Robert Baxt (27 June 1938 – 11 March 2018) was an

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and a chairman of the

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, dean of law at

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and a professorial fellow of the

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Early life

Baxt was born in

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, raised in Australia, where his family had moved in 1947. He was educated at

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(1947–1955), commencing as a preparatory school student at

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, and the

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, and did his LLM - Master of Laws - at Harvard Law School 1963-1964.

Legal career

Baxt was a partner of the Australian commercial law firm

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. He initially joined Freehills as a solicitor in 1965 before entering academia. From 1980–1988, he was dean of the

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. From 1991–2004, he was a partner at

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. He rejoined Freehills in January 2005 and became an emeritus partner. Baxt was involved in a number of Australian legal publications. He was the founder and then general editor of the ''Company and Securities Law Journal'' as well as the ''Australian Business Law Review''. He was also editor of the monthly newsletter on corporate regulation, ''The Baxt Report''. In his time as an academic, he was also an editor of the

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Honours

* Officer,

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2003 * Recipient,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baxt, Bob 1938 births 2018 deaths People educated at Newington College University of Sydney alumni Monash University faculty Australian legal scholars Australian solicitors Officers of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Centenary Medal Educators from Shanghai Chinese emigrants to Australia Harvard Law School alumni