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Author Archives: Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
Do Courts Matter for Firm Value? Evidence from the U.S. Court System
Courts provide an important link between the legal system and economic development. Our paper, Do Courts Matter for Firm Value? Evidence from the U.S. Court System, which is publicly available on SSRN, studies if and how courts affect firm value. We distinguish between two main channels through which courts can impact firm value. First, courts […]
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Posted in Academic Research, Comparative Corporate Governance & Regulation, Court Cases, Empirical Research
Tagged Corporate liability, Firm valuation, Forum selection, Incorporations, Jurisdiction, Legal systems, Shareholder suits, Shareholder value, State law, Supreme Court, U.S. federal courts
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The Legal Consequences of Brexit
On June 23, 2016, the UK electorate voted to leave the European Union. The referendum was advisory rather than mandatory and does not have any immediate legal consequences. It will, however, have a profound effect. With any next steps being driven by UK and EU politics, it is difficult to predict the future of the […]
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Posted in Banking & Financial Institutions, Financial Regulation, International Corporate Governance & Regulation, Practitioner Publications, Securities Regulation
Tagged Antitrust, Banks, Brexit, Capital markets, Contracts, EU, Financial institutions, Financial regulation, Foreign banks, International governance, Mergers & acquisitions, Securities regulation, Taxation, UK
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Golf Buddies and Board Diversity
Studies have shown that firms benefit from corporate boards comprising men and women. Yet in 2014, women’s share of board seats in developed economies averaged 16.7 percent, varying from 3 percent in Japan to 19 percent in the US, and 30 percent in France. There is a gender glass ceiling in board representation. But women […]
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Posted in Academic Research, Boards of Directors, Comparative Corporate Governance & Regulation, Empirical Research
Tagged Board composition, Boards of Directors, Diversity, Singapore, Social capital, Social networks
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The Day After Brexit
An exit vote yesterday, June 23, 2016, will confront many companies with a host of challenges. Our presentation, available here, discusses the immediate legal questions firms will need to examine: Does the vote trigger break clauses or termination rights in my contracts? Will my seconded staff have to return to base? Will my firm’s passport to do cross-border business […]
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Posted in Banking & Financial Institutions, Financial Regulation, International Corporate Governance & Regulation, Practitioner Publications
Tagged Banks, Brexit, Contracts, Cross-border transactions, EU, Europe, Financial institutions, Financial regulation, Taxation, UK
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Brexit: Legal Implications
In a referendum held in the UK on June 23, 2016, a majority of those voting voted for the UK to leave the EU. This post briefly summarizes some of the main legal implications of the “leave” vote and is primarily for the benefit of those outside the UK who have not followed the referendum campaign […]
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Posted in Banking & Financial Institutions, Financial Regulation, International Corporate Governance & Regulation, Practitioner Publications
Tagged Banks, Brexit, Contracts, EU, Europe, Financial institutions, Financial regulation, Foreign banks, International governance, Legal systems, UK
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Delaware Share Ownership and the Blockchain
On May 2, 2016, at the second annual Consensus conference in New York, Delaware Governor Jack Markell announced his support for the creation of a new method of representation of corporate share ownership. In addition to traditional certificated and uncertificated shares, all Delaware corporations (including a majority of the Fortune 500) will soon have the […]
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Posted in Accounting & Disclosure, Banking & Financial Institutions, Financial Regulation, Legislative & Regulatory Developments, Practitioner Publications, Securities Regulation
Tagged Banks, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Capital markets, Clearing houses, Delaware law, Financial regulation, Financial technology, Intermediaries, IPOs, Market efficiency, Securities regulation, State law
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Weekly Roundup: June 17–June 23, 2016
The New EU Market Abuse Regulation Posted by Simon Witty, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, on Friday, June 17, 2016 Tags: Debt securities, Disclosure, ESMA, EU, Europe, Fraud-on-the-Market, Inside information, Insider trading,International governance, Listing standards, Securities regulation What are the Consequences of Regulating Executive Compensation? Posted by Anya Kleymenova, University of Chicago, on Friday, June […]
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Activist Investors and Target Identification
Considering the growing amount of capital available to established activists and new entrants, the trend for increasing shareholder activity in the US and globally is likely to continue. This post reviews the first phase of an activist’s campaign and perhaps the most important component of any activist investment strategy: how activists go about identifying undervalued and […]
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Posted in Boards of Directors, Corporate Elections & Voting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Practitioner Publications
Tagged Boards of Directors, Firm performance, Firm valuation, Hedge funds, Ownership structure, Proxy advisors, Proxy contests, Proxy voting, Shareholder activism, Shareholder nominations, Shareholder value, State law, Target firms
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