Saul Fridman

Profile summary
Saul has been a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, The University of Sydney since February, 1998. Prior to his present appointment in Sydney, he was a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, The Australian National University for seven years, where he lectured in corporate law, trusts and equity. He received his formal legal training at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada and at Oxford University, where he was awarded a B.C.L., a post-graduate degree in law. Following admission to practice, he spent one year as an associate to the Chief Justice of the High Court of Ontario. He then spent a period of five years in legal practice in Toronto, Canada, working first as a solicitor, specialising in mergers and acquisitions as well as corporate fundraising and then as a barrister, specialising in various forms of commercial litigation. He also taught Business Law as a part of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Bar Admission Course.

While at the ANU, Saul taught corporate and commercial law at the Faculty of Law and also in the Department of Commerce. In addition to his teaching at the ANU and The University of Sydney, Saul also teaches in two graduate business programs operated under the auspices of the University of New South Wales: the Graduate Diploma in Management at AGSM MBA Programs and the Graduate Management Studies Program at the Australian Defence Force Academy.

Saul has published extensively in the area of corporate law and corporate governance, including co-authorship of Afterman and Baxt’s Cases and Materials on Corporations and Associations (7th ed, 1996, 8th ed, 1999) and has presented numerous seminars on a variety of legal topics to both lawyers and non-lawyers. He is presently engaged in work relating to the governance and administration of international sporting federations, as well as work on drug testing in sport.

Email
saul.fridman@agsm.edu.au