GEORGE SHENOY Associate Professor of Law (Practice) BCom (Madras), LLB, LLM (Bombay), PhD (London) Capsule Biography George Shenoy is the Practice Associate Professor of Law in the School of Law, Singapore Management University. He graduated with a BCom from the University of Madras. He then took up law and graduated with an LLB (First Class) from the University of Bombay. He subsequently obtained his LLM degree from the same University. He was later awarded the Visiting Research Fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London. He obtained his PhD from the University of London. He has considerable experience both in the academia and the industry. He has been in the legal academia for over four decades teaching a wide range of courses both at the Undergraduate and the Master's level. He taught in the Faculty of Law, University of Bombay for well over a decade exclusively at the Master's level and taught in the MBA programme of the Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University for over a decade since its inception. He has taught Undergraduate courses for over two decades at the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and the Singapore Management University. His industry experience includes his appointment as the Legal Advisor to Siemens Limited on a full time basis for 7 years with countrywide responsibility for India. He is the Editor (jointly with Loo Wee Ling) of Principles of Singapore Business Law (Cengage Learning, 2 nd Edition, 2013). He is also the Editor (jointly with Gary Chan) of Ethics and Social Responsibility: Asian and Western Perspectives (2 nd, International Ed., McGraw Hill, 2011). He contributed 8 Chapters to Halsbury's Laws of Singapore, Vol.6 on Company Law (LexisNexis, 2006 Reissue). He is also the editor of Principles of Law for Engineers (Prentice Hall, 2001), Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Singapore (with Toh) (Addison-Wesley,1996) and Law of Rights and Obligations of Business in Singapore (Addison-Wesley, 1996). He was on the Editorial Board of Journal of Enterprising Culture (1993-2000) and was an Associate Editor of Asia Business Law Review for over a decade since its inception (1992-2002). Over the years he has worked in and chaired various committees in the Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University and in Lee Kong Chian School of Business as well as in the School of Law, Singapore Management University. He has done extra mural courses for the industry and has been an Examiner in law for important professional bodies such as ACCA, CIMA and ICSA for many years. 1
Publications: I BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS - Book Chapters 1. Editor, Principles of Singapore Business Law (with Loo Wee Ling), 2 nd Edition, Cengage Learning, 2013. 2. Chapter 7 Offer and Acceptance i n George TL Shenoy & Loo Wee Ling (Ed), Principles of Singapore Business Law, 2 nd Edition, Cengage Learning, 2013. 3. Chapter 11 Exemption Clauses in George TL Shenoy & Loo Wee Ling (Ed), Principles of Singapore Business Law, 2 nd Edition, Cengage Learning, 2013. 4. Editor, Ethics and Social Responsibility: Asian and Western Perspectives (with Gary Chan), 2 Ed., McGraw Hill, 2011. 5. Chapter 4, Workplace Ethics: Privacy, Conflict of lnterest and Whistle-blowing (Revised) in Gary Chan & George TL Shenoy (Ed), Ethics and Social Responsibility: Asian and Western Perspectives, 2 Ed., McGraw Hill, 2011. 6. Chapter 8, Ethics and the Environment in Gary Chan & George TL Shenoy (Ed), Ethics and Social Responsibility: Asian and Western Perspectives, 2 Ed., McGraw Hill, 2011. 7. Chapter 3, Corporate Personality, in Halsbury's Laws of Singapore, Vol.6, LexisNexis, Singapore, 2006. 8. Chapter 4, Memorandum and Articles of Association, in Halsbury's Laws of 9. Chapter 11, Accounts and Audit, in Halsbury's Laws of Singapore, Vol.6, LexisNexis, Singapore, 2006. 10. Chapter 12, Shares, in Halsbury's Laws of Singapore, Vol.6, LexisNexis, Singapore, 2006. 11. Chapter 13, Debentures, Charges and Participatory Interests, in Halsbury's Laws of 12. Chapter 14, Maintenance and Reduction of Capital, in Halsbury's Laws of 13. Chapter 15, Arrangements and Judicial Management, in Halsbury's Laws of 14. Chapter 16, Winding Up, in Halsbury's Laws of Singapore, Vol.6, LexisNexis, Singapore, 2006. 2
