Dr Lerong Lu | International Financial Law

King's College London

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The 1st UK-China Artificial Intelligence Law Dialogue 2026, 15 June 2026, King's College London

King’s College London is pleased to host The 1st UK–China Artificial Intelligence Law Dialogue 2026 on 15 June 2026. Organised by The Dickson Poon School of Law and the Centre for Data Futures, this high-level dialogue will bring together leading scholars from the UK and China to discuss comparative perspectives on AI governance, data protection, and the legal infrastructure of the future digital…

The 1st UK-China Artificial Intelligence Law Dialogue 2026, 15 June 2026, King's College London

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Dr Lerong Lu Honoured with 2025 King’s Supervisory Excellence Award

King’s College London has announced that Dr Lerong Lu, Reader in Law and Director of Postgraduate Studies at The Dickson Poon School of Law, has been recognised as the 2025 faculty winner of the King’s Supervisory Excellence Award for the Dickson Poon School of Law. The award forms part of the university’s annual recognition of outstanding doctoral supervision and support across King’s. Winners…

Dr Lerong Lu Honoured with 2025 King’s Supervisory Excellence Award

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New Publication in the Asia Pacific Law Review (2026)

A new article by Dr Lerong Lu (King’s College London) and Dr Ci Ren (University of Leeds), titled “Lender of Last Resort in China: Operating Mechanism, Legal Foundation, and the Financial Stability Implication,” has been published in Volume 34 of the Asia Pacific Law Review (2026). The article examines the legal and institutional foundations of China’s lender of last resort regime and evaluates…

New Publication in the Asia Pacific Law Review (2026)

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Lerong Lu's New Book: Global Fintech Revolution (Oxford University Press 2024)

book cover: Lerong Lu, Global Fintech Revolution, © Oxford University Press 2024 In this latest book, Lerong Lu examines the biggest change in modern financial industry – the Fintech (financial technology) revolution – that denotes the close interaction between the financial services industry and latest information technologies such as big data, cloud computing, blockchain, and artificial…

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Pioneering Fintech Research: Dr. Lu's Groundbreaking Three-Part Series in the Banking Law Journal (Vol. 141, 2024)

The Banking Law Journal (2024) by LexisNexis Dr Lu has recently published a three-part paper entitled “Fintech Corporations: Defining the Practice and Regulation of Innovative Financial Enterprises” in Vol. 141 of the Banking Law Journal or BLJ (2024) over three consecutive issues. The BLJ is a leading US-based journal in the fields of banking and finance law. This paper establishes the study of…

Pioneering Fintech Research: Dr. Lu's Groundbreaking Three-Part Series in the Banking Law Journal (Vol. 141, 2024)

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Lu, L., 'Maintaining Financial Market Stability during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulatory Responses and Crisis Management Measures' (2021) 36 Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 515-523 (with Cappuzzello, S.).

Lu, L., ‘Maintaining Financial Market Stability during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulatory Responses and Crisis Management Measures’ (2021) 36 Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 515-523 (with Cappuzzello, S.).

The US Securities and Exchange Commission Lu, L., ‘Maintaining Financial Market Stability during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulatory Responses and Crisis Management Measures’ (2021) 36 Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 515-523 (with Cappuzzello, S.). This article provides an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of regulatory…

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Lu, L., , ‘Chinese Takeover Law: Revisiting the Director’s Duty of Care under Takeover Defence and the Business Judgment Rule’ (2021) 32 International Company and Commercial Law Review 603-625 (with Ren, C.).

Lu, L., , ‘Chinese Takeover Law: Revisiting the Director’s Duty of Care under Takeover Defence and the Business Judgment Rule’ (2021) 32 International Company and Commercial Law Review 603-625 (with Ren, C.).

Lu, L., , ‘Chinese Takeover Law: Revisiting the Director’s Duty of Care under Takeover Defence and the Business Judgment Rule’ (2021) 32 International Company and Commercial Law Review 603-625 (with Ren, C.). This article discusses and analyses the Chinese takeover law with a focus on the director’s duty of care under takeover defence. Directors of the target company are asked to act prudently…

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Lu, L., ‘Digital Yuan: The Practice and Regulation of China’s Central Bank Digital Currency’ (2021) 36 Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 601 (with Chen, H.).

