Kelvin Low

Professor at Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong SAR

About

Kelvin F.K. Low is Professor at the Faculty of Law, the University of Hong Kong and the director of its Centre for Private Law. His research interest spans the field of private law but with a particular interest in property, broadly defined. He has published internationally with leading journals such as the American Journal of Comparative Law, Cambridge Law Journal, the International & Comparative Law Quarterly, Legal Studies, Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, the Law Quarterly Review, the Melbourne University Law Review, and the Modern Law Review. He is a co-author (together with Michael Bridge, Louise Gullifer, and Gerard McMeel) of the 2nd and 3rd editions of The Law of Personal Property, and co-author (together with Tang Hang Wu) of the 3rd and 4th editions of Tan Sook Yee’s Principles of Singapore Land Law. His research has been cited by the courts in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Singapore as well as law commissions and law reform bodies in Australia, England and Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, and Singapore. He has advised/conferred with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Swiss National Bank, the Office of Communications (OfCom), the CISG Advisory Council, the International Organization of Securities Commissions, and is a member of the drafting committee for the Verified Carbon Credits Working Group with UNIDROIT.

Experience

  • Director at Centre for Private Law, The University of Hong Kong
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Professor at HKU Law
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

  • NUS Faculty of Law (Full-time · 3 yrs 1 mo)
    • Professor
      Jun 2021 - Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Professor
      Jun 2021 - Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Professor at City University of Hong Kong
    Dec 2017 - Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • SMU Yong Pung How School of Law (8 yrs)
    • Associate Professor
      Jan 2010 - Dec 2017 · 8 yrs

    • Associate Dean (External Relations)
      Dec 2010 - Dec 2012 · 2 yrs 1 mo