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Emma Armson

Profile

Degrees

BEc LLB (Hons) Macq 1992; LLM NSW 1995.

Courses Taught

  • Corporate Law
  • Foundations of Law

Areas of Interest

  • Corporate law
  • Takeovers
  • Legal policy development

Brief Biographical Detail
Emma Armson has been teaching at the Law School since July 2002. She has a broad range of professional experience in corporate law, including as a senior Federal Government policy officer working on corporate law reform and as a Senior Associate at Minter Ellison. Emma has also worked at Westpac Financial Services and CCH Australia. She is a member of the Corporations Committee, Business Law Section, Law Council of Australia and has a particular interest in takeover law and policy.

Publications

Articles

  • Armson, E, 'Judicial Power and Administrative Tribunals: the Constitutional Challenge to the Takeovers Panel' (2008) 19 Public Law Review 91.
  • Armson, E, 'Attorney-General (Commonwealth) v Alinta Limited: Will the Takeovers Panel Survive Constitutional Challenge?' (2007) 29 Sydney Law Review 495.
  • Armson E, 'Decision-making by the Takeovers Panel in its first five years' (2006) 34 Australian Business Law Review 105.
  • Armson, E, ‘The Australian Takeovers Panel and Judicial Review of its Decisions’ (2006) 26(2) Adelaide Law Review 327-358.
  • Armson, E, 'The Australian Takeovers Panel and Judicial Review of its Decisions' (2005) 26 Adelaide Law Review 327.
  • Armson, E, 'An Empirical Study of the First Five Years of the Takeovers Panel' (2005) 27 Sydney Law Review 665.
  • Armson, E, 'Models for Takeover Dispute Resolution: Australia and the UK' (2005) 5(2) Journal of Corporate Law Studies 401.
  • Armson, E, 'The Australian Takeovers Panel: Commercial Body or Quasi-Court?' (2004) 28 Melbourne University Law Review 565.
  • Armson, E, 'The Australian Takeovers Panel and Unfair Prejudice to Third Parties' (2004) 16 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 187.
  • Armson, E, 'The Frustrating Action Policy: Shifting Power in the Takeover Context' (2003) 21 Company and Securities Law Journal 487.
  • Armson, E, 'Handing the Corporate Reins to Creditors: The Role of the Takeovers Panel in the Pasminco Administration' (2002) 25 University of New South Wales Law Journal 651.
  • Armson, E, 'Market Stabilisation in Australia' (1995) 13 Company and Securities Law Journal 81.
  • Armson, E, 'AAT Review of the ASC's Decision to Apply or not to Apply to the Corporations and Securities Panel' (1994) 12 Company and Securities Law Journal 439.
  • Armson, E, 'Standing up for the Environment' (1991) 16 Legal Service Bulletin 174.

Conference Papers

  • Armson, E, 'Takeover Avoidance: The Role of the Takeovers Panel', Institute for International Research Mergers and Acquisitions Strategy Conference, Sydney, 28 May 2008.
  • Armson, E, 'Takeovers Panel - A Review: The Recent High Court Review of Power', Australian Securities and Investments Commission Summer School, Melbourne, 19 February 2008.
  • Armson, E, 'The Constitutionality of Tribunals: Albarran and Alinta', Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law Constitutional Law Conference, Sydney, 8 February 2008.
  • Armson, E, 'The Constitutional Challenge to the Takeovers Panel', Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference, Sydney, 5 February 2008.
  • Armson, E, 'An Empirical Study of the Panel's First Five Years', Corporations Workshop, Business Law Section, Law Council of Australia, Canberra, 2 July 2005.
  • Armson, E, 'Regulating Takeover Conflicts in Australia and the UK', Corporate Law Teachers' Association Conference, Sydney, 7 February 2005.
  • Armson, E, 'Takeover Dispute Resolution: the Australian Approach', International Takeovers Regulators Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 January 2005.
  • Armson, E, 'Models for Takeover Dispute Resolution: Australia and the UK', International Takeovers Regulators Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 10 January 2005.
  • Armson, E, 'The Frustrating Action Doctrine: Shifting Power in the Takeover Context', Corporations Workshop, Business Law Section, Law Council of Australia, Melbourne, 20 July 2003.

Research Grants

  • 2004 Legal Scholarship Support Fund (Faculty of Law, University of Sydney): awarded for 'The Australian Takeovers Panel: An Empirical Evaluation of its First Five Years'.
  • 2004 CHASS Linkage Seeding Grant (College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sydney): awarded for 'Dispute Resolution in Australian Takeover Law: Five Years of CLERP and Beyond'.
  • 2004 SESQUI New Staff Support Scheme (University of Sydney): awarded for 'The Revitalised Takeovers Panel: A Policy and Comparative Evaluation'.
  • 2003 Legal Scholarship Support Fund (Faculty of Law, University of Sydney): awarded for 'Issues arising from Takeovers Panel decisions in relation to the AMP Shopping Centre Trust'.
  • 2002 Legal Scholarship Support Fund (Faculty of Law, University of Sydney): awarded for 'Case study on Takeovers Panel decisions in relation to Pinnacle VRB Ltd'.