About

Prior to joining the University of Derby in 2020, I taught at a few universities such as Essex, Leicester and Hull. I am currently an EU Chairperson for Arbitrations and Trade-and-Sustainable-Development Expert Panel Proceedings at the European Commission, and an arbitrator of the China Guangzhou Arbitration Commission. I was awarded 'Central Asian Legal Research Fellowship' by Tashkent State University of Law, Uzbekistan in 2022.

In addition, I have worked for International Organisations such as the Basel Convention in Geneva and the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations Headquarters (UNHQ) in New York. I was also a legal consultant in a Chinese bank, and an expert group member of an influential think-tank the Legatum Institute in London.

I received a grant from the British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship on the project 'Stock Connect: A New Model of Financial Market Integration' in 2019-2020 (GBP 185,527.20). In 2017, I was funded by the HEFCE Newton Funds to organise a conference entitled 'Ethics and Challenges in Chinese Financial Markets' (GBP 8,700) and the Erasmus+ mobility programme (Euro 4,000) to visit the University of Macau. In 2016, I was awarded a City Venture Research Grant (USD 3,000) to conduct research regarding the growth stories of two cities – Hong Kong and Shenzhen. In 2013-15, I was awarded funding by the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust for the project 'A Tale of Three Cities - Unravelling the Common Law Advantage' (GBP 7,895). Furthermore, my PhD research at SOAS University of London was supported by the Central Research Fund, University of London; Universities’ China Committee in London; SOAS Additional Fieldwork Award and the AHRC Skills Fund.

In 2015, I was appointed to the Peer Review College (PRC) of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). In addition, I am also a peer reviewer of the Economic Social Research Council (ESRC), the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), and the Qatar National Research Fund. I have reviewed for the Journal of Corporate Law Studies; Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies; American Journal of Comparative Law; Journal of International Trade Law and Policy and publishers such as Routledge. I was awarded Outstanding Reviewer at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence in 2012.

Teaching responsibilities

• Law and Construction Contracts
• International Economic Law and Development
• Independent Studies

Research interests

• Company and commercial law
• Financial law
• Trade law
• International commercial and investment arbitration
• Law and development
• Comparative law
• Chinese law

Membership of professional bodies

• EU Chairperson for Arbitrations and Trade-and-Sustainable-Development Expert Panel Proceedings, the European Commission
• Arbitrator of the China Guangzhou Arbitration Commission
• Central Asian Legal Research Fellow, Tashkent State University of Law, Uzbekistan
• Member of the Peer Review College of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
• Peer reviewer of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• Peer reviewer of the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)
• Peer reviewer of the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF)
• Member of the Society of Legal Scholars

Qualifications

• PhD (London)
• LLM (Lancaster)
• LLB (China)
• FHEA

Recent conferences

• 'China and the Middle Eastern and Central Asian Financial Zones under the Belt and Road Initiative: Opportunities and Challenges' on the One Belt One Road programme at 39th International Symposium on Economic Crime, Jesus College, University of Cambridge, 4-11 September 2022.
• 'China’s Digital Currency: Implications and Challenges', the Conference of Digitalising International Trade Finance Process: Interrelationships, Constraints, Opportunities and Perspectives, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar, 30 March 2022
• 'Reform of the Listing Rules', Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, 13 January 2022
• 'Chinese and Global Financial Integration through Stock Connect', Inaugural Lecture at the University of Derby, 13 October 2021
• 'Investor Protection under Stock Connect', Seventeenth Asian Law Institute Conference, Delhi, India, 7-9 November 2020 (online)
• 'The Rise of Distinct Common Law Commercial Zones in Islamic Countries', Law and Development Conference, the World Bank, and Law and Development Institute, Dubai, 7-8 December 2019
• 'Sino-African Trade: A Multi-layered Appraisal', AfIELN fourth Biennial Conference, Strathmore University, Kenya, 18-20 July 2019
• 'Law-Finance Growth Nexus in the Context of Africa', Law and Development Conference, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 7-8 September 2017
• 'The Regulation of Crowdfunding in China', the thirteenth Annual Asian Law & Economics Association Conference, the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 22-23 June 2017
• 'ODA: Future Collaboration and Funding Opportunities', Ethics and Challenges in Chinese Financial Markets, University of Essex, 25 March 2017

