Adeline Chong

Adeline Chong joined SMU in November 2007. She was formerly a lecturer at the School of Law, University of Nottingham. She obtained First Class Honours from the University of Birmingham and subsequently was awarded a scholarship to pursue a Ph.D in Nottingham. She has published in leading peer-reviewed journals such as the Law Quarterly Review, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly and the Journal of Private International Law. She is the co-author of Hill and Chong, International Commercial Disputes: Commercial Conflict of Laws in English Courts (Oxford, Hart, 4th edn, 2010). She is the Project Lead of the Asian Business Law Institute’s project on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Asia. Her work has been cited by various courts including the Singapore, Hong Kong, New South Wales and New Zealand Court of Appeals, the UK Law Commission, as well as in leading texts on conflict of laws such as Dicey, Morris and Collins on the Conflict of Laws (15th edition). She has also been invited to present papers by the British Association of Canadian Studies, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Kyushu University and the University of Sydney. She has conducted courses for the Attorney-General Chambers of Malaysia and delivered Continuing Professional Development Talks for Singapore’s Attorney-General Chamber’s Academy and the Law Society of Singapore. She has appeared as an expert on Singapore law before a Finnish court and issued a declaration on Singapore law for a US class action. She was awarded the 2013 School of Law Research Excellence Award and was appointed as a Lee Kong Chian Fellow (awarded for research excellence) in 2015. She was a recipient of the School of Law’s Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award in 2016, 2018 and 2020.

Education

• LL.B (First Class Honours) University of Birmingham
• Ph.D University of Nottingham

Companies

• Associate Professor Singapore Management University (2012)
• Assistant Professor Singapore Management University (2007 — 2011)
• Lecturer University of Nottingham (2004 — 2007)

Honours & Awards

• Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, SMU, 2016, 2018 and 2020
• Lee Kong Chian Fellowship, SMU, 2015
• School of Law Research Excellence Award, SMU, 2013
• British Academy Overseas Conference Grant, 2006
• University of Nottingham Humanities Research Centre Overseas Conference Grant, 2006
• School of Law Research studentship, University of Nottingham, 2000-2003
• JF Gregg Memorial Prize, University of Birmingham, 2000
• Maudsley Prize, University of Birmingham, 1999
• Pettit Bursary, University of Birmingham, 1998
• University of Birmingham International Students Bursary, 1997-2000