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Pamela Hanrahan (born 24 May 1965) is an Australian lawyer, author, and media commentator on corporate law and financial services regulation in Australia.[1][2]
Professor Pamela Fay Hanrahan | |
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| Born | 24 May 1965 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne, Melbourne Law School, Case Western Reserve University School of Law |
| Occupation(s) | academic lawyer and company director |
| Employer | University of New South Wales |
| Title | Professor |
| Website | Staff Profile SSRN |
Education
editPamela Fay Hanrahan was born 24 May 1965 in Melbourne Australia[3]and educated at Loreto Mandeville Hall and Presbyterian Ladies’ College Melbourne where she was MacFarland Scholar (Dux of School) in 1982. She attended the University of Melbourne and CWRU Law School.[3]
Career
editHanrahan began her legal career with Allens (then Arthur Robinson & Hedderwicks) in 1989. In 2004, she was appointed as an associate professor of the Melbourne Law School.[3] In 2008 – 2011 she was a senior executive of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission including serving as ASIC Regional Commissioner for Queensland in 2010-11.[4][3][5] In 2013-2015 she was the Registrar of Community Housing for New South Wales. In 2015 - 2023, she was Professor of Commercial Law and Regulation in the UNSW Business School and in 2024 she was appointed an Emerita Professor of the University of New South Wales.[1] In 2017 she was a member of the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce.[6] In 2018 she was an adviser to the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry.[7]
She was elected as a member of the executive of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia in 2017 and became Chair of the Business Law Section in 2023.[8]
Publications
editHanrahan's books on Australian corporate law and financial services regulation include:
- Securities and Financial Services Law (jointly) (10th ed LexisNexis Australia 2021)
- Corporate Governance (jointly) (LexisNexis Australia, 2017)
- Managed Investments Law and Practice (CCH Australia, 1999-2023)
- Funds Management in Australia: Officers’ Duties and Liabilities (LexisNexis Australia, 2009)
- Commercial Applications of Company Law (jointly) (Oxford University Press, 23rd ed 2022)
- Commercial Applications of Company Law in Malaysia (jointly) (3rd ed 2008)
- Commercial Applications of Company Law in New Zealand (jointly) (5th ed 2015)
- Commercial Applications of Company Law in Singapore (jointly) (5th ed 2015)
- Contemporary Issues in Corporate and Competition Law: Essays in Honour of Professor Robert Baxt AO (joint editor) (LexisNexis Australia, 2018)
References
edit- ^ "Professor Pamela Hanrahan". UNSW Sites. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "ASIC expert back on the tools with top law firm". Australian Financial Review. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Who's Who in Business in Australia". 2022.
- ^ "Professor Pamela Hanrahan - Business School - School of Management & Governance". University of New South Wales. 2022.
- ^ "Australian Securities and Investments Commission Annual Report 2010-11".
- ^ "The Treasury ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce Report". Australian Government Department of Treasury. 2017.
- ^ Vickovich, Aleks (2020). "Hayne adviser blasts Frydenberg's FAR proposal". Australian Financial Review.
- ^ "New BLS Executive". lawcouncil.au. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.