CLARS Video Portal
Videos of some of our previous events and seminars.
2023 Events
Title: Sustainable Capitalism and the Corporation Conference 2023 The Sustainable Capitalism and the Corporation conference was held at the Monash University Prato Centre, Italy, in July 2023. The conference explored the relationship between the corporation and capitalism, as well as the regulatory pressure points and levers that can push capitalism in a more sustainable direction. This conference was convened jointly by Bocconi University; The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London; Monash Law’s Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies (CLARS); University of Auckland’s Inclusive Capitalism Centre; and Vanderbilt University Law School. The hosting institutions are also grateful to the Monash University Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI) for its support. | Speakers: 1. Professor Susan Watson, Dean, University of Auckland Business School |
| Title: Five Years of Crowd-Sourced Funding in Australia: Taking Stock (Literally) CLARS Law and Business Seminar Series 29 May 2023 Speaker: Professor Andrew A. Schwartz, Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Commentator: Kellie Morton, Chief Legal Officer and Director of Birchal Matt Vitale, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Birchal Moderator: Professor Jennifer Hill, Bob Baxt AO Chair, Monash Law and Director of CLARS | |
Title: Everything You Need to Know About Islamic Finance and Banking | |
| Title: Strategies for Women on Boards CLARS Law and Business Seminar Series 23 February 2023 Speaker: Cindy A. Schipani, Merwin H. Waterman Collegiate Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Business Law, University of Michigan Commentator: Deidre Wilmott, Non-Executive Director, Australia Post Moderator: Professor Jennifer Hill, Bob Baxt AO Chair, Monash Law and Director of CLARS |
2022 Events
| Title: Bob Baxt AO Annual Address in Corporate and Commercial Law 19 October 2022 Speaker: Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, University of Oxford Introductory Remarks: Rebecca Maslen-Stannage, Chair and Senior Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Co-Chairs: Professor Jennifer Hill, Bob Baxt AO Chair, Monash Law & Director of CLARS Professor Chris Marsden, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Technology and the Law, Monash Law | |
Title: Competition law in a changing economy and rise of the digital era: Roundtable with four chairs of the ACCC, past and present Speakers: Moderator: Roger Featherston, ACCC Commissioner, 2014 - 2019 |  |
| Title: Why Privacy Matters 1 September 2022 Speaker: Neil M. Richards, Koch Distinguished Professor in Law, Washington University Commentator: Professor Chris Marsden, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Technology and the Law, Monash Law Moderator: Professor Jennifer Hill, Bob Baxt AO Chair, Monash Law & Director of CLARS | |
Title: The Long Term Effects of Short Selling and Negative Activism Speaker: Frank Partnoy, Adrian A. Kragen Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law | |
| Title: Researching Tort Law in Australia: Emerging Voices, Fresh Perspectives 11 July 2022 Panellists: Claudio Michelon, Professor, University of Edinburgh Michael Douglas, Lecturer, University of Western Australia Sharon Erbacher, Senior Lecturer, Deakin University Andrew Fell, Lecturer, University of Queensland Marco Rizzi, Senior Lecturer, University of Western Australia Tina Popa,Senior Lecturer, RMIT University Martin Allcock, Lecturer, Curtin University Laura Williams, Lecturer, La Trobe University Nick Sinanis, Lecturer, Monash University Chair: Paul Burgess, Lecturer, Monash University | |
Title: The Corporate Governance Machine Awards/Prizes: Congratulations to Dorothy S. Lund (University of Southern California), and Elizabeth Pollman (University of Pennsylvania and ECGI). Their paper "The Corporate Governance Machine" has been awarded the 2022 Cleary Gottlieb Prize for the best paper in the ECGI Law Working Paper Series in 2021. Speaker: Dorothy S. Lund, Associate Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law, University of Southern California | |
Title: Algorithmic Collusion and the Law Speaker: Associate Professor Rob Nicholls | |
Title: Global Shareholder Stewardship: Complexity Revealed Speakers: Dr Dionysia Katelouzou, King's College London, & |
2021 Events
Title: Business Judgement and Director's Accountability Speaker: Professor Joan Loughrey, Law, University of Leeds | |
Title: The Coming Shift in Shareholder Activism: From "Firm-Specific" to "Systematic Risk" Proxy Campaigns (and How to Enable Them) Speaker: Professor John C. Coffee, Columbia Law School | |
Title: The New Oil and Gas Governance Speaker: Hannah Wiseman, Professor of Law; Professor and Wilson Faculty Fellow in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences; and Co-funded Faculty – Institutes of Energy and the Environment at Penn State—University Park For more information on other Virtual Visiting Scholars visit the webpage here | |
Title: The Lives of the Law Speaker: Ruth Higgins SC | |
