Mr. David BISHOP
Accounting and Law

BBA(Law) & LLB Programme Director
Associate Professor of Teaching
3917 4215
dbishop@hku.hk
KK 1313


Academic & Professional Qualification
Juris Doctor, The Georgetown University Law Center
B.A. (History and Mandarin Chinese), Brigham Young University (magna cum laude)
Biography
Mr. Bishop is a Principal Lecturer at the University of Hong Kong and the International MBA Program at Fudan University, Shanghai. He has broad legal experience in the United States and across Asia, particularly China. Mr. Bishop has worked on major real estate, private equity, financing, and M&A deals, and participated in numerous negotiations in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. He has also acted as outside counsel in connection with various corporate, technology, life sciences and commercial matters for MNCs operating in Asia.
In addition to a robust private legal experience, Mr. Bishop focuses significant time on activities and programs providing direct benefit to the community. He consults companies about their ethics, CSR, pro bono, and social entrepreneurship initiatives, and is founder and director of multiple non-profit companies. He and his students are constantly looking for commercial solutions to complex societal problems.
Mr. Bishop adopts a multicultural approach to teaching, aiming to broaden the students’ perspectives and help them to apply complex analysis to real-world legal, ethical, and business problems.
Mr. Bishop won the Outstanding Teacher Award for his postgraduate teaching for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Teaching
Undergraduate
Company Law
International and Cross-Boundary Trade Law
Legal & Ethical Environment of Global Business
Social Entrepreneurship Management Internship Course
Graduate
Business Law & Ethics
Business Communication, Ethics and Practice
Legal Environment in Asia
Research Interest
Business Ethics
Refugee and Migrant Labor Law
Social Enterprise
Complex International Transactions
Corporate Governance
Service to the University/Community
BBA(Law) & LLB Programme Coordinator