Professor Roman Tomasic and I have known each other for over 30 years. Our professional lives crossed over in respect to two major events. This article explains how we were both founding members of the Corporate Law Teachers Association and the significance of researching in the area of securities markets regulation, in particular insider trading. Both areas have had a long-lasting impact on corporate law teachers, other academics and practitioners. Professor Tomasic had many aspects and areas of law and influence, this is a small sliver of overlap and be described as vignettes of how lives are interwoven by friendship and encouargement.