Title: The Dynamics of Shareholder Dispersion and Control in Australia Speaker: Hannah Wiseman, Professor of Law; Professor and Wilson Faculty Fellow in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences; and Co-funded Faculty – Institutes of Energy and the Environment at Penn State—University Park For more information on other Virtual Visiting Scholars visit the webpage here | |
Title: How Much Do Investors Care About Social Responsibility? Speaker: Scott Hirst, Associate Professor of Law, Boston University | |
The 21st Century Berle & Means Corporation: A Revolution in Retail Investing Panellists: Professor Jill E. Fisch, Penn Law; Professor David H. Webber, Boston University School of Law; Professor Christina M. Sautter, LSU Law School; Dr Sergio Gramitto, Monash Business Law & Taxation; Dr Steve Kourabas, Monash University Faculty of Law & Deputy Director, CLARS. | |
Title: So why would you want to be a banking lawyer? Speaker: Yu Zhang, Managing Associate, Banking & Finance Law Practice Group, Allens | |
Title: Should Australia Permit Dual Class Listings? Speaker: Marc Moore, Professor of Corporate/Financial Law, UCL Faculty of Laws | |
Title: The Google/Fitbit Merger: Where Do We Stand Speaker: Associate Professor Zhijun Chen, Economics, Monash Business School | |
Title: The Rise of Passive/Index Investing in the Context of Climate Change Speaker: Anna Christie, Assistant Professor of Banking, Corporate & Financial Law, University of Edinburgh Law School & Research Associate at the University of Cambridge Centre for Business Research For more information on other Virtual Visiting Scholars visit the webpage here | |
Title: The Role of Law in Chinese investments in Brazil Speaker: Fabio Morosini, Professor of Law at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul School of Law, Porto Alegre For more information on other Virtual Visiting Scholars visit the webpage here | |
Title: Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 Chair: The Hon Justice John Middleton, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia and President of the Competition Tribunal | |
Title: Resisting the Return to Managerialism Speaker: Randall Thomas, John S. Beasley II Chair in Law and Business Director, Law & Business Program, Professor of Management, Owen Graduate School of Management |
2020 Events
Title: Model Defamation Provision Amendments 2020 – much needed reform or missed opportunity? Chair: The Hon Justice Michael Wheelahan, Judge, Federal Court of Australia | |
Title: Insolvency Law in Times of COVID Speaker: Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, Assistant Professor of Law at Singapore Management University For more information on other Virtual Visiting Scholars visit the webpage here | |
Title: Global Stewardship in Practice | |
Title: Towards a legal conception of the global value chain: Lead firm duties, liability and review of trade practices Speaker: Anna Beckers, Assistant Professor of Private Law and Legal Methodology at Maastricht University, The Netherlands For more information on other Virtual Visiting Scholars visit the webpage here | |
Title: So you’ve (almost) finished law school… what next? Speaker: Alice Zhou, Lawyer and recent Oxford University BCL graduate | |
Title: Managing Management Buyouts Speaker: Professor Andrew Tuch, Washington University, School of Law | |
Title: Destabilized Property: Property Law in the Sharing Economy Speaker: Shelly Kreiczer-Levy, Professor of Law, College of Law and Business, Ramat Gan, Israel For more information on other Virtual Visiting Scholars visit the webpage here | |
Title: To what extent courts can look behind legal structures to commercial realities in determining the disputes before them? Speaker: Professor The Hon Marilyn Warren AC QC | |
Title: Role & Effectiveness of ASIC v the SEC | |
Title: Corporations and Climate Change | |
Title: A Trumpwork Orange - fair use and international copyright claims Speaker: Hugh Atkin, Barrister | |
Title: From Surviving to Thriving, Navigating the Journey from Law School to Legal Practice Speaker: Bob Santamaria, recently retired ANZ Group General Counsel and former Partner at Allens | |
Title: The COVID-19 Crisis and Its Aftermath: Corporate Governance Implications and Policy Challenges Panel 1: ‘The differential health, economic and financial effects of the COVID-19 crisis’ Speakers: Malcolm Edey, The University of Sydney, Reserve Bank of Australia, OECD Financial Markets Committee, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; John Laker, ING Australia, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA); Diana Nicholson; King & Wood Mallesons; Stephen Turner, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute. Panel 2: ‘The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on boards of directors and regulators’ Speakers: Priscilla Bryans, Herbert Smith Freehills; Sylvia Falzon, Suncorp Group, Regis Healthcare and Premier Investments Ltd; Kevin McCann, Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Macquarie Bank; John Price, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Session host: Professor Jennifer Hill, Bob Baxt AO Chair, Monash Law & Director, CLARS | |
Title: The Emergence of 'Comply or Explain' As a Global Model for Corporate Governance Codes Speaker: Professor Iain MacNeil, Alexander Stone Chair of Commercial Law, University of Glasgow | |
Title: Embracing Independent Directors in East Asia Speaker: Professor Kon Sik Kim, Seoul National University |