Oxford Business Law Blog

As Covid-19 spreads through all continents, its economic significance becomes undeniable. With a predicted global gross domestic product (GDP) plunge, governments rush to provide a quick response to...

When it comes to responding to the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., the Federal Reserve has emerged as one of the most active institutions at the national level. Its bold and timely interventions...

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...

To mitigate the economic consequences of the Covid19 pandemic, corporate insolvency law has been temporarily amended in multiple jurisdictions. The main objective of these reforms is to ensure that...

My aim in this blog post is to reflect on an underlying aspect of the pandemic: that is, uncertainty affecting policy makers and regulators. I am of course not the first who attempts to draw...

The global financial system has experienced a month of unprecedented anarchy as the Covid-19 pandemic is spreading and bringing western capitalism to its limits. Companies and investors are turning...

In January 2020, the Italian Corporate Governance Committee released the new edition of the Corporate Governance Code. The Committee’s overall review followed such an innovative approach with regard...

After tough negotiations between 7 and 9 April—including a 16-hour marathon session— the Eurogroup proposed a comprehensive rescue package. The European Council will discuss its implementation and...

The international spread of the COVID-19 is an unprecedented threat to the global economy. In our view, the current Ecuadorian corporate legislation, due to its archaic nature, will certainly not...

Before the World Health Organization’s announcement that the outbreak of COVID‑19 constituted a global pandemic, 2019 witnessed a record for fund flows to socially responsible Environmental, Social...

Post-crisis developments in financial regulation have led to extensive expansion in the regulatory perimeter as well as the imposition of demanding standards for prudential regulation in conduct of...

In a recent post on the OBLB, Horst Eidenmüller argues that it is (or might be) desirable that states put forward different regulatory responses—for example with respect to containment measures—to...

It has become fashionable in these troubled times to write about how the coronavirus (or Covid-19) situation shows that the writer’s favourite policies are the best ones. Trite as it may be, I don’t...

The Indian Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 (Bill), introduced before the Indian Parliament, was subsequently referred to a joint parliamentary committee for review. The proposed legislation is a...

The rapid spread of Covid-19 and massive change in behavior required to curb it have transformed the trajectory of the world’s economy. Just a few short weeks ago, the United States was basking in...