Dr. Gil Lan

Selected Publications

• Lan, Gil. (Online) “Electric Vehicle Tariffs by the US, EU, and Canada: Different Approaches and Implications for the WTO” (2024) 28:12 Insights (American Society of International Law)
• Lan, Gil.  (Essay) “Benefit Corporation Directors: Transparency, Third-Party Standards and Commitment” (2021) 27 Journal of Law, Business & Ethics 1 – 8.
• Lan, Gil.  “The ‘Poison Pill’ in the USMCA: Erosion of WTO Principles & Implications under a US-China Trade War” (2020) 53:4 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 1265 – 1326.
• Lan, Gil. (Essay) “Benefit Corporations: A Persisting and Heightened Conflict for Directors”, Journal of Law, Business and Ethics, Volume 21, pp.113-117 (2015)
• Lan, Gil.  “Insights from China for the United States: Shadow Banking, Economic Development and Financial Systems”, Berkeley Business Law Journal, Volume 12, Issue 1, pp. 144-195 (2015)
• Lan, Gil.  “American Legal Realism goes to China – The China Puzzle and Law Reform”, American Business Law Journal, Volume 51, Issue 2, pp. 365-427 (2014)
  *Received the 2014 Hoeber Memorial Award for “Outstanding Article” for this article (awarded by the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and editorial board of the American Business Law Journal).
• Lan, Gil. “Foreign Direct Investment in the United States and Canada: Fractured Neoliberalism and the Regulatory Imperative”, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Volume 47, Issue 5, pp. 1261-1320 (2014)
• Lan, Gil.  “US and UK Social Enterprise Legislation: Insights for China’s Social Entrepreneurship Movement”, International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 146-166 (2014)
  
  

