Bernard Evans

Professor Bernard Evans is a faculty member at the School of Law, University of Notre Dame Australia (Sydney Campus). He holds a BA and LLM from the University of Sydney and specializes in commercial law with over 30 years of professional experience.

• Teaching Areas: Competition and Consumer Law, Corporations and Partnerships, Mining and Petroleum Law
• Professional Affiliations: Law Society of New South Wales, Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association

His research expertise focuses on legal frameworks for corporate governance, energy sectors, and resource industries, with supervision of Honours and Masters theses in these domains. He actively contributes to community engagement through advisory roles for charities, aged care services, and the Homeless Persons Legal Service, while also advising the NSW Office of Chief Scientist on coal seam gas mining regulations.

Professor Evans has presented conference papers on anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions and competition dynamics in natural gas and electricity industries.