Lu, L., ‘Digital Yuan: The Practice and Regulation of China’s Central Bank Digital Currency’ (2021) 36 Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 601 (with Chen, H.).

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has been working on the digital form of its sovereign currency since 2014. Digital yuan, also known as the e-CNY, has been designed to replace the cash and coins already in circulation. Lu, L., ‘Digital Yuan: The Practice and Regulation of China’s Central Bank Digital Currency’ (2021) 36 Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 601 (with…

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Lu, L., ‘Do investors vote with their feet? Commenting on Deliveroo’s IPO on London Stock Exchange and the dual-class share structure’ (2021) 42 Company Lawyer 332 (with Yang, S.).

Lu, L., ‘Do investors vote with their feet? Commenting on Deliveroo’s IPO on London Stock Exchange and the dual-class share structure’ (2021) 42 Company Lawyer 332 (with Yang, S.).

Deliveroo is an online food delivery company founded by Will Shu and Greg Orlowski in 2013 in London. Lu, L., ‘Do investors vote with their feet? Commenting on Deliveroo’s IPO on London Stock Exchange and the dual-class share structure’ (2021) 42 Company Lawyer 332 (with Yang, S.). Abstract: This article discusses what accounts for the increasing popularity of the dual-class share structure…

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Lu, L., ‘Regulating fintech corporations amidst Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of Ant Group (Alipay)’s suspension of IPO and business restructuring’ (2021) 42 Company Lawyer 341 (with Zhang, L.).

Lu, L., ‘Regulating fintech corporations amidst Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of Ant Group (Alipay)’s suspension of IPO and business restructuring’ (2021) 42 Company Lawyer 341 (with Zhang, L.).

Ant Group is the largest fintech company in the world which operates the Alipay mobile payment network. Lu, L., ‘Regulating fintech corporations amidst Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of Ant Group (Alipay)’s suspension of IPO and business restructuring’ (2021) 42 Company Lawyer 341 (with Zhang, L.).

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Lu, L., ‘PRC Securities Law 2020: Promoting More Efficient and Transparent Capital Markets in China’ (2021) 36 Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 237-239, ISSN: 0269-2694.

Lu, L., ‘PRC Securities Law 2020: Promoting More Efficient and Transparent Capital Markets in China’ (2021) 36 Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 237-239, ISSN: 0269-2694.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Lu, L., ‘PRC Securities Law 2020: Promoting More Efficient and Transparent Capital Markets in China’ (2021) 36 Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 237-239, ISSN: 0269-2694. Abstract: On 28 December 2019, the revised People’s Republic of China (PRC) Securities Law was passed by the Standing Committee of National People’s Congress. The Law came…

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Lu, L., ‘Reforming Corporate Share-Listing Rules in China: Understanding the Rationale and Advantages of the Registration-Based IPO Regime’ (2021) 42 Company Lawyer 236, ISSN: 0144-1027.

Lu, L., ‘Reforming Corporate Share-Listing Rules in China: Understanding the Rationale and Advantages of the Registration-Based IPO Regime’ (2021) 42 Company Lawyer 236, ISSN: 0144-1027.

Initial public offering (IPO) Lu, L., ‘Reforming Corporate Share-Listing Rules in China: Understanding the Rationale and Advantages of the Registration-Based IPO Regime’ (2021) 42 Company Lawyer 236, ISSN: 0144-1027. Abstract This paper analyses China’s latest reform of its capital markets law and securities regulation, especially the IPO and listing rules. It focuses on the new…

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Lu L, ‘The Rising Star in the East: Unveiling China’s Star Market, the Registration-Based IPO Regime, and Capital Markets Law Reform’, (2020) 31 International Company and Commercial Law Review 394-412, ISSN: 0958-5214.

