Biography

Samantha is a Lecturer at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Faculty of Law. Prior to her appointment, she was a researcher at the Centre for Asian Legal Studies, and an Associate Editor for the Asian Journal of Comparative Law.

Samantha’s research interests are the corporate law of Commonwealth jurisdictions, shareholder stewardship, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. Her work has been published in the Law Quarterly Review, Lloyds’ Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, Asian Journal of Comparative Law, and Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.

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Interests
  • Corporate Law
  • Shareholder Activism
  • ESG Investing
Education

  • PhD in Law (candidate), 2024

    University of Melbourne, Melbourne Law School

  • Advocate and Solicitor, 2015

    Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore

  • Bachelor of Laws, 2014

    National University of Singapore

Recent Publications

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Samantha S Tang, Alan K Koh (2021). Direct and Derivative Shareholder Suits: Towards a Functional and Practical Taxonomy. Afra Afsharipour & Martin Gelter eds, Comparative Corporate Governance (Elgar 2021) 431–453.

Elgar

Samantha S Tang, Dan W Puchniak (2020). Singapore’s Puzzling Embrace of Shareholder Stewardship: A Successful Secret. (2020) 53 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 989–1021.

ECGI SSRN

Dan W Puchniak, Tan Cheng Han, Samantha S Tang (2019). Company Law (2018). (2018) 19 SAL Ann Rev 227–245.

SAL

Samantha S Tang (2019). The Anatomy of Singapore’s Statutory Derivative Action: Why Do Shareholders Sue – Or Not?. (2020) 20 JCLS 327–357.

DOI

Dan W Puchniak, Tan Cheng Han, Samantha S Tang (2018). Company Law (2017). (2017) 18 SAL Ann Rev 245–265.

SAL

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Selected Conferences and Seminars

Stewardship for Controlling Shareholders: The Case of Singapore
The introduction of the UK Stewardship Code sparked widespread interest in stewardship. Initially designed as a ‘comply-or-explain’ …
Jul 6, 2021 — Feb 4, 2020 Monash Business School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Samantha S Tang
The Anatomy of Singapore's Statutory Derivative Actions
The derivative action is widely acknowledged to be an important part of corporate law and governance. Over a quarter century after the …
Dec 10, 2019 National Taiwan University College of Law, Taipei, Republic of China
Slides
The State as Steward: The Stewardship Code in Singapore

In the wake of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, the UK created the first stewardship code which was designed to transform its …

Sep 23, 2019 — Sep 24, 2019 King’s College London, London, UK
Samantha S Tang, Dan W Puchniak
Slides