Company and Securities Law in Australia

and New Zealand

University of Houston Law Center

January 2014

Slide Set 1

Introduction

Company and Securities Law in

Australia and New Zealand

Professor Gordon Walker

Overview

• Course Outline

– Lecture Times

– Prescribed Readings

– Assessment (Take Home Exam)

• Introduction to Company and Securities Law in Australia and New Zealand.

• Administrative Tasks.

• Career opportunities in the subject area.

Your Interest in Company and Securities

Law in Australia and New Zealand

• What do you want to get out of this course?

• Tell me about yourself.

• What outcomes are you looking for?

• Are you thinking of going to Australia? Do you know

about the E3 visa scheme?

• Do you know about USA law firms in Australia?

Main Themes

• Theme One: The influence of UK company law in

the Southern Hemisphere.

• Theme Two: Australia and NZ company and

securities law.

• Theme Three: Using the law to plan transactions.

Maps

• Refer to your course outline for copies of the

following maps.

• The maps are there to help you understand the

reception of English law.

Next Topic

• Types of Companies in Australia and New Zealand

• Read the Course Outline.

• Familiarise yourself with the Prescribed Readings

• Read the required Readings.

• See you next time.