Seminars

Many highly successful seminars and conferences have been organised in the area of corporate law by the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation. These seminars have included:  

Directors' Duties: Navigating the Storm on Board
(19 March 2008 Melbourne, 1 May 2008 Sydney)

                       Speakers: Bob Baxt A.O, Partner, Freehills (Melbourne seminar); Tim 
                       Bednall, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Sydney seminar); Alan Cameron A.M, 
                       Company Director and former Chairman of ASIC (Sydney seminar); Sir Rod Eddington, 
                       Chairman of JPMorgan (Melbourne seminar); David Gonski A.C, Chairman of Investec 
                       Bank Australia Limited (Sydney seminar); Alison Lansley, Partner, Mallesons Stephen 
                       Jaques (Melbourne seminar); Stuart McCulloch, Partner,  Allens Arthur Robinson (Sydney 
                       seminar);  Jon Webster, Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson (Melbourne seminar).

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Employee Share Ownership in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Objectives, Current Practice and Regulatory Reform
(2 April 2008)

                        On 2 April 2008, the Employee Share Ownership Project (a joint initiative of Melbourne
                        Law School’s Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, the Centre for 
                        Employment and Labour Relations Law and The Tax Group), hosted a day-long  
                        workshop on the regulation of employee share ownership in small and medium-
                        sized enterprises. The invitation and program are available here. Attended by legal 
                        practitioners, regulators and academic researchers, the workshop discussed objectives 
                        for, and current practice in, broad-based employee share ownership in Australian SMEs. 
                        Participants identified and discussed a number of regulatory obstacles to broad-based 
                        employee share ownership in this sector, emanating from corporations and taxation law. 
                        Proposals for reform were also discussed.   

The London Takeover Panel - Approach to Regulation and Current Issues
(13 March 2008)

                         Speaker: Noel Hinton, Deputy Director General,  London Takeover Panel

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Replacing Misused Limited Liability with Enterprise Analysis in Corporate Groups
(4 March 2008)

                         Speaker: Professor Kurt Strasser

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Criminalising Cartel Conduct: Issues of Law and Policy
(25 February 2008)

                           Speakers: Dr Caron Beaton-Wells, Director of Studies for Competition Law, University of 
                           Melbourne; Brent Fisse, Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and  
                           Taxation Law; Justice Peter Heerey, Federal Court of Australia; Professor Bob Baxt 
                           A.O, Partner, Freehills

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Financial Sector Development in East Asia and the Role of Law
(23 August 2007)

                         Speaker: Associate Professor Douglas Arner, Director, Asian Institute of International 
                         Financial Law (AIIFL), Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong 

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This seminar was co-hosted with the Asian Law Centre

The Takeovers Panel - Consequences of the Alinta Litigation
(19 July 2007 Melbourne, 21 August 2007 Sydney)

                       Speakers: George Durbridge, Special Advisor, Freehills (Melbourne and Sydney);  Norman 
                       O’Bryan QC, Commercial and Company Law Barrister, Victorian Bar (Melbourne and 
                       Sydney); Cheryl Saunders, Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies,  
                       University of Melbourne (Sydney and Melbourne)

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ASIC v Citigroup - The Decision and its Implications
(17 July 2007 Melbourne, 18 July 2007 Sydney)
   
                  Speakers: Pamela Hanrahan , Deputy Director, Centre for Corporate Law and Securities 
                   Regulation, University of Melbourne (Sydney and Melbourne); Michael Schoenberg, Partner,
                   Allens Arthur Robinson (Melbourne); John Warde, Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson (Sydney)

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ASIC v Citigroup - The Issues and Their Significance
(5 June 2007 Sydney, 7 June 2007 Melbourne)

                   Speakers: Pamela Hanrahan , Deputy Director, Centre for Corporate Law and Securities 
                   Regulation, University of Melbourne (Sydney and Melbourne); Michael Schoenberg, Partner,
                   Allens Arthur Robinson (Melbourne); John Warde, Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson (Sydney)

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Employee Participation in a Unionised Environment: What do Workers Want? 
(4 June 2007) 

                 Speaker: Associate Professor Christina Cregan,  Associate Professor in Industrial Relations, 
                 Department of Management and Marketing, the University of Melbourne

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This seminar was co-hosted with the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law

Should Institutional Investors Use Their Considerable Market Power to Influence the Human Resource Practices of Companies?
(31 May 2007)

                  Speakers: Professor Ian Ramsay, Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law, Director of the
                  Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, the University of Melbourne; Shelley 
                  Marshall, Research Fellow, Corporate Governance and Workplace Partnerships 
                  Project , the University of Melbourne

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Public Enforcement of Securities Laws 
(29 May 2007)

                  Speaker: Professor Howell Jackson, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, United States

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No Seat at the Table-How Corporate Governance and Law Keep Women Out of America's Boardrooms
(7 May 2007)

               Speaker: Professor Douglas Branson, University of Pittsburgh

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Contesting Accountability and Legitimacy in Non-State Regulatory Regimes 
(4 April 2007)

             Speaker: Professor Julia Black, London School of Economics and Political Science

This seminar was co-hosted with the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law. 

