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Michael Murray LLB Dip Crim (Syd) FAAL  m: 0402 248 353 | e: michael@murrayslegal.com.au

• Research Affiliate, University of Sydney Law School
• Principal, Murrays Legal, www.murrayslegal.com.au
• Australian Academy of Law www.academyoflaw.org.au
• Keay’s Insolvency, Murray & Harris, Thomson Reuters
• Annotated Bankruptcy Act, Murray, Lexis Nexis
• Business Law of Australia, Lexis Nexis
• Practice & Procedure High Court & Federal Court, Lexis Nexis
• Insolvency Law Journal, Thomson Reuters
• Other contributions for Edward Elgar, Federation Press, INSOL World.

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Michael has 30 years experience in Australia as an insolvency and reconstruction lawyer, writer and commentator. He is an observer of current corporate collapses and bankruptcies, and trends, and is closely involved in law reform, government and professional regulation, both in Australia and internationally.

Connected with this, Michael has an interest in the wider connections of insolvency in law, economics and finance – employment law, tax, directors’ duties, family law and bankruptcy, comparative international and cross-border insolvency, and in professional conduct, regulation and ethics, and legal education.

He was formerly:

• visiting fellow/adjunct professor at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Brisbane;
• the Legal Director of ARITA, the professional body of insolvency practitioners and lawyers (2007-2016);
• a lawyer with the Australian Government Solicitor working in insolvency and regulatory law (1989-2007);
• a solicitor assisting on the HIH Royal Commission (2001-2003); and
• a member of CAMAC (2001-2014).

Michael is also a member of the Insolvency Academics Network (IAN).

He is a Fellow and former Director of the Australian Academy of Law.