15. Editor, Principles of Law for Engineers (Prentice Hall, 2001). 16. Chapter 5 Contents of Contract, in George T L Shenoy (Ed), Principles of Law for Engineers, Prentice Hall, 2001. 17. Editor, Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Singapore (with Toh SK), (Addison- Wesley Publishing Company, 1996). 18. Editor, Law of Rights and Obligations of Business in Singapore, (Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1996). 19. Chapter 2 Forms of Business Organisations, in George TL Shenoy & Toh See Kiat (Ed.), Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Singapore, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1996. 20. Chapter 3 (with P. Ong) Starting a Business, in George T L Shenoy & Toh See Kiat (Ed.), Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Singapore, Addison-Wesley, 1996. II LAW JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS - Journal Articles 1. Law Reform for Small Business in Singapore, 39 Asia Business Law Review, 2003, pp 3-18. 2. Corporate Governance in Asia (with Pearlie Koh), 31 Asia Business Law Review, 2001, pp 18-28. 3. A Blueprint for change in Securities Market Regulation in Singapore, 25 Asia Business Law Review, 1999, pp 53-69 4. Audit Committees and Corporate Governance: Recent Singapore Developments, 17 Asia Business Law Review, 1997, pp 59-63. 5. Company Law in Asia: Recent Developments (with Pearlie Koh), 16Asia Business Law Review, 1997, pp 27-35. 6. Summary financial statements: The legal position, 15 Asia Business Law Review, 1997, pp 56-59. 7. Are equity profits distributable as dividends: A Lawyer's perspective, 5 Asia Business Law Review, 1994, pp 44-49. 8. Group Companies and the Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements - A Legal Perspective, 4 Asia Business Law Review, 1994, pp 49-54. 9. Audit Committees in Singapore: A Legal Perspective, 2 Asia Business Law Review, 1993, pp 71-74. 3
10. The Company Promoter and His Legal Status, Malaysian Administrator, The Journal of the Malaysian Association of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, March/June 1993, pp 51-58. 11. The Legal Status and Duties of the Company Promoter, The Chartered Secretary and Administrator, Singapore, October 1992, pp 7ff. 12. The Emergence of a Legal Framework for Economic Policies in the ASEAN, 29 Malayan Law Review, pp 116-130. III CONFERENCE/SEMINAR PAPERS 1. The widening horizons of commercial corruption in developing countries - A case study, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of the Society for Global Business and Economic Development (SGBED), Singapore, 21-23 July 2011, pp.642-650. 2. Choice of Business Forms for International Entrepreneurship through Direct Foreign investment, Proceedings of the 9th Endec World Conference, Singapore, August 1999, CD-Rom. 3. Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution for Small Businesses, Proceedings of the 43rd ICSB World Conference, Singapore, June 1998, CD-Rom. 4. Legal Environment for Entrepreneurship in the East, Proceedings of the 8th Endec- LMU World Conference on Entrepreneurship, Los Angeles, USA, September 1997, pp 171-181. 5. Auditors' responsibility for fraud in company accounts: The scope of their statutory duty, Proceedings of the Endec World Conference on Entrepreneurship, Singapore, December 1996, pp 506-516. 6. Judicial Management of Companies in Singapore, Proceedings of the Endec World Conference on Entrepreneurship, Singapore, July 1994, pp 647-657 7. Protection of lnterests of Minority Shareholders, Proceedings of the Endec World Conference on Entrepreneurship, Singapore, July 1993, pp 793-802 8. The Company Promoter and His Legal Status, Proceedings of the Endec World Conference on Entrepreneurship, Singapore, August 1992, pp 554-559. 9. Small Business and the Choice of Corporate Form, Proceedings of the Endec World Conference on Entrepreneurship, Singapore, July 1991, pp 107-110. 10. Recent Developments in Corporate Law in Singapore, Proceedings of the Pan- Pacific Conference V, Singapore, pp 315-319. 11. Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices in Developing Countries: The ASEAN 4
Perspective, Proceedings of the LAWASIA Conference, New Delhi, November 1991, pp 1-71. IV OTHERS - 1. Are you a shadow director? Smart Investor, 2000, pp 81-83. 2. How the law sees equity accounting for dividends: a comparison of the lawyers perspectives on the issue with the accountants, Business Times, 20 October 1994, The Law Page. 3. The question of equity profits: should the law be changed to allow a parent company to treat equity profits as dividends, Business Times, 8 September, 1994, The Law Page. 4. Corporate Rescue through Judicial Management in Singapore", Working Paper Series, SAB, 1995. 5. Rights of Minority Shareholders: Law and Developments, Working Paper Series, SAB, 1993. 6. Judicial Management of Companies, Executive Development Programme for the Australian Society of Accountants (Singapore Chapter), 28 Nov 1987, Westin Hotels, Singapore, pp 1-15. 5