Publications in English

Edited volumes

  1. Comparative Corporate Governance (Research Handbooks in Comparative Law Series, edited with Afra Afsharipour; Edward Elgar 2021). [Google Books] [Amazon]
  2. Global Securities Litigation and Enforcement (edited with Pierre-Henri Conac; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2019). [Google Books] [Amazon]

Journal articles and book chapters

  1. Minimum Capital and Cross-Border Firm Formation in Europe, forthcoming in J. L. Fin. & Acct. (2024) [ssrn].
  2. Art as Collateral: Toward an International Register for Artwork [with Julia M. Puaschunder], forthcoming in Berkeley Bus. L.J. (2026).
  3. Delisting in the United States [with Steve Thel], forthcoming in Delisting of Stock Corporations in Europe and Beyond (Rüdiger Veil & Vassilios Tountopoulos eds. 2025).
  4. Accounting for the Arts: A Value Theory of Arts and Comparative Analysis [with Julia M. Puaschunder], forthcoming in J. Appl. Acct. Res. (2025).
  5. Minimum Capital and Cross-Border Firm Formation in Europe, 8 J. L. Fin. & Acct. 165-209  [published February 2025].
  6. COVID-19-Shock: Considerations on Socio-Technological, Legal, Corporate, Economic and Governance Changes and Trends [with Julia M. Puaschunder & Siegfried Sharma], 27 J. App. Econ. & Bus. 226-237 (2025).
  7. Elective Corporate Governance: Does Board Choice Matter? [with Mathias M. Siems], 78 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 106190 (2024).
  8. Epilogue, in Family, Partnerships and Companies: from Assur to Amsterdam 233-245 (Author: Barry Hawk, 2024) [ssrn].
  9. Issuer Liability: Ownership Structure and the Circularity Debate, in Research Handbook on Corporate Liability 82-99 (Martin Petrin & Christian Wittig eds. 2023) [ssrn].
  10. Preliminary Procedures in Shareholder Derivative Litigation: A Beneficial Legal Transplant? 19 Company & Fin. L. Rev. 3-39 (2022) [ssrn].
  11. The Law, Economics, and Governance of Generation COVID-19 Long-Haul [with Julia M. Puaschunder], 19 Health L. Rev. 47-125 (2022).
  12.  Is Economic Nationalism in Corporate Governance Always a Threat? 16 Ohio St. Bus. L.J. 1-36 (2021) [ssrn].
  13. Letting Companies Choose between Board Models: An Empirical Analysis of Country Variations [with Mathias M. Siems], 43 Pa. J. Int’l L. 137 (2021) [ssrn].
  14. Sustainability and Corporate Stakeholders, in Business Law and the Transition to a Net Zero Carbon Economy 50-55 (Andreas Engert, Luca Enriques, Georg Ringe, Umakanth Varottil & Thom Wetzer eds. 2021).
  15.  COVID-19 and Comparative Corporate Governance [with Julia M. Puaschunder], 46 Corp. L. 557-627 (2021) [ssrn].
  16. Introduction to Comparative Corporate Governance [with Afra Afsharipour], in Comparative Corporate Governance (Afra Afsharipour & Martin Gelter eds. 2021).
  17.  Accounting and Convergence in Corporate Governance: Doctrinal or Economic Path Dependence? in Comparative Corporate Governance (Afra Afsharipour & Martin Gelter eds. 2021) [ssrn].
  18. Global Investor Protection: Securities Law Enforcement Around the World (Moderator Panel 1), 25 Fordham J. Corp. & Fin. L. 303, 310-314 (2020).
  19.  COVID-19-Shock: Considerations on Socio-Technological, Legal, Corporate, Economic and Governance Changes and Trends [with Julia M. Puaschunder & Siegfried Sharma], Research Association for Interdisciplinary Sciences Conference Proceedings, August 2020.
  20. Addressing the Auditor Independence Puzzle: Regulatory Models and Proposal for Reform [with Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez], 53 J. Transnt’l L. 787-827 (2020).
