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Professor Brian Cheffins

S J Berwin Professor of Corporate Law
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Brian Cheffins, S J Berwin Professor of Corporate Law, Faculty of Law, Cambridge University
- ECGI Fellow (2005) -

Biography    
Academic Career

1986 – 1997: Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Assistant Professor 1986-1991; Associate Professor 1991-1997; Professor 1997)
1998 – present: Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (S.J. Berwin Professor of Corporate Law, professorial fellow, Trinity Hall)

Education

1978 – 1981: University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (B.A., History)
1981 – 1982: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (First Year Law)
1982 – 1984: University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (LL.B.)
1985 – 1986: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (LL.M.)

Visiting Appointments

1992 – 1993: Visiting Scholar, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, Oxford, UK
2000: Visiting Fellow, Duke Global Capital Markets Center/Duke Law School, Durham, North Carolina, USA (Spring Term)
2002: Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fall Term)
2003: Visiting Lecturer/Visiting Fellow, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, USA (Spring Term)

Research Interests
Company law
Corporate governance
Law and economics

ECGI Working Papers (Click title for more details)
Private Enforcement of Corporate Law: An Empirical Comparison of the UK and US ECGI Finance Working Paper 234/2009 February 2009
Is Delaware Losing Its Cases? ECGI Law Working Paper 151/2010 April 2010
The Corporate Pyramid Fable ECGI Law Working Paper 146/2010 March 2010
The Rise and Fall (?) of Shareholder Activism by Hedge Funds ECGI Law Working Paper 136/2009 September 2009
Did Corporate Governance “Fail” During the 2008 Stock Market Meltdown? The Case of the S&P 500 ECGI Law Working Paper 124/2009 May 2009
Is Berle and Means Really a Myth? ECGI Law Working Paper 121/2009 March 2009
Private Enforcement of Corporate Law: An Empirical Comparison of the UK and US ECGI Law Working Paper 120/2009 February 2009
Comparative Analysis on Legal Regulation of the Liability of Members of the Management organs of Companies ECGI Law Working Paper 103/2008 February 2008
The Eclipse of Private Equity ECGI Law Working Paper 082/2007 April 2007
Outside Director Liability Across Countries ECGI Law Working Paper 071/2006 May 2006
Dividends as a Substitute for Corporate Law: The Separation of Ownership and Control in the United Kingdom ECGI Law Working Paper 069/2006 May 2006
Outside Director Liability ECGI Law Working Paper 068/2006 May 2006
Outside Director Liability: A Policy Analysis ECGI Law Working Paper 059/2006 February 2006
Outside Directors, Liability Risk and Corporate Governance: A Comparative Analysis ECGI Law Working Paper 048(En)/2005 August 2005 This download is in English. A German version of this paper can be found at ECGI Law Working Paper 48(Ger)/2005
Shareholder Suits and Outside Director Liability: The Case of Korea ECGI Law Working Paper 047/2005 June 2005

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