Oxford Business Law Blog

There is an ongoing debate among regulators and investors on the risks posed by climate change to the financial services industry and potential adverse effects on systemic stability. One source of...

The COVID-19 pandemic is the largest public health disaster the world has experienced in a century. Its economic fallout will exceed that of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. The fallout has...

In my recent article published in the Journal of Corporate Law Studies—‘British Social Enterprise Law’—I take a fresh look at the UK’s community interest company (CIC). In so doing, I make several...

The COVID-19 pandemic obviously caused massive disruption in the global economy, and both advanced economies and emerging economies/developing countries (EMDEs) alike experienced major economic...

A vibrant green bonds market is desirable for China because it promotes environmental protection and sustainability even amid rapid economic development. Over the past 40 years of reform, economic...

What does it mean to say a business association is a legal person? The question, phrased in different ways, has threaded through the law of business organizations for at least two centuries. When we...

The amount of capital in sustainable investing funds has risen in recent years, as investors’ awareness towards Environmental Social and Corporate Governance (‘ESG’) heightened related issues. This...

In the early hours of the morning of 14th June 2017 a fire broke out in one of the fourth-floor flats at a recently renovated tower block at Grenfell Tower, London, a social housing complex of almost...

Corporate governance reforms in India have undergone a significant overhaul since the late 1990s. In 2000, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) introduced the first set of comprehensive...

In the United States and around the world, politicians, academics, and businesses often rail against burdensome and costly rules that they claim hamper innovation and economic growth. Sometimes these...

As the first EU text regulating substantive insolvency law, the European Directive on Preventive Restructuring and Insolvency is a remarkable achievement towards the modernization of insolvency and...

The extraordinary rise of China’s economy has made understanding Chinese corporate governance an issue of global importance. A rich literature has developed analyzing the Chinese Communist Party’s (...

Corporate purpose is having a moment. Large corporations face pressure to behave in socially responsible ways, while entrepreneurs seek investors in social enterprises that pursue profits while...

The warming of the planet as a consequence of large-scale emissions of greenhouse gases poses a serious threat to mankind. The changing climate will displace large numbers of people who now live in...

There is growing interest globally in ‘responsible investing,’ whereby institutional investors incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into their investment processes. One of...

The latest securities fraud class action to find its way to the United States Supreme Court—Goldman Sachs v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS)—was argued on March 29 and was decided on June...

In the midst of the ongoing Sino-US tensions, a remarkable flashpoint was the massive corporate scandal of Luckin Coffee (Luckin). Luckin, a Cayman Islands incorporated, NASDAQ-listed Chinese company...