  21. On the Political Economy of the European Union [with Julia M. Puaschunder], Research Association for Interdisciplinary Sciences Conference Proceedings, November 2019.
  22.  Centros and Defensive Regulatory Competition: Some Thoughts and a Glimpse at the Data, 20 Eur. Bus. Org. L. Rev. 467-492 (2019) [ssrn].
  23.  Abuse of Companies Through Choice of Incorporation? [with Lécia Vicente], in Abuse of Companies 13-33 (Hanne S. Birkmose, Mette Neville & Karsten Engsig Sørensen eds. 2019) [ssrn].
  24. Fiduciary Principles in European Civil Law Systems [with Geneviève Helleringer], in Oxford Handbook on Fiduciary Law 583-602 (Evan J. Criddle, Paul B. Miller & Robert H. Sitkoff eds. 2019) [ssrn].
  25. British Home Stores Collapse: The Case for an Employee Derivative Claim [with Neshat Safari], 19 Corp. L. Stud. 43-68 (2019).
  26. Global Securities Litigation and Enforcement, in Global Securities Litigation and Enforcement 3-106 (Pierre-Henri Conac & Martin Gelter eds. 2019).
  27. Securities Litigation and Enforcement in Austria [with Michael Pucher], in Global Securities Litigation and Enforcement 261-302 (Pierre-Henri Conac & Martin Gelter eds. 2019).
  28. Mapping Types of Shareholder Lawsuits across Jurisdictions, in Research Handbook on Representative Shareholder Litigation 459-481 (Sean Griffith, Jessica Erickson, David Webber & Verity Winship eds. 2018) [ssrn].
  29. United States and Chapter 3 (Duties of Nominee Directors) [with Nemika Jha & D. Gordon Smith], in Comparative Company Law: A Case-Based Approach (Mathias Siems & David Cabrelli eds. 2018).
  30. Corporate opportunities in the US and in the UK: how differences in enforcement explain differences in substantive fiduciary duties [with Geneviève Helleringer], in Research Handbook on Fiduciary Law 331-353 (Andrew Gold & D. Gordon Smith eds. 2018) [ssrn].
  31. Opportunity Makes a Thief: Corporate Opportunities as Legal Transplant and Convergence in Corporate Law [with Geneviève Helleringer], 15 Berkeley Bus. L.J. 92-183 (2018).
  32. EU Company Law Harmonization between Convergence and Varieties of Capitalism, in Research Handbook on the History of Corporation and Company Law 323-352 (Harwell Wells ed. 2018) [ssrn].
  33. What is Dead May Never Die: The UK’s Influence on EU Company Law [with Alexandra M. Reif], 40 Fordham Int’l L.J. 1413-1441 (2017) [ssrn].
  34.  Symposium Introduction: EU Law with the UK – EU Law without the UK, 40 Fordham Int’l L.J. 1327-1333 (2017).
  35. Comparative Corporate Governance: Old and New, in Understanding the Company: Corporate Governance and Theory 37-59 (Barnali Choudhury & Martin Petrin eds. 2017) [ssrn].
  36.  Centros, the Freedom of Establishment for Companies and the Court’s Accidental Vision for Corporate Law, in EU Law Stories: Contextual and Critical Histories of European Jurisprudence 309-337 (Fernanda Nicola & Bill Davies eds. 2017) [ssrn].
  37.  The Protection of Minority Shareholders and the Compensation of their Losses, in General Reports of the XIXth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law 351-369 (Martin Schauer & Bea Verschraegen eds. 2017).
  38.  Lift not the Painted Veil! To Whom are Directors’ Duties Really Owed? [with Geneviève Helleringer], 2015 U. Ill. L. Rev. 1069-1118.
  39. Law and Economics, History of [with Kristoffel Grechenig], in Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (Jürgen Backhaus, Alain Marciano & Giovanni Battista Ramello eds. (2014/2019) [ssrn].
