Oxford Business Law Blog

The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change risks share many of the same characteristics, both in terms of their impact and why they have caught so many off-guard. Addressing climate risk is not a...

The World Economic Forum recently ranked Pakistan third-last in terms of economic participation and opportunity for women. Despite making up 49% of Pakistan’s overall population, the participation...

The Big Three index funds—Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street—play an increasingly important role in proxy voting. Their influence derives from the fact that under US law, as well as that of many...

My forthcoming article, ‘The Conundrum of Common Ownership’, examines the phenomenon of common ownership, through a corporate governance lens. The common ownership debate has become one of the most...

On May 20, 2020, the UK government published its highly anticipated Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (the ‘Bill’). The Bill aims to provide businesses with increased flexibility and breathing...

In April 2020, Monash University hosted the first session of the ECGI/GCGC 24 hour global webinar on The COVID-19 Crisis and Its Aftermath: Corporate Governance Implications and Policy Challenges...

This year, spring has arrived in the midst of a generalized lock-down. People have been—and in many places remain—confined to their homes. Most firms and industries are barely operative. In economic...

The default division of powers in Dutch company law allocates strong control rights to shareholders, including the power to appoint and dismiss board members and amend the articles of association...

With over 2 million confirmed cases of the COVID-19 worldwide, companies around the world are faced with severe loss of revenues and disrupted supply chains due to industry shutdowns and restrictions...

The Covid-19 global pandemic is already having profound ramifications upon companies, the economy and society at large. Shareholders, stakeholders (employees, customers, NGOs and others) as well as...

COVID-19 has upended life and the corporate world almost without exception. Pervasive business closures, credit defaults, and contract breaches have caused enormous personal anxiety and challenges...

Regulators and Parliaments around the world have responded to the COVID-19 epidemic by amending company law. This crisis legislation allows us to examine how, and to what effect, the corporate...

Universal threats can unite opposing camps in a common effort. The new coronavirus has hit almost every country and has created a shared understanding that every effort to contribute, however small...

‘Seriously?’, you might think. A paper about the history and future prospects of corporate governance amidst Covid-19? Why would two corporate law scholars think that their reflections on how in the...

As the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) puts the corporate world under strain, those in positions of corporate control must navigate the pressure to mitigate COVID-19’s impact, while also remaining...

Questions of corporate power have permeated corporate law scholarship for a long time. They have historically informed broader political discussions on the extent to which the concentration of...

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...

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...

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...

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...