Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Dr Charles Mak’s research focuses on insolvency law, sovereign debt restructuring, trust law, financial regulation, technology law, and dispute resolution. His work explores the intersections between domestic and international legal frameworks, with particular attention to how financial and technological developments shape legal responses. He has published widely in these areas and engages with both doctrinal and policy dimensions of legal reform. Most notably, as one of the Principal Investigators, his research team received Robert Gordon University's Interdisciplinary Research Team of the Year award (2025) for their project on leveraging AI to prevent terrorism in prisons, funded by the Home Office Accelerated Capability Environment and the Counter Terrorism Research Lab and selected for a national showcase.
External positions
Fellow, University of Milan
Mar 2026 → …
Research Associate (Working Party 15: Sovereign Debts), CERIL - Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law
Feb 2026 → …
Honorary Fellow at the Asian Institute of International Financial Law, University of Hong Kong
1 Jan 2026 → …
Member of the ESRC Peer Review College, Economic and Social Research Council
Oct 2025 → …
Research Affiliate, Sovereign Debt Forum
Sept 2025 → …
Member of the Trusts and Succession Law Sub-Committee, Law Society of Scotland
Jul 2025 → …
Member of the Thames CIArb Branch Committee, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Jun 2024 → …
Member of the Competition Law Sub-Committee, Law Society of Scotland
Jun 2024 → …
Member of the INSOL Early Researcher Academics (ERA) Committee, INSOL International
Sept 2023 → …
TTLF Affiliate, Stanford University
Apr 2023 → …
Research Affiliate at SovereigNet, Tufts University
Mar 2021 → …
Honorary Fellow, University of Hong Kong
Feb 2021 → Dec 2024
Fellow, City University of Hong Kong
Dec 2020 → …
Research Groups and Themes
- Centre for Private and Commercial law
- Centre for Global Law and Innovation
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Research output
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Evaluating Reform Proposals in Sovereign Debt Restructuring: A Path Towards Resilience and Fairness
Mak, C., 2024, In: Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice. 33, 1, p. 74-103 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Sovereign Debt Restructuring in Zambia: A Chinese Approach
Mak, C. H. W., 28 Feb 2025, A Casebook on Chinese Outbound Investment. Erie, M. S. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 235-247 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
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A convergence of legal pluralism and legal realism to expound legal epistemology
Mangouras, N. S. & Mak, C., 11 Dec 2025, Research Handbook on Epistemologies of Law. Siliquini-Cinelli, L. & Neoh, J. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 22-33 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
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A Future Beyond the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024: Further Modernisation of Trust Taxation in Scotland
Mak, C. (Principal Investigator)
11/09/24 → …
Project: Research
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Transatlantic Perspectives on Digital Platform Governance and Competition Policy in the European Union and the United States
Mak, C. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/25 → 1/04/26
Project: Research
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Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Identify and Prevent Terrorism in Prisons
Mak, C. (Principal Investigator), Mante, J. (Principal Investigator), Kalutarage, H. (Principal Investigator), Senanayake, J. (Principal Investigator), Pirie, C. (Researcher) & Gana - Abej, B. (Researcher)
1/01/25 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
Prizes
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III Prize in International Insolvency Studies
Mak, C. (Recipient), Jun 2024
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
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YANIL Research Prize for Innovative and Outstanding Research in Restructuring and Insolvency Law
Mak, C. (Recipient), Dec 2024
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
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Scottish Universities Law Institute Early Career Fellowship
Mak, C. (Recipient), Sept 2024
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
Activities
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Institut Barcelona Estudis Internacionals
Mak, C. (Visiting researcher)
May 2024Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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University of Hong Kong
Mak, C. (Visiting researcher)
Aug 2022Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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International Insolvency Review (Journal)
Mak, C. (Peer reviewer)
Sept 2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review