International experience

I am experienced in end-user and public/policy engagement. I am currently an EU Chairperson for Arbitrations and Trade-and-Sustainable-Development Expert Panel Proceedings at the European Commission, and an arbitrator of the China Guangzhou Arbitration Commission. I am also a Central Asian Legal Research Fellow, Tashkent State University of Law, Uzbekistan, and acted as an expert group member of an influential think-tank - the Legatum Institute in London on the Global Index of Economic Openness in 2019. I worked closely with international organisations such as the UNEP and the UNHQ with respect to legal, environmental, social and governance issues. Besides, I was often invited to give lectures and provide training to the delegations of judges and financial officers. I was visiting the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchanges in 2019, and Macau University in 2017.

Recent publications

• Huang, F (2023), Chinese and Global Financial Integration through Stock Connect: A Legal Analysis. Hart (forthcoming)
• Huang, F (2021), “Stock Connect: Integration, Internationalisation and Implementation”, Journal of Business Law, 7, pp.558-579
• Huang, F. (2021), “Hong Kong’s Economic Future” (A ChinaFile Conversation, 11 March 2021), available at: (https://www.chinafile.com/conversation/hong-kongs-economic-future).
• Huang, F. and Yeung, H. (2020), “Why Hong Kong Will Remain an International Financial Centre, Despite New Security Law” (the Conversation, 6 July 2020), available at: (https://theconversation.com/why-hong-kong-will-remain-an-international-financial-centre-despite-new-security-law-140603).
• Huang, F. and Liu, JH (2020), “Enforcement Strategies in Chinese Capital Market” in Robert Goddard and Daniel Cash (eds), Regulation and The Global Financial Crisis: Impact, Regulatory Responses, and Beyond. Routledge, pp.175-189
• Huang, F. et al. (2020), “Institutional Development and the Astana International Financial Centre”, Washington University Global Studies Law Review, 19(1), pp.53-83
• Huang, F. and Yeung, H. (2020), "Sino-African Trade: A Multi-layered Appraisal", Manchester Journal of International Economic Law, 17(1), pp.140-158
• Huang, F. and Yeung, H. (2019), “Shareholder Protection in China from a Numerical Comparative Law Perspective “, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, 7(1), pp.124-149
• Huang, F. and Yeung, H. (2018), Institutions and Economic Growth in Asia. Routledge
• Huang, F. et al (2018), “The Regulation of Illegal Fundraising in China”, Asia Pacific Law Review, 26(1), pp.77-100
• Huang, F. and Yeung, H. (2018), “Law-Finance-Growth Nexus in the Context of Africa”, Law and Development Review, 11(2), pp. 513-555
• Huang, F. et al (2017), “Coordinated Efforts to Regulate Overseas Listed Chinese Companies: A Historical Perspective and Recent Developments”, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, 18(1), pp.43-74
• Huang, F. (2017), “Dual Class Shares around the Top Financial Centres”, Journal of Business Law, 2, pp.137-154
• Yeung, H. and Huang, F. (2016), “Certainty over Clemency: English Contract Law in the Face of Financial Crisis” in Başak Başoğlu (ed.), The Effects of Financial Crises on the Binding Force of Contracts - Renegotiation, Rescission or Revision - Comparative Study. Springer, pp. 285-306
• Yeung, H. and Huang, F. (2015), ‘“One Country Two Systems” as Bedrock of Hong Kong’s Continued Success: Fiction or Reality?’, Boston College International & Comparative Law Review, 38(2), pp.191-224
• Huang, F. and Yeung, H. (2014), Chinese Companies and the Hong Kong Stock Market. Routledge