Dr Paul Ali is an Associate Professor in the Law School and a member of the Law School's Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation. Paul has published widely on banking and finance law, corporate governance and institutional investment law, securitisation law, and structured finance law.  In 2006, Paul was appointed by the Federal Attorney-General as a member of the Personal Property Securities Review Consultative Group. He has also recently participated in a Joint India-IMF Training Program.

Paul is currently undertaking research in connection with a major ARC Discovery Project Grant.

Paul's most recent publications include:

The Credit Derivatives Handbook: Global Perspectives, Innovations and Market Drivers. New York: McGaw-Hill Professional, 2008 (with G. N. Gregoriou)

Expansion and Diversification in Securitization. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2008 (with J. J. de Vries Robbé)

Secured Finance Transactions: Key Assets and Emerging Markets. London: Globe Law and Business, 2007

• Banking & Finance Law
• Corporate Law
• Derivatives
• Securitisation
• Structured Finance

See "Profile" above. 

Member, Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law

Grants

• ARC Discovery Project Grant 2005-2007 ($130,000) ('Corporate Governance and Institutional Investment in the Australian Financial Markets') (with G Stapledon)
• University of Melbourne Internal Grant 2004 ($14,000) (‘Corporate Governance in the Australian Financial Markets’) (with G Stapledon)
• Early Career Researcher Grant 2004, University of Melbourne ($8,750) (‘Synthetic Securitisations and the Revolution in Credit Risk Management’)

Prizes

Merit Prize 2003 (Securities Institute of Australia) (for ‘Analysing the Cost of Ethical Investment’)

Journal Affiliations

• Editor (Banking & Finance), Australian Business Law Review
• Editor (Corporate Finance), Company and Securities Law Journal