Law & Business seminar: Re-packing the Pre-pack? What future for connected party sales in administration?
Law & Business seminar: Re-packing the Pre-pack? What future for connected party sales in administration? The pre-packaged administration has evolved to become a key tool in the UK Insolvency Practitioner’s toolkit. Often viewed as a controversial process, especially when involving sales to a connected party, a range of industry-led measures were introduced in 2015 to …
Corporate Governance Consideration during the COVID-19 – A Taiwanese Lesson of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Director’s Duty
Corporate Governance Consideration during the COVID-19 – A Taiwanese Lesson of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Director’s Duty During the pandemic, companies have activated their business differently and followed restrictions issued by authorities. How should the board of directors react to this crisis with the best interests of the company, will this crisis change the …
Law & Business Seminar: The Ever Expanding Compliance Obligations of Australian Directors
Law & Business Seminar: The Ever Expanding Compliance Obligations of Australian Directors This webinar will consider the range of legal compliance risks for company directors. Speakers: Matt Egerton-Warburton, Partner, Gadens Sydney Matt is a Partner in the Corporate Team. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity capital markets and general corporate advisory work. …
Beyond the Pandemic: New Frontiers in Asia-Pacific International Dispute Resolution
Beyond the Pandemic: New Frontiers in Asia-Pacific International Dispute Resolution What are the current and potential repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, for international dispute resolution especially in the Asia-Pacific region? What are the impacts on regional supply chains and FDI? Will foreign investors really be able to bring many ISDS claims under investment treaties against …
Let’s talk about the children! Towards best practice in the management of children seeking asylum
Let’s talk about the children! Towards best practice in the management of children seeking asylum Book launch and talk This webinar is an initiative of Sydney Law School’s Sydney Centre for International Law, the Australian Institute for Administrative Law and the Refugee and Casework Service NSW. It brings together the authors of a recently published …
Law & Business Seminar: Reshaping Insolvency and Restructuring in the UK
Law & Business Seminar: Reshaping Insolvency and Restructuring in the UK – The Emperor’s New Clothes? This free webinar will consider the recently announced reforms to UK insolvency and restructuring laws. The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill 2020 proposes to make sweeping changes to corporate debt restructuring by introducing a new stand-alone moratorium, a new …
Law & Business Seminar: Boards and AI
Law & Business Seminar: Boards and AI How feasible is it for boards of directors to use AI as part of their oversight and decision making? Could AI promote better standards of corporate governance? Could AI take over some of the functions currently given to boards, or even perhaps replace boards? This webinar will consider …
Privacy, Technology and Crisis Response: Case Studies from Australia, Singapore, Mainland China and Hong Kong
Privacy, Technology and Crisis Response: Case Studies from Australia, Singapore, Mainland China and Hong Kong This event seeks to compare legal perspectives on the experience of technology, privacy, and COVID-19 crisis response in Australia, Singapore, Mainland China and Hong Kong, which are not typically considered together. By comparatively exploring the legal frameworks for the COVIDsafe …
WEBINAR: Law & Business Seminar: Funds held on trust and the PPSA: A discussion of the decision in Dalian [2020] WASC 132
WEBINAR: Law & Business Seminar: Funds held on trust and the PPSA: A discussion of the decision in Dalian [2020] WASC 132 This webinar is hosted by the Ross Parsons Centre for Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law and the Banking and Financial Services Law Association and will examine a recent case concerning the Personal Property …
2020 Parsons Lecture in Commercial Law: ‘Negotiating Damages’ in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom’
CANCELLED – 2020 Parsons Lecture in Commercial Law: ‘Negotiating Damages’ in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom’ Distinguished Speaker: Professor Andrew Burrows, QC *Unfortunately Professor Burrows has had to cancel his Australian visit and commitments, as government requirements for visitors to self-isolate for 14 days makes the visit impracticable. We hope to host …