{"id":86406,"date":"2018-10-19T14:47:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T00:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=86406"},"modified":"2020-03-09T14:56:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T00:56:09","slug":"booth-distinguished-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/19\/booth-distinguished-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian business law expert named distinguished professor"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Charles D. Booth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Professor Charles D. Booth<\/strong><\/a>, founder and director of the Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law<\/a> at the William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a>, has been named the Michael J. Marks Business Law Professor<\/a>. The internationally-renowned expert on Asian business law has expertise in cross-border transactions and insolvency as well as commercial law, particularly in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis.<\/p>\n

The distinguished professorship is for a three-year term, renewable for an additional two years. The law school consulted outside advisors in the selection process.<\/p>\n

Booth publishes extensively and has co-authored more than 70 publications. He is often asked to deliver keynote addresses or speeches at conferences and gatherings on Asia-Pacific business law.<\/p>\n

Booth earned his BA<\/abbr>, summa cum laude<\/em>, from Yale University in 1981 and his JD<\/abbr>, cum laude<\/em>, from Harvard Law School in 1984. He spent three years at the international law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton in New York before coming to the 糖心视频<\/abbr> law school in 1986. His impressive range of teaching experience took him to the University of Hong Kong from 1989 to 2005, before rejoining the 糖心视频<\/abbr> law school in 2006.<\/p>\n

For more on the story, see the law school website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

—By Beverly Creamer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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