Kristin van Zwieten

Professor of Law and Finance

Harris Manchester College

Other affiliations

Commercial Law Centre

Faculty officer role(s):

Associate Dean for Equality and Diversity

Biography

Kristin van Zwieten is Clifford Chance Professor of Law and Finance in the Law Faculty and the Gullifer Fellow at Harris Manchester College. She is Director of the Commercial Law Centre at Harris Manchester College, a Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, and a co-founder and editor of the Oxford Business Law Blog. Prior to taking up her post at Oxford, Kristin was the John Collier Fellow in Law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

Kristin’s research interests are broadly in law and finance and law and development. She has a particular specialism in corporate insolvency law, and her published works in this area include Goode on Principles of Corporate Insolvency Law (5th ed, 2018) and Commentary on the European Insolvency Regulation (2nd ed, OUP 2022). She acts as a consultant to the World Bank in relation to insolvency related law reform, and in this and other capacities has been involved in various insolvency law reform projects in emerging markets. She has a particular interest in Indian corporate insolvency law, having completed a doctorate (in the Oxford Law Faculty) on the subject. Kristin previously qualified as a lawyer in an Australian corporate law firm.

Current research projects include 'COVID-19, public policy and commercial law' (of which Kristin is principal investigator), which interrogates the treatment of distressed businesses in the pandemic, and 'The changing landscape of English corporate insolvency and restructuring law' (with Professor Jennifer Payne), which seeks to evaluate English law as amended in the pandemic and as affected by Brexit.

Position Description

Associate Dean for Equality and Diversity

Publications

Journal Article (19)

van Zwieten K, ‘Mid-Crisis Restructuring Law Reform in the United Kingdom’ (2023) 24(2) European Business Organization Law Review 287

van Zwieten K, Eidenmueller H and Sussman O, ‘Corporate Restructuring Laws under Stress’ (2023) 24(2) European Business Organization Law Review 201

van Zwieten K, ‘Corporate Reorganization Law and Forces of Change’ [2022] MODERN LAW REVIEW

van Zwieten K, ‘Corporate Reorganization Law and Forces of Change’ (2022) 85(5) MODERN LAW REVIEW 1293

STUART-SMITH R, OTTO F, Saad A, and others, ‘Filling the Evidentiary Gap in Climate Litigation’ [2021] Nature Climate Change

VAN ZWIETEN K, Eidenmüller H and SUSSMAN O, ‘Bail-Outs and Bail-Ins Are Better Than Bankruptcy: A Comparative Assessment of Public Policy Responses to COVID-19 Distress’ [2021] Virginia Law and Business Review

VAN ZWIETEN K, ‘Disciplining the Directors of Insolvent Companies’ [2020] Insolvency Intelligence

van Zwieten K, ‘Disciplining the Directors of Insolvent Companies (essay in Honour of Gabriel Moss QC)’ [2020] (Special) Insolvency Intelligence

VAN ZWIETEN K and Getzler J, ‘The Common Law and Finance’ [2019] Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 543

Eidenmuller H, Enriques L, Helleringer G, and others, ‘Centros at 20: Regulatory Arbitrage and Beyond-An Introduction’ (2019) 20(3) EUROPEAN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION LAW REVIEW 399

Awrey A and van Zwieten K, ‘The Shadow Payment System’ [2018] Journal of Corporation Law

Van Zwieten K, ‘Director Liability in Insolvency and Its Vicinity’ [2018] Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

Awrey D and van Zwieten K, ‘The Shadow Payment System’

Eidenmüller H and Van Zwieten K, ‘Restructuring the European Business Enterprise: The European Commission’s Recommendation on a New Approach to Business Failure and Insolvency’ (2016) 16(4) European Business Organization Law Review 625

van Zwieten K, ‘Corporate Rescue in India: The Influence of the Courts’ (2015) 2015(1) Journal of Corporate Law Studies 1

van Zwieten K, ‘Restructuring Law: Recommendations from the European Commission’ [2014] Law in Transition

van Zwieten K, ‘The Insolvency Provisions of the Cape Town Convention and Protocols: Historical and Economic Perspectives’ (2012) 2012(1) Cape Town Convention Journal 53

van Zwieten K and Austin R, ‘Termination and Setting Aside of Winding Up Orders’ (2007) 81(12) Australian Law Journal 932

VAN ZWIETEN K, ‘Mid-Crisis Restructuring Law Reform in the UK’ European Business Organization Law Review

Cranston R, Avgouleas E, van Zwieten K, and others, Principles of Banking Law (Oxford University Press 2018)

Van Zwieten K, ‘Related Party Transactions in Insolvency’ (2019)

Armour J, Menezes A, Uttamchandani M, and others, ‘How Creditor Rights Matter for Debt Finance: A Review of Empirical Evidence’ in F Dahan (ed.), Research Handbook on Secured Financing in Commercial Transactions (Edward Elgar 2015)

Armour J, Menezes A, Uttamchandani M, and others, ‘How Do Creditor Rights Matter for Debt Finance? A Review of Empirical Evidence’ in F Dahan (ed.), Research Handbook on Secured Financing in Commercial Transactions (Edward Elgar 2015)

Edited book (3)

van Zwieten K, Goode on Principles of Corporate Insolvency Law (5th ed) (Sweet & Maxwell 2018)

Bork R and van Zwieten K, Commentary on the European Insolvency Regulation (OUP 2016)

VAN ZWIETEN K, Commentary on the European Insolvency Regulation (2nd edition) (OUP)

van Zwieten K, ‘Sarah Paterson’s Corporate Reorganization Law and Forces of Change (OUP 2020)’ [2022] Modern Law Review (review)

van Zwieten K, ‘Apperley Investments Ltd & Ors V Monsoon Accessorize Ltd - Case Note’ (2021) 3(2) Insolvency Intelligence 69 (case-note)

van Zwieten K, ‘Certainty and Flexibility: Why Bofinger Matters’ (2010) 4 Journal of Equity 71 (case-note)

Awrey D and van Zwieten K, ‘Mapping the Shadow Payment System’ (2019) SWIFT Institute Working Paper