Bob Baxt

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Professor Robert Baxt AO (born 27 June 1938 - ) is an Australian lawyer and a former Chairman of the Trade Practices Commission (now the ACCC), former Dean of Law at Monash University and a Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne.[1]

Early life

Baxt was born in Shanghai, China, and settled in Australia in 1947. He was educated at Newington College (1947-1955), commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House,[2] and the University of Sydney.

Legal career

Baxt is currently a partner of the Australian commercial law firm Freehills. He initially joined Freehills as a solicitor in 1965 before entering academia.[3] From 1980-1988, he was Dean of the Monash University Faculty of Law. From 1991-2004, he was a partner at Allens Arthur Robinson. He rejoined Freehills in January 2005.

Baxt is involved in a number of Australian legal publications. He is the founder and now General Editor of the Company and Securities Law Journal as well as the Australian Business Law Review.[4] He is also Editor of the monthly newsletter on corporate regulation, The Baxt Report. In his time as an academic, he was also and Editor of the Monash University Law Review.[5]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Who's Who in Australia (Crown Content Melb, 2007) pp 217: Baxt, Robert "Bob" (1938 - )
  2. ↑ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp11
  3. ↑ Freehills - Bob Baxt
  4. ↑ Freehills - Article - Bob Baxt AO moves to Freehills
  5. ↑ Monash Law Review
  6. ↑ It's an Honour
  7. ↑ It's an Honour
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