Benjamin Batten Email & Phone Number

Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation

Corporate (M&A and Capital Markets)

• Led the management and organization of a 14 member committee.
• Wrote and edited legal research pieces on the decisions of domestic and international sporting tribunals.
• Organised several panel events and webinars on contemporary sports law issues including the MSLA AFL Grand Final Breakfast which in 2023 was attended by 140 students, staff, and legal practitioners.

International Arbitration

• Reporting to Associate Professor Chantal Morton, I prepare and conduct weekly sessions to teach legal academic skills to first and second year JD Students.
• Session content includes legal memo drafting, research essay writing, case reading, time management, note-taking, and exam preparation skills.

Melbourne, Australia

• Referee in the National Premier Leagues (NPL) Victoria and Mens State League competitions.
• Managed expectations from a range of stakeholders (coaches, players, media, officials) and worked in high pressure situations where decisions needed to be made quickly and confidently.

Melbourne, Australia

• Compiled and presented a standing report on key digital platform related international legislative developments and enforcement investigations to ACCC Commissioners.
• Conducted research for ACCC Commissioners into the European Commission’s online dispute resolution framework to guide future policy in Australia.

• Delivered weekly online tutorial sessions watched by over 200 students each week on an introductory public law subject encompassing Public International Law, Domestic Public Law, Statutory Interpretation and Human.
• The tutorials explained key principles and concepts, summarized the course readings, and outlined how to approach to hypothetical and essay style questions.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Compiled and sent formal letters to stakeholders to ensure compliance with the Port Terminal Access (Bulk Wheat) Code of Conduct- a mandatory code prescribed under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (‘CCA’).
• Drafted wheat port exemption determinations under the Port Terminal Access (Bulk Wheat) Code of Conduct.
• Using Microsoft excel, analyzed grain production and export data across five Australian states for inclusion in chapters of the 2019-20 Bulk Grains Monitoring Report.
• Drafted, reviewed, and edited chapters of the 2019-20 Bulk Grains Monitoring Report including a chapter on the effectiveness of the current legislative regime.
• Developed strong working knowledge on Australian financial markets, products and systems culminating in internal staff level reports and research papers.
• Researched the effectiveness of Negotiate-Arbitrate regimes under part IIIA of the CCA. This research covered sectors including telecommunications, gas, regulated access rail, and wheat.

Melbourne, Australia

Parkville, Victoria

Manchester, United Kingdom

Melbourne, Victoria

Juris Doctor, Law

Legal Research Thesis: Should Investor-State Dispute Settlement be reformed to include an Appeal Mechanism? Supervised by Professor Jürgen.

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Economics And Accounting

Activities and Societies: Student Exchange Society, Debating Society, Economics Students Society of Australia, Ski Club, Commerce Students.

International Management Exchange Programme, Business/Managerial Economics

Activities and Societies: BA Economics Society (Debates Co-Ordinator). AMBS Exchange Student Society. Gaelic Athletics Club. International.

Exchange Student, Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Victorian Certificate Of Education

Activities and Societies: School Debating Captain, Winner Monash University High School Mooting Competition, Recipient of ADF Long Tan.