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Dr Wangwei Lin

Wangwei Lin

Areas of interest

My research interests lie in the fields of sustainability, corporate social responsibility, artificial intelligence, fintech, financial regulation, merger and acquisition, and interdisciplinary areas such as law and technology, and business ethics. 

Teaching

  • International Corporate Governance and the Law 
  • Research and Writing Skills 
  • Tort
  • Internet Law

Academic qualifications

PhD in Company Law (The University of Manchester) 

Awards and honours

Grant application

I have won a grant from the Chinese Academy of Social Science (Project 16CFX022) and a grant from Nottingham Law School (Project NTU QSfundNLS02) as a co-investigator. I am a trusted intermediary for an AHRC project, Scoping the Future of Law and Social Justice- Listening& Hearing from the Frontline (AH/W00934X/1). 

Professional bodies/affiliations

I am a member of the secretariat of the annually Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime of Jesus College, Cambridge University. 

Publications

I have an established track record of being published in reputable journals such as the Journal of Business Law and Texas International Law Journal. 

  • Lin, W., ‘RegTech Compliance Tools for Charites in the United Kingdom: Can Machine Learning Help Lighten the Regulatory Burden?’ (2022) The Company Lawyer (with Singh, C. et al.) (1) 3 
  • Lin, W., ‘Can Machine Learning, as a RegTech Compliance Tool, Lighten the Regulatory Burden for Charitable Organisations in the United Kingdom?’ (2021) Journal of Financial Crime (with Zhao, L. et al.) 
  • Lin, W., 'A Shadowed Legal Transplantation: Takeover Defence Regulation in China' (2021) Journal of Business Law (1) 30 (with Andrikopoulos, P. et al.) 
  • Lin, W., ‘Make or Buy - A New Look for Derivative Action Costs in Chinese Law for a More Enabling Environment’ (2020) Texas International Law Journal (54) 297 (with Zhao, J. et al.) 
  • Lin, W., ‘Can Artificial Intelligence, RegTech and CharityTech provide Effective Solutions for Anti-money Laundering and Counter-terror Financing Initiatives in Charitable Fundraising’ (2020) Journal of Money Laundering Control 1-20 (with Singh, C.) 
  • Lin, W., ‘Reimagining the Role, Duties and Liabilities of Non-Executive Directors in 2020; 15 Years of the Companies Act 2006 and the Pathway to the UK Corporate Governance Code 2018. Part Two: The Most Current Approach’ (2021) International Company and Commercial Law Review 32(2) 89 (with Singh, C. et al.) 
  • Lin, W., ‘Reimagining the Role, Duties and Liabilities of Non-Executive Directors in 2020; 15 Years of the Companies Act 2006 and the Pathway to the UK Corporate Governance Code 2018. Part One: A Prelude to the Current Approach’ (2021) International Company and Commercial Law Review 32(1) 20 (with Singh, C. et al.) 
  • Lin, W., ‘An Overview of Insider Dealing Law and Policy: A Chinese Perspective: Part Two’ (2020) Company Lawyer 41(11) 374 (with Ye, Z. et al.) 
  • Lin, W., ‘An Overview of Insider Dealing Law and Policy: A Chinese Perspective: Part One’ (2020) Company Lawyer 41(10) 326 (with Ye, Z. et al.) 
  • Lin, W., ‘Controlling Insider Dealing Through Criminal Enforcement in China’ (2020) Journal of Financial Crime 27(4) 1061 (with Safari, N. et al.) 
  • Lin, W., 'Enhancing Director's Integrity in People's Republic of China' (2019) Company Lawyer 40(12) 395 (with Xing, L. et al.) 
  • Lin, W., 'A Destined Intermediary - The Role of Hong Kong in Shaping the Regulation of Takeover Defences in China' (2012) Company Lawyer 33(5) 145 
  • Lin, W., ‘Takeover Defense Regulations in the UK and China’ in Modernization of Financial Law (Beijing University Press, 2009) 638 (in Chinese)  

Editorial roles

  • Editorial Board, The Company Lawyer
  • Editorial Board, The Journal of Financial Crime
  • Editorial Board, The Journal of Money Laundering Control

Publications