Oxford Business Law Blog

The value of an investment is not necessarily merely about returns. A growing number of investors and other corporate stakeholders are calling for their money to go toward stocks or funds that are...

In June 2021, Germany transcended its conservative securities hinterland by departing from the paper-based securities realm. The new Electronic Securities Act strategically anchors Germany in the...

Data have become a critical resource for many business models as a result of digitalization and globalization. Individuals disclose personal information intentionally and unintentionally over the...

Firms filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy often simultaneously arrange ‘debtor-in-possession’ (DIP) financing. It has been shown that DIP financing is central to the preservation of the going-concern...

This chapter explores the evolution of corporate rescue in both Canada and the U.S. The timing and specific circumstances surrounding the enactment of corporate rescue legislation were different in...

The United States government and judiciary have long been trying to understand the state-backed or state-influenced actions behind Chinese enterprises that threaten US businesses and economy. Amidst...

On October 6, 2021, the Mile End Institute of Queen Mary University of London hosted a panel discussion on Dr Virág Blazsek’s recent book ‘Banking Bailout Law: A Comparative Study of the United...

The COVID-19 crisis has encouraged many countries to amend their insolvency laws. In most cases, these amendments took place temporarily—especially during the hibernation phase of the pandemic. In...

According to the Financial Stability Board (FSB), there is a consensus among major economies, such as the G20, to facilitate cross-border payments as a priority in their political agendas. Also, the...

Related party transactions (RPTs) are a common corporate governance issue across many jurisdictions but remain hard to regulate. Allowing value-increasing RPTs while preventing the value-decreasing...

Climate change is increasingly seen as a major societal problem. To address the problem, enormous financial resources are required and the capital market plays a central role in the financing of...

A paradigm shift is underway: The corporation—much reviled as a cost-externalizing, short-termist, inward-focused, politically manipulative machine—is undergoing a fundamental change. This is good...

‘Open Banking’ is fast becoming a global phenomenon, promising to transform financial services by enabling the safe, swift sharing of personal data. The idea of open banking originated in Europe, but...

Blockchain applications to decentralise finance (DeFi) are quickly developing and are gaining more and more traction in practice as well as in policy and academic debates. One of the most far-...

The United States has long had a uniquely broad rule of criminal liability that essentially parallels respondeat superior. This has offended doctrinal purists, but there is little likelihood of...

Technological innovation is revolutionising payments at a rapid pace. As the payments sector continues to innovate to meet the consumer demand for more efficient, innovative, and faster payment...

The regulatory consensus on disclosure is crumbling. While the academic literature has widely documented beneficial effects of increased disclosures, authorities have begun to retrench disclosure...

Our recent article ‘One-Stop Shop: Consumer Credit Issued at the Point of Sale’ is the first scholarly study of point-of-sale credit to be published in Australia. Point-of-sale credit is offered by a...