Selected presentations, panels and moderator activities

• “Empowering our Law Students and the Rule of Law: Designing a Public Interest Toolkit for Competition Act Private Actions” at The Role of Law Schools in Advancing the Rule of Law on November 8^th, 2025, hosted by Osgoode Hall Law Schol (role: presenter)
• “The MPIA as Source of Influence and Legitimacy: China and the EU” at After the Backlash: The Future of Arbitration in the Settlement of Investment, Trade and Human Rights Disputes on September 19-20, 2025 – hosted by McGill University and Laval University (role: presenter and discussant)
• “Charting Canada’s AI Path: Learning from South Korea” at the Canadian Academy of Legal Studies in Business – 2025 Conference on May 3^rd, 2025 (role: presenter)
• “Building Canada and Special Economic Zones” in Trump 2.0: Navigating Uncertainty: Canada, Trade and Business on March 28, 2025 - seminar co-hosted by the Canada-China Institute for Business Development, and the Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility (Ted Rogers School of Management research centers) (role: presenter and organizer)
• “International Trade and Canadian Law: Canadian Strategies” at Trump 2.0: Impact on Canada and the Future on February 25^th, 2025 – seminar co-hosted by the Canada-China Institute for Business Development, and the Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility (Ted Rogers School of Management research centers) (role: presenter and organizer)
• “Special Economic Zones: Key Insights for Developing and Developed Countries” in SEZs: Key Insights for Developed and Developing Countries -  research seminar hosted by the Canada-China Institute for Business Development (Ted Rogers School of Management research center, Toronto Metropolitan University) (role: presenter and organizer)
• “The Potential of Special Economic Zones to Promote Innovation” at the Purdy Crawford Workshop: Contemporary Issues in Business Law on September 27-28, 2024. (role: presenter)
• “Legal Education & Anti-Asian Racism” in the Legal System at the National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism - Building Solidarities - Legal Panel on November 9, 2021. (role: presenter)
• “Privacy issues and Interacting with Unrepresented Counterfeiters in Civil and Criminal Cases” at the 24th Annual Fraud and Anti-Counterfeiting Conference hosted by Kestenberg, Siegal, Lipkus LLP on September 19, 2019. (role: panelist)
• “International Trade: China and the U.S” at Canadian Academy of Legal Studies in Business - Annual Conference 2019 on May 3, 2019. (role: presenter)
• “The Path Not Taken: China's Reform in 2013 vs 2025” hosted by the Canada-China Institute for Business and Development (Ryerson University) on April 25, 2019. (role: panel moderator)
• “The Belt and Road Initiative: Potential Impacts on International Trade Agreements” at Global Politics of China’s Belt & Road Initiative” - hosted by Carleton University on February 27, 2019. (role: presenter)
• “One Belt One Road - Implications for International Trade and Canada” at 6th Annual China Conference - hosted by University of Toronto Faculty of Law on February 2, 2019. (role: presenter)
• “Interacting with Unrepresented Counterfeiters in Civil and Criminal Cases” at the 23rd Annual Fraud and Anti-Counterfeiting Conference hosted by Kestenberg, Siegal, Lipkus LLP on October 4, 2018. (role: panelist)
• “Domestic Legal Remedies” at Piercing the Corporate Veil: Multinational Corporate Accountability hosted by Osgoode Hall Law School, York University on November 15, 2018. (role: panel moderator)
• “Eastern Promises and Pitfalls – Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities in Canada” – China Trade & Alibaba Toronto CanExport Pitch held by the Canada-China Institute for Business and Development (Ryerson University), Tri-Sector Ventures, DFW Exellerator and Alibaba Group on July 6, 2018. (role: presenter)
• “Complex Trade Triangle: Canada, China and the United States – A delicate balancing act between three nations” held by the Canada-China Institute for Business and Development (Ryerson University) and Pacific Innovation & Executive Club on June 1, 2018) (role: panelist )
• “Canada and the International Trading Order: Focus on China” at Canadian Academy of Legal Studies in Business - Annual Conference 2018 on May 5, 2018. (role: presenter, assisted with conference organization)
• “How NAFTA impacts our trading relationship and negotiations with China” at The NAFTA Negotiations: Exploring the Implications - Second Annual Workshop organized by the Law and Business Department, TRSM, Ryerson University on April 19, 2018. (role: presenter and co-organizer of conference)
• “Chinese State-Owned Enterprises and Mixed Ownership Reform: Potential Implications for Anti-Corruption Initiatives and Canadians?” at Towards New Governance Strategies for Preventing Corruption: Law, Theory and Practice on September 14, 2017 (organized by academics from University of Victoria, Jindal Global Law School, Ryerson University and Osgoode Hall Law School. (role: presenter)
• “Pedagogy and Research (Canada / US Perspectives)” at Canadian Academy of Legal Studies in Business / Pacific Northwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business Conference on May 27-29, 2017.  (role: panel discussant and co-organizer of conference)
• “Harmed Investor, Speedy Recovery: Industry-Funded Investor Compensation Funds” panel at “Public & Private Securities Enforcement: Improving Recovery for Harmed Investors” conference on October 26^th, 2015 (sponsored by Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights, Osgoode Hall Law School at York University and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada) - (role : moderator)
• “Tapping the Potential of Newcomer Communities” breakout discussion at the conference “TAP GTA Trade Summit – TAP into Global Trade” on May 12^th, 2015, held by the Toronto Region Board of Trade and TAP GTA (Trade Accelerator Program) – (role: breakout discussion moderator)
• “The Benefit Corporation: Moving Past the Nexus of Contracts to a Spectrum of Government Facilitation” – paper presented at the University of Connecticut Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Conference: Creating Value for Business and Society (Storrs, Connecticut, USA) on April 23^rd, 2015 - (role: presenter)
• “Canada’s Changing Immigration Policies” discussion sponsored by the Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement and the Ryerson Law Research Centre - November 19^th, 2014 - (role: panelist)
• “How differing attitudes to corporate law affect emerging forms for social enterprise: Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and China” presented at the 11^th Annual Social Enterprise Conference, Boston, U.S.A. on November 5^th to 7^th, 2014 sponsored by the Northeastern D’Amore-McKim School of Business and NYU Stern School of Business.  (Refereed abstract)
• “The Changing Legal Environment in China in the Last 35 years and its Business Implications” – presentation at the conference “Creating Value and Capacity in the Global Economy: China in the Next Decade” on April 10^th, 2014, held by the Toronto Region Board of Trade and the Ted Rogers School of Management (Ryerson University) – (role: presenter)
• “Transforming Law Firm Culture: Creating Conditions for Career Success” delivered to the Ontario Bar Association on September 18^th, 2014 - (role: presenter)
• “Business Law Case Competitions: Student enthusiasm and pedagogy development” – developmental track - presented at the 89^th Annual ALSB Conference in Seattle, Washington on August 6^th, 2014 - (role: presenter)
• “Legal Consciousness among Chinese Immigrant Entrepreneurs” delivered at 4^th Tsinghua Forum on Overseas Chinese Studies: Chinese Entrepreneurship – Toronto and Beyond - June 8^th, 2014 - (role: presenter)
• “Foreign Direct Investment in the United States and Canada: Fractured Neoliberalism and the Regulatory Imperative” presented at the 15^th annual Huber Hurst Research Seminar in Gainesville, Florida, USA on February 7^th – 8^th, 2014.  (Refereed abstract).  *A later version of this article was published in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (see publications above).
• “International Business Transactions between Canada and China” delivered to the Association of Chinese Canadian Lawyers of Ontario – September 22^nd, 2013 - (role: presenter)
• “Social Enterprise Legislation from the West - Insights for China’s CSR agenda”, presented at the 2^nd International Symposium on Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development in Guangzhou, China on April 13^th, 2013. (Refereed abstract) *A later version of this article was published in the International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development (see publications above).
• “American Legal Realism goes to China – The China Puzzle and Law Reform”, discussed at the Invited Scholars Colloquium of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business annual conference in Kansas City, USA on August 8^th, 2012. (Refereed abstract). *A later version of this article was published in the American Business Law Journal (see publications above).