6th YCC Workshop on Comparative Business and Financial Law

Organized by the Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law

Date: May 9–10, 2025

Venue: Room 1710, Tsai Lecture Hall, College of Law, National Taiwan University

The YCC Workshop on Comparative Business and Financial Law, hosted by the Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL), has been held since 2014. This closed-door academic workshop is designed to provide in-depth feedback on the research of emerging scholars in comparative law, fostering scholarly growth and intellectual exchange.

Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the workshop was suspended after 2020. In 2025, with the appointment of Associate Professor Yueh-Ping Yang, Deputy Director of the Center for Enterprise Law at NTU, as Co-Chair of the YCC, the workshop was successfully revived and held at the College of Law, National Taiwan University—marking the first time this workshop has taken place outside of the United States. The Center played a key role in organizing the event, with both Deputy Directors, Associate Professor Yueh-Ping Yang and Associate Professor Chao-Hung Chen, actively participating throughout the workshop as hosts and discussants.

This year’s workshop featured seven selected papers by scholars from around the world:

• Davide Luigi Totaro, Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University, Japan

• Yung-Cheng Lin, Ph.D. candidate, University of Pennsylvania, USA

• Samreen Ahmed, Ph.D., and Mohammad Nasir, Assistant Professor, Aligarh Muslim University, India

• Takuma Kumashiro, Associate Professor, Kobe University, Japan

• Akshaya Kamalnath, Associate Professor, Australian National University

• Kwanghyuk (David) Yoo, Assistant Professor, Kean University, USA

• Vanessa Villanueva Collao, Adjunct Professor, Bocconi University, Italy

Topics explored included:

comparative studies on AI insurance regulation (Japan–Italy), Taiwan–U.S. insurance product supervision, corporate privacy (U.S.–India), ESG enforcement in Japan, governance of emerging tech companies (U.S., EU, China, India), antitrust and consumer protection standards (U.S.–EU), and comparative legal perspectives on decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs).

Distinguished discussants included:

• Associate Professor Tao Xie, Oklahoma City University, USA

• Associate Professor Liwen Lin, University of British Columbia, Canada

• Visiting Professor Christopher Gulinello, National Taiwan University

• Associate Professor Toshiaki Yamanaka, University of Tsukuba, Japan

• Senior Lecturer Zehra G Kavame Eroglu, Deakin University, Australia

• Associate Professors Yueh-Ping Yang and Chao-Hung Chen, National Taiwan University

Each presentation was allocated 45 minutes, including a 10-minute commentary by the designated discussant, a 5-minute response by the author, and an open Q&A session. These sessions fostered rich exchanges and provided young scholars with substantial feedback to refine and strengthen their research.

This workshop highlighted the diverse and interdisciplinary developments in the field of business and financial law, emphasizing the growing demand for innovative legal scholarship. As corporate legal frameworks continue to face challenges from technological shifts and globalization, comparative understanding of legal systems is essential for informed reform and cross-jurisdictional dialogue.

Looking ahead, the Center for Enterprise Law at NTU remains committed to promoting the internationalization of corporate law scholarship. We will continue to collaborate with the American Society of Comparative Law and its Younger Comparativists Committee, advancing comparative legal research and global academic exchange—offering fresh perspectives to shape the future of corporate law worldwide.