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2007 Corporate Governance Conference
(16 March 2007)

             Speakers: Kevin Murphy, Professor of Finance and Business Economics, USC Marshall School 
             of Business and Professor of Business and Law, USC Law School; Jeremy Cooper, Deputy 
             Chairperson, ASIC; Eric Mayne, Chief  Supervision Officer, Australian Stock Exchange Limited; 
             Andrew Sisson, Managing Director, Balanced Equity Management; Ken Jarrett, Director CJT
             Capital; Richard Searby QC,  Linda Nicholls, President,  Australian Institute of Company 
             Directors (Vic Div), Deputy Chairman, Healthscope Limited and Director, St George Bank and 
             Sigma Pharmaceutical Group; John Brakey, Head of Alternative Investments, Macquarie Bank; 
             Doug Little, CEO, Constellation Investment Management;  Bob Van Munster, Tyndall Investment 
             Management; Richard Phillips, Managing Director, Caliburn Partnership

This conference was co-hosted with Institutional Shareholder Services     

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Law and the Market: The Impact of Enforcement
(12 March 2007) 

            Speaker: Professor John Coffee, Adolf A Berle Professor of Law, Columbia University

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 Corporate Governance and the Management of Labour: Australian Perspectives
 (7and 8 December 2006)

              This conference was co-hosted with the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, 
              The University of Melbourne and the Corporate Law and Accountability Research  Group, 
              Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University

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Guest at the Table? Independent Directors in Family Controlled Public Companies
(6 December 2006)

               Speaker: Professor Deborah Demott, David F Cavers, Professor of Law, Duke University

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The Impact of Stock-Market Listing on Employment Practices?  A Comparison of Listed and Privately-Owned Workplaces in the UK
(29 September 2006)

              Speaker: Andrew Pendleton,  Professor of Human Resource Management, Department of 
              Management Studies at the University of York, United Kingdom

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Legal Professional Privilege
(24 August 2006 Sydney, 30 August 2006 Melbourne)

              Speakers: Kirsten Grey, Legal Manager, BHP Billiton (Sydney and Melbourne); Emilios Kyrou,
              Senior Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Sydney and Melbourne); Stephanie Martin, Deputy
              Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (Sydney and Melbourne)

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Shareholder Litigation
(13 June 2006 Sydney, 14 June 2006 Melbourne)

              Speakers: Ashley Black, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Sydney and Melbourne); Kathleen    
              Harris, Special Counsel, Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Sydney and Melbourne); Professor Ian  
              Ramsay, Director, Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, the University of    
              Melbourne (Sydney and Melbourne); John Walker, Managing Director, IMF (Australia) Ltd (Sydney  
              and Melbourne)

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Australian Auditing Standards - Imminent Changes
(6 June 2006 Sydney, 7 June 2006 Melbourne)

               Speakers: Richard Mifsud, Principal Executive, Auditing and Assurance Standards Board; Lee  
               White, Chief  Accountant,  Australian Securities and Investments Commission; Professor Ian  
               Ramsay, Director, Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, the University of 
               Melbourne

This seminar was co-hosted with the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and Blake Dawson Waldron.

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2006 Corporate Governance Conference
(24 February 2006)

             Speakers: Professor Ronald J Gilson, Professor of Law and Business, Stanford Law School
             and Professor of Law and Business, Columbia Law School; Peter Doherty, Principal, Capital
             Partners; Nicholas Moore, Executive Director, Macquarie Bank; Anton Tagliaferro, Investment 
             Director, Investors Mutual Limited; Stephen Mayne, Founder of crikey.com.au; Professor Kevin
             Keasey, Halifax Bank Professor of Financial Services, Leeds University Business School; 
             Professor Geof Stapledon, Managing Director, ISS Australia and Professor of Law, University of
             Melbourne; Mike Hogan, Partner, Human Capital, Ernst & Young; Pat Handley, Chairman, Pacific
             Brands Limited; Mark Jankelson, Head of Leadership, Capability & Performance, ANZ; Robert
             Fowler, Investments and Governance Manager, HESTA Super Fund 

This conference was co-hosted with Institutional Shareholder Services     

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            Media commentary on the conference

            - The Age newspaper

            - The Australian newspaper


From the Picketline to the Boardroom: Union Shareholder Activism in Australia
(24 November 2005)

Speakers: Professor Ian Ramsay and Kirsten Anderson, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne

Enlightened Shareholder Value and the New Responsibilities of Directors: What Does the Best Director do for the Creditors?
(4 October 2005)

 

Professor Paul Davies, Cassel Professor of Commercial Law, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Directors' Duties and Corporate Social Responsibility - The New Environment
(27 July 2005 Sydney, 18th August 2005 Melbourne)

Speakers: Bob Baxt AO, Partner, Freehills (Sydney and Melbourne); Bill Beerworth Managing Director, Beerworth & Partners (Sydney seminar); Leon Davis AO, Chairman, Westpac (Melbourne seminar); Meredith Hellicar, Chairman, James Hardie Industries (Sydney seminar); Harrison Young, Chairman, Morgan Stanley Australia (Melbourne seminar); Richard St John Convenor, Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee(Sydney and Melbourne)

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Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance
(2 June 2005)

Professor Geof Stapledon, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne

This seminar was co-hosted with the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law

The Takeovers Panel: Key Issues for Companies and Advisers (26 May 2005 - Perth)

Speakers: Michael Ashforth, Managing Director, Gresham Advisory Partners Ltd, Jeremy Cooper, Deputy Chairman, ASIC, George Durbridge, Counsel, Takeovers Panel, Marie McDonald, Partner, Blake Dawson Waldron

