Mr Qingxiu Bu

Lecturer

Contact Details
Email address q.bu@qub.ac.uk
Telephone Direct Line       (+44) 028 9097 3670               
Room 30.LG06, 30 University Square

Biography
Qingxiu Bu joined Queen’s on 1 September 2008. Previously he was a lecturer at Cardiff Law School where he taught Corporate Law and Contract Law as well as an LLM module in International Corporate Governance. Prior to joining Cardiff, Qingxiu was a senior lecturer in Law at University of Wolverhampton. He has also been a visiting professor at Lund, Sweden and City University, Hong Kong. Qingxiu’s research explores a diverse range of issues in company law and corporate governance, including topics in the areas of cross-border M&As and Insolvencies and comparative corporate governance. He has published refereed articles in leading academic law journals in the UK and Australia. He is currently involved in several international corporate governance research projects. These include projects on China’s cross-border bankruptcy law, on shareholder litigation via derivative actions and on third party liabilities. Qingxiu was educated at Soochow University, Groningen University and the University of Birmingham for his taught and research degrees. He has seven years' first-hand experience in international business and legal practice in the Middle East, USA and China and advises a number of government agencies on a range of cross-border transactions issues.

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • Tort
  • Equity
  • European Internal Market Law

Postgraduate

  • Legal Issues in Corporate Governance

Research
Corporate Law; Cross-Border Merger & Acquisitions and Insolvency; Comparative Corporate Governance

Selected Publications
“Tighter Control of Merger & Acquisitions (M&As)?” (2008) 19 (2) European Business Law Review 293-309

“Danone v Wahaha: If Not a War against Foreign Acquisitions, What Else? ”(2007) 21 (2) Australian Journal of Corporate Law 173-184

“Is There A Bottom Line for Foreign Acquisitions?” (2007) 25 (5) Company and Security Law Journal 335-349

“China Company Law on Derivative Actions” (2006) 5 (2) International and Comparative Corporate Law Journal 21-67

“The Indemnity Cost Order in a Derivative Action” 2006 27 (1) Company Lawyer 2-13.