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Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: SPACs, Direct Listings, and SEC Reform

Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: SPACs, Direct Listings, and SEC ReformPresenter: Professor Andrew Tuch, Washington University in St Louis Despite recent market volatility, mergers of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and direct listings remain viable alternatives to IPOs in the United States. SPACs continue to outnumber traditional IPOs. Direct listings have allowed companies, including […]

Company Directors – Navigating Troubled Waters

Company Directors – Navigating Troubled Waters  In person event Norton Rose Fulbright in collaboration with Sydney Law School and Ansarada are pleased to invite you to our forum entitled Company Directors – Navigating Troubled Waters. In today’s uncertain world, company directors need to be ready to deal with unexpected challenges and distress. Hear from our […]

Postponed: The Ross Parsons Tax Lecture – Professor Graeme Cooper

The Ross Parsons Tax LectureIncome Taxation: An Institution in Decay – Still ***PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED IN EARLY 2023** In 1986, on the eve of his retirement from Sydney Law School, Ross Parsons published a famous paper giving his caustic assessment of the body of law which had […]

Let’s Talk About Corporations: A New Series of Boardroom Conversations 2023

Law Lounge, Level 1

Let’s Talk About Corporations: A New Series of Boardroom Conversations 2023Hybrid Event Launch Event Join us as we launch ‘Let’s Talk About Corporations’: A New Series of Boardroom Conversations 2023, featuring a keynote address by Professor Rod Sims AO (Crawford School of Public Police, Australian National University). This new seminar series is a collaboration between academics at […]

2023 George Winterton Memorial Lecture

Supreme Court of NSW

2023 George Winterton Memorial Lecture: Judicial review of legislative and executive action – acceptance and resentment – lessons from a comparative perspective.Speaker: The Honourable Susan Kiefel AC, Chief Justice of Australia In-person event The George Winterton Memorial Lecture was established to commemorate the outstanding and lasting contribution of Professor George Winterton to constitutional law scholarship and […]

The Ross Parsons Tax Lecture – Professor Graeme Cooper

The Ross Parsons Tax LectureIncome Taxation: An Institution in Decay – Still In 1986, on the eve of his retirement from Sydney Law School, Ross Parsons published a famous paper giving his caustic assessment of the body of law which had occupied so much of his professional life. Also on the eve of his retirement, […]

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Small business restructuring: The US experience

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Small business restructuring: The US experienceOnline event This webinar will consider the SME restructuring reforms introduced in 2020 in SubChapter V of Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. The presenter will examine how the recent reforms have performed and compare this experience with other small business […]

CBA and Crown Casino: Tales of Risk Governance Failures

Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed

Let’s Talk About Corporations: CBA and Crown Casino: Tales of Risk Governance FailuresIn-person event In this presentation Dr Vicky Comino reflects on the regulatory treatment of the CBA and Crown Casino and examines the challenges of addressing financial crime in corporate settings. She uses the investigations into the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Crown Casino […]

Let’s Talk About Corporations: Rethinking federal enforcement of corporate law

Let’s Talk About Corporations: Rethinking federal enforcement of corporate lawOnline event In this seminar, Kerry Abadee will consider proposals for the reform of the regulatory architecture including the Hayne Royal Commission’s proposal for a new federal civil law enforcement body for corporate law. About the speakers Kerry Abadee Kerry is a graduate of Macquarie University […]

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: The Parliamentary Joint Committee’s corporate insolvency inquiry

Law Lounge, Level 1

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: The Parliamentary Joint Committee’s corporate insolvency inquiryHybrid event This event will discuss the submissions made to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s corporate insolvency inquiry that is due to release its report at the end of May. The speakers will consider the range of submissions made to the inquiry and […]

Let’s Talk About Corporations: Rethinking accessorial liability in corporate law

Let’s Talk About Corporations: Rethinking accessorial liability in corporate lawOnline event This lunchtime webinar will discuss a paper by Dr Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law at Sydney Law School, that considers accessorial liability in corporate law for civil and criminal breaches of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). A review of recent cases will be undertaken with […]

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Social enterprise law: A multijurisdictional comparative review

Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School

Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Social enterprise law: A multijurisdictional comparative reviewIn-person event This 24-nation review of social enterprise law analyzes data developed by a team of academics and practitioners with deep expertise regarding jurisdictions on six continents. Each responded to the authors’ detailed questionnaire inquiring into the relevant jurisdiction’s legal treatment […]