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Professor Ian Ramsay launches Leon Gettler's book "Organisations Behaving Badly: A Greek Tragedy of Corporate Pathology"
(Readings Bookstore, Carlton, 12 May 2005)

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The Takeovers Panel: Key Issues for Companies and Advisers (3 March 2005 Melbourne, 9 March 2005 Sydney)

Speakers: Tim Bednall, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Sydney), Richard Cockburn, Director, ASIC (Melbourne and Sydney), George Durbridge, Counsel, Takeovers Panel (Sydney), Byron Koster, Partner, Blake Dawson Waldron (Sydney), Alison Lansley, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Melbourne), Marie McDonald, Partner, Blake Dawson Waldron (Melbourne), Simon McKeon, Executive Chairman, Macquarie Bank Limited and President, Takeovers Panel (Melbourne and Sydney), Nigel Morris, Director, Takeovers Panel (Melbourne)

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Executive Remuneration and Corporate Governance (23 February 2005)

Speaker: Gideon Haigh, journalist and corporate governance commentator

This seminar was co-hosted with the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law

Shareholder Meetings: Key Issues and Developments (9 November 2004 Melbourne, 18 November 2004 Sydney)

Speakers: Andrew Lumsden, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Melbourne and Sydney), Stephen Mayne, Crikey.com.au (Melbourne and Sydney), John McCombe, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Melbourne and Sydney), Mervyn Peacock, Chief Investment Officer and Director, AMP Capital Investments (Sydney), Kathryn Watt, Corporate Counsel, Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd (Melbourne)

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The Policies and Powers of the ACCC (1 October 2004)

Speaker: Graeme Samuel, Chair, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission; commentator Associate Professor Pamela Hanrahan, University of Melbourne

This seminar was co-hosted with the Securities Institute of Australia

The Ideas, Practices and Regulatory Context of Employee Share Ownership Schemes in Australia (27 August 2004)

Speaker: Jarrod Lenne, University of Melbourne

This seminar was co-hosted with the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law

 

Directors' Duties: Recent Developments and Their Implications for Directors and Advisors (4 August 2004 Melbourne, 11 August 2004 Sydney)

Speakers: Alan Cameron, Company Director (Sydney), Rod Halstead, Partner, Clayton Utz (Sydney), John Harvey, Company Director (Melbourne), Andrew Lumsden, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Melbourne and Sydney), Jan Redfern, Executive Director, Enforcement, ASIC (Melbourne and Sydney), Charles Rosedale, Partner, Clayton Utz (Melbourne)

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Continuous Disclosure (25 May 2004 Melbourne, 8 June 2004 Sydney)

Speakers: Jane Couchman, General Counsel, Perpetual (Sydney), Quentin Digby, Partner, Freehills (Melbourne), Luise Elsing (Manager, Companies, Australian Stock Exchange (Sydney), Fiona Gardiner-Hill, Partner, Freehills (Sydney), James Gerraty, Manager of Companies, Australian Stock Exchange (Melbourne), Michaela Healey, Company Secretary, Orica Ltd (Melbourne), Jennifer O'Donnell, Deputy Executive Director, Policy and Markets Regulation, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Melbourne and Sydney)

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Directors' and Managers' Lliability Under Occupational Health and Safety Laws - Do We Need a Stronger Regime of Individual Responsibility?
(28 May 2004)

Speaker: Karen Wheelwright, School of Law, Deakin University

This seminar was co-hosted with the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law

Financial Services Reform: Reflections on the New Regime (10 May 2004)

Speakers: Gregg Drumm, Practice Leader-Products, Consumer, Business and Corporate Legal Group, ANZ Bank; Associate Professor Pamela Hanrahan, Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, The University of Melbourne; Pamela McAlister, Deputy Executive Director - Financial Services Regulation, Australian Securities and Investments Commission

This seminar was co-hosted with the Securities Institute of Australia

Corporate Crime: Wealth by Stealth (7 May 2004)

Speaker: Professor Harry Glasbeek, Osgood Hall Law School, York University, Toronto

This seminar was co-hosted with the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law

Malaysian Securities Regulation (25 February 2004)

Speaker: Sau Ngan Wong, Head - Policy and Regulatory Review, Securities Commission of Malaysia

Reforming Not-For-Profit Regulation (19 February 2004)

Speaker Sue Woodward, University of Melbourne

Corporate Governance Conference (13 February 2004)

Speakers included: Professor Randall S Thomas, Vanderbilt University Law School; Professor Steven Schwarcz, Duke University; John O’Grady, Partner, Ernst & Young, Melbourne; Dean Paatsch, Director of Governance Services, SIRIS.

