Jeremias Prassl

Supernumerary Teaching Fellow in Law

Jeremias Prassl read Jurisprudence Course II at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and the University of Paris II (Panth?-Assas). He obtained an LL.M. at Harvard Law School, where he held an RF Lewis International Legal Studies Fellowship and was awarded the Mancini Prize in 2009 before returning to work on his doctorate at Magdalen College, Oxford with the support of the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Jeremias has been an Academic Scholar at UBS Investment Bank, a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Private Law in Hamburg and is a member of PEPP, the Programme in European Private Law for Postgraduates. Prior to his present appointment, he served as a Stipendiary Lecturer at Jesus College, Oxford (2010-11).

Jeremias' current research focuses on the Alternative Fund Management Industry, specifically Private Equity firms in the United Kingdom and continental Europe, looking at the implications of close shareholder involvement for traditional notions of the employer from a Company and Employment law perspective. He is also interested in Corporate Law and Finance and European Union Law, especially as regards its application to overseas territories.