BIO:
B.Com. LL.B., (India) LL.M. (Western Ontario), A.C.S. (India)
Sr. Lecturer, Department of Commercial Law, The University of Auckland
Fellow, Institute for International Corporate Governance and Accountability, The George
Washington University Law School
Admitted to the Bar, Bangalore, India
Ph.D. candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, Toronto
Refereed Publications
• “Capital Markets and Corporate Governance in India: An Overview of Recent
Trends” (2007) 3:3 Corp. Gov. L. Rev. 255.
• “Stock Market, Corporations and their Regulation: A Few Glimpses into Reality”
(2008) V:1 ICFAI J. Beh. Finance 28; Research paper of Comparative Research
in Law & Political Economy (2008) Vol. 04, No. 01, RPS-02, available online:
http://www.comparativeresearch.net/jsp/abstract.jsp?paperid=100000047
Workshop & Conference Presentations
2007 “Stock Market, Corporations and their Regulation: A Few Glimpses into
Reality” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Law and
Economics Association
2007 “Capital Stock, Its Shares & Their Holders: A Comparison of India
Delaware” accepted for the Worldwide Junior Corporate Scholars Forum
Conference at Columbia Law School, New York, March 2-3, 2007
2005 “Reengineering the Corporation: Law’s Responsibility for Good
Corporate Governance” at the Conference, Law’s Future: Progress and
Change, organized by the Graduate Law Students Association, Osgoode
Hall Law School of York University
2004 Speaker at the workshop on arbitration organized by the Institute of
Company Secretaries of India at Mysore, India
2002 “Corporate Social Responsibility,” address at the technical session of the
Southern Regional Conference of the Institute of Company Secretaries of
India at Chennai, India
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2001 “Social Reform of Corporate Law” at the inaugural conference of the
Institute for International Corporate Governance & Accountability
(IICGA) at The George Washington University Law School, Washington
DC
Writings
2004 Completed the book, “Stability in the Stock Market – Experience & The
Way Forward,” a project of the IICGA, The George Washington
University Law School, Washington DC
2001 “Social Reform of Corporate Law” published in the Journal of the
National Conference of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India,
Bangalore, India
1995 “Underlying Shares of Global Depository Receipts – Certain Issues”
published in the Journal of the Southern Regional Conference of the
Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Chennai, India
1992 “Capitalization of Revaluation Reserves of Private Companies” article
published in The Economic Times, Bangalore, India
Work Experience
1995- Founder-partner, P.M. Vasudev & Co., Advocates & Solicitors, Bangalore
– corporate, tax and general legal practice, built niche position in the
Information Technology industry – clients include Daimler Benz, National
Semiconductor, GE, Wipro and Tata companies
1992-95 Public practice in India – Associate in law firm – specialized in corporate,
tax and general work
1991-92 Group Company Secretary, Deejay Group of Companies, India
1989-91 Sr. Taxation Executive, Wipro Limited, Bangalore India
1987-88 Public practice – handled recovery actions, trial work and tax matters
Positions Held
2006-07 Chair, Graduate Law Students Association, Osgoode Hall Law School of
York University
2004-05 LL.M Representative, Society of Graduate Students, University of
Western Ontario
Student Representative, Graduate Studies Committee, Faculty of Law,
University of Western Ontario
2003-04 Member, Audit Committee, BgSE Financials Ltd., the trading arm of
Bangalore Stock Exchange, India
2001-04 Independent Director, BgSE Financials Ltd., the trading arm of Bangalore
Stock Exchange, India
1984 Chairman, Editorial Committee, Commerce Association Magazine, PSG
College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, India
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Events Organized
2005 Symposium on the Industry Canada Proposals for amendments to the
Canada Business Corporations Act – University of Western Ontario
2001 Seminar on Constitution Review organized at the Gokhale Institute of
Public Affairs, Bangalore, India – keynote address by Justice Mr. M.N.
Venkatachalaiah, Former Chief Justice of India and Chairman, National
Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution
Works-in-Progress
• “Equity Pricing, The Informational Regime and Efficient Markets: A Historical
Perspective,” paper under publication
• Understanding the Corporation: A Legal-Philosophical Perspective of Corporate
Governance, proposed book on corporate governance and the law
Teaching
2008 Sr. Lecturer, Department of Commercial Law, The University of
Auckland – teaching company law and securities law courses
2007 Course Director, Canadian Business Law course, Department of
Economics, Faculty of Arts, York University, Toronto
2006-07 Instructor, Legal Research & Writing course, Osgoode Hall Law School of
York University
1998-03 Taught Competition and Consumer Protection Laws at the Secretarial
Modular Training Programme of the Institute of Company Secretaries of
India
1995-97 Taught General Laws course to students taking the professional
examinations of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India
Interests:
White Paper on Regulatory Reform or Risk and Systemic Stability.
e-mail: p.vasudev@auckland.ac.nz