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Virtual Shareholder Meetings: Who Decides How Companies Make Decisions? (19 November 2003)

Speaker: Professor Elizabeth Boros, Monash University

Shareholder Activism (29 July 2003)

Speakers: Stephen Creese, General Counsel, Rio Tinto, Quentin Digby, Partner, Freehills, Associate Professor Geof Stapledon, The University of Melbourne

Ownership and Control of ASX Listed Companies (3 June 2003)

Speaker: Dr Alan Dignam, University of London

Continuous Disclosure: The New Regime (8 April 2003, Sydney and 10 April 2003, Melbourne)

Speakers: Richard Cockburn, Director, Corporate Finance, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, James Gerraty, Manager, Manager of Companies, Australian Stock Exchange, Penny Grau, Partner, Clayton Utz, Rod Halstead, Partner, Clayton Utz; Charles Macek, Chairman, IOOF and Non-executive Director, Telstra and Wesfarmers, Charles Rosedale, Partner, Clayton Utz, Gai McGrath, General Counsel and Company Secretary, Perpetual

This seminar was co-hosted with The Securities Institute of Australia

Corporate Complicity in International Law (9 April 2003)

Speaker: Professor Celia Wells, University of Cardiff

Corporate Governance Summit (26-27 November 2002)

The Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation supported this conference which was organised by The Australian Financial Review

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Cross Border M & A Regulation Conference (23 October 2002)

Speakers: Dennis Garris, Chief of the Office of Mergers and Acquisitions, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Noel Hinton, Deputy Director General, London Takeovers Panel, Thorsten Behnke, Assistant Director, German Financial Supervisory Authority, Zhang Xin, Deputy Director General, China Securities Regulatory Commission, Luis Figueroa, Chilean Securities and Insurance Regulator, Peter Cameron, Chairman, Investment Banking, Credit Suisse First Boston Australia Ltd

This seminar was co-hosted with the Takeovers Panel and the Securities Institute of Australia

Enron - The Implications for Corporate Governance (5 July 2002)

Speaker: Professor James Cox, Duke University, USA

This seminar was co-hosted with the School of Law at La Trobe University

Auditors and Audit Committees: Key Issues and Developments (12 June 2002, Sydney and 28 May 2002, Melbourne)

Speakers: Jillian Segal, Deputy Chair, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Alison Lansley, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Melbourne), Jan McCahey, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Melbourne), Jan Muysken, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Sydney), Tony Bancroft, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Sydney), Professor Ian Ramsay, Director, Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, The University of Melbourne

Compulsory Acquisitions: Key Issues and Developments (6 June 2002, Melbourne and 4 June 2002, Sydney)

Speakers: Allan Bulman, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, George Durbridge, Counsel, Takeovers Panel, Ron White, Partner, Coudert Brothers (Sydney), Rob Catto, Paul Meadows, Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson (Melbourne)

When Corporate Law & Labour Law Collide: Lessons From The Ansett Administration (23 May 2002)

Speakers: Leon Zwier, Partner, Arnold Bloch Leibler, Mr Mark Mentha, Partner, Korda Mentha & Colleagues, Ms Simone Bingham, Associate, Employment and Industrial Law Section, Maurice Blackburn Cashman, Mr Richard Watts, Industrial Officer, Australian Council of Trade Unions

This seminar was co-hosted with the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne

Eliminating Road Blocks to a Deal (18 April 2002, Sydney and 12 March 2002, Melbourne)

Speakers: Mr George Durbridge, Counsel, Takeovers Panel, Mr Bruce Dyer, Special Counsel, Blake Dawson Waldron (Melbourne), Mr Michael Hoyle, Director, Macquarie Bank Limited, Mr Ross Jones, Mergers Commissioner, ACCC, Mr John Kench, Partner, Blake Dawson Waldron (Sydney), Mr Michael O'Bryan, Barrister, Victorian Bar, Mr Damian Reichel, Partner, Blake Dawson Waldron (Sydney) and Mr Bill Reid, Partner, Blake Dawson Waldron (Sydney)

Enron - The Consequences for Corporate Governance and Corporate Law Reform (16 April 2002)

Speaker: Professor Robert Haft, Georgetown University Law School, USA

The New Takeoves Panel: Key Issues and Developments (16 October 2001, Sydney and 26 September 2001, Melbourne)

Speakers: Mr Richard Cockburn, Director, Corporate Finance, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Mr Rodd Levy, Partner, Freehills (Melbourne), Mr Justin Mannolini, Partner, Freehills (Sydney), Mr Simon McKeon, President, the Takeovers Panel and Executive Director of Macquarie Bank

Market Misconduct and The Financial Services Reform Bill (14 August 2001, Sydney and 25 July 2001, Melbourne)

Speakers: Mr Joe Longo, Special Counsel, Freehills, Mr Robert Pride, General Counsel, Deutsche Bank and Mr John Kluver, Executive Director, Companies and Securities Advisory Committee

Dual Listed Companies: Structure and Legal Issues (18 July 2001)

Speakers: Mr Cameron Rider, Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson, Mr Jon Webster, Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson and Mr Shane Tregillis, Executive Director, Policy and Markets Regulation, Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Lock-ups and Break Fees in The United States (6 July 2001)

Speaker: Professor David Skeel, University of Pennsylvania, USA

This seminar was co-hosted with the Takeovers Panel and the Corporate Law Teachers Association

Penalties and Regulatory Enforcement (14 June 2001)

Speaker: Professor Anthony Ogus, University of Manchester and Research Professor, University of Maastricht

This seminar was co-hosted with the Corporate Law Teachers Association and The University of Melbourne Faculty of Law

The Purposes and Accountability of the Corporation in Contemporary Society: Corporate Governance at a Crossroads (4 June 2001)

Speaker: Professor Cindy Schipani, University of Michigan, USA

This seminar was co-hosted with the Corporate Law Teachers Association and The University of Melbourne Faculty of Law

