Dr Paul Ali is an Associate Professor in the Law School and a member of the Law School's Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation. Paul has published widely on banking and finance law, in particular on the legal design and regulation of structured financial products. Paul has worked in the banking & finance and corporate groups of two national law firms. He has also worked in the securitisation team of a bank, and has been a principal of a private capital firm and a consultant with a corporate governance advisory firm.
Member, Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation, Faculty of Law.
Other
Grants
Oxford-MLS Research Partnership 2013-2014 ('A Comparative Analysis of the Reform of Personal Property Security Law in Australia and the United Kingdom') (with L. Gullifer and I. Ramsay)
CIFR Research Project 2013 ('Financial Literacy and Innovation in Superannuation Product Disclosure: Improving the Retirement Savings of Australians') (with I. Ramsay and C. Shekhar)
CIFR Research Project 2013 ('Assessing the Governance of Institutional Investors when Investing in Complex Financial Products') (with I. Ramsay)
CIFR Research Project 2013 ('Evaluating the Impact of Securities Loans on Shareholder Rights and the Governance of Listed Companies') (with I. Ramsay)
Victorian Law Foundation 2012 ('Refom of Consumer Lease Contracts - Ensuring Greater Protection for Consumers') (with I. Ramsay and C. McRae)
ARC Discovery Project Grant 2010-2012 ($276,000) ('Safeguarding the Financial Well-being of Australians by Improving Financial Literacy') (with I. Ramsay)
ARC Discovery Project Grant 2005-2009 ($130,000) ('Corporate Governance and Institutional Investment in the Australian Financial Markets') (with G. Stapledon)
University of Melbourne Internal Grant 2004 ($14,000) (‘Corporate Governance in the Australian Financial Markets’) (with G. Stapledon)
Early Career Researcher Grant 2004, University of Melbourne ($8,750) (‘Synthetic Securitisations and the Revolution in Credit Risk Management’)
Prizes
Merit Prize 2003 (Securities Institute of Australia) (for ‘Analysing the Cost of Ethical Investment’)
Journal Affiliations
Editor, Company and Securities Law Journal
Section Editor (Banking & Finance), Australian Business Law Review
Section Editor (Corporate Finance), Company and Securities Law Journal
Member, Editorial Board, Capital Markets Law Journal
Associate Editor, Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment
