Full CV

LL.M., University of Melbourne (First Class Honours), 2007

J.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1982

B.Sc., Guilford College, 1977

Attorney-at-Law in the US, admitted to practice before numerous state and federal courts, including the US Supreme Court

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointments:

Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, 2007–Present

Senior Fellow, The Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, 2007-Present

Associate, Asian Law Centre, The Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, 2007-Present

Associate, Centre for Corporate Law & Securities Regulation, University of Melbourne, 2007-Present

Previous Appointment:

Sessional Lecturer in Law, The Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, 2006-2007

Other Positions

Principal Attorney, Law Office of Andrew White, Esq., PLLC, North Carolina (USA) 1998-2004

Of Counsel (Senior Counsel/Foreign Law Consultant), von Maur and Partner, Frankfurt (Germany) 1996-1997

Partner, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington D.C. (USA) 1991-1996

Associate Attorney, Patton Boggs LLP, Washington D.C. (USA) 1987-1991

Associate Attorney, Carton Fields, et al, Florida (USA) 1984-1987

Associate Attorney, Smith Currie & Hancock, Atlanta (USA) 1982-1984

Selected Consulting Activities

Consultant to U.S. Dept. of State/U.S. Agency for International Development, performing Business Climate Legal and Institutional Reform assessments in Tanzania, August 2007, and Pakistan, June 2007

Consultant to U.S. Dept. of State/U.S. Agency for International Development, performing Commercial Law & Institutional Reform assessment in Afghanistan, February 2007

Consultant to consortium of Bosnian industry, Lord Mayor of Tuzla (BiH), Minister of Trade of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and State Committee for Cooperation with the United Nations in negotiation under grant of Power of Attorney regarding US Government and NATO (IFOR) contracts and procurement matters pursuant to the Dayton Peace Accords, 1996

Honors & Awards

Melbourne (University) International Fee Remission Scholarship (three-year full fee remission), 2006

Melbourne (University) International Research Scholarship (tax-free living allowance for three years), 2006

Courses Taught in SMU

Ethics & Social Responsibility

Islamic Commercial Law (Fiqh al-Muamalat)

Research Areas

Islamic Commercial Law (Fiqh al-Muamalat) in South and South East Asia

Islamic Arbitration (Tahkim) in South and South East Asia

Islamic Trusts (Awqaf)

Commercial Arbitration, Mediation, and Dispute Negotiation

Commercial Law Reform in Developing Countries

Selected Book, Journal & Other Publications

Andrew White (2008), “REGISTERING PROPERTY” and “PAYING TAXES”, in Andrew White, et al, TANZANIA’S AGENDA FOR ACTION, 73-88 and 122-133, respectively (United States Agency for International Development: February 2008), produced for USAID under contract with Booz Allen Hamilton

Andrew White (2007), “ISLAMIC LAW (Sharī’ah)”, in Andrew White, et al, AFGHANISTAN’S AGENDA FOR ACTION: Developing the Trade & Business Environment, 13-20 (United States Agency for International Development: August 2007), produced for USAID under contract with Booz Allen Hamilton, available at http://www.bizlawreform.com/country_assess/AfghanistanDiagnostic2007Final.pdf (Executive Summary available at http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/proxy/Document.3 3.aspx)

Andrew White (2007), "Part II, Asia Pacific: Australia" [Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in Australia: Current AML/CTF Laws and Proposed Reforms] in Wouter H. Muller, et al (eds.), Anti-Money Laundering: International Law and Practice (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: April 2007 (United Kingdom) and June 2007 (United States), 739-761

Andrew White (2007), “Decentralized Environmental Taxation in Indonesia: A Proposed Double Dividend for Revenue Allocation and Environmental Regulation,” Journal of Environmental Law, 19, 1, 43-69

Andrew White (2006), “The Paradox of Corruption as Antithesis to Economic Development: Does Corruption Undermine Economic Development in Indonesia and China, and Why Are the Experiences Different in each Country?,” Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal, 8, 1, 1-34

Andrew White (2006), "Breathing New Life into the Islamic Waqf: What Reforms can Fiqh Regarding Awqaf Adopt from the Common Law of Trusts without Violating Sharī ah?,” Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal, 41, 3, 497-527

Andrew White (2006), “The Role of the Islamic Waqf in Strengthening South Asian Civil Society: Pakistan as Case Study,” International Journal of Civil Society Law, 4, 2, 7-37

Andrew White (1981), “The Scope of Accomplice Liability Under 18 U.S.C. Section 2(b),” Case Western Reserve Law Review, 31, 386