Oxford Business Law Blog

On June 3, US President Joe Biden issued an unprecedented National Security Study Memorandum designating corruption as a core US national security interest. In that Memorandum, President Biden stated...

The world is struggling to address the pressing challenge of climate change. As efforts for comprehensive regulation fall short in some leading countries, including the United States, many advocates...

To shed light on the role that academic research plays in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) rulemaking, we examine the SEC’s patterns of consumption of academic research from 2007...

On October 2, 2020, India and South Africa submitted a proposal to the World Trade Organization for a waiver of some intellectual property rights under the TRIPS Agreement related to the prevention,...

The regime applicable to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has become a topic of paramount importance in the context of the burgeoning debate on the need to foster and accelerate the...

The median number of subsidiaries of the 50 largest companies in the MSCII World Index is 439, reflecting the prevalence of the corporate group as the most common form of business organization among...

In the UK, the two directors’ duties most relevant to climate change arise under the Companies Act 2006. First, according to section 172 of the Act directors are under the fiduciary duty to promote...

On April 21st, the European Commission published yet another package of corporate sustainability regulation proposals. Possibly the most awaited element of this release concerns the review of the EU’...

Across the world, the focus on effective risk management has increased over the past two decades as major corporations have experienced risk management failures due to a variety of factors, including...

When one thinks about financial systems, what comes to mind? Perhaps financial institutions like banks, central banks, insurance companies, asset managers, and hedge funds? Perhaps financial markets...

In any large enterprise—whether a major corporation or large government agency—indicia of corruption can be difficult to find. Unlike money laundering, which typically requires frequent infusions of...

Most public bids in the UK market are implemented by scheme of arrangement. When it becomes effective, a scheme of arrangement results in the transfer of all of the shares of the target to the bidder...

It is widely acknowledged that the current low interest rate environment and intense competition in several countries have resulted in rather subdued revenues of European banks. In particular Net...

The requirement to adopt one of three options for workforce engagement specified in Provision 5 of the 2018 UK Corporate Governance Code (‘UKCGC’) is an important development in terms of integrating...

The pandemic crisis has accelerated the entry of financial technology (‘fintech’) firms into the banking industry. Some of the new fintech banks are owned or controlled by commercial enterprises. As...