Institution of Takeover Law', Tsinghua China Law Review, 10,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Babie P; Orth J; Weng X, 2017, 'The Honoré-Waldron Thesis: A Comparison of the Blend of Ideal-Typic Categories of Property in American, Australian and Chinese Land Law', Tulane Law Review, 91, pp. 739 - 788,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Weng X, 2017, 'Inside or Outside the Corporate Law Box? Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Social Responsibility in China', European Business Organization Law Review, 18, pp. 155 - 191,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Weng X; Huang Y; Zhang Y, 2016, 'Insider Trading Case Studies: Principles, Efficacies and Corrections', Peking University Law and Finance Review, 1, pp. 60 - 85,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Weng X; Watters C, 2016, 'Does the Housing Market and Absence of Consumer Bankruptcy Protection Make Interpretation (III) of the Chinese Marriage Law Beneficial to Women, Not Men?', Property Law Journal, 3, pp. 101 - 122,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Huang Y; Gao W; Lan J; Weng X, 2015, 'An Empirical Study of Public Company Contracts on Attorney fees', International Business Law Review, 1, pp. 61 - 103
    Journal articles | 2015
    Weng CXC; Jia J, 2015, 'Assessing the administrative sanctions regime for insider trading in China: An empirical approach', Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 10, pp. 343 - 358,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Weng X, 2015, 'Chinese Corporate Balkanization: the Reality of Political Economy and Competition for Corporate Charters as a Replacement', Hong Kong Law Journal, 44, pp. 247 - 262,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Weng X, 2015, 'Who is an Insider? A Case Study on Chinese Insider Trading Enforcement Principle', Asia Pacific Law Review, 22, pp. 85 - 101,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Weng CXC, 2014, 'Chinese unbridled incorporation competition: The reality of political economy and competition for corporate charters as a replacement', Hong Kong Law Journal, 44, pp. 247 - 276
    Journal articles | 2013
    Weng X; Ni R, 2013, 'Regulating in the Dark', KoGuan Law Review, 3, pp. 10 - 28
    Journal articles | 2013
    Weng X, 2013, 'Chinese Shareholder Protection and the Influence from the US Law: The Idiosyncratic Economic Realities and Mismatched Agency Problem Solutions', Securities Regulation Law Journal, 40, pp. 1 - 36,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Weng X, 2013, 'Value of Credibility', Prosecutorial View, 17, pp. 6 - 17
    Journal articles | 2012
    Weng CX-C, 2012, 'Chinese Shareholder Protection and the Influence of the US Law: the Idiosyncratic Economic Realities and Mismatched Agency Problem Solutions', SECURITIES REGULATION LAW JOURNAL, 40, pp. 401 - 422,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Weng X, 2012, 'Lifting the Veil of Words: An Analysis of the Efficacy of Chinese Takeover Laws and the Road to the Harmonious Society', Columbia Journal of Asian Law, 25,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Lu Y; Weng X; Ni R, 2011, 'Paths to the Reform of Chinese Credit Rating System', Financial Law Review, 2, pp. 193 - 214,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Weng X; Xu Y, 2011, 'Introductions and Suggestions to the Chinese Securities Credit Rating System from a Comparative Perspective', The University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review, 6, pp. 217 - 241,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Weng X, 2011, 'The Implications of American Takeover Rules from Chinese Takeover Legislation Perspective', Review of Judicial Frontier, 2, pp. 151 - 160
    Journal articles | 2011
    Weng X, 2011, 'To Be, Rather Than to Seem: Analysis of Trustee Fiduciary Duty in Reorganization and Its Implications on the New Chinese Bankruptcy Law', The International Lawyer, 45, pp. 647 - 671,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Weng X; Ni R; Lu Y, 2010, 'Angel or Demon: The Role of Hedge Funds Activism in Chinese Corporate Governance and Its future', Securities Law Review, 2, pp. 160 - 172,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Weng X, 2010, 'Assessing the Applicability of the Business Judgment Rule and ‘Defensive’ Business Judgment Rule in the Chinese Judiciary: A Perspective on Takeover Case Adjudications', Fordham international law journal, 34, pp. 124 - 147,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Weng X, 2010, 'Decision Facing Challenges: Comments on the New Financial Deal of the American Financial Crises and the Inspirations to China', The Herald of Rule of Law on Finance, 2, pp. 100 - 114
    Journal articles | 2008
    Xu Z; Weng X, 2008, 'The Survey of American Independent directors’ Compensation Development and Its Inspirations to Chinese Legislation', Journal of East China University of Politics and Law, 74, pp. 166 - 177
    Journal articles | 2006
    Feng L; Weng X, 2006, 'The rethink of Death Penalty Abolishment: A Legal History Perspective', Jiangnan Forum, pp. 26 - 38
    Journal articles | 2006
    Lu Y; Weng X, 2006, 'An Analysis of the Unbreakable Debt Theory', Journal of Taiyuan Normal University, 6, pp. 48 - 60
    Journal articles | 2006
    Weng X, 2006, 'Anatomy of Culpability of Single Owner Company', Journal of Shanghai Normal University, 35, pp. 33 - 38
  • Working Papers | 2020
    Weng X; Hu J, 2020, Every sunset is an opportunity to reset: an analysis on sunset rule on dual class share regulation,
    Working Papers | 2020
    Weng X; Su E, 2020, Minority Shareholder Protection and Establishing Oppression Remedies in Taiwan, ,
  • Conference Papers | 2023
    Xu Y; Weng X, 2023, 'Corporate Social Responsibility and International Tax Governance', Melbourne, presented at Society of Corporate Law Academics (ScoLA) 2023 Annual Conference, Melbourne, 05 February 2023
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Xu Y; Weng X, 2023, 'Tax with Corporate Social Responsibility?”', Brisbane, presented at Australasian Tax Teachers Association (ATTA) 34th Annual Conference, Brisbane, 19 January 2023