STARI Lunchtime Seminar - The Role And Perspective of Environmental Taxes in Sustainable Development and the Green Economy
By 2050, the European Union aims to become the first climate-neutral continent in the world. To this end, the concept of the green economy has been developed, i.e. an economy that improves human wellbeing and social justice while significantly reducing environmental risks. It is also an important component in achieving the overarching goal of sustainable development. To achieve the desired goals, this concept requires extensive financial instruments to stimulate private investment and business activity. One possible solution is environmental taxes. They have a dual function: firstly, to increase tax revenues, and secondly, to change consumer purchasing habits. Growing environmental awareness is pushing policymakers to pursue sustainable economic practices with the dual aim of combining economic efficiency with reduced environmental impacts. Therefore, the main objective of this seminar is to:present the importance and role of environmental taxes in relation to sustainable development and the green economy; …
Fee(s): Complimentary, Successful registrant will receive a confirmation email by 17 August 2026 from ccla@smu.edu.sg to confirm your registration. Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Professor Sabina Hodžić
Professor, Head of Department of Public Finance
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management
Sabina Hodžić holds a PhD in Economics and is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of Rijeka (Croatia), where she also serves as Head of the Department of Public Finance. Her main research fields are public finance, international taxation, local and regional government, the digital economy, and green development. She te… RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Law. Urban Management & Sustainability. Accounting. Audience: SMU Faculty & Staff. Current Student. Public. Academic Community. Professionals.
Tuesday, August 25, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Meeting Room 5.04, Level 5
Singapore Management University
Yong Pung How School of Law
55 Armenian Street
Singapore 179943.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. CCLA Lunchtime Seminar - Indicators of High Quality Financial Services
Fee(s): Complimentary Admission (For SMU Staff and PG Students only). Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , Professor Dirk A. Zetzsche
ADA Chair in Financial Law and Inclusive Finance
University of Luxembourg
Professor Zetzsche is Professor of Financial Law at the University of Luxembourg where he has held the ADA Chair in Financial Law (inclusive finance) since March 2016. He also functions as coordinator of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance's House of Sustainable Governance & Markets, the Co-Principal Investigator of the Future FinTech National Centre of Excellence in Research and Innovation, and… Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Law. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: SMU Faculty & Staff. Current Student. Academic Community.
Tuesday, September 1, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Meeting Room 5-04, Level 5,
Singapore Management University
Yong Pung How School of Law
55 Armenian Street
Singapore 179943.
STARI Lunchtime Seminar - GloBE as a Regular Corporate Income Tax System: Tax Base and Subject
This article investigates the Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules (GloBE Rules) not as a minimum tax but as a regular corporate income tax system. Drawing on the framework of analysis set out in the author's 2024 book, Corporate Tax Law, this article compares the GloBE Rules with the features of four archetypal corporate income tax systems—those of China, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States—with a focus on the first of three artificialities involving corporations: the artificiality of a corporation as an income-deriving subject. The article considers how entities subject to the GloBE Rules are identified and classified, examines specialist tax base issues arising from the artificial nature of the subject matter, and analyses the tax treatment of the subject entity's income. The analysis reveals that while many features of the GloBE Rules are broadly familiar to students of regular corporate income tax systems, a number of peculiarities emerge, including the unusually broad scope of entity cover…
Fee(s): Public Standard Fee: SGD50 per pax excl. 9% GST (non-refundable)
SMU Faculty and Students: Complimentary - please register here instead. Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , Professor Peter Harris, Professor of Tax Law; Chair of the LLM Examiners, University of Cambridge
Peter A. Harris is a solicitor whose primary academic interest is in tax law. He is a Professor in Tax Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and Director of Studies and Fellow of Churchill College. He earned a Doctorate of Philosophy and a Master of Laws from the University in 1996 and 1992 respectively (Darwin College), as well as a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the… RSVP: Public. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Accounting. Law. Audience: Public. SMU Faculty & Staff. Current Student. Academic Community.
Friday, September 4, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Training Room 3
Tax Academy of Singapore Hub,
#01-03, Revenue House
55 Newton Rd, Singapore 307987.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. STARI Lunchtime Seminar - “Home-office” Permanent Establishments: An Australian Case Study
Cross-border home working challenges the conventional concept of permanent establishment, which developed around identifiable commercial premises. Digital technology now permits individuals to perform sustained and economically significant functions for an enterprise in a jurisdiction where the enterprise has no formally established office or branch. The OECD’s 2025 Update to the OECD Model Tax Convention introduces a revised approach to this issue. Working from a home for less than 50 per cent of total working time will generally not create a place of business. Reaching that threshold does not itself establish a permanent establishment; the wider circumstances, including whether the individual’s presence commercially facilitates the enterprise’s business in the host State, remain important. Using Australia as a case study, the discussion considers how this approach interacts with domestic law, tax treaties, withholding taxes and profit-attribution rules. It evaluates when sustained home working should establ…
Fee(s): Public Standard Fee: SGD50 per pax excl. 9% GST (non-refundable)
SMU Faculty and Students: Complimentary - please register here instead. Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , Dr Christina Allen, Senior Lecturer, Curtin University
Dr Christina Allen is a senior lecturer at Curtin University in Western Australia, a fellow of the Advanced Higher Education, a executive committee member of SHAPE Futures and the academic representative of the Taxation Centre of Excellence at CPA Australia. She was awarded her PhD and master’s degrees in taxation law from the University of Western Australia and graduated as the valedictorian from the Faculty of Business and Law of Edith Cowan… RSVP: Public. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Accounting. Law. Audience: Public. SMU Faculty & Staff. Current Student. Academic Community.