The Very Uncertain Prospect of Global Convergence in Corporate Governance (3 May 2001)

Speaker: Professor Doug Branson, University of Pittsburgh, USA and Visiting Fellow, The University of Melbourne

This seminar was co-hosted with the Corporate Law Teachers Association

Key Developments in Corporate Law & Equity - A Celebration of The Scholarship of Emeritus Professor Harold Ford (16 March 2001)

Welcome: Professor Ian Ramsay, Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law, The University of Melbourne

International Perspectives on Corporate Law and Corporate Governance

Comparative Corporate Governance and the Australian Experience: Professor Brian Cheffins, University of Cambridge

Shareholders as Principals - Their Powers in Relation to Directors: Professor Deborah DeMott, Duke University

Commentator: Professor John Farrar, Bond University and The University of Melbourne

Key Issues in Corporate Law

The Role of Corporate Governance Practices in the Development of Legal Principles Relating to Directors: Justice Alex Chernov, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria

Directors' Duty of Care and the New Business Judgment Rule in a 21st Century Environment: Professor Robert Baxt, Partner, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks

Tending to Sick Companies: The Role & Responsibilities of Voluntary Administrators: Justice Robert Austin, Supreme Court of New South Wales

Key Issues in Equity and Trusts Law

Reflections on Commercial Applications of the Trust: Professor Michael Bryan, The University of Melbourne

Equitable Compensation as a Remedy for Breach of Fiduciary Duty: Professor Elizabeth Boros, Monash University

Commentator: Justice Paul Finn, Federal Court of Australia

This one day conference was co-hosted by The University of Melbourne Law School and The University of Melbourne Law Society

2001 Australian Securities and Investments Commission Summer School (18-23 February 2001)

The 2001 Australian Securities and Investments Commission Summer School was held at The University of Melbourne. It was planned with the support of the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation. The theme of the Summer School was "Retail Financial Product Distribution: Challenges for Financial Service Firms, Consumers and Regulators in the 21st Century". The Summer School brought together senior regulators from many countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea. Keynote speakers at the Summer School included:

• Mr Seelan Singham, Partner, McKinsey and Company
• Dr Günther Sattelhak, Senior Lawyer, Global Technology and Services Division, Deutsche Bank Head Office, Frankfurt
• Professor Ann Harding, Professor of Applied Economics and Social Policy and inaugural Director of the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra
• Ms Deirdre Hutton CBE, Chairman, National Consumer Council, United Kingdom
• Mr Rick Eager, Vice-President, Financial Services Group, CSC Australia
• Mr Graham Rich, Chief Executive Officer and Publisher, Morningstar
• Ms Victoria Weekes, Director, Legal and Compliance, Salomon Smith Barney, Australia
• Mr Brian McKenna, Director and Head of Private Client Group, Salomon Smith Barney, Australia
• Mr Michael Hawker, Group Executive, Australian Business and Personal Banking, Westpac Banking Corporation
• Mr Roger Murray, Executive Legal Counsel, AMP Financial Services
• Mr Rob Coombe, Executive Vice-President, Head of Retail, BT Funds Management
• Mr Robert King. Chief Executive Officer, Macquarie Bank, Financial Enrichment Pty Ltd
• Mr Stuart Marks, Principal Lawyer, Macquarie Bank, eDivision
• Mr Brian Thomas, Head of Retail Funds, Credit Suisse Asset Management
• Mr Peter Kell, Co-director, Office of Consumer Protection, Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Ms Louise Sylvan, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Consumers Association.

Enforcement of Foreign Country Judgments and the Proposed Hague Convention (5 February 2001)

Speaker: Linda Silberman, Professor of Law, New York University, USA

This seminar was co-hosted by The University of Melbourne Faculty of Law and the Institute for Comparative and International Law

A Transactional Framework To Interpret Contract Law (5 February 2001)

Speaker: Victor Goldberg, Professor of Law, Columbia University, USA

This seminar was co-hosted by The University of Melbourne Faculty of Law and the Institute for Comparative and International law

Directors' Duties: Recent Developments and their Implications for Directors and Advisers
(8 November 2000)

Speakers: Tom Bostock, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Tony Greenwood, Partner, Blake Dawson Waldron; John Kluver, Executive Director, Companies and Securities Advisory Committee

This seminar was co-hosted with the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

The Future of Corporate Regulation: Hughes and Wakim and The Referral of Powers
(3 November 2000)

Speakers: The Hon Joe Hockey, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation; Mr Ian Govey, General Manager, Civil Justice and Legal Services, Attorney-General's Department; Mr Alan Cameron AM, Chairman, ASIC; Joseph Longo, National Director, Enforcement, ASIC; Professor Geoffrey Lindell, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne; Mr Dennis Rose AM, QC, Special Counsel, Blake Dawson Waldron, Canberra, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Canberra, and formerly Chief General Counsel, Attorney-General's Department; Professor Cheryl Saunders AO, Director of the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne; The Hon Justice R P Austin, Supreme Court of New South Wales; The Hon Justice G F K Santow OAM, Supreme Court of New South Wales; Associate Professor Michael Whincop, Faculty of Law, Griffith University and Director of the Program on Business Ethics, Regulation and White Collar Crime of Griffith University's Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance.

This seminar was presented in association with the Corporate Law Teachers Association, the Australian Association of Constitutional Law and the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney.

