Our People

Academic

Academic staff from the Sydney Law School whose research interests or teaching involve commercial, corporate or taxation law.

Adjunct Faculty

Staff who are experts in their field and who are contributing significantly to teaching and/or research and/or who are fostering partnerships between University and industry, the profession or the wider community.

Associates

Academics, members of the legal profession and the wider community who make a significant contribution to the work of the Centre.

International Visitors

Each year we have a number of international visitors to the centre who contribute to our postgraduate teaching program. Our visitors may also undertake research or present a seminar as part of their visit.

Administration

Provide support to the administration of the Ross Parsons Centre.

Academic

Commercial and Corporate Law
Vivienne Bath
Simon Butt
John Carter
Wayne Courtney
Saul Fridman
James Glister
Jennifer Hill, Director, Commercial and Corporate Law
Fleur Johns
Miiko Kumar
Patricia Loughlan
Roger Magnusson
Sheelagh McCracken
Barbara McDonald
Jacqueline Mowbray
Luke Nottage
Fady Aoun
Elisabeth Peden
Joellen Riley
David Rolph
Greg Tolhurst
Andrew Tuch
Brett Williams

Taxation Law
Patricia Apps
Celeste Black
Lee Burns
Chloe Burnett
Graeme Cooper
Michael Dirkis
Rebecca Millar
Richard Vann, Director, Taxation Law

Adjunct Faculty

Commercial and Corporate Law
The Hon. Justice R P Austin, Challis Lecturer in Corporate Law
Emeritus Professor Peter Butt
Mark Leeming, Challis Lecturer in Equity

Andrew Bell SC, Adjunct Professor
Ashley Black, Adjunct Professor
Deborah DeMott, Adjunct Professor
Michael Furmston, Adjunct Professor
Justin Hogan-Doran, Adjunct Lecturer
Braddon Jolley, Adjunct Lecturer
The Hon. Justice Kevin Lindgren, Adjunct Professor
Kevin Lewis, Adjunct Lecturer
Rebecca Maslen-Stannage, Adjunct Lecturer
Zeke Solomon, Adjunct Professor
James Watson, Adjunct Lecturer
David Yates, Adjunct Professor

Taxation Law
Alan Bennett, Adjunct Professor
Cynthia Coleman, Adjunct Professor
Malcolm Gammie QC, Adjunct Professor
Paul O'Donnell, Adjunct Professor
Karen Rooke, Adjunct Professor

Associates

Commercial and Corporate Law
Michael Ahrens, Transparency International Australia (TI)
Associate Professor Lee Aitken, University of Hong Kong
Tim Bednall, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Tony Berriman, Minter Ellison
Gary Besson, Gilbert & Tobin
Alan Cameron AM, Blake Dawson and Deputy Chancellor of University of Sydney
Phillip Cornwell, Allens Arthur Robinson
John Currie, Henry Davis York
Tony Damian, Freehills
Roger Dobson, Henry Davis York
David East, Phillips Fox
David Eliakim, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Brent Fisse, Brent Fisse Lawyers
Angela Flannery, Clayton Utz
David Friedlander, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Greg Golding, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Susan Hilliard, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Noel Hutley, SC, St James Chambers
John Kluver, Corporations & Markets Advisory Committee
Bill Koeck, Blake Dawson
Byron Koster, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Tom Lennox, Dibbs Barker Gosling
Patrick Lowden, Freehills
Diccon Loxton, Allens Arthur Robinson
Andrew Lumsden, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Ray Mainsbridge, Blake Dawson
James Marshall, Blake Dawson
David Mason, Blake Dawson
Mitchell Mathas, Deacons
Anne McNaughton, Australian National University
John Natal, Freehills
Leighton O'Brien, Allens Arthur Robinson
James Phillips, Minter Ellison
Damien Richard, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Donald Robertson, Freehills
Lachlan Roots, Freehills
Tony Ryan, Blake Dawson
Brian Salter, AMP
Dennis Scott SC, Blake Dawson
Warren Scott, Citigroup
Adam Stapledon, Freehills
Patrick St John, Freehills
Philippa Stone, Freehills
Tom Story, Allens Arthur Robinson
Mark Wormell, Allens Arthur Robinson

Taxation Law
Shayne Carter, Greenwoods & Freehills
Tony Frost, Greenwoods & Freehills
Richard Giannone, Freehills
Peter Green, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Roger Hamilton SC, Wentworth Chambers
Melissa Heath, Ernst & Young
Andrew Mills, Greenwoods & Freehills
Mark Richmond, Selborne Chambers
Holger R Sorensen, Wentworth Chambers

International Visitors

2009
The following staff will be visiting the Ross Parsons Centre to contribute to its postgraduate teaching program.

Professor Geoffrey Miller, New York University, International Banking Law, Feb 2009
Jan Job de Vries Robbé, Dutch Development Bank FMO, International Derivatives Law & Practice, March 2009
Professor Yoshihiro Masui, Tokyo University, Japanese International Tax, March 2009
Professor David Yates, Cambridge University, Contract Negotiation, April 2009
Dr Peter Harris, Cambridge University, Comparative Corporate Tax, April 2009
Carson McNeill, International Monetary Fund, Business of Tax Administration, April 2009
Professor Michael Furmston, Singapore Management University, Construction Law and Problems in Contract Formation, April 2009
Malcolm Gammie, QC, UK International Tax, May 2009
Professor Stafford Smiley, Caplin& Drysdale Attorneys,US International Tax, July 2009
Professor Niamh Moloney, University of Nottingham, Comparative Corporate Governance, May 2009 as part of Sydney Law School in Europe Program
Professor Eric Talley, UC Berkeley, Corporate and Finance Law, September 2009
Professor Brian Arnold, Goodmans LLP,Comparative Income Tax, October 2009
Professor Tim Edgar, University of Western Ontario, Comparative Taxation of Financial Transactions, October 2009

Administration

, Ross Parsons Centre
, Tax Program Administrator