Oxford Business Law Blog

Consumers’ financial choices are often quite complex. For instance, choosing a new credit card entails assessing various features of each card, such as introductory and ongoing interest rates, annual...

In March 2018, the UK and the EU reached an agreement on the terms of an implementation period following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU (Brexit). But in the case of a ‘no-deal Brexit’, ie, if there...

Much of the literature on the Global Financial Crisis understandably focuses on contributors to that crisis, such as rampant deception within the American mortgage markets, or the creation of complex...

Common law jurisdictions pride themselves on having a keen sense of fiduciary relationships and the perils of self-dealing. While the UK’s influence on EU law may recede in the long run, it has left...

Law and technology-related research has arrived in the world of corporate law, as academics begin to tackle topics like artificial intelligence (AI), increasing automation and robots, Big Data, and...

This conference explores the use of technology in financial markets from the perspectives of finance, law and regulation. The event covers payment systems, cryptocurrencies and property law, digital...

On December 9, 2002, UAL Corporation, which operated as United Airlines, filed for bankruptcy protection, leading to huge losses by UAL’s creditors. Those creditors included UAL’s pensioners when UAL...

In the shadow of the Brexit negotiations, the EU is changing. A European Monetary Fund to battle the next crisis, new rules on national fiscal policy, proposals to boost structural reforms in the...

The legal protection provided to creditors to enforce their contracts with debtors is central to the functioning of credit markets. These include the rights afforded to lenders in bankruptcy,...

One of the fundamental issues in modern corporate finance is the problem of separation of firm ownership from control. The gap between management and shareholders is potentially wide, and the danger...

Bank resolutions and specifically bail-ins are among the most complicated and contentious issues of banking law, in the EU and elsewhere.. Bearing the potential to directly affect thousands of...

Historically, India has always been a heavily cash-dependent economy. However, in the recent past, it is witnessing a steady growth in the volume and value of digital financial transactions,...

Related Party Transactions (RPTs) are transactions between a company and the executives, directors or the controlling shareholder of that company, or their associates (eg a company the related party...

Take a look at our full video interview with Professor Michal Gal about her research on 3D printing. Professor Gal focusses on the disruption 3D printing may cause to supply chains and market...

The rise of the crypto economy has brought promises and perils to the venture capital industry. By mid-2017, initial coin offerings (ICOs) had surpassed angel and venture capital funding as a more...

The advent of the ‘shareholder rights’ plan’, more popularly known as the ‘poison pill’, fundamentally altered the trajectory of American corporate governance. Intended to defend vulnerable boards...

A comprehensive reform of insolvency law has been enacted in Italy. This includes inter alia provisions on early warning mechanisms, pre-insolvency and insolvency out-of-court procedures and plan...

Bail-in and its supplementary capital requirements have much touted potential. Beyond their promise to reign in financial institutions’ bail-out moral hazard, bail-in intends to stem systemic risk...

Corporations and their executives are actively engaged in many of the leading social issues and debates of the day. Through pronouncements, policies, boycotts, sponsorships, lobbying, and fundraising...

We usually think that the stock market provides an accurate valuation of a firm, whether it is a large diversified conglomerate, a tiny focussed firm, a manufacturing company or a utility company. By...

Climate change presents serious implications for development in developing countries. The United Nations Human Development Report in 2016 found that over 1.5 billion people in developing countries...