Huang, Robin Hui（黃輝）

Biography

Robin is Courtesy Joint Professor in the Finance Depart of CUHK Business School, and also Professor (Band A3) at the Faculty of Law, CUHK. Prior to joining CUHK in 2010, he was a tenured staff member in the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he now holds a position of Adjunct Professor. He is also Li Ka Shing Visiting Professor in McGill Law School, Honorary Professor at East China University of Political Science and Law, as well as visiting positions at many prestigious institutions such as Harvard Law and Oxford Law. He received two bachelor degrees – in mechanical engineering and in law – and a Masters degree in law, from Tsinghua University, and a PhD in law from UNSW.

Professor Huang is an internationally recognized expert specializing in corporate and financial law with a focus on Chinese and comparative issues. He has published more than 150 journal articles and books in top-rated journals in various jurisdictions and well-respected international publishing houses, including  Securities and Capital Markets Law in China (Oxford University Press, 2014), Fintech Regulation in China: Principles, Policies and Practices (Cambridge University Press, 2021) and China’s Development and Regulation of Cross-border Listings: Policies, Practices and Prospects (Cambridge University Press) (forthcoming).

His research has high impact locally and internationally, having informed judicial decisions as well as regulatory and legislative activities (e.g., cited with approval by the High Court of the Republic of Singapore, Delaware Chancery Court in the US, Southern District Court of New York). He has also been engaged as an expert advisor by international organizations (e.g., World Bank), the Supreme People’s Court of China (Expert for Ascertainment of Foreign Law), and Shanghai Financial Court (Member of Advisory Committee). He serves as Independent Non-executive Director for China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Limited and Mao Geping Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

Teaching Areas

Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Fintech Regulation
Chinese Business Law

Research Interests

Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Fintech
ESG
Foreign Investment
Chinese Law

