





Prof Hans Tjio
蒋翰
M.A. (CANTAB)
LL.M. (Harvard)
Consultant
“Be balanced, and play it down the middle when you are not sure which way it is spinning.”

When it comes to company, securities and trust law, Hans literally wrote the books. Among them are legal bibles such as Corporate Law; Principles and Practice of Securities Regulations in Singapore; Financial Services Law and Regulation; and The International Encyclopedia of Laws, Property and Trust Law in Singapore.
The life-long academic’s expertise in these areas was honed over the decades he had spent in research and teaching at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Law. Since 1990, he has lectured in company law, securities regulation, trusts and equity and is presently the university’s CJ Koh Professor of Law. He has also been visiting professor and scholar at top institutions in Taiwan, New Zealand, China, the US and Australia.
Hans also brings with him a wealth of experience in regulation and governance in the corporate world, having been seconded to the Monetary Authority of Singapore in the Securities & Futures department. He presently serves on the Securities Industry Council, which administers the country’s take-over code, the Singapore Exchange Regco Board and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Corporate Law Advisory Panel.
Highly sought after for his unparalleled know-how, Hans joins Stefanie Yuen Thio, June Ho and Mark Jacobsen in developing the firm’s regulatory practice. He advises on issues ranging from securities law compliance to cryptocurrency and cutting-edge issues in company law.
Prof Hans Tjio in the News
2 November 2020
Hans Tjio and Melvin Chan’s Forefront article, “Covid-19 tips balance further in favour of shareholders over creditors” carried in BT