Oxford Business Law Blog

Amidst the flurry of legislative activity presaging the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act, longstanding concerns over the perceived abuses associated with connected party pre-pack sales...

The Oxford Business Law Blog is launching the ‘European Commission Initiative on Directors' Duties and Sustainable Corporate Governance Series’ or, for brevity, ‘the EC Corporate Governance...

A new Russian law ‘On digital financial assets, digital currency and amendments to certain laws of the Russian Federation’ dated July 31, 2020 (‘the Law’) introduces definitions of digital financial...

The ECGI - SSE Riga Conference on ‘SMEs, Families and Capital Markets’ took place (online) on 19 June 2020, bringing together policymakers, academics and practitioners to explore some of the key...

The economic devastation caused by Covid-19 triggered a slew of new research on law’s role in mediating the business cycle, economic growth, and inequality. We welcome submissions for an online...

We have recently been commissioned by Edward Elgar to curate a Research Handbook on Global Capital Markets. It is timely for a Research Handbook to take stock of the key developments in global...

Funds that took due account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their investment strategies generally outperformed their conventional counterparts during the COVID-19 pandemic...

The notion of independence and impartiality of the adjudicators, be it in the identity of judges or arbitrators, is a hallmark of any adjudicatory process. Nemo iudex in causa sua, meaning that no...

On Friday 12 June, the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow (the Corporate and Financial Law Research group) jointly hosted a full-day webinar entitled ‘Does the global pandemic signal a paradigm...

India has a system for providing advance rulings for international tax queries by investors. The idea behind this mechanism is to help international investors obtain some clarity on their tax...

The lockdown measures introduced in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have exacted an unprecedented toll on global supply chains. In some instances, these disruptions may give rise to claims—for...

On the 5 June 2020, 45 speakers contributed to an Oxford University Law Faculty Webinar on ‘The COVID-19 Crisis: Legal, Policy and Ethical Challenges’. The webinar was organised by Anne Davies, Luca...

There is a new development in the law on corporate attribution in Singapore with the Court of Appeal’s decision in the recent ‘Red Star’ ruling. Consider the following situation: Person B is more or...

Valuation is a critical and indispensable element of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. It drives many aspects of a Chapter 11 case, from petition to plan confirmation, in all circumstances. But the...

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...

The LSE Systemic Risk Centre will be hosting an online public event via Zoom. The conference is organised by Eva Micheler (LSE Law, SRC), Jon Danielsson (LSE Finance, SRC) and JP Zigrand (LSE Finance...

Even prior to the emergence of COVID-19, global securities regulators were questioning whether short sellers needed to be put on a tighter leash. On December 4, 2019, Japan’s GPIF, the largest...

Roe and Coates spoke with Harvard Law Today (HLT) about what could be done to lower the chances of a bankruptcy backlog and how other corporate governance challenges posed by the pandemic should be...

Different countries have adopted various strategies to prevent or delay initiation of insolvency proceedings and protect businesses in the wake of the Covid-19 Crisis. This has previously been...