Professor Anna Han specializes in the areas of Chinese law, corporate law, startup businesses and technology licensing. She is well-published, writing primarily on topics relating to the developing legal system of the People’s Republic of China and is the co-author of the casebook “Doing Business in China,” published by West. Professor Han served as Santa Clara Law’s Interim Dean from July 2019- July 2021.
She has also served as the Program Director of Santa Clara University School of Law’s summer programs in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Geneva/Strasbourg, Istanbul, The Hague, and Oxford. She was the Director for the Center for Global Law and Policy for two years. She frequently serves as an expert on issues relating to corporate governance and Chinese law.
Prior to joining the Santa Clara University School of Law faculty in 1991, Professor Han worked as an associate at Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe and, subsequently, as an associate and then partner at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen (now Morgan Lewis). She has also served as Counsel to the international firm of White and Case, based in Palo Alto.
J.D., UC Law, San Francisco, formerly Hastings College of the Law, 1981
B.A., cum laude, University of California, Berkeley, 1978
China Trade and Investment Law, Business Organizations, Legal Issues of Start Up Businesses, Technology Licensing
Treasurer, Executive Committee, International Law Section of the State Bar, (1995-96)
Secretary, Executive Committee, International Law Section of the State Bar, (1994-95)
Chair, China Law Committee, San Francisco Bar Association
Books
Doing Business in China: Problems, Cases, and Materials with Chow. West (2012) (American Casebook Series) (Also available as an online book) | Link to Library Catalog
Chapters
Industrial Property, Trademarks, Copyright, and Internet-Related IP in Business Law in China: Trade, Investment, Operations and Finance. Lapres and Zhang, editors. 2nd edition. ICC Publishing (2008)
Trends in IP Law in China: Is Enforcement Finally Happening? with Keefe in Doing Business in China. Adams and Bond, editors. BNA International (2006)
Legal Aspects of Franchising in China in International Franchising in Emerging Markets: China, India and Other Asian Markets. Alon and Welsh, editors. CCH (2001)
Holding Up More Than Half the Sky: Marketization and the Status of Women in China in Global Critical Race Feminism. Wing, editor. New York University Press (2000) (Reprinted at 11 Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 791-810 (2001)) | Link to Digital Commons | Link to Library Catalog
Articles
Exploring Feminism Globally to Achieve Global Feminism, 11 The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 785-790 (2001) | Link to Digital Commons
Hong Kong's Economy Under Chinese Rule: Prosperity and Stability?, 22 Southern Illinois University Law Journal 325-336 (1998) | Link to Digital Commons
Technology Licensing to China: The Influence of Culture, (Symposium: International Legal Practice: Licensing, Protection, and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in East Asia), 19 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 629-643 (1996) | Link to Digital Commons
China's Company Law: Practicing Capitalism in a Transitional Economy, 5 Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal 457-507 (1996) | Link to Digital Commons
Hong Kong's Basic Law: The Path to 1997, Paved with Pitfalls, 16 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 321-342 (1993) | Link to Digital Commons
Franchising in Mainland China, with Oechsli, 58 Antitrust Law Journal 1013-1020 (1989) | Link to Digital Commons
New PRC and Shanghai Regulations for the Encouragement of Foreign Investment, (Symposium: International Legal Practice), 10 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 557-569 (1987) | Link to Digital Commons
People's Republic of China's Foreign Enterprises Income Tax Law and Regulations, (Symposium: Tax Strategies for International Transactions: A Practical Approach), 6 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 689-717 (1983) | Link to Digital Commons
Book Reviews
To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense: Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization, 36 Santa Clara Law Review 1265-1269 (1996) | Link to Digital Commons | Link to Library Catalog
Law of Contract in Hong Kong, 121 China Quarterly 148-149 (March 1990) | Link to Full Text
Other Articles
Cuba: An Immersion Experience, with Mertens, 20 Santa Clara Law magazine 14-17 (Fall/winter 2013)
Why China's Trade Status Matters to U.S. Law Firms, 124 The Recorder 8 (May 17, 2000)
SCU Law Students Witness End of 99 Years of British Rule in Hong Kong, 29 The Advocate (University of Santa Clara School of Law) 5 (September 1997) | Link to Library Catalog
U.N. v. NGO: Alternative International Women's Conference Focuses on Action, 1996 Et Al.: The Magazine of Santa Clara University School of Law 36 (Spring/Summer 1996) | Link to Library Catalog
Journey of Discovery: Attending the NGO Forum on Women, ___ The Newsletter of the Asian American Bar Association ___ (December 1995)
Wish I Had Been Here Earlier: A First Timer's Impressions, 1993 The Salt Equalizer 11-12 (December 1993)
China's Copyright Law, 5 The Journal of International Franchising and Distribution Law 172-178 (1991)
China Joins Madrid Agreement, 4 The Journal of International Franchising and Distribution Law 200 (1990)
Inheritance Law of the People's Republic of China, 13 International Legal Practitioner 76-77 (1988) | Link to Digital Commons
Franchising in China, 2 Journal of International Franchising and Distribution Law 117-119 (1988)
Other
Chinese Inheritance Law: Selected Chinese/English Vocabulary entries in Dictionary of Legal Words and Terms Relating to Succession to the Estates of Deceased Persons. Loewenthal, co-ordinator. International Bar Association ([between 1985 and 1990])