Associate Professor Emma Armson

Associate Professor Emma Armson

Associate Professor

BEc LLB (Hons) Macquarie, LLM UNSW, PhD Melbourne

Law & Justice
School of Private & Commercial Law

Emma researches and teaches in corporate law, with a particular interest in takeover law and policy, and dispute resolution by the Takeovers Panel. She was an academic in the Law Faculties at the University of Sydney and the Australian National University before joining UNSW.

Prior to becoming an academic, Emma had a decade of professional experience in corporate law. This included working on corporate law reform as a senior Federal Government policy officer and practising law as a Senior Associate at Minter Ellison. She has also been an in-house counsel at Westpac Financial Services and a Corporations Law Editor at CCH Australia.

 

Location
Room 323 The Law Building University of New South Wales UNSW Kensington Campus Sydney NSW 2052 Australia (Access via Gate 2 off High Street)
  • Book Chapters | 2018
    Armson E, 2018, 'Assessing the Performance of Takeover Panels: A Comparative Study', in Comparative Takeover Regulation: Global and Asian Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, pp. 134 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108163965.006
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Armson EJ; Varottil U, 2016, 'Mergers and Acquisitions', in Star S (ed.), Australia and India - A Comparative Overview of the Law and Legal Practice, Universal Law Publishing, India, pp. 99 - 120
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Armson EJ, 2010, 'Judicial Review of Takeovers Panel Decisions', in Ramsay I (ed.), The Takeovers Panel and Takeovers Regulation in Australia, edn. Original, Melbourne University Press, Victoria, pp. 177 - 210
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Armson E, 2008, 'The Australian Takeovers Panel and Judicial Review of its Decisions', in Reddy PLJ (ed.), Corporate Takeovers: Emerging Global Trends, Amicus Books, Icfai University Press, India, pp. 104 - 141
  • Journal articles | 2022
    Armson E, 2022, 'Reforming the Money Lending Exceptions for Takeovers', Melbourne University Law Review, 45(2), pp. 385 - 418, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/mulr45&i=401
    Journal articles | 2020
    Armson E, 2020, 'Adaptations of the United Kingdom Takeover Panel in Hong Kong and Singapore: Convergence or Divergence?', Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 15, pp. 281 - 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asjcl.2020.18
    Journal articles | 2020
    Armson E, 2020, 'Money Lending Exceptions for Takeover Provisions', Company and Securities Law Journal, 38, pp. 57 - 61
    Journal articles | 2019
    Armson E, 2019, '“Truth in Takeovers” for Substantial Holders', Company and Securities Law Journal, 36, pp. 464 - 480, https://www.westlaw.com.au/maf/wlau/app/document?docguid=I547afec62a3911e989f6e235e4e6e731&isTocNav=true&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&startChunk=1&endChunk=1
    Journal articles | 2017
    Armson E, 2017, 'Speed in Decision-Making: An Assessment of the Australian Takeovers Panel', Company and Securities Law Journal, 35, pp. 352 - 368
    Journal articles | 2017
    Armson EJ, 2017, 'Flexibility in Decision-Making: An Assessment of the Australian Takeovers Panel', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 40, pp. 460 - 492
    Journal articles | 2016
    Armson EJ, 2016, 'Certainty in Decision-Making: An Assessment of the Australian Takeovers Panel', The Sydney Law Review, 38, pp. 369 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2981488
    Journal articles | 2014
    Armson EJ, 2014, 'High Court Clarifies Market Manipulation Definition', Company and Securities Law Journal, 32, pp. 146 - 150
    Journal articles | 2014
    Armson EJ, 2014, 'Lessons for the Australian Takeovers Panel from the United Kingdom', Australian Journal of Corporate Law, 29, pp. 295 - 321
    Journal articles | 2013
    Armson EJ, 2013, 'Evolution of Australian Takeover Legislation', Monash University Law Review, 39, pp. 654 - 701, http://www.law.monash.edu.au/about-us/publications/monlr/
    Journal articles | 2012
    Journal articles | 2009
    Armson EJ, 2009, 'False Trading and Market Rigging in Australia', Company and Securities Law Journal, 27, pp. 411 - 425
    Journal articles | 2009
    Armson EJ, 2009, 'Working with Judicial Review: The New Operation of the Takeovers Panel', Melbourne University Law Review, 33, pp. 657 - 683, http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/mulr33&div=31&collection=journals&set_as_cursor=0&men_tab=srchresults
    Journal articles | 2008
    Armson EJ, 2008, 'Judicial Power and Administrative Tribunals: the Constitutional Challenge to the Takeovers Panel', Public Law Review, 19, pp. 91 - 98
    Journal articles | 2007
    Armson EJ, 2007, 'Attorney-General (Commonwealth) v Alinta Limited: Will the Takeovers Panel Survive Constitutional Challenge?', Sydney Law Review, 29, pp. 495 - 510, http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?page=495&handle=hein.journals%2Fsydney29&collection=journals
    Journal articles | 2006
    Armson EJ, 2006, 'Decision-Making by the Takeovers Panel in its First Five Years', Australian Business Law Review, 34, pp. 105 - 118
    Journal articles | 2005
    Armson EJ, 2005, 'An Empirical Study of the First Five Years of the Takeovers Panel', Sydney Law Review, 27, pp. 665 - 682, http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?page=665&handle=hein.journals/sydney27&collection=journals
    Journal articles | 2005
    Armson EJ, 2005, 'Models for Takeover Dispute Resolution: Australia and the UK', Journal of Corporate Law Studies, 5, pp. 401 - 425, http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/corplstd5&div=15&collection=journals&set_as_cursor=2&men_tab=srchresults
    Journal articles | 2005
    Armson EJ, 2005, 'The Australian Takeovers Panel and Judicial Review of its Decisions', Adelaide Law Review, 26, pp. 327 - 358, http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?page=327&handle=hein.journals/adelrev26&collection=journals
    Journal articles | 2004
    Armson E, 2004, 'The Australian Takeovers Panel and Unfair Prejudice to Third Parties', Australian Journal of Corporate Law, pp. 187 - 204
    Journal articles | 2004
    Armson E, 2004, 'The Australian Takeovers Panel: Commercial Body or Quasi-Court?', Melbourne University Law Review, 28, pp. 565 - 588
    Journal articles | 2003
    Armson E, 2003, 'The Frustrating Action Policy: Shifting Power in the Takeover Context', Company and Securities Law Journal, 21, pp. 487 - 506
    Journal articles | 2002
    Armson E, 2002, 'Handing the Corporate Reins to Creditors: The Role of the Takeovers Panel in the Pasminco Administration', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 25, pp. 651 - 675
    Journal articles | 1995
    Armson E, 1995, 'Market Stabilisation in Australia', Company and Securities Law Journal, 13, pp. 81 - 87
    Journal articles | 1994
    Armson E, 1994, 'AAT Review of the ASC’s Decision to Apply or not to Apply to the Corporations and Securities Panel', Company and Securities Law Journal, pp. 439 - 448
    Journal articles | 1991
    Armson E, 1991, 'Standing up for the Environment', Legal Service Bulletin (now published as the Alternative Law Journal), pp. 174 - 177