Biography
Kristin van Zwieten is Clifford Chance Associate 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 (with Prof Dr Reinhard Bork and others, OUP, 2016). 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 law, having completed a doctorate (in the Oxford Law Faculty) on the subject of Indian corporate insolvency law. Kristin previously qualified as a lawyer in an Australian corporate law firm.
Position Description
Associate Dean for Equality and Diversity
Publications
Journal Article (10)
Other (1)
Edited Book (2)
Book (1)
Chapter (2)
Case Note (1)
Research programmes
- Business Law Research Group
- Commercial Law Centre
- Equality and Diversity
- Law and Finance
- Oxford Business Law Blog
- The Oxford-Burma/Myanmar Law Programme
Research projects
- COVID-19, Public Policy and Commercial Law
- The Common Law and Finance: Perspectives from the Bench
- The Law and Finance of Related Party Transactions: A Comparative Analysis
- The Shadow Payment System
Research Interests
Corporate Insolvency Law; Law and Finance; Law and Development
Options taught
Company Law, Corporate Insolvency LawNews articles for Kristin van Zwieten

Interview with Rt Hon David Lammy MP

Marking Stephen Lawrence Day 2021

Transaction avoidance and corporate insolvency law

European Financial Regulation – Levelling the Cross-Sectoral Playing Field

COVID-19 Research Response Fund grant for project on COVID-19, public policy and commercial law

Arbitration online: law and practice

Methodology conference for postgraduate research students in law

Faculty members contribute to global webinar 'The COVID-19 Crisis and Its Aftermath: Corporate Governance Implications and Policy Challenges’.

Fourth Oxford Business Law Blog Annual Conference

Negative externalities of corporate behaviour

IV Oxford Symposium on Comparative International Commercial Arbitration

Indian Bankruptcy Code: Impact on Markets and the Economy

Judge Frank H. Easterbrook delivers lecture entitled "Legal Origins, Securities Fraud, and the Efficiency of the Common Law"

The Lehman insolvency and beyond

Grant Awarded for Research into The Shadow Payment System

Goode on Principles of Corporate Insolvency Law

The common law and finance: perspectives from the bench

Appointment of new ECGI Research Members from the Faculty of Law
Blog posts by Kristin van Zwieten

Bail-ins and Bail-outs Are Better than Bankruptcy: A Comparative Assessment of Public Policy Responses to COVID-19 Distress
By Kristin van Zwieten, Harris Manchester College | Horst Eidenmüller, St Hugh's College | Oren Sussman
Commercial Law Centre
Bail-ins and Bail-outs Are Better than Bankruptcy: A Comparative Assessment of Public Policy Responses to COVID-19 Distress
By Kristin van Zwieten, Harris Manchester College | Horst Eidenmüller, St Hugh's College | Oren Sussman
Oxford Business Law Blog
COVID-19 and Beyond: The Case for Creditor Cooperation Duties in Corporate Workouts
By Horst Eidenmüller, St Hugh's College | Kristin van Zwieten, Harris Manchester College
Oxford Business Law Blog
The Wrong Target? COVID-19 and the Wrongful Trading Rule
By Kristin van Zwieten, Harris Manchester College
Commercial Law Centre
COVID-19: A Global Moratorium for Corporate Bonds?
By Kristin van Zwieten, Harris Manchester College | Horst Eidenmüller, St Hugh's College | Luca Enriques, Faculty of Law
Commercial Law Centre
The Wrong Target? COVID-19 and the Wrongful Trading Rule
By Kristin van Zwieten, Harris Manchester College
Oxford Business Law Blog
COVID-19: A Global Moratorium for Corporate Bonds?
By Kristin van Zwieten, Harris Manchester College | Horst Eidenmüller, St Hugh's College | Luca Enriques, Faculty of Law
Oxford Business Law Blog
The avoidance of related party transactions in insolvency
By Kristin van Zwieten, Harris Manchester College
Oxford Business Law Blog
The avoidance of related party transactions in insolvency
By Kristin van Zwieten, Harris Manchester College
Commercial Law Centre
Oxford Law special lecture series - The common law and finance: perspectives from the bench
By Kristin van Zwieten, Harris Manchester College
Commercial Law Centre
The Future of Restructuring Law in Europe: Greater Harmonisation, but at What Cost?
By Horst Eidenmüller, St Hugh's College | Kristin van Zwieten, Harris Manchester College
Oxford Business Law Blog