Jennifer Payne

Professor of Corporate Finance Law

Jennifer Payne is Professor of Corporate Finance Law and a fellow and tutor at Merton College, Oxford. She joined the faculty in October 1998, as the Travers Smith lecturer in Corporate Finance Law.  She was formerly a student at Jesus College, Cambridge, a solicitor with Herbert Smith, and then a lecturer at Robinson College, Cambridge. She teaches courses on company law, corporate finance law, corporate insolvency law and principles of financial regulation.  She writes widely in the field of corporate law in leading journals and edited collections.  Her recent publications include Corporate Finance Law: Principles and Policy (Hart, 2011, with Louise Gullifer); Intermediated Securities: Legal Problems and Practical Issues (Hart, 2010) (with Louise Gullifer); and Rationality in Company Law: Essays in honour of DD Prentice (Hart, 2009) (with John Armour). She is a contributor to Palmer's Company Law and an editor of the Journal of Corporate Law Studies.