Lu L, ‘The Rising Star in the East: Unveiling China’s Star Market, the Registration-Based IPO Regime, and Capital Markets Law Reform’, (2020) 31 International Company and Commercial Law Review 394-412, ISSN: 0958-5214.

Shanghai International Financial Center Lu L, ‘The Rising Star in the East: Unveiling China’s Star Market, the Registration-Based IPO Regime, and Capital Markets Law Reform’, (2020) 31 International Company and Commercial Law Review 394-412, ISSN: 0958-5214. Abstract This article discusses and analyses the latest capital markets law reform in China, which involves the launch of the star market…

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Lu, L., ‘Promoting High-Tech Innovations through Capital Markets Law Reform: Deciphering the Sci-Tech Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange’ (2020) 35 Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 140-143, ISSN: 0269-2694 (with Ye, N.)

Lu, L., ‘Promoting High-Tech Innovations through Capital Markets Law Reform: Deciphering the Sci-Tech Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange’ (2020) 35 Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 140-143, ISSN: 0269-2694 (with Ye, N.)

The sci-tech innovation board (star market) of Shanghai Stock Exchange Lu, L., ‘Promoting High-Tech Innovations through Capital Markets Law Reform: Deciphering the Sci-Tech Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange’ (2020) 35 Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 140-143, ISSN: 0269-2694 (with Ye, N.) Abstract: This paper introduces and analyses China’s latest…

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Lu, L., ‘Building A Eurasian Capital Market: Understanding the Operating Mechanism and Legal Framework of Shanghai-London Stock Connect’ (2020) 35 Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 67-74, ISSN: 1742-6812 (with Ye, N.)

Lu, L., ‘Building A Eurasian Capital Market: Understanding the Operating Mechanism and Legal Framework of Shanghai-London Stock Connect’ (2020) 35 Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 67-74, ISSN: 1742-6812 (with Ye, N.)

 The launch ceremony of Shanghai-London Stock Connect in London, June 17, 2019.  Lu, L., ‘Building A Eurasian Capital Market: Understanding the Operating Mechanism and Legal Framework of Shanghai-London Stock Connect’ (2020) 35 Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 67-74, ISSN: 1742-6812 (with Ye, N.). Abstract: This article provides an in-depth analysis of laws and regulations…

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Lu, L., ‘Shanghai-London Stock Connect: Operating Mechanism, Opportunities, and Challenges’ (2019) 34 Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 684-687, ISSN: 0269-2694 (with Ye, N.)

Lu, L., ‘Shanghai-London Stock Connect: Operating Mechanism, Opportunities, and Challenges’ (2019) 34 Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 684-687, ISSN: 0269-2694 (with Ye, N.)

London-Shanghai Stock Connect Scheme Lu, L., ‘Shanghai-London Stock Connect: Operating Mechanism, Opportunities, and Challenges’ (2019) 34 Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 684-687, ISSN: 0269-2694 (with Ye, N.) Abstract: Shanghai-London Stock Connect (SLSC) is an innovative cross-border financial markets listing and trading mechanism linking Chinese stock market…

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Lu, L., ‘How to Harness A Unicorn? Demystifying China’s Reform of Share Listing Rules and Chinese Depositary Receipts (CDRs)’ (2019) 30 International Company and Commercial Law Review 454-470, ISSN: 0958-5214 (with Ye, N.)

Lu, L., ‘How to Harness A Unicorn? Demystifying China’s Reform of Share Listing Rules and Chinese Depositary Receipts (CDRs)’ (2019) 30 International Company and Commercial Law Review 454-470, ISSN: 0958-5214 (with Ye, N.)

Unicorn refers to unlisted companies with a market capitalisation of over $1bn. Lu, L., ‘How to Harness A Unicorn? Demystifying China’s Reform of Share Listing Rules and Chinese Depositary Receipts (CDRs)’ (2019) 30 International Company and Commercial Law Review 454-470, ISSN: 0958-5214 (with Ye, N.) Abstract This article introduces and analyses China’s latest reform of securities laws to…

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