E-Commerce and Financial Services (16 October 2000)

Speakers: Joe Longo, National Director, Enforcement, ASIC; Malcolm Rodgers, Director, Regulatory Policy, ASIC; Delia Rickard, Director, Office of Consumer Protection, ASIC; Mark Sneddon, Partner, Clayton Utz; Peter Mathews, Assistant Company Secretary, ANZ Banking Group Ltd; Michael Irving, Chief Financial Controller, InvestorWeb; Leanne Bailey, Business Analyst, Computershare

This seminar was co-hosted with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

Economic Law Reform in Developing Countries: The Case of Indonesian Company Law (11 August 2000)

Speaker: Professor Paul Brietzke, Professor of Law, Valparaiso University Law School, USA

Presented by the Faculty of Law's Asian Law Centre, Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation and Institute for Comparative and International Law.

Insider Trading: Recent Developments and Practical Issues for Market Participants (4 July 2000)

Speakers: Mr Michael Hoyle, Director, Macquarie Corporate Finance; Mr Stephen Kerr, Partner, Freehills; Mr Joseph Longo, National Director, Enforcement, Australian Securities and Investments Commission; Mr Alan Shaw, National Manager, Supervision, Australian Stock Exchange Limited

Hughes and Wakim: The Challenges for Corporate Regulation (22 June 2000)

Speakers: The Hon Michael E J Black AC, Chief Justice, Federal Court of Australia; Mr Alan Cameron AM, Chairman, Australian Securities and Investments Commission; Professor Robert Baxt, Partner, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks; Professor Cheryl Saunders AO, Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, The University of Melbourne

The Corporate Law Economic Reform Program and Fundraising (30 March 2000)

Speakers: Mr Jon Webster, Partner, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks; Mr Michael Ziegelaar, Partner, Freehills; Ms Deborah Hambleton, National Listings Counsel, Australian Stock Exchange; Mr John Price, Principal Lawyer, Regulatory Policy Branch, Australian Securities and Investments Commission

The Corporate Law and Economic Reform Program and Takeovers (9 March 2000)

Speakers: Mr Rodd Levy, Partner, Freehills; Ms Alison Lansley, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Mr Richard Cockburn, National Coordinator, Fundraising and Mergers and Acquisitions, Australian Securities and Investments Commission; Mr Simon McKeon, Executive Director, Macquarie Bank, President, Corporations and Securities Panel

CLERP 6 and Securities (9 September 1999)

Speakers: Ms Pamela Hanrahan, Senior Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne; Ms Alison Lansley, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques; Mr Alan Shaw, National Manager - Market Integrity, Australian Stock Exchange

Lawyers' Professional Negligence: Recent Developments (23 August 1999)

Speakers: Professor Robert Baxt, Partner, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks; Mr Norman O'Bryan, Member of the Victorian Bar; Professor Michael Tilbury, Edward Jenks Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne

Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance: Practical and Legal Issues (12 August 1999)

Speakers: Mr Ross Castle, Director, Aon Financial Services Australia Limited; Mr Fred Hawke, Special Counsel, Clayton Utz; Ms Rachel Symes, Manager, Executive Protection Department, Chubb Insurance

This seminar was co-hosted with the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Share Capital Changes: Practical Implications (20 May 1999)

Speakers:  Mr Quentin Digby, Partner, Freehill Hollingdale & Page; Mr Norman O'Bryan, Member of the Victorian Bar; Mr Timothy Neilson, Special Counsel, Blake Dawson Waldron; Mr Charles Rosedale, Partner, Clayton Utz

The Business Judgment Rule: Key Issues for Company Directors and Officers and Their Advisers (4 May 1999)

Speaker:  Professor Douglas Branson, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh;  Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne

Commentators: Professor John Farrar, School of Law, Bond University;  Professorial Associate, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne; Mr Ian Renard, Partner, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks;  Director of AMP Limited, CSL Limited, Newcrest Mining Limited and Ericsson Australia Pty Ltd

This seminar was co-hosted with the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

1999 Australian Securities and Investments Commission Summer School (21-26 February 1999)

The 1999 Australian Securities and Investments Commission Summer School was held at The University of Melbourne.  It was planned with the support of the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation.  The theme of the Summer School was "Strengthening the Architecture of the Financial System: National, Regional and International Responses to Volatile Global Financial Markets".  The Summer School brought together senior regulators from many countries including Australia, China, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, The Philippines, Fiji, India, Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea.

The keynote speakers at the Summer School included:

• Mr Phillip Thorpe, Managing Director of the United Kingdom Financial Services Authority
• Mr Anthony Neoh, Chief Advisor to the China Securities Regulatory Commission and Professor of Law at Peking University, Beijing; former Chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and former Chairman of the Technical Committee of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions
• Ms Felice Friedman, Assistant Director, Office of International Affairs, United States Securities and Exchange Commission
• Mr Donald Mercer, Chairman of the Australian Information Economic Advisory Council and Director of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority; former Chief Executive Officer of the ANZ Banking Group Limited
• Dr John Edwards, Chief Economist of HSBC-Australia
• Mr Alan Cameron, Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and Chairman of the Joint Forum on Financial Conglomerates
• Mr Shane Tregillis, National Director, Regulation, Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Professor Ian Ramsay, Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law and Director of the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, The University of Melbourne

Interpreting Ministerial Directions to Statutory Corporations:  Can Responsible Government Determine Corporate Governance?   (21 October 1998)

Speaker:   Mr Christos Mantziaris, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University

Long-Term Contracts and Competition Laws (16 September 1998)

Speakers - Mr David Goddard, Partner, Chapman Tripp, New Zealand;  Professor Robert Baxt, Partner, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks, Professorial Associate, The University of Melbourne;  Associate Professor Joshua Gans, Melbourne Business School

A United States Perspective on the Business Judgment Rule (13 July 1998)

Speaker - Professor Deborah DeMott, School of Law, Duke University, USA

This seminar was co-hosted with the Corporations Law Committee of the Law Council of Australia.

