Primarily taught by an experienced commercial practitioner, Donald Robertson, this unit will focus on cross-border commercial transactions and disputes with a transnational nature. An emphasis is placed on risk management in those transactions using the tools of private international law. Often in those transactions and disputes, the forum is itself a matter of dispute. The careful use of contractual devices might help manage that risk (litigation risk) as well as the risk of an unexpected and unwanted law applying (transaction risk). After a general introduction and refresher on the rules of private international law, we consider the management of risk in transaction planning and in the implementation of the transaction from the perspective of the rules of private international law. The unit follows chronologically the general course of a cross-border transaction, from inception to transnational dispute. There have been significant developments in the last few years whereby international cooperation in relation to these matters has produced international instruments of great utility, which instruments need to be taken into account at the transaction planning stage.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Law |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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LAWS6884 |
Assumed knowledge
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undergraduate law degree |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Ben Chen, ben.chen@sydney.edu.au |
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