Oxford Business Law Blog

In a recent paper, I discuss the rise and fall of regulatory competition in corporate insolvency law in the European Union. The rise is closely associated with the European Insolvency Regulation (EIR...

Brexit is a joyless kaleidoscope. With every twist, a different, complex pattern emerges, but the permutations are endless. The politicians wrestle for control of the mechanism, each with his or her...

In a recent article I attempt to assess the consequences of Brexit for English and European private law. More specifically, I am interested in how the level of legal innovation in private law will be...

The EU Law Discussion Group and the Institute of European and Comparative Law at Oxford have organised a symposium on ‘Brexit and the EU: Legal and Institutional Perspectives’. The event, which is...

Our recent paper, which forms part of the first phase of the New Special Study of the Securities Markets Project, explores how globalization has affected the operation of securities markets and the...

In a paper forthcoming in Public Law, I argue for a different understanding of the relationship between UK law and EU law than the one adopted by the Supreme Court in the Miller judgment. On the view...

To do well in financial services requires the right underpinnings to be in place. London has succeeded in getting the fundamentals right. Pragmatism in rulemaking, clarity in the law, predictability...

This post is the updated version of a contribution published on the Oxford Business Law Blog on 7 July 2016. Immediately after the EU referendum, a French commentator predicted that, after Brexit,...

To date, the response of the UK economy to the threat of Brexit has been quite benign. As this article is being written, there are gathering clouds in terms of consumer demand and industrial...