What does the Trump presidency mean for the Asia-Pacific region? Speaker: Professor Nick Bisley, Executive Director, La Trobe Asia, La Trobe University When: Thursday 11 May 2017 Where: King & Wood Mallesons, Level 50, 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm Cost: No charge. This event is proudly hosted by The Banking & Financial…
Johanan Ottensooser, the 2016 BFSLA Scholarship recipient, reflects on the first six months of his LLM in Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship at Cornell Tech in New York City. Legal education In my first semester, I have taken the following legal classes: Technology Transactions; High Growth Corporate Transactions; Intellectual Property; and Law Team. The first three…
FINTECH – Developments in Digital Identity The Banking & Financial Services Law Association is pleased to invite you to hear from our speakers on the latest developments in the digital identity sector. Professor Dirk Zetzsche, ADA Chair on Financial Law in the Faculty of Law, Economics & Finance, at the University of Luxembourg, where he…
Recent developments in insolvency law This Twilight Seminar will consider current issues in insolvency law including the upcoming Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016 (Cth) (due to commence in 2017) and the National Innovation and Science Agenda reforms (ipso facto clauses and safe harbour for directors). The seminar will also consider recent developments in receivership concerning…
“Extensions of time to register on the PPSR” This webinar will consider several recent decisions involving applications to the court to extend time within which to register on the PPSR under s 588FM of the Corporations Act, including Re Carpenter; Mentha, Re Arrium and Re Accolade Wines. If you are interested in registering please contact…
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN FINTECH The Banking & Financial Services Law Association is pleased to invite our younger members and their colleagues to this evening seminar. Andrew Suggate, Senior Associate, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Jeremy Muir, Partner, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Ana-Marie Lockyer, General Manager, Wealth Products & Marketing, ANZ The Panel will share their thoughts…
The BFSLA is delighted to invite you to attend a Twilight Seminar to be held in the WG Building (aka Sir Paul Reeves Building) located at 55 Wellesley Street, Auckland on the 19th of April at 4.30pm, for a 5pm start. Please note that this is a NEW LOCATION as due to popular demand a…
The BFSLA & King & Wood Mallesons are pleased to announce the next in the series of Younger Member Twilight Seminars – FINTECH UNLEASHED to be presented by a panel of experts including: Professor Ross Buckley, CIFR King & Wood Mallesons, Professor of International Law and Scientia Professor at UNSW Faculty of Law Scott Farrell,…
The BFSLA Opinions Committee has released new opinion templates and has updated the previously released forms. To view the details, please click here to move to the Opinions page.
The BFSLA is pleased to announce a Twilight Seminar to be held in Melbourne on Tuesday 1 September. The topic “Financial services regulation and financial product disclosure in Australia: Is it effective? What could we do better? The presenters areAndrew Godwin, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne and Gill North, Associate Professor at Monash University. The Commentator is Ian Ramsay,…
