Commercial Practice in a Global Economy

04/06/2008

The Commercial Law Association, in conjunction with the Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law, University of Sydney, presents a one-day conference, Commercial Practice in a Global Economy, on Friday, 1 August 2008 between 9.30am – 5.00pm.�It will be held in the Dixson Room, in the Mitchell Wing of the State Library of New South Wales.

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Programme

9.30am: Opening

Professor Gillian Triggs, Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney

10.00am: Issues in international business: doing business in China

Chair:�Kevin Hobgood-Brown, Partner, Deacons

Speaker:�Vivienne Bath, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law, University of Sydney

Commentator: Andrew Percival, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

11.30am: Obtaining market access for Australian service suppliers: effective use of the General Agreement on Trade in Services

Chair:�Geoff Short, Managing Director, Tanda International

Speaker:�Dr Brett Williams, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney

Commentator: Daniel Moulis, Partner, Moulis Legal

2.00pm: ****The impact of GST and VAT on cross border transactions

Chair: Professor Richard Vann, Challis Professor of Law, University of Sydney

Speaker: Rebecca Millar, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney

Commentator: Ross Stitt, Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson

3.30pm: Conflict of laws in cross border transactions

Chair: Margaret Cole, General Counsel, Babcock & Brown

Speaker:�Dr Andrew Bell SC, 11 Selborne/Wentworth Chambers

Commentators: Vivienne Bath, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney and Margaret Cole

For further details,� contact the CLA on 02 9979 1364, or via e-mail maxwilson@cla.org.au�or visit the CLA web site

You can also register online

26�June 2008

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