Contact
zhongxing.tan@covenantchambers.com
Education / Qualifications
National University of Singapore LL.B. (Hons)
Harvard Law School LL.M.
Focus Areas
Corporate Law
Commercial Law
Civil Litigation
Shareholder Disputes
Tort Law
Associate Professor Tan Zhong Xing
Counsel
Tan Zhong Xing obtained his LL.B. from the NUS Law Faculty and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, subsequently being appointed Assistant Professor at the NUS Law Faculty. Prior to entering academia, Zhong Xing practised corporate and commercial dispute resolution at a local law firm.
His research, teaching and areas of practice are in contract and commercial law generally, and he has written on areas including contract law, tort law, corporate shareholder disputes, and various other topics relating to civil litigation.
Zhong Xing’s writings are published in leading law journals, at both the international and local levels, including the Modern Law Review, Legal Studies, Journal of Business Law, Journal of Contract Law, Journal of Corporate Law Studies and others.
He has been the recipient of various awards, including the Hart Publishing Prize for the best paper by an early career scholar at the Ninth Biennial Conference on the Law of Obligations, and previously, Harvard Law School’s Project on the Foundations of Private Law Prize, as well as the Montrose Memorial Prize for Jurisprudence and the Wong Peng Koon Prize for Best Directed Research Paper at NUS Law.
Zhong Xing has a keen interest in meshing academic aspects of law with cutting-edge practice and is available to advise on issues within his sphere of expertise.
Publication List
Contributor to The Law of Contract in Singapore 2nd Edition
“Where the Action Is: Macro and Micro Justice in Contract Law” (forthcoming, Modern Law Review)
“The Proportionality Puzzle in Contract Law: A Challenge for Private Law Theory?” (forthcoming, Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence)
“Illegality and Professional Negligence: Applying the ‘Range of Factors’ Approach” (2019) 35(2) Journal of Professional Negligence 121-125
“Disrupting doctrine? Revisiting the doctrinal impact of relational contract theory” (2019) 39(1) Legal Studies 98-119
“Deconstructing the Internal Point of View in Contract Law and Theory” (2018) 34(3) Journal of Contract Law 260-281
“Equity and Opportunism in the law of contract – A Case Study in Fusion by Diffusion” (2018) 30 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 305-344
“Beyond the Real and the Paper Deal: The Quest for Contextual Coherence in Contractual Interpretation” (2016) 79, no. 4 Modern Law Review 623-654
“Keeping faith with good faith? The evolving trajectory post-Yam Seng and Bhasin” (2016) no. 5 Journal of Business Law 420-446
“The New Era of Corporate Veil-Piercing – Concealed Cracks and Evaded Issues?” (2016) 28 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 209-241“The anatomy of contractual illegality” (2015) 44 no. 2 Common Law World Review 99 – 122.
“Reverse Oppression and the Residual Nature of the Shareholder’s Commercial Unfairness Remedy” (2015) 27 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 122-147
“Stewardship in the Interests of Systemic Stakeholders: Re-conceptualizing the Means and Ends of Anglo-American Corporate Governance in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis” (2014) 9:2 Journal of Business & Technology Law 169-212
“Unfair Prejudice from Beyond, Beyond Unfair Prejudice: Amplifying Minority Protection in Corporate Group Structures” (2014) 14 no. 2 Journal of Corporate Law Studies
Associate Professor
Tan Zhong Xing
Counsel
Tan Zhong Xing obtained his LL.B. from the NUS Law Faculty and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, subsequently being appointed Assistant Professor at the NUS Law Faculty. Prior to entering academia, Zhong Xing practised corporate and commercial dispute resolution at a local law firm.
His research, teaching and areas of practice are in contract and commercial law generally, and he has written on areas including contract law, tort law, corporate shareholder disputes, and various other topics relating to civil litigation.
Zhong Xing’s writings are published in leading law journals, at both the international and local levels, including the Modern Law Review, Legal Studies, Journal of Business Law, Journal of Contract Law, Journal of Corporate Law Studies and others.
He has been the recipient of various awards, including the Hart Publishing Prize for the best paper by an early career scholar at the Ninth Biennial Conference on the Law of Obligations, and previously, Harvard Law School’s Project on the Foundations of Private Law Prize, as well as the Montrose Memorial Prize for Jurisprudence and the Wong Peng Koon Prize for Best Directed Research Paper at NUS Law.
Zhong Xing has a keen interest in meshing academic aspects of law with cutting-edge practice and is available to advise on issues within his sphere of expertise.
Publication List
Contributor to The Law of Contract in Singapore 2nd Edition
“Where the Action Is: Macro and Micro Justice in Contract Law” (forthcoming, Modern Law Review)
“The Proportionality Puzzle in Contract Law: A Challenge for Private Law Theory?” (forthcoming, Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence)
“Illegality and Professional Negligence: Applying the ‘Range of Factors’ Approach” (2019) 35(2) Journal of Professional Negligence 121-125
“Disrupting doctrine? Revisiting the doctrinal impact of relational contract theory” (2019) 39(1) Legal Studies 98-119
“Deconstructing the Internal Point of View in Contract Law and Theory” (2018) 34(3) Journal of Contract Law 260-281
“Equity and Opportunism in the law of contract – A Case Study in Fusion by Diffusion” (2018) 30 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 305-344
“Beyond the Real and the Paper Deal: The Quest for Contextual Coherence in Contractual Interpretation” (2016) 79, no. 4 Modern Law Review 623-654
“Keeping faith with good faith? The evolving trajectory post-Yam Seng and Bhasin” (2016) no. 5 Journal of Business Law 420-446
“The New Era of Corporate Veil-Piercing – Concealed Cracks and Evaded Issues?” (2016) 28 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 209-241“The anatomy of contractual illegality” (2015) 44 no. 2 Common Law World Review 99 – 122.
“Reverse Oppression and the Residual Nature of the Shareholder’s Commercial Unfairness Remedy” (2015) 27 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 122-147
“Stewardship in the Interests of Systemic Stakeholders: Re-conceptualizing the Means and Ends of Anglo-American Corporate Governance in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis” (2014) 9:2 Journal of Business & Technology Law 169-212
“Unfair Prejudice from Beyond, Beyond Unfair Prejudice: Amplifying Minority Protection in Corporate Group Structures” (2014) 14 no. 2 Journal of Corporate Law Studies
Contact
zhongxing.tan@covenantchambers.com
Education / Qualifications
National University of Singapore LL.B. (Hons)
Harvard Law School LL.M.
Focus Areas
Corporate Law
Commercial Law
Civil Litigation
Shareholder Disputes
Tort Law