Regulating corporate wrongdoing: leading research, practice, and policy.
This seminar series brings together researchers from The University of Queensland and the University of Sydney to examine forms of modern corporate wrongdoing. Throughout 2023, we will engage in dialogue with academia, the legal profession, regulatory and corporate advisory agencies, the community sector and policy organisations to investigate the current trends in corporate accountability and regulation.
The aim of the series is to inform the creation of better laws and enforcement practices, and stimulate current and future research efforts. Outcomes from the series will drive policy and legislative reform through discussion papers, articles, and working briefs.
We welcome participants from across the public and private sectors including inter alia ACCC, ASIC, ALRC, AICD, DPPs/CCC/ICAC and specialised legal firms, general counsel, corporate professional bodies and other representatives from finance, banking, and mining sectors.
From Monopoly to Lego: Building a more competitive economy from the ground up
Venue
In his 2023 launch of Let's Talk About Corporations (a series of boardroom conversations organised by the Sydney Law School and the University of Queensland Law School), the former Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Professor Rod Sims AO called for a revitalisation and reform of competition law and policy in Australia.
Join us for the inaugural Let's Talk About Corporations event of 2025 with a talk by The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Assistant Minister for Charities, Treasury and Competition, Assistant Minister for Employment discussing the recent policy focus on fostering competition across industries.
Presenter
Andrew Leigh is the Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities, Treasury and Employment, and Federal Member for Fenner in the ACT. Prior to being elected in 2010, Andrew was a professor of economics at the Australian National University. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard, having graduated from the University of Sydney with first class honours in Arts and Law. Andrew is a past recipient of the Economic Society of Australia's Young Economist Award and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences.
Competition law roundtable
The Ross Parsons Centre for Commercial Law and Thomson Reuters (publisher of Corones' Competition Law in Australia) will host a competition law roundtable following the talk by The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh.
The roundtable "The promise and perils of codifying competition policy" will be introduced by The Hon Justice Michael Wigney from the Federal Court of Australia. It will include:
- Liza Carver, Commissioner, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Ruth Higgins SC, Banco Chambers, President NSW Bar Association
- Prudence Smith, Partner, Jones Day
- Yane Svetiev, University of Sydney Law School (author of the 8th edition of Corones' Competition Law in Australia as moderator)
Event details
Wednesday 19 March 2025
Lecture: 5-6.45pm
Roundtable: 6.45-7.15pm, followed by refreshments
Venue: Common Room, Level 4, New Law Building, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney, Camperdown campus
The Let’s Talk About Corporations series is a joint project of Sydney Law School and UQ Law School.