Patrick Stevedores v Maritime Union of Australia:  The Labour Law, Corporate Law and Commercial Litigation Issues (24 June 1998)

Speakers - Dr Graham Smith, Partner, Clayton Utz; Mr Andrew Lumsden, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Professor Greg Reinhardt, Executive Director, Australian Institute of Judicial Administration.

This seminar was co-hosted with the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law of The University of Melbourne. 

1998 Australian Securities Commission Summer School (22-27 February 1998)

The 1998 Australian Securities Commission Summer School was held at The University of Melbourne.  It was planned with the support of the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation.  The theme of the Summer School was Investors, Global Financial Markets and Regulation:  Current Trends and Issues.  The Summer School brought together senior regulators from many countries including Australia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, China, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, The Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea.

Keynote speakers at the Summer School included:

• Mr Barry Barbash, Director, Division of Investment Management, United States Securities and Exchange Commission
• Dr Mohd Munir Abdul Majid, Chairman of the Securities Commission of Malaysia and Chairman of the Emerging Markets Committee of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions
• Mr Edward Waitzer, Senior Partner, Stikeman, Elliott, Toronto; former Chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission, former Chairman of the Technical Committee of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions and former Vice-President of the Toronto Stock Exchange
• Professor Ian Harper, Director of the Ian Potter Centre for International Finance, Melbourne Business School and member of the Wallis Committee of Inquiry into the Australian Financial System
• Mr Alan Cameron, Chairman of the Australian Securities Commission and Chairman of the Joint Forum on Financial Conglomerates

The Regulation of Managed Investments: Current Issues and Perspectives (24 February 1998)

Speakers - Mr Edward Waitzer, Senior Partner, Stikeman, Elliott, Toronto; former Chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission and former Vice-President of the Toronto Stock Exchange; Mr Barry Barbash, Director of the Division of Investment Management, United States Securities and Exchange Commission; Mr Shane Tregillis, National Director, Regulation, Australian Securities Commission; Ms Pamela Hanrahan, Senior Lecturer and Member of the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, The University of Melbourne, Senior Associate, Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks.

This seminar was co-hosted with the Australian Securities Commission.

Developments in Closely Held Firms in the United States (13 February 1998)

 Speaker - Professor Robert Thompson, Washington University, USA.

The Corporate Law Economic Reform Program (21 November 1997)

Keynote speakers included Mr Jim Murphy, First Assistant Secretary, Business Law Division, The Treasury; Ms Claire Grose, Chairperson, Corporations Law Committee, Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and Partner of Freehill Hollingdale & Page; Professor Robert Baxt, Chairman, Corporations Law Committee, Australian Institute of Company Directors and Partner of Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks; Professor Bernard Black, Columbia University Law School, USA; Mr David Goddard, Partner, Chapman Tripp Sheffield Young, New Zealand.

This one day conference was co-hosted with the Centre for Law and Economics, The Australian National University.

Do Independent Directors Matter? (20 November 1997)

Speakers - Professor Bernard Black, Columbia University Law School, USA; Henry Bosch AO, Company Director; Jeffrey Lawrence, J P Morgan.

This seminar was co-hosted with the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Contemporary Developments in Corporate Insolvency Law (A Centenary Celebration of Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd) (18 September 1997)

Speakers - The Rt Hon The Lord Cooke of Thorndon, Member of the House of Lords and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; Professor Len Sealy, SJ Berwin Professor of Corporate Law, University of Cambridge; Professor Roy Goode, Norton Rose Professor of English Law, University of Oxford; Professor John Farrar, School of Law, Bond University and Professorial Associate, The University of Melbourne.

This seminar was co-hosted with the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and the 30th Australian Legal Convention.

Directors' and Officers' Remuneration: Current Australian and United States Issues (30 July 1997)

Speakers - Professor Charles Yablon, Cardozo Law School, New York, USA; Ms Elizabeth Alexander, Victorian State President of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Partner of Price Waterhouse; Mr Alan Cameron, Chairman of the Australian Securities Commission; Mr Paul Jennings, Member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Australian Investment Managers Association and Australian Shares Manager of National Mutual Funds Management; Mr John Egan, remuneration advisor to governments and the private sector.

This seminar was co-hosted with The University of Melbourne Law School Foundation.

Commercial Fiduciary Duties (8 July 1997)

Speaker - Professor Gillian Hadfield, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto; Commentator - Professor Tony Duggan, Faculty of Law, Monash University

Electronic Commerce: Regulating in a World of Technological Change (11 February 1997)

Speaker - Mr Steven Wallman, Commissioner, United States Securities and Exchange Commission; Commentators - Mr Shane Tregillis, Director, Regulatory Policy, Australian Securities Commission and Associate Professor Mark Sneddon, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne

This seminar was co-hosted with the Australian Securities Commission.

