• Director of Studies: Mr Andrew Godwin

Overview

Melbourne Law School’s banking and finance law program has been designed to provide legal and financial practitioners with a sophisticated understanding of the legal and regulatory framework of the Australian and international financial sector. Many subjects have a practical application and you can choose from subjects focusing on banking (e.g. lending, deposit taking and banking products), funds management, finance transactions, superannuation, financial services and capital markets, to ensure you gain the knowledge you need to build your career in this area.

In 2011, Melbourne Law School was one of a consortium of universities that was successful in bidding for the Centre for International Finance and Regulation. The Centre will bring together leading scholars from around Australia and the world with industry, governments and regulators. It aims to make a substantial contribution to Australia’s position as a hub for global finance. For further information, visit the law school website.

Objectives and Skills

The Master of Banking and Finance Law focuses on:

• The legal and regulatory architecture of the Australian financial sector across a range of subject areas
• Key legal issues governing relationships between financial services providers and their customers, and the theory and practice of prudential and market integrity/consumer protection regulation of financial services
• The impact of globalisation, e-commerce and regulatory reform on the provision of financial services in Australia and internationally
• Research skills and the legal and related literature in banking and finance law.

Requirements

Students must complete eight subjects in total.

Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete Fundamentals of the Common Law, as well as seven subjects from the prescribed list.

Students with a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete at least seven subjects from the prescribed list and may choose an eighth subject from those available in the Melbourne Law Masters (excluding Fundamentals of the Common Law).

Director of Studies

Andrew Godwin






Lecturers - 2012

• Associate Professor Paul Ali
• Professor Douglas Arner
• Associate Professor Elise Bant
• Mr Richard Bridgart
• Mr Michael Chaaya
• Mr Jan Job de Vries Robbé
• Professor Tony Duggan
• Mr Peter Fox
• Mr Peter Gillies
• Mr Andrew Godwin
• Ms Erica Grundell
• Associate Professor Pamela Hanrahan
• Ms Raelene Harrison
• Mr Paul Hockridge
• Ms Claire Kaylock
• Professor Andrew Mitchell
• Professor Ann O'Connell
• Mr Ceda Ogada
• Mr William Swadling
• Associate Professor Benny Tabalujan
• Professor Michael Tilbury
• Mr Michael Tuckfield
• Professor Reinout Vriesendorp
• Professor Roderick Wood



Advisory Board

Mr David Krasnostein, MLC (Chair)


• Professor Bob Baxt AO, Freehills


• Ms Elizabeth Flynn


• Ms Deborah Hambleton, Bendigo Bank


• Mr Fred Hawke, Clayton Utz


• Mr Michael Johnston, Westpac


• Mr Alan Maclean, HWL Ebsworth


• Mr David Olsson, King & Wood Mallesons


• Mr Ian Paterson, King & Wood Mallesons


• Ms Stacey Steele

Course Subjects for 2012

• Banking and Finance in Asia (Formerly Banking and Debt Recovery in Asia)
• Banking and Finance Law: Principles and Transactions (Formerly Law of Secured Finance)
• Debt Capital Markets (Formerly Securitisation)
• Equity and Commerce
• Financial Services Law
• Fundamentals of the Common Law
• Global Financial Order: IMF and World Bank
• International Corporate Insolvency
• International Financial System: Law and Practice
• International Financial Transactions: Law and Practice
• Project Finance
• Secured Transactions: The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (Formerly Secured Transactions)
• Superannuation Law
• Taxation of Small and Medium Enterprises
• Taxation of Superannuation

# Offered in 2012

All Subjects

• Banking and Finance in Asia (Formerly Banking and Debt Recovery in Asia) #
• Banking and Finance Law: Principles and Transactions (Formerly Law of Secured Finance) #
• Consumer Credit: Recent Developments and Emerging Issues (formerly Consumer Banking)
• Debt Capital Markets (Formerly Securitisation) #
• Derivatives Law and Practice
• Equity and Commerce #
• Financial Services Law #
• Fundamentals of the Common Law #
• Global Financial Order: IMF and World Bank #
• Insurance Law
• International Corporate Insolvency #
• International Financial System: Law and Practice #
• International Financial Transactions: Law and Practice #
• International Lending Transactions: Negotiation and Documentation
• Managed Investments Law
• OTC Derivatives: US and International Practice, Regulation and Policy Issues
• Project Finance #
• Secured Transactions: The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (Formerly Secured Transactions) #
• Superannuation Law #
• Taxation of Small and Medium Enterprises #
• Taxation of Superannuation #
• Trusts in Commerce