Mr ALEX WAN
Lecturer, Business Law
LLB(Hons) Brim, Grad.Cert.Law (VUW), LLM (Commercial Law) (Northumbria), Prof.Cert.Teaching & Learning (Swinburne)
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+61 9214 4716
Fax +61 3 9819 2117
Room BA1118
awan@swin.edu.au
Alex teaches Contract Law, Marketing Law, Australian Contract Law, Australian Company Law, and Corporations Law, in the Faculty of Business and Enterprise.
Alex read his degrees in law from universities in the UK and New Zealand. He has taught law for over ten years at tertiary level, including two and half years at the Swinburne's Sarawak campus in Malaysia.
Alex's industry experience, which spanned nearly eight years, saw him work for both private and public-listed companies in Malaysia where his area of practice was primarily centred on corporate and construction legal work. He was also actively involved in the corporate listing and restructuring of two companies during this time. His current research interests are in the areas of commercial law and corporate law. His doctoral research is in good faith contracting.
Research Profile
Research Interests
- Contract law
- Corporate governance
Teaching Areas and Responsibility
- HBL220/N Contract Law
- HBL222/N Marketing Law
- HBL606/B Australian Contract Law
- HBL607/B Australian Company Law
- HBCO508 Corporations Law
Publications
Wan, A., “The Desirability of a Good Faith Obligation in Australia”, International Seminar On Comparative Law 2008 (ISCOM2008), USIM, 18th-20th November 2008.
Wan, A., “Teaching Corporation Law in the Context of Student Diversity” (Poster Presentation), Internationalisation of The Curriculum Showcase, Swinburne University of Technology, July 2008.
Ngui K.S., Su S.I., Wan A., Voon M.L., “Determinants of CEO Compensation: The Moderating Effect of Firm Size”, Global Accounting and Organizational Change Conference, LaTrobe University, July 2008.
Wan, A., “Legal Dilemmas in Internet Marketing”, Commentary in The Borneo Post, 25 January 2006.
Wan, A., “Design and Build Contracts – Conflict between Law & Practice”, 5th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Business, May 2005.