Oxford Business Law Blog

My aim in this blog post is to reflect on an underlying aspect of the pandemic: that is, uncertainty affecting policy makers and regulators. I am of course not the first who attempts to draw...

Recent studies have linked the concentration of common shareholding in competing corporations (known as horizontal shareholdings) among the same group of minority shareholders with competition...

Globally, digitalization is expanding at an unprecedented pace. Rapid internet revolution has made multi-sided platforms (MSPs) ubiquitous in our modern economy. In India, ride sharing within urban...

The global financial system has experienced a month of unprecedented anarchy as the Covid-19 pandemic is spreading and bringing western capitalism to its limits. Companies and investors are turning...

In January 2020, the Italian Corporate Governance Committee released the new edition of the Corporate Governance Code. The Committee’s overall review followed such an innovative approach with regard...

In the wake of recent corporate governance scandals around the world, policymakers have called for increasing the independence of directors as well as their accountability to shareholders. One...

After tough negotiations between 7 and 9 April—including a 16-hour marathon session— the Eurogroup proposed a comprehensive rescue package. The European Council will discuss its implementation and...

Small business assistance has been a central focus of the government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, and for good reason. Small businesses underlie the vitality of our neighborhoods, spark...

Shareholder inspection rights allow a shareholder to access relevant documents and records of their company, so as to address the problem of information asymmetry inherent in the corporate form, and...

Our recent working paper titled ‘The Effect of Stock Exchange Demutualization on Liquidity and Transparency of Listed Firms’, addresses concerns raised by law and finance researchers, investors, and...

In wake of the COVID-19 pandemic various countries are taking steps to modify the application of their insolvency laws. Many countries have taken steps to prevent the initiation of insolvency...

On 16 April 2020, the Global Corporate Governance Colloquia and the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) held the 24-Hour Global Webinar ‘The COVID-19 Crisis and Its Aftermath: Corporate...

As with many countries trying to handle the current COVID-19 pandemic (on which see already this comparative analysis by Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez), and as but one measure to limit the economic fall-...

The Covid-19 pandemic is one of the toughest challenges the world has ever faced. What started as a local crisis in China has since spread worldwide—drastically changing life everywhere. Schools,...

The international spread of the COVID-19 is an unprecedented threat to the global economy. In our view, the current Ecuadorian corporate legislation, due to its archaic nature, will certainly not...

An often-advocated, important benefit of equity crowdfunding (ECF) is that entrepreneurs do not need to give up as much control as professional investors such as business angels (BAs) and venture...

Recognizing that many companies may have urgent liquidity needs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York Stock Exchange has waived, through June 30, 2020, certain requirements of its...

Shareholder engagement takes a central role in corporate governance and is the focal point of many (soft) regulatory initiatives to stimulate long-term value creation. It is also one of the goals of...