Oxford Business Law Blog

The UCL Journal of Law and Jurisprudence is a law journal run by students of the UCL Faculty of Laws. The Journal is available through open access. The Editorial Board is pleased to announce an...

The foreign exchange market has been called ‘the world’s largest financial market where trillions are traded daily’. It is also a global financial market in which a variety of global financial...

On 27 October 2021, the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, HM Treasury, and HM Revenue & Customs launched a public consultation to seek views on the introduction of a...

The advent of big tech has re-defined the fundamental rules of the market. Most of these tech companies offer free services to customers, and these freebies raise several questions. Tech companies...

As global leaders assemble in Glasgow at COP26 to accelerate action towards fighting climate change, it is widely recognised that the role of business in this endeavour is central. Scientific...

The INSOL Europe Academic Forum (IEAF) invites submissions for its 17th annual conference, taking place from 2-3 March 2022 in Dublin (Ireland). Expressions of interest are invited for the delivery...

The EU Commission has presented three cornerstones of its digital regulation approach in November and December of 2020: the drafts of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the Digital Services Act (DSA),...

In time for Christmas, there will be yet another of those horror stories about the once dead walking again and causing havoc among the living. Not, though, another Hollywood extravaganza, but...

The final session was devoted to how climate change should be handled at the level of the board of directors. The session was moderated by Professor Luh Luh Lan (National University of Singapore and...

On Friday 29 October 2021, a hybrid conference organised by Columbia University and the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) will celebrate Professor Henry Hansmann’s seminal book ‘The...

The second day’s session focused on the role of ESG investors in achieving net-zero goals. As stressed by the discussion chair, Professor Andreas Engert (Freie Universität Berlin and ECGI), although...

The European Union’s Investment Firm Directive (IFD) and the Investment Firm Regulation (IFR) came into force on 26 December 2019 and entered into effect on 26 June 2021. As discussed in an earlier...

The FCA’s Business Plan for 2021/2022 summarises the regulator’s priority areas following the pandemic and Brexit. We explore the prevailing issues featured in the plan, including protecting...

‘Imagining a World Without Corporate Criminal Law’ is a symposium that will generate new ideas about the value of applying criminal sanctions to collective entities. Leading scholars representing...

In a pro-arbitration decision granting urgent interim relief, the Indian Supreme Court, in its judgement handed down on August 6, 2021, has upheld an emergency arbitrator (EA) award of the Singapore...

Those who aspire to be on boards should downplay their legal credentials; the emphasis should instead be on one's skills and experience in business, management and leadership. In recent years, the...

Let me begin with a disclaimer. I am no expert in Australian law. However, it seems to me that the Australian Federal Court (FCA) has made a series of missteps in the DABUS case (Thaler v...

Financial institutions are increasingly relying on digital platforms as a means to market and distribute their products and services to customers, in line with the broader trend towards the...

The UK is examining proposals for ‘dual class share’ structures in premium listed companies on the London Stock Exchange. The Kalifa Review and Hill Review suggested this could be desirable, and the...

Over the past 15 months, policymakers around the globe have scrambled to intervene in response to an anticipated wave of business bankruptcies flowing from COVID-19 trading disruption. A range of...