Events
1. ABL Corporate Law Seminar Series
Seminar 1: Shareholder Activism – leveraging the law as a tactic to effect change in listed companies
Are shareholders powerless to act when a company board makes poor decisions or destroys shareholder value? Or do shareholders have the ability to force change? Must a board act at the behest of its shareholders?
Date: Wednesday 10 April
Time: 12:30pm – 2:30pm
Venue: Room G09, Law Building, 15 Ancora Imparo Way, Monash University Clayton Campus
The event will be fully catered.
About the ABL Corporate Law Seminar Series
Monash University in partnership with Melbourne’s leading law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler (ABL) is proud to be hosting the ABL Corporate Law Seminar Series.
This is a series of four seminars spanning across Semester 1 and 2 and covering various aspects of the unit Corporations Law (LAW3112) for undergraduate and Principles of Company Law (LAW5011) for postgraduate cohorts. These seminars will be conducted by guests (Partners and Lawyers) from ABL and will coincide with the timings of relevant topics of the unit to maximise impact.
The seminar series is a mix of lectures, case studies, analysis of real life examples and presentations covering various aspects of the Corporations Law or Company Law course. It will also provide you an opportunity to network with the presenters as well as graduate recruitment staff from ABL who would be happy to speak with you about your career path.
Find further details of the seminar series, including registration, here.
2. Blockchain Case Study: Technological Innovation and Commercial Law II
Returning for an extended follow-up seminar, this panel event will examine the legal issues that arise in a fictitious case study of an initial coin offering.
The case study concerns an Australian skier, Bruce Bomber, who purchases MILK tokens, issued by Maltese incorporated Thin Ice & Co, for the White Out ski resort in Buttermilk, Colorado.
The panel will consider some of the issues highlighted in Part 1 including: How is the nature of a token determined? Who is responsible for offering, issuing, marketing or holding a token? What obligations might be owed by a person involved in the process of selling, holding or operating an exchange for tokens and to whom? When might a cause of action be brought in Australia?
Please note, this seminar is an independent second part in a two-part series. Attendees of this seminar need not have attended the first seminar.
Date: Wednesday 27 March
Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne