- David Kershaw
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David Kershaw is a Professor of Law at the London School of Economics, specialising in company law. As well as the author of a leading company law textbook, Kershaw's expertise focuses on accounting principles for companies, for which his work on post-Enron regulation received the Modern Law Review Wedderburn Prize,[1] directors' duties, takeovers and workplace participation.
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Career
Kershaw qualified as a Solicitor at Herbert Smith, London and practised corporate law in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Shearman & Sterling in New York and London. Following a PhD at Harvard Law School, Kershaw worked as a lecturer at the University of Warwick between 2003-2006. From then he worked at the London School of Economics, and became a Professor of Law in 2010.
Publications
- Articles
- 'Involuntary Creditors and the Case for Accounting-Based Distribution Regulation' [2009] Journal of Business Law 140
- ‘The Illusion of Importance: Reconsidering the UK’s Takeover Defence Prohibition’ (2007) 56 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 267-308
- ‘Waiting for Enron: the Unstable Equilibrium of Auditor Independence Regulation’ (2006) 33 Journal of Law and Society 388-420
- ‘Evading Enron: Taking Principles Too Seriously in Accounting Regulation’ (2005) 68 Modern Law Review 594-625
- ‘Does it Matter How the Law Thinks About Corporate Opportunities’ (2005) 25 Legal Studies 533-558
- ‘Lost in Translation: Corporate Opportunities in Comparative Perspective’ (2005) 25 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 603-627
- ‘No End in Sight for the History of Corporate Law: The Case of Employee Participation in Corporate Governance’ (2002) 2 Journal of Corporate Law Studies 34-81
- Books
- Company law in context: Text and materials (OUP 2009)
See also
- UK company law
- Mergers and acquisitions
References
- ^ The Wedderburn Prize, Modern Law Review. Accessed August 10, 2011
External links
Categories:- Living people
- British legal scholars
- Harvard University alumni
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