• Publications & Working Papers
  • Robin Hui Huang, Youlu Yi and Xiyuan Li, “The Legality of the VIE Structure in Overseas Listings of Chinese Companies: A Theory of Strategic Ambiguity” European Business Organization Law Review (forthcoming)
  • Robin Hui Huang, “Regulating Securities Misconduct Across Borders: The Mainland China-Hong Kong Case” The International Lawyer (forthcoming)
  • Robin Hui Huang, “The IPO and Listing of Foreign Companies in China: Market Developments and Regulatory Responses” Texas International Law Journal (forthcoming)
  • Charles Chao Wang and Robin Hui Huang, “Civil Liability for Securities Misrepresentation in China: Recent Reforms and Comparative Assessments” (2024)3 Securities Regulation Law Journal 209-236
  • Robin Hui Huang and Charles Chao Wang, “The Characteristics and Institutional Innovation of Securities Arbitration: Conflict and Reconciliation between Voluntary and Mandatory Nature” (2024)(4) Jiaoda Faxue (Shanghai Jiaotong University Law Review) 79-95
  • Christine Menglu Wang, Robin Hui Huang, and Douglas W. Arner, “From Credit Information to Credit Data Regulation: Building an Inclusive Sustainable Financial System in China” (2024) 33(2) Washington International Law Journal 270-313
  • Robin Hui Huang and Charles Chao Wang, “Securities Offering Registration Regime: Hong Kong Experiences and Implications for Mainland China” (2024)(2) Jingrong Fazhi Qianyan [Frontiers of Financial Law] (edited by the Supreme People’s Court of the PRC) 161-179
  • Robin Hui Huang, “China’s National Security Review of Foreign Investment: A Comparison with the United States” (2023) 57 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 1263-1303
  • Robin Hui Huang, “The Intensity and Determinants of Insider Trading Law Enforcement in China: Empirical Analysis and Suggestions for Improvement” (2023) 6 Faxue Pinglun (Law Journal of Wuhan University) 166-181
  • Robin Hui Huang, Hui Deng, Aiden Foon Lok Chan, “The Legal Nature of Cryptocurrency as Property: Accounting and Taxation Implications” (2023) Vol 51 Computer Law & Security Review  1-22
  • Robin Hui Huang and Sunny Xiyuan Li, “China’s Pursuit of Central Bank Digital Currency: Reasons, Prospects and Implications” (2023) 39(3) Banking and Finance Law Review 409-443
  • Robin Hui Huang and Linhang Zhang, “The effects of reputational sanctions on culpable firms: Evidence from China’s stock markets” (2023) 75 International Review of Law and Economics
  • Robin Hui Huang, “Shareholder Inspection Rights in the Company Law Revision: Comparative and Empirical Perspectives” (2023) 6 Bijiaofa Yanjiu (Journal of Comparative Law)
  • Robin Hui Huang and Weixia Gu, “China’s Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Securities Judgments against Overseas-listed Chinese Companies” (2023) Journal of International Economic Law
  • Robin Hui Huang, Christine Menglu Wang, “Fintech-Bank Partnership in China’s Credit Market: Models, Risks and Regulatory Responses” (2023) 24 European Business Organization Law Review  721-755
  • Robin Hui Huang, “The Duties and Liabilities of Independent Directors: International Experiences and Suggestions for China” (2023) 35(1) Zhong Wai Fa Xue [Peking University Law Journal] 201-220.
  • Robin Hui Huang, “Reputational Sanctions as A Self-regulatory Tool of China’s Stock Exchanges: Recent Developments of the Law and Practice” (2022) 4 Securities Regulation Law Journal 321-363.
  • Robin Hui Huang, Charles Chao Wang, Yuqi Zhou, Sunny Xiyuan Li, “Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of China’s New Securities Law: Policies, Problems and Proposals” (2022) 22(2) Journal of Corporate Law Studies 
  • Robin Hui Huang, Charles Chao Wang, Olivia Xin Zhang, “The Development and Regulation of Robo-advisors in Hong Kong: Empirical and Comparative Perspectives” (2022) 22(1) Journal of Corporate Law Studies 229-263
  • Li Zhigang, Zhou Yu, Robin Hui Huang et., “Compensation Liability of Independent Directors in Securities Misstatement Disputes: Cases, Jurisprudence and Law Reform” (2022) 01 Renmin Sifa (People’s Judicature Application) 104-111
  • Robin Hui Huang, Christine Menglu Wang, “The Fall of Online P2P Lending in China: A Critique of the Central-Local Co-regulatory Regime” (2021) 36(3) Banking and Finance Law Review 481-515
  • Robin Hui Huang, Qiang Han, Xiuwen Zhu, “Protecting Data Privacy for Mobile Payments Under the Chinese Law: Comparative Perspectives and Reform Suggestions” (2021) 20(2) Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property 226-269
  • Robin Hui Huang, “The US-China Audit Oversight Dispute: Causes, Solutions, and Implications for Hong Kong” (2021) 54(1) The International Lawyer 151-199
  • Robin Hui Huang, Abby Oi Ling Lam, Anthea Wing Ting Yu, Christine Menglu Wang, “The Development and Regulation of Mobile Payment: Chinese Experiences and Comparative Perspectives” (2021) 20(1) Washington University Global Studies Law Review 1-43
  • Robin Hui Huang, “Investor Suitability Obligations of Financial Institutions: Empirical Research and Suggestions for Improvement” (2021) 2 Faxue Pinglun (Law Journal of Wuhan University) 130-143
  • Robin Hui Huang, “Shareholder Inspection Rights in China: An Empirical Inquiry” (2021) 44(1) Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 3-38, available here
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘Enforcement of Chinese Insider Trading Law: An Empirical and Comparative Perspective’ (2020) 68(3) American Journal of Comparative Law 517–575 available here
  • Linhan Zhang, Qingliang Tang, Robin Hui Huang, “Mind the Gap: Is Water Information Disclosure a Missing Component in Corporate Social Responsibility?, (2021) 53 The British Accounting Review  1-20 available
  • Robin Hui Huang et al, “Legal Enforcement Mechanisms for Registration Reform of Securities Offerings in the STAR Market” (2020) Jingrong Shenpan Qianyan [Financial Trials] 213-235
  • Robin Hui Huang and Chao Wang, “The Law and Practice of Substantial Shareholding Disclosure in China: Comparative Perspectives and Recent Developments” 2020 48(3) Securities Regulation Law Journal  216-243
  • Robin Hui Huang, Cynthia Sze Wai Cheung, Christine Meng Lu Wang, ‘The Risks of Mobile Payment and Regulatory Responses: A Hong Kong Perspective’ 2020 (7) Asian Journal of Law and Society 325-343
  • Robin Hui Huang and Chao Wang, “A Comparative Study of the Definition of Securities in China and the US: Evaluating the 2019 Reform of China’s Securities Law” 2020(2) July Duo Ceng Ci Ziben Shichang [Multi-layered Capital Markets] 167-180
  • Robin Hui Huang and Randall Thomas, ‘The Law and Practice of Shareholder Inspection Rights: A Comparative Analysis of China and the US’ (2020) 53(3) Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law  907-948
  • Robin Hui Huang and Chao Wang, “Substantial Shareholding Disclosure Regime in Chinese Listed Companies: Empirical Study and Policy Suggestions” (May 2020) Zhengquan Falv Pinglun [Securities Law Review] 439-455
  • Robin Hui Huang, Demin Yang, Ferdinand Faiyang Loo, ‘The Development and Regulation of Crypto-assets: Hong Kong Experiences and a Comparative Analysis’ 2020(2) European Business Organization Law Review 319-347
  • Robin Hui Huang and Chao Wang, “The Mandatory Bid Rule Under China’s Takeover Law: A Comparative and Empirical Perspective” (2020) The International Lawyer 53(2) 195-233.
  • Robin Hui Huang, “The Chinese Law of Piercing the Veil in Corporate Groups: An Empirical Study” (2020) 32(2) Zhong Wai Fa Xue [Peking University Law Journal] 494-513
  • Robin Hui Huang, Wei Zhang, Kelvin Siu Cheung Lee, ‘The (Re)introduction of Dual-Class Share Structures in Hong Kong: A Historical and Comparative Analysis’ (2020) 20(1) Journal of Corporate Law Studies  121-155
  • Robin Hui Huang and Chao Wang, “The Transplantation and Mutation of Takeover Law in China: Partial Bids and Investor Protection” 2019(7) Touzi Zhe [Investors] 189-201
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘Legal Basis and Operational Models of Asset Management: the US experiences and Implications for China’ 2019(5) Huanqiu Falv Pinglun [Global Law Review] 128-142

