PALS Welcomes Visiting Scholar Junko Sugimoto, Nihon University (Japan)

The William S. Richardson School of Law and PALS welcomes Visiting Scholar Junko Sugimoto from Nihon University in Japan.

Professor Sugimoto will be researching bankruptcy law and comparing the U.S. with Japan, working with Charles Booth. She is particularly interested in cases involving the amendments of the priority rule and reorganization. Professor Sugimoto will be visiting until August 2015.

Visiting Scholar Junko Sugimoto  

PALS Professor Charles Booth Reappointed Vice Chairman of Asian Institute of International Financial Law

PALS Professor Charles Booth was reappointed as Vice Chairman of the Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL) Advisory Board at the University of Hong Kong.

PALS Professor Charles Booth Presents Lecture For International Development Law Organization

PALS Professor Charles Booth presented his last lecture (online) for the International Development Law Organization/European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IDLO/EBRD) Mongolian Commercial Law Judicial Training Program in June.

PALS Congratulates the Richardson C/O 2014, Especially Graduating Members of APLPJ & Tim Partelow, Who Graduated W/ A JD & PALS Certificate

Congratulations to the entire William S. Richardson School of Law Class of 2014, from the Pacific-Asian Legal Studies Program (PALS)!

 

Richardson C/O 2014

 

On behalf of the entire PALS community, we would like to specially recognize the graduating members of the Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal (APLPJ), including:

Stephanie Deweese, Co-Editor-in-Chief

Ikaika Rawlins, Co-Editor-in-Chief

Christiaan Mitchell, Executive & Managing Editor

Janelle Etalagi, Executive Publications Editor

Timothy Partelow, Senior Editor, and

Nara Sitachitta, Senior Editor

 

Finally, PALS would also like to recognize our PALS Student, Tim Partelow, who proudly graduated with his JD with a Pacific-Asian Legal Studies Certificate!!

PALS Professor Charles Booth and PALS Student, Tim Partelow, who received his JD with PALS Certificate

Richardson/China Foreign Affairs University Discuss Possible Areas of Collaboration

On May 2, a Delegation from the China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing visited Richardson to discuss possible areas of collaboration. Several PALS Professors met with the Delegation. PALS Professor Charles Booth reported that a very productive meeting took place followed by lunch at Kirin restaurant.

Standing, from left: Mark Levin, CFAU Former Dean Jiang Guoqing, Charles Booth, CFAU Vice President Zheng Qirong, Spencer Kimura ’96. Sitting, from left: Zhang Hua, CFAU Dean Xu Junke, Carole Petersen, Vicki Szymczak

PALS Professor Charles Booth Speaks at American Chamber of Commerce in Bejing on Chinese Insolvency Law

On April 1, PALS Profeessor Charles Booth and Professor Wang Wei Guo of the China University of Politics and Law spoke about “China’s Insolvency Law: A History and Review of Current Developments” at an American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Beijing event. 

Charles also met with AmCham members to discuss opportunities for Richardson law students with an interest in China, and attended meetings at the People’s Bank of China and at the Asian Development Bank to discuss Chinese bankruptcy law.

On April 2, he was interviewed about bankruptcy and reorganization issues for a CCTV oral history project on the Chinese SOE reform process, which will lead to a TV documentary series.

On April 10, Charles co-chaired a panel about UNCITRAL Projects: A Model Law for Recognition of Insolvency Judgments and Other Recent Developments at the ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee Spring Meeting in Los Angeles.

PALS Professor Appointed to APFF/APEC Business Advisory Council CapitalMarkets Workstream As Head of Investor Rights

PALS Professor Charles Booth was appointed head of the Investor Rights in Insolvency Sub-Group of the APFF/APEC Business Advisory Council Capital Markets (Information) Workstream. He chaired the first meeting of this Sub-Group in Hong Kong on March 21.
The next day, Charles spoke about “Hong Kong Personal Insolvency Law” to the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Professional Diploma in Insolvency course.

The following week, Charles lectured to 25 Mongolian judges/trainers about bankruptcy law as part of an International Development Law Organization/European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (IDLO/EBRD) Commercial Law Judicial Training Project in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He also met with the three Mongolian judges/trainers he is assisting with the drafting of a Mongolian Bankruptcy Law Handbook.

Later in the week, Charles met with U.S. Treasury officials, and also gave a recruitment talk to 10 law students at the National University of Mongolia.

IAPBL Director/PALS Professor Charles Booth Serves As Delegate For International Insolvency Institute of the UN Commission on International Trade Law

IAPBL Director/PALS Professor Charles Booth served as a delegate for the International Insolvency Institute to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group II (Arbitration and Conciliation), Settlement of Commercial Disputes: Draft Convention on Transparency in Treaty-Based Investor-State Arbitration, at the United Nations in New York City.

Charles also have a lecture, “Corporate Insolvency in Asia: Developing Effective Insolvency Infrastructures in China and Japan” as part of the International Insolvency Course at St. John’s School of Law, NYC. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper served as commentator.
The course is supported by the American College of Bankruptcy and the lecture was broadcast live to law schools at Chicago Kent, Georgetown, Illinois (Champagne), Illinois (Chicago), University of Pennsylvania, Utah, and Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

 

Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law (IAPBL) Hosts Talk “Needs, Realities, and How to Move Forward: The Differences Between the Tax Collecting Cultures of Moldova and the US”

On January 29, the Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law (IAPBL) sponsored a talk by Professor Diana Criclivaia of the Faculty of Economic Sciences at Moldova State University, entitled “Needs, Realities, and How to Move Forward: The Differences Between the Tax Collecting Cultures of Moldova and the United States of America.”

 

PALS Professor Charles Booth & Professor Diana Criclivaia

Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law (IAPBL) & PALS Host Seminar, “Doing Business in China: An Overview of the Business Life Cycle”

The Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law (IAPBL) and Pacific-Asian Legal Studies (PALS) co-sponsored a seminar, “Doing Business in China: An Overview of the Business Life Cycle” held at the Law School.

The speakers, Ms. Jane Ying, Esq. of the Global Law Office and Mr. Thomas Wang, Esq. of the JoinWay Law Firm in Shanghai, China are Visiting Chinese Counsel at Cades Schutte law firm.

 

PALS Professor Charles Booth, Thomas Wang, Jane Ying, and PALS Professor Lawrence Foster ’81