With international visitor, Dr. Kseniia Tatarkina

LL.M Research Associate at the Chair for Private and Business Law, Corporate and Tax Law of Prof. Dr. Günter Reiner, Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg

When: 12 November 2025, 12pm – 1pm AEST

Where: Deakin Burwood Campus, LC7.032 Moot Court Boardroom or via zoom

Nowadays, contracts that are negotiated individually by the parties involved are rare. Parties do usually use standard terms and conditions. For companies, it often doesn’t matter who they enter into a contract with — it can be a natural person or a legal entity. As long as they are able to pay, the identity of the contractor is mostly irrelevant.

Does this mean that we are dealing with a new legal category? Should this type of transaction be regulated differently? If not, what risks might this create from the perspective of private and competition law? Are there already special regulations for mass transactions? These questions formed the basis of my research.

The term ‘mass transaction’ was developed in German private law to designate a specific type of transaction relating to non-discrimination in civil matters. In my research, I demonstrated that this category has a broader application and could be useful in other jurisdictions as well.

I will discuss why an increasing number of transactions nowadays are becoming mass transactions. We also talk about their special features, and how we can classify whether a contract belongs to this category. Another point to consider is the purpose of special regulation of mass transactions. Finally, we will discuss the main legal constructions used to regulate mass transactions, using German and Russian law as examples.

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