Jingwen Liu is a research fellow at the Centre for Legal Innovation and Digital Society (CLINDS) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Faculty of Law. Her research interests include intellectual property law, competition policy, data governance, and comparative legal study. Her publications appear in various academic journals such as the Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts, American Business Law Journal, European Intellectual Property Review, and Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice. She has been listed as a WIPO ADR Young Member since 2023. Prior to commencing her PhD study, she was a practicing lawyer in the People’s Republic of China specializing in trademark and brand protection. She also held a visiting position at Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law in 2021.

David Tan is a Singaporean law professor at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law. He was the Vice Dean of Academic Affairs from January 2015 to June 2021. His legal scholarship covers intellectual and intangible property law. He is also a fine art and fashion photographer, with exhibitions presented by Cartier and Versace. David was elected the Vice President (Business Development & Communications) of the Singapore Badminton Association, a volunteer position, in September 2024. He was appointed to the advisory board of the National Museum of Singapore in 2025.

David graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, and he was a resident of Trinity College, Melbourne (1991–1995) where he was named Valedictorian. He was awarded the RJ Hamer and Corrs Chambers Westgarth Prizes in Constitutional & Administrative Law, Price Waterhouse Prize in Contracts, and Rayne Dickson Memorial Exhibition Prize in Health & Medical Law. David was conferred a Master of Laws in 1999 from Harvard, where he attended on the Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship.

David worked in DBS Bank before joining the Singapore Administrative Service in December 2001, serving as director of International Talent at the Ministry of Manpower and head of Contact Singapore, and as Director of Sports in the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports. David left the Singapore Administrative Service and enrolled in the Ph.D. programme at Melbourne Law School in 2006. He received the Oakleaf Award from Trinity College at the University of Melbourne for “his services to the arts, law and education”. The Oakleaf Award commemorates 150 years of Trinity College by recognising living alumni and supporters who have made a notable contribution to Trinity, the broader community, or both, within Australia or globally.

David joined NUS Law as an assistant professor in December 2008. In 2012, he became a tenured associate professor. He was appointed vice dean of academic affairs in 2015, overseeing the LL.B. and LL.M. programmes. In 2016, he was appointed to the position of dean’s chair at the faculty. He was promoted to full professor on 1 July 2018.

David has a curatorial collection of over 200 jackets, mainly blazers, which includes rare runway looks from Alexander Lee McQueen’s final menswear collection and Gucci’s “Roger Federer Met Gala 2017” crystal cobra tuxedo. In 2022, the National Museum of Singapore acquired some of his jackets as part of the museum’s ongoing documentation of contemporary styles and perspectives in Singapore. In 2023, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne also added a number of his jackets to their permanent collection. From January to March 2024, the Alliance Française de Singapour showcased 42 of his jackets from French brands and France-based designers in a public exhibition “La Veste”, that included rare items from Louis Vuitton, Balmain, Dior, and Comme des Garçons.