Profile
Roles:
- Director of Internationalisation at Home
- Member of the Department of Business and Society
Biography:
Wangwei Lin is an Associate Professor in Company and Business Law. Her research interests lie in corporate law, artificial intelligence, financial regulation, and interdisciplinary areas such as law and technology, and business ethics. Wangwei has an established track record of being published in leading journals such as the Journal of Business Law and Texas International Law Journal. Wangwei had previously won grants from several funding bodies, including the Chinese Academy of Social Science, and she is a trusted intermediary for an AHRC project. She has been involved in many editorial boards and presently serves on several editorial boards, such as the Company Lawyer and the Journal of Financial Crime. Wangwei is the Director of Internationalisation at Home in SBM and sits on the SBM EDI Committee.
Teaching
Undergraduate:
- BUS329: Corporate Law and Governance
Postgraduate:
- BUSM179: Selected Issues in Commercial and Company Law
Wangwei Lin is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research
Research Interests:
Wangwei Lin’s research interests lie in the fields of corporate law, artificial intelligence, fintech, financial regulation, merger and acquisition, and interdisciplinary areas such as law and technology and business ethics.
Publications
Pedagogy article:
Lin W, 'Internationalising the curriculum through an Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project' (University of Reading Law School Blog, 4 October 2023)
Journal articles
- Lin W, ‘Corporate Non-Financial Reporting in the UK: Diversions from the EU Sustainability Reporting Framework’ (2022) 14 Sustainability 9134
- Lin W, ‘Promoting Corporate Extraterritorial Sustainable Responsibility through the Lens of Social Licence to Operate’ (2022) 14 Sustainability 8019 (with Zhao, J. et al.)
- Lin, W., ‘RegTech Compliance Tools for Charites in the United Kingdom: Can Machine Learning Help Lighten the Regulatory Burden?’ (2022) 43 (1) Company Lawyer (with Singh, C. et al.) 3-11
- Lin, W., 'A Shadowed Legal Transplantation: Takeover Defence Regulation in China' (2021) Journal of Business Law (1) (with Andrikopoulos, P. et al.) 30-49
- Lin, W., ‘Can Machine Learning, as a RegTech Compliance Tool, Lighten the Regulatory Burden for Charitable Organisations in the United Kingdom?’ (2021) 29 (1) Journal of Financial Crime (with Zhao, L. et al.) 45-61
- Lin, W., ‘Can Artificial Intelligence, RegTech and CharityTech provide Effective Solutions for Anti-money Laundering and Counter-terror Financing Initiatives in Charitable Fundraising’ (2020) 24 (3) Journal of Money Laundering Control 1-20 (with Singh, C.) 464-482
- Lin, W., ‘Reimagining the Role, Duties and Liabilities of Non-Executive Directors in 2020; 15 Years of the Companies Act 2006 and the Pathway to the UK Corporate Governance Code 2018. Part One: A Prelude to the Current Approach’ (2021) International Company and Commercial Law Review 32(1) 20 -36 (with Singh, C. et al.)
- Lin, W., ‘Reimagining the Role, Duties and Liabilities of Non-Executive Directors in 2020; 15 Years of the Companies Act 2006 and the Pathway to the UK Corporate Governance Code 2018. Part Two: The Most Current Approach’ (2021) International Company and Commercial Law Review 32(2)89 -103(with Singh, C. et al.)
- Lin, W., ‘An Overview of Insider Dealing Law and Policy: A Chinese Perspective: Part One’ (2020) Company Lawyer 41(10) 326-331 (with Ye, Z. et al.)
- Lin, W., ‘An Overview of Insider Dealing Law and Policy: A Chinese Perspective: Part Two’ (2020) Company Lawyer 41(11) 374 -379 (with Ye, Z. et al.)
- Lin, W., ‘Make or Buy - A New Look for Derivative Action Costs in Chinese Law for a More Enabling Environment’ (2020) Texas International Law Journal (54) (with Zhao, J. et al.) 297-326
- Lin, W., ‘Controlling Insider Dealing Through Criminal Enforcement in China’ (2020) Journal of Financial Crime 27(4) 1061-1073 (with Safari, N. et al.)
- Lin, W., 'Enhancing Director's Integrity in People's Republic of China' (2019) Company Lawyer 40(12) 395 - 402 (with Xing, L. et al.)
- Lin, W., 'A Destined Intermediary - The Role of Hong Kong in Shaping the Regulation of Takeover Defences in China’ (2012) Company Lawyer 33(5) 145-151
- Lin, W., ‘Takeover Defense Regulations in the UK and China’ in Modernization of Financial Law (Beijing University Press, 2009) 638 – 658
Book Chapter:
Lin W, 'Mandatory Disclosure as a Means to Protect Fintech Consumer Investors: Solving the Agency Problem in Equity Crowdfunding in China' in James Devenney and Christian Twigg-Flesner (eds), Future Directions in Consumer Law and Policy: Disruption, Innovation and Re-Alignment (Hart Publishing, 2025).
Shorter Articles:
- Lin, W., ‘Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz v Switzerland: a landmark case in climate litigation’ (2024) Company Lawyer 45 (8) 273 (with Zhao, J.)
- Lin, W., ‘Artificial Intelligence Regulation in the UK- A Pro-Innovation Principle-Based Approach’ (2023) Company Lawyer 44 (12) 405 (with Xing, L. et al.)
- Lin, W., ‘Regulating Artificial Intelligence- Generated Content Services in China (Editorial)’ (2023) Company Lawyer 44 (10) 321
- Lin, W., ‘The Future Landscape of ESG Reporting in the EU and the UK’ (2023) Company Lawyer 44 (4) 139 (with Xing, L. et al.)
- Lin, W., ‘Artificial Intelligence Regulation and De-globalisation (Editorial)’ (2022) Company Lawyer 43 (4) 99
- Lin, W., ‘Data Protection Regulation in the Context of De-globalisation’ (2020) Company Lawyer (2021) Company Lawyer 42(1) 37
Supervision
Wangwei is happy to interview and supervise PhD students in company and business law and interdisciplinary areas such as law and technology, and business ethics.
Public Engagement
Wangwei is a co-organiser of the Cambridge International Symposium of Economic Crime at Jesus College, Cambridge University. Their week-long annual conferences involve over 2000 experts from over 100 countries and contribute substantially to the global fight against economic crime. The programme of the Symposium could be found on https://www.crimesymposium.org/.
