Oxford Business Law Blog

Large scale bank bailouts can be very wasteful for society in terms of resources lost and increased public debt [1]. The doom loop means that the public cost of funding a bailout can place a serious...

The current enactment of the EU Action Plan for financing sustainable growth (the ‘Action Plan’) is a sign of the EU’s efforts to support the transition to a sustainable economic system, so...

How has cross-border corporate mobility in the European Union (‘EU’) and European Economic Area (‘EEA’) been doing over the last twenty years? What degree of integration exists via cross-border...

The entry into force of the second version of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) is since 2018 amongst the greatest challenges for the financial sector. Among the most striking...

Over the past decade a new era of FinTech (‘financial technology’) has emerged through the increasing convergence of the long-term process of digitization of finance, datafication, and new...

Shareholder cooperation as a tool for active corporate ownership, and a means by which to effectively voice concerns about corporate governance and performance, is on the rise. While wolf packs...

The European Union recently adopted a Restructuring Directive intended to facilitate the reorganization of insolvent and other financially troubled firms. Although the central goal of the Directive...

With news of whistleblowers, alleged spies and breaches of confidence entering the public consciousness of late, it is important to consider how the public’s right to discover and learn information...

This blog post reviews the implementation of the Cross-border Mergers Directive (the ‘CBMD’)[1] and contemplates on future perspectives. It is based on a chapter published recently in an edited book...

The ‘invisible hand’ has become an icon for an economic philosophy which assumes that a laissez-faire governmental policy will result in optimal social and financial outcomes as market forces will...

The United States pursues more successful corporate criminal enforcement actions against large multi-national firms than any other country, collecting enormous penalties and occupying center stage in...

Wrongdoing is ubiquitous. Media outlets relentlessly report a seemingly ceaseless stream of deleterious human behaviour, from consumer fraud and financial misrepresentation to corporate and political...

Should traditional rules of contract law apply to transactions in markets for personal data involving consumers? The protection of consumer information in the United States (US) has followed a ‘...

My paper, 'Anarchy, State, and Blockchain Utopia: Rule of Law Versus Lex Cryptographia', written as a chapter of the collective book entitled General Principles and Digitalisation (Hart Publishing,...

Artificial intelligence has had a profound impact on finance. In the span of a few decades, it has made finance faster, more accessible, more profitable, and more efficient in many ways. Despite all...

Meeting the growing global demand for energy is a crucial challenge of this century, as it poses severe climate and energy security-related risks. Investments in renewable energies, such as solar and...

The ‘traditional’ IPO model has received a lot of criticism recently in the media and from venture capital investors for perceived ‘mispricings’ that result in a pop in the opening trade. Recently,...

The Centre for Banking & Finance Law (CBFL) at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore is holding a conference on the Future of Banking and Finance in the Digital Era on 9 - 10 March...

We are currently experiencing a technology-driven transformation in how companies organize themselves. The proliferation of networked digital technologies is forcing companies to reconsider every...