ProfessorSheelagh McCracken

MA (Camb) PhD (Sydney) Cert H.Ed (UNSW)

Dr Sheelagh McCracken is Professor of Finance Law at the University of Sydney Law School and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. Amongst the range of books she has published is a standard Australian text, Everett & McCracken's Banking and Financial Institutions Law, which she has co-authored for over 35 years and the 10th edition of which is scheduled for publication in 2026.

She has taught finance law in various centres in Australia and around the Asia-Pacific region including Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo. She currently focuses on secured transactions law, with a strong interest in personal property securities regimes. In 2022 she was appointed a Correspondent of UNIDROIT for Australia and, in 2024, a member of the UNIDROIT Asian Transnational Law Centre Advisory Committee.