Friday, September 11, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Training Room 1 (Transcend)
Tax Academy of Singapore Hub,
#01-03, Revenue House
55 Newton Rd, Singapore 307987.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. SSFI Lunchtime Seminar - Freedom of Navigation in the Strait of Hormuz: Yes, No, Maybe?
The Israeli/US armed attack on Iran has placed the international spotlight on the Strait of Hormuz and the freedom of navigation. The Strait has been subject to closure, blockade, and military conflict for many months. This has raised issues with respect to the legal status of the Strait of Hormuz during both peacetime and during the armed conflict. It has also given attention to the global regime of transit passage through international straits, including for the Straits of Malacca. These issues will be discussed including the possible legal regime that may apply in the Strait of Hormuz in the future.
Fee(s): Complimentary Admission (For SMU Staff and PG Students only). Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Professor Donald Rothwell, ANU Law School
Donald R Rothwell is Professor of International Law at the ANU College of Law, Australian National University where he has taught since July 2006, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law (FAAL) since 2015. His research has a specific focus on law of the sea, polar law, and implementation of international law within Australia as reflected in 30 authored, co-authored and edited books, and over 200 articles, book chapters and notes in international and… Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Law. Urban Management & Sustainability. Audience: SMU Faculty & Staff. Current Student. Academic Community.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Meeting Room 5-04, Level 5,
Singapore Management University
Yong Pung How School of Law
55 Armenian Street
Singapore 179943.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer - SMU Asian Arbitration Lecture 2026
The lecture will address the impact of sanctions on:The process of arbitration, given the practical consequences of sanctions on the ability of parties to participate effectively in the arbitration process. These practical consequences may give rise to legal consequences, as they may form the basis of arguments that the relevant party is unable to obtain substantial justice in the arbitration, or that arbitration agreement is frustrated. These arguments typically feature in attempts to resist applications for anti-suit relief in respect of foreign court proceedings commenced in breach of arbitration agreements, or applications to set aside orders by a tribunal terminating the arbitration for impossibility under Art 32(2)(c) of the Model Law. Arbitral awards, as sanctions may hamper the ability of non-sanctioned parties to enforce awards against sanctioned parties, or of sanctioned parties to enforce awards made against non-sanctioned parties whose inability to perform the relevant contracts was due to…
Subtitle: Caught in the Crossfire: Arbitration’s Struggle with Sanctions. Fee(s): Complimentary. Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: , The Honourable Justice Steven Chong
Justice of the Court of Appeal
Supreme Court of Singapore
The Honourable Justice Steven Chong graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the National University of Singapore in 1982. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1983 and entered into legal practice with one of Singapore’s top law firms, Drew & Napier, that same year. He eventually became its Joint Managing Partner at the end of 1997. In 1998, Justice Chong… RSVP: Please select Registration Type: In Person. Reserve a seat: https://eventregistration.smu.edu.sg/kbE2OZ. Type: Lectures. Talks & Forums. Conferences & Symposiums. Subject: International. Law. Audience: Public. SMU Faculty & Staff. Academic Community. Professionals. Partners. Alumni.
Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium, Level 2
Singapore Management University, School of Accountancy
60 Stamford Road
Singapore 178900.
For more info visit site.smu.edu.sg. Dentons Rodyk Dialogue 2026
“Singapore story” — how Singapore shapes corporate national identity and has developed a deliberate ecosystem of policies and initiatives to attract Foreign Direct Investment and High-Net-Worth Individuals who contribute to real economic activity and growth, while maintaining stringent regulatory standards. As Singapore positions itself as a launchpad for regional expansion and attracts long-term capital inflows, it is equally important to preserve the integrity of the Singapore brand by balancing pro-business initiatives with robust anti-money laundering safeguards.
Subtitle: The Singapore Story: Attracting Global Capital, Preserving Trusted Growth. Fee(s): Complimentary. Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Professor Dan W. Puchniak (Yong Pung How Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University)
Ms Gopi Mirchandani (Head of Client Group, Schroders Asia)
Ms Ng Chun Ying (Senior Partner, Head of Tax Practice, Dentons Rodyk)
Ms Emily Low (Senior Partner, Co-Head of the Investment Funds and Family Office Practice Groups, Dentons Rodyk)
Moderator: Mr Mark Wong (Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk). RSVP: . Type: Talks & Forums. Conferences & Symposiums. Social & Networking. Subject: Law. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Public. Professionals. SMU Faculty & Staff. Academic Community. Alumni.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Singapore Management University
SMU Hall 3, Basement 1
Yong Pung How School of Law
55 Armenian Street
Singapore 179943.
For more info visit site.smu.edu.sg.