Laurence White is a former financial regulator and accept briefs in:
He is entitled to practice in Victoria, NSW and the Federal courts.
He has given guest lectures at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, the Australian National University, and delivered Continuing Professional Development seminars at the Victorian Bar, the Law Institute of Victoria and the Leo Cussen Centre of Law. He has also spoken at numerous conferences and events in an official capacity in Australia and overseas. He is a member of the Law Council of Australia's Digital Commerce Committee, having previously been a member of the LCA's Futures Committee. He is a published author (including at book length) on artificial intelligence and the law, and on financial regulation.
In a pro-bono matter shortly after coming to the Bar, he successfully defended (unled) two co-accused in a County Court jury trial lasting 5 days. Since then he has regularly undertaken advisory and appearance work on a pro bono basis through the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria, County Court of Victoria and Justice Connect.
Mr White holds a Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts (with Honours), both from University of Melbourne, and won the university prize in Taxation Law and two university prizes in Philosophy. He also graduated in the FinTech online course at Harvard University with a grade average of 99.5%.
A former senior official of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Laurence White has also worked at senior levels at the Financial Stability Board, Basel; Financial Conduct Authority, London; European Commission, Brussels; Australian Treasury, Canberra, and Department of Climate Change, Canberra.
Early in his career he worked as a lawyer and policy official at the Victorian Department of Justice, working on the establishment of VCAT and the Business Licensing Authority, as well as in private legal practice at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Melbourne. His full CV is available on request.
He is the author of a number of articles and case notes relating to financial regulation and is also the co-author of a book and series of articles about AI, robotics and the law.
His junior mentor was Simon Rubenstein and his senior mentor was Michael Gronow KC.
His interests include literature, music, technology, travel and the history of astronomy.