Corporate Law Teachers National Conference (9-11 February 1997)

Thirty papers were presented at the Conference. The keynote speakers included:

• Professor Ron Daniels, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Canada - Beyond the Board of Directors: A Broader Look at the Corporate Governance Debate in Canada
• Professor Eddy Wymeersch, Director, Financial Law Institute, University of Ghent, Belgium - Corporate Governance: Converging Patterns
• Professor Lynne Dallas, University of San Diego School of Law, USA - The Dual Board and the Corporate Ombudsperson
• Professor Michele Havenga, Faculty of Law, University of South Africa - Corporate Governance: Recent Developments in South Africa
• Professor Curtis Milhaupt, School of Law, Washington University in St Louis, USA - The Market for Innovation in the United States and Japan: Venture Capital and the Comparative Corporate Governance Debate
• Professor Guanghua Yu, School of Law, University of Hong Kong - Policy Implications of Comparative Corporate Governance Studies

This conference was co-hosted with the Corporate Law Teachers Association.

The Courts and Corporate Law (31 October 1996)

Speakers - Justice Norman Veasey, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware; Justice David Malcolm, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Western Australia; Justice Edward Thomas, Court of Appeal of New Zealand; Alan Cameron, Chairman, Australian Securities Commission; Michael Rozenes QC, Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions; Catherine Walter, professional non-executive director; Karen Byrne, General Counsel, Australian Stock Exchange; Andrew Rogers QC, former Chief Judge, Commercial Division, Supreme Court of New South Wales; Alex Chernov QC, Victorian Bar; Professor Robert Baxt, Partner, Arthur Robinson and Hedderwicks; Professor Ian Ramsay, Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, The University of Melbourne.

This conference was co-hosted with the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration and the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia.

Corporate Strategies in the Single European Market (20 August 1996)

Speaker - Professor Gilles Guyot of the University of Lyon

Derivatives Regulation in the United States: Problems and Issues (8 July 1996)

Speaker - Professor Roberta Romano of Yale University School of Law and School of Management; Commentator - Mr Shane Tregillis of the Australian Securities Commission

Deregulation of Public Utilities (4 June 1996)

Speaker - Professor Michael Trebilcock of the University of Toronto Law School with a panel consisting of Professor Phillip Williams of the Melbourne Business School, Mr Jim Holmes, Executive Manager, Business Development of Powernet, Mr David Goddard a partner with the New Zealand firm of Chapman Tripp Sheffield Young, and Mr John Perham of the Privatisation and Industries Reform Division of the Victorian State Treasury Department. This public lecture was co-hosted with the Australian Law and Economics Association

The CRA-RTZ Merger (7 May 1996)

Speakers - Mr Stephen Creese of CRA Limited and Mr Ian Renard and Mr Cameron Rider of Arthur Robinson and Hedderwicks

Recent Developments in Legal Professional Privilege and the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination (21 March 1996)

Speakers - Associate Professor Sue McNicol of Monash University, and Mr Peter Cranswick and Mr Peter Hiland of the Australian Securities Commission

Corporate Governance: An International Perspective (12 February 1996)

Speaker - Professor Richard Buxbaum, University of California at Berkeley

Shareholders' Remedies: Australian and United States Developments (29 June 1995)

Speakers - Professor Deborah DeMott, Duke University School of Law; Mr John Kluver, Companies and Securities Advisory Committee; Dr Elizabeth Boros

Daniels v AWA Limited (28 June 1995)

Speakers - Professor Robert Baxt, Arthur Robinson and Hedderwicks; The Hon Andrew Rogers QC, formerly Chief Judge, Commercial Division, Supreme Court of New South Wales; Mr W R M Irvine, Chairman of the Board of Directors, National Australia Bank

Recent US Developments in Directors' Duty of Care in Corporate Transactions (10 May 1995)

Speaker - Professor Douglas Branson, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Gambotto v WCP Limited (5 April 1995)

Speakers - Quentin Digby, Freehill Hollingdale and Page; Geoff Hone, Blake Dawson Waldron; Ian Renard, Arthur Robinson and Hedderwicks; Ron White, Norton Smith and Co

Corporate Groups: A United States Perspective on Current Legal Issues and Policies (12 December 1994)

Speaker - Professor Phillip Blumberg, University of Connecticut School of Law

The NRMA Case (7 December 1994)

Speakers - George Durbridge, Australian Securities Commission; Frances Hanks, The University of Melbourne; Norman O'Bryan, Barrister; Jon Webster, Arthur Robinson and Hedderwicks

Current Developments in Closely Held Firms in the United States: Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (17 November 1994)

Speaker - Professor Larry Ribstein, George Mason University School of Law, Washington, DC

 

                   Speakers: Professor Ian Ramsay, Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law,               
                   Director for the Centre of Corporate Law and Securities Reguation, the University of
                   Melbourne; Shelley Marshall, Research Fellow on the Corporate Governance and 
                   Workplace   Partnership Project for the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, 
                   the University of Melbourne

This seminar was co-hosted with the Australian Council for Superannuation Investors and the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law

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