  • Yu Xiao and Robin Hui Huang, ‘Advance Compensation for Securities Market Misconduct: Jurisprudential Analysis and Legal Construction’ 2019(8) Fa Xue [Law Science] 368-380
  • Robin Hui Huang, Hailong Li, ‘Fair Fund for Securities Investors: US Experiences and Suggestions for China’, 2019(1) October Duo Ceng Ci Ziben Shichang [Multi-layered Capital Markets] 167-180
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘The Legal Safeguards for Science and Technology Innovation Board and Registration System’ (2019) 7 Caijing [Finance] 73
  • Robin Hui Huang, Yu Xiao, Hailong Li, Jiangdong Huang,  ‘Prioritizing Securities Civil Compensation Liability: Theoretical Logic and Practical Approach’ 2019(2) 6 Touzi Zhe [Investors] 45-59
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘The Logics and Path of the Reform of China’s Financial Regulatory Structure: International Experiences and Local Choice’ 2019(3) Faxue Jia [Renmin University Law Journal] 124-137
  • Robin Hui Huang, An An Li, “Legal Analysis of Local Government Debts Securitization in China: Origin, Nature and Risk Regulation” 2019(3) Qinghua Jinrong Falv Pinglun [Tsinghua Financial Law Review] (lead article) 3-17
  • Robin Hui Huang, Juan Chen, ‘The Rise of Hostile Takeovers and Defensive Measures in China: Comparative and Empirical Perspectives’ (2019) 20(2) European Business Organization Law Review  363-398
  • Robin Hui Huang, Hailong Li, Gavin Yao Lin, ‘The Anatomy of Securities Class Action in China: A Functional and Comparative Approach with the United States’ (2018) 46(4) Securities Regulation Law Journal  365-402
  • Robin Hui Huang, “A Study of Risk Guaranty Fund Scheme in Online P2P Lending” (2018) 12(6) Qinghua Faxue [Tsinghua University Law Journal] 43-58
  • Hui Deng, Robin Hui Huang, Qingran Wu, “The Regulation of Initial Coin Offerings in China: Problems, Prognoses and Prospects” (2018) 19(3) European Business Organization Law Review  465-502 (lead article)
  • Robin Hui Huang, “The Regulatory Logic and Model for Equity Crowdfunding in China” (2018) 46(4) Xiandai Faxue [Modern Law Science] 94-109
  • Robin Hui Huang, “Rethinking the Relationship between Public Regulation and Private Litigation: Evidence from Securities Class Action in China” (2018) 19 Theoretical Inquiries in Law 333-361.
  • Robin Hui Huang, “Online P2P Lending and Regulatory Responses in China: Opportunities and Challenges” (2018) 19(1) European Business Organization Law Review 63-92
  • Robin Hui Huang and Hailong Li, “Research on Securities Market Debarring Order: American Experience and its Implication for China” (2018) 1 Bijiaofa Yanjiu [Journal of Comparative Law] 76-106