  40. Whose Trojan Horse? The Dynamics of Resistance against IFRS [with Zehra G. Kavame], 36 U. Pa. J. Int’l L. 89-190 (2014).
  41. Constituency Directors and Corporate Fiduciary Duties [with Geneviève Helleringer], in Philosophical Foundations of Fiduciary Law 302-320 (Andrew Gold & Paul Miller eds. 2014) [ssrn].
  42. Citations to Foreign Courts – Illegitimate and Superfluous, or Unavoidable?
    Evidence from Europe     [with Mathias M. Siems], 62 Am. J. Comp. L. 35-85 (2014) [ssrn].
  43. Language, Legal Origins, and Culture before the Courts: Cross‐Citations between Supreme Courts in Europe [with Mathias M. Siems], 21 Sup. Ct. Econ. Rev. 215-269 (2013) [ssrn].
  44. Risk-shifting through Issuer Liability and Corporate Monitoring, 14 Eur. Bus. Org. L. Rev. 497-533 (2013) [ssrn].
  45. The Pension System and the Rise of Shareholder Primacy, 43 Seton Hall L. Rev. 909-970 (2013), reprinted in 55 Corporate Practice Commentator 789-853 (2014).
  46. Rudolf von Jhering’s Influence on Karl Llewellyn [with Julie Grisé & Robert Whitman], 48 Tulsa L. Rev. 93-116 (2012).
  47. Corporate Governance, Corporate and Employment Law, and the Costs of Expropriation [with Giulio Ecchia & Piero Pasotti], 8 Rev. L. & Econ. 457-486 (2012)[ssrn].
  48. Why do Shareholder Derivative Suits Remain Rare in Continental Europe? 37 Brook. J. Int’l L. 843-892 (2012).
  49. Networks, Dialogue or One-Way Traffic? An Empirical Analysis of Cross-Citations between Ten European Supreme Courts [with Mathias M. Siems], 8 Utrecht L. Rev. 88-99 (2012).
    • Republished as Networks, Dialogue or One-Way Traffic? An Empirical Analysis of Cross-Citations Between Ten of Europe’s Highest Courts, in Courts and Comparative Law 200-212 (Mads Andenas & Duncan Fairgraive eds. 2015).
  50. Taming or Protecting the Modern Corporation? Shareholder-Stakeholder Debates in a Comparative Light, 7 NYU J. L. & Bus. 641-730 (2011) [ssrn].
  51. Tilting the Balance between Capital and Labor? The Effects of Regulatory Arbitrage in European Corporate Law on Employees, 33 Fordham Int’l L. J. 792-857 (2010).
  52. The Dark Side of Shareholder Influence: Managerial Autonomy and Stakeholder Orientation in Comparative Corporate Governance, 50 Harv. Int’l L. J. 129-194 (2009).
  53. The Transatlantic Divergence in Legal Thought: American Law and Economics vs. German Doctrinalism [with Kristoffel R. Grechenig], 31 Hastings Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 295-360 (2008).
    • Translated into Russian as Трансатлантические различия в правовой мысли: американский экономический анализ права против немецкого доктринализма (Transatlanticheskie razlichiya v pravovoy mysli: amerikanskiy ekonomicheskiy analiz prava protiv nemetskogo doktrinalizma), 10 Vestnik Grazhdanskogo Prava 207-276 (2010) [translated by E.S.Chilikov and I.S.Chuprunov].
    • Translated into Brazilian Portuguese as A Divergência Transatlântica no pensamento jurídico: o direito e economia norte-americano vs o doutrinalismo alemão, in Direito e Economia. Textos Escolhidos 325-394 (Bruno Mayerhof Salama ed. 2010) [translated by Gustavo Sampaio de Abreu Ribeiro].
    • Translated into Iranian as تفاوت تفکرحقوقی در دو سوی آتلانتیک (ISBN: 978-600-475-055-4, translator Mashaallah Niasari, 2019).
    • See also the German version and its Chinese translation.
