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Biography Charles Ho Wang Mak is an award-winning scholar. He is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Law at Robert Gordon University, a PhD Candidate in law at the University of Glasgow, a Fellow of the Stanford-Vienna Transatlantic Technology Law Forum at Stanford Law School, a Fellow of the Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law at the City University of Hong Kong, a Leslie Wright Fellow at the Philip K.H. Wong Centre for Chinese Law at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) (2022), an Honorary Fellow of the Asian Institute of International Financial Law at the HKU, a Research Affiliate at SovereigNet at The Fletcher School, Tufts University, and a Research Associate at China, Law and Development Project at the University of Oxford. He taught Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Business Organisations, and Common Law System and Method at the University of Glasgow and the University of the West of Scotland. His research concentrates on sovereign debt restructuring, technology law and dispute resolution.

Charles holds degrees from the University of Sussex in England (LL.B. (Hons.)), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (LL.M. in International Economic Law), and the City University of Hong Kong (LL.M.Arb.D.R.(with Credit)). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (FHKIArb), the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (FAIADR), the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH), the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (FRAS), the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSAScot), and the Advance HE (FHEA). He was a visiting scholar at Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals, University of Hong Kong, and City University of Hong Kong. He has lectured in various jurisdictions including Spain, Hong Kong, and Malaysia.

Charles has published extensively in reputable journals, including Trusts & Trustees, European Competition Law Review, and the Asian Journal of International Law. He is the recipient of the III Prize in International Insolvency Studies 2024, the Emerging Scholar Award, and the Association of Law Teachers Stan Marsh Prize.

He is the Chairperson of the Young Members Group at the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution and BAIAC Young Practitioner Lead at the Beihai Asia International Arbitration Centre. He earned accreditation as a tribunal secretary at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. In 2019, he was admitted as the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration Tribunal Secretary Panel member.
Research Interests International economic law, insolvency law, financial regulation, dispute resolution, alternative dispute resolution, trust law, tax law, legal education, technology law
Teaching and Learning Charles is a module co-ordinator for Advanced Business Law (LL2225), In Depth Case Study (LLM788), and Business Finance And Practice (LLM644 and LLM193).

He taught Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Business Organisations, and Common Law System and Method at the University of Glasgow and the University of the West of Scotland previously.