  • Robin Hui Huang, “The Institution of the Market Misconduct Tribunal in Hong Kong and its Implications for Mainland China” 2018 (1) Touzi Zhe [Investors] 184-202
  • Robin Hui Huang, “Regulatory Logic and Approach to the Liability of Parent Company for the Debt of Subsidiary Company Against the Background of China’s Reform of State-Owned Enterprises” (2017) 6 Zhong Wai Fa Xue [Peking University Law Journal] 1526-1545
  • Robin Hui Huang, “The Prospect and Evolution of the Securities Regulatory Cooperative Regime between Hong Kong and Mainland China under the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Arrangement” (2017) 5 Bijiaofa Yanjiu [Journal of Comparative Law] 12-25
  • Robin Hui Huang, “The Significance of the Hong Kong Basic Law to the Prosperity and Stability of the Financial Markets in Hong Kong” 2017(13) Zhongguo Renda [Journal of The People’s Congress of China] 26.
  • Robin Hui Huang and Gavin Lin, “The Status Quo and Future Development of the Regulation of Online P2P Lending Development in China” 2017(1) Nanchang Daxue Falv Pinglun [Nanchang University Law Review] 47-78
  • Robin Hui Huang, “Rethinking the Contractarian Approach to Corporate Law” (2017) 4 Fa Xue [Legal Science] 124
  • Robin Hui Huang, “Securities Dispute Mediation in China” (2016) 10（2） Journal of Comparative Law 177
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘Private Enforcement of Securities Law in China: Past, Present and Future’ (2016) 17 Jingjifa Yanjiu [Economic Law Review] 145-158
  • Robin Hui Huang, “The Validity of the Reform of China’s Corporate Legal Capital Regime: A Law and Economics Analysis of its Creditor Protection Function” (2015) 6 Zhongguo Faxue [China Legal Science] 159-179
  • Robin Hui Huang, “Assessing the Tribunal System in Hong Kong: A Case Study of the Market Misconduct Tribunal” (2015) 5 China Law [Zhongguo Falv] 72
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘‘The Regulation of Shadow Banking in China: International and Comparative Perspectives’ (2015) 30 Banking and Finance Law Review 481-503
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘Empirical Study on Shareholder Derivative Suits in China’ (2014) 1 Renda Falv Pinglun [Renmin University Law Review] 232-264.
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘Empirical Study on Civil Cases Against Securities Misrepresentation in China’ (2014) 2 Zhengquan Fayuan [Securities Forum] 967-995.
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘The Use of Empirical Legal Research Methodologies in China’ (2013) 6 Faxue Yanjiu [Chinese Journal of Law] 15-18.
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘Private Enforcement of Securities Law in China: A Ten-year Retrospective and Empirical Assessment’ (2013) 61(4) American Journal of Comparative Law 757-798
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘Convergence and Persistence in Corporate Governance: A Chinese Perspective’ (2013) 5 Bijiaofa Yanjiu [Journal of Comparative Law] 61-76
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘Piercing the Corporate Veil in China: Where Is It Now and Where Is It Heading?’  (2012) 60(3) American Journal of Comparative Law 743-774
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘Insider Trading and the Regulation on China’s Securities Market: Where Are We Now and Where Do We Go From Here?’ (2012) 5 Journal of Business Law 379-403
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘Shareholder Derivative Litigation in China: Empirical Findings and Comparative Analysis’ (2012) 27(4) Banking and Finance Law Review 619-654
  • Shahla Ali and Robin Hui Huang, ‘Financial Dispute Resolution in China: Arbitration or Court Litigation?’ (2012) 28(1) Arbitration International 77-100
  • Robin Hui Huang and Shahla Ali, ‘Governing Financial Disputes in China: What Have We Learnt From the Global Financial Crisis of 2008?’ (2012) 7(1) University of Pennsylvania East Asia Law Review 195-220
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘Corporate Capital Regime: A Comparative Perspective’ (2012) 21 Shangshifa Lunji [Commercial Law Review] 341-352
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘China’s Veil-Piercing Regime: An Empirical Study’ (2012) 1 Faxue Yanjiu [Chinese Journal of Law] 3-16
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘In the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis: The Proposed Establishment of a Financial Dispute Resolution Centre in Hong Kong’  (2011) 85 Australian Law Journal 726-730
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘The Regulation of Securities Offerings in China: Reconsidering the Merit Review Element in Light of the Global Financial Crisis ’ (2011) 41(10) Hong Kong Law Journal 261-284
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘China’s Legal Responses to the Global Financial Crisis: From Domestic Reform to International Engagement’ (2010) 12(2) Australian Journal of Asian Law 157-181
  • Robin Hui Huang, ‘Institutional Structure of Financial Regulation in China: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis’ (2010) 10(1) The Journal of Corporate Law Studies 219-254