  54. Legal Liability of Directors and Company Officials Part 2: Court Procedures, Indemnification and Insurance and Administrative and Criminal Liability (Report to the Russian Securities Agency) [with Bernard Black, Brian Cheffins, Hwa-Jin Kim, Richard Nolan, Mathias Siems & Linia Prava], 2008 Colum. Bus. L. Rev. 1-171.
  55. Legal Liability of Directors and Company Officials Part 1: Substantive Grounds for Liability (Report to the Russian Securities Agency) [with Bernard Black, Brian Cheffins, Hwa-Jin Kim, Richard Nolan, Mathias Siems & Linia Prava], 2007 Colum. Bus. L. Rev. 614-799 .
  56. Constraining Dominant Shareholders’ Self-Dealing: The Legal Framework in France, Germany and Italy [with Pierre-Henri Conac & Luca Enriques], 4 Eur. Company & Fin. L. Rev. 491-528 (2007).
  57. Subordination of Shareholder Loans from a Legal and Economic Perspective [with Jürg Roth], CESifo DICE Report – Journal for Institutional Comparisons 2007/2, 40-47 .
    • Translated into Russian as Субординация займов участников с юридической и экономической точки зрения, Вестник экономического правосудия Российской Федерации, 2019/3, 31-48.
  58. How the Old World Encountered the New One: Regulatory Competition and Cooperation in European Corporate and Bankruptcy Law [with Luca Enriques], 81 Tulane L. Rev. 577-646 (2007); reprinted in 49 Corporate Practice Commentator 653-722 (2007) [ssrn].
  59. The Subordination of Shareholder Loans in Bankruptcy, 26 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 478-502 (2006) [ssrn].
  60. Regulatory Competition in European Company Law and Creditor Protection [with Luca Enriques], 7 Eur. Bus. Org. L. Rev. 417-453 (2006); reprinted in The Law and Economics of Creditor Protection: A Transatlantic Perspective 421-457 (Horst Eidenmüller & Wolfgang Schön eds. 2008).
  61. The Structure of Regulatory Competition in European Corporate Law, 5 J. Corp. L. Studies 247-284 (2005) [ssrn].
  62. Recent development: Judicial Federalism in the ECJ’s Berlusconi Case: Toward More Credible Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting? [with Mathias M. Siems], 46 Harv. Int’l. L. J. 487-505 (2005).

Reports

  1. OECD Report: Private Enforcement of Shareholder Rights. A comparison of selected jurisdictions and policy alternatives for Brazil, Chapter 2: Report on Derivative Litigation (2020), pp. 23-66, at http://www.oecd.org/corporate/shareholder-rights-brazil.htm.

 Book reviews

  1. The Cambridge Handbook of Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Sustainability, edited by Beate Sjåfjell and Christopher M. Bruner, 51 Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 154-156 (2022).
  2. Public Law and Private Power. Corporate Governance Reform in the Age of Finance Capitalism, by John W. Cioffi, 20 Corporate Governance: an International Review 121-122 (2011).
  3. Political Power and Corporate Control, by Peter A. Gourevitch & James Shinn, The Independent Review, Vol. 12, No. 1, Summer 2007, 142-146, at http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?issueID=50&articleID=652.

Working Papers

  1. Employee Participation in Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility, to be published in Handbook on the Economics of Social Responsibility: Individuals, Corporations and Institutions (Lorenzo Sacconi & Giacomo Degli Antoni eds.), working paper available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2798717 (2016).
  2. From Institutional Theories to Private Pensions, to be published in Company Law and CSR: New Legal and Economic Challenges (Ivan Tchoutourian ), working paper available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2463275 (2014).