Rate My Professor Saurabh Jain

Dr. Saurabh Jain serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Curtin Law School, part of the Faculty of Business and Law at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, a position he has held since February 2023. Previously, he was a Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, from June 2012 to October 2019. Jain earned his PhD from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand in 2012, where his doctoral thesis, titled 'Effectiveness of the Beneficial Ownership Test in Conduit Company Cases,' examined key issues in international tax treaty interpretation. He was awarded the Victoria University Postgraduate Scholarship for his PhD studies from 2007 to 2010. Earlier, he completed an LLM at the University of Aberdeen. His academic journey reflects a strong commitment to legal scholarship, particularly in taxation and commercial law, building on his undergraduate legal education.

Jain's research focuses on international tax law, including beneficial ownership tests in double taxation agreements, conduit company arrangements, treaty abuse prevention, and the reform of income tax legislation in countries like South Africa and India. Notable publications include his book 'Effectiveness of the Beneficial Ownership Test in Conduit Company Cases' (IBFD, Amsterdam, 2013); 'Redrafting Process of the Income Tax Legislation in South Africa and India and Lessons from New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia' published in the New Zealand Journal of Tax Law and Policy (2021); 'Beneficial Ownership and the Contractual Obligation of an International Financing Agreement: A Case Study of the GE Capital Case' (2018); and the chapter 'The Evolutionary Process of Tax Treaties and Its Interplay with Domestic Anti-Abuse Rules' (Springer, 2023). At Curtin University, he teaches TAXA5001 - Fundamentals of Australian Tax Law. During his tenure at the University of New England, he coordinated units such as Contract Law 1 and LAW171, and received a Dean's Award for Doctoral Research in 2013. His work contributes to scholarly discourse on tax policy and treaty dynamics, with presentations at conferences like those of the Australasian Tax Teachers' Association.