• Grants
  • Principal Investigator, “China’s Data Protection Regime in the context of Fintech”, General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council, 2024-2027, HKD1,067,230
  • Principal Investigator, “Cross-border Listings and Regulatory Responses: Chinese Experiences and International Implications”, Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS), Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council, 01/2023-12/2023, HKD 366,900
  • Principal Investigator, ‘The Regulation of Fintech in China’ (2120619), General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council, 2019-2022, HKD539,852
  • Principal Investigator, “Improving the Effectiveness of Cross-boundary Securities Law Enforcement Between Hong Kong and Mainland China” (2019.A4.056.19C), Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (PPR), Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office, HKSAR Government, 2019-2021, HKD364,268
  • Principal Investigator, ‘Registration Reform for Securities Offerings and Information Disclosure Regime’, Shanghai Stock Exchange, 2019-2020, RMB150,000
  • Principal Investigator, ‘Research on Civil Compensation, Administrative Fine and Criminal Fine in the Capital Markets’, Investor Services Center, China Securities Regulatory Commission, 2017-2018, RMB150,000
  • Principal Investigator, ‘Regulatory Responses to The Global Financial Crisis’, Australian Research Council, Discovery Grant, 2010-2013, AUD170,000
  • Co-investigator, “Legal Enforcement Mechanisms for the Registration-based Reform of Securities Offerings in China”, National Social Science Fund of China (20BFX130), 9/2020-9/2023, RMB200,000
  • Co-Investigator, ‘The Decision Making on Corporate Guarantee Cases in Chinese Courts’, General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council, 2017-2020, HKD1,111,350
  • Co-Investigator, ‘Enhancing Hong Kong’s Future as a Leading International Financial Centre’, Theme-based Research Scheme, Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council, 2012-2017, HKD15 million

• Awards & Honours
  • 2024, The 9th Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) [第九届高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖（人文社会科学）] ，Second Prize （二等奖）
  • Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS), Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council, 2022
  • Teaching Excellence Award, 2021, CUHK LAW
  • Research Excellence Award, CUHK, 2010, 2019, 2023
  • High Impact in Legal Scholarship Award (Inaugural), CUHK LAW, 2015
  • Young Researcher Excellence Award, CUHK, 2012
  • Prizes for Best Papers in various conferences

• Academic/Professional Services
  • Expert, World Bank Panel for Financial Institution Resolution and Insolvency
  • Expert for Ascertainment of Foreign Law and Specially-Invited Research Fellow, Supreme People’s Court of PRC
  • Expert Advisor, Shanghai Financial Court
  • Vice-President, China Securities Law Society
  • Vice-President, Shenzhen Municipality Securities Law Society
  • Elected member of Standing Committee, China Commercial Law Society
  • Elected member of Standing Committee, China Banking Law Society
  • Elected member of Standing Committee, China Judicial Studies Association
  • Elected member of Standing Committee, Hong Kong & Macao Basic Law Society
  • Arbitrator, Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shanghai International Arbitration Centre)
  • Arbitrator, South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration)
  • Arbitrator, Beijing Arbitration Commission
  • Arbitrator, Tianjin Arbitration Commission
  • Arbitrator, Nanjing Arbitration Commission
  • Arbitrator, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA)
  • Attorney at Law (PRC)