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IPBA 2018 Annual Conference in Manila                2018 LawAsia International Moot Competition
            s  part  of  its  long  term  strategic             he  College  will  again  sponsor  the
         A  relationship  with  the  Inter-Pacific           T  LawAsia      International   Moot
         Bar  Association  (IPBA),  the  College             Competition in 2018 - an event that it has
         was  again  a  major  sponsor  of  the              sponsored  since  2013.  The  2018  annual
         IPBA’s  annual  conference.  The  IPBA’s            competition  will  be  held  in  Siem  Reap,
         28th  Annual  Conference  Fostering                 Cambodia, in conjunction with the LawAsia
                                    Seamless  Cooperation  in  2018 Annual Conference. The College will
                                    ASEAN  and  Beyond  (6-9  also  again  sponsor  the  2018  Malaysia
                                    April 2017).  The College had  National  Rounds,  which  will  be  held  in
                                    an exhibitor booth as part of  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  on 11-12 August
                                    its   sponsorship   package,  2018.
                                    which  was  used  to  present   The moot competition’ has a facebook page and a Wikipedia
                                    and    distribute   2018   entry showing the event’s history since it began in Gold Coast,
                                    handbooks   for   all   four   Queensland in 2005, when the conference was hosted by the
                                    College LLM programme - in   Queensland  Law  Society.  The  College  of  Law    hosted  the
                                    particular  the  co-branded   2015 competition when it was held in Sydney.  ▄▌
                                    COL-IPBA ASEAN+6 LLM.
                                                               Malaysia National Rounds     International Rounds
                                    In  attendance  at  the  booth
                                    during  the  conference  were
                                    COL  chief  marketing  officer
                                    Christine  Simmons,  Raphael
                                    Tay  (now  Executive  Director
                                    and  brand  ambassador  of
         the  COL-IPBA  ASEAN+6  LLM),  James  Jung  COL  Asia
         programme director and Peter Tritt, COL Asia Director.  ▄▌

         IPBA seminar at Elizabeth Street

             College  sponsored  IPBA  seminar  will  be  held  at  the
         A  Elizabeth Street, Sydney campus on 19 July 2018 (3.00 –
         6.40pm):  The  World  at  Your  Doorstep:  IPBA  Australian-New
         Zealand  Regional  Forum.  The  programme  covers  four  topics
         with four speakers:
            FIRB & Regulatory Issues for North Asia Investors in
            Australia
            Cryptocurrencies & ICOs
            Tax  Issues  for  Foreign  Property  Investors  in
            Australia—Recent Developments
            Investing Across the Ditch – Issues Facing Australian
            Investors
         :Further information and to register go to IPBA website. ▄▌


         Four COL Asia handbooks
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