Gérard A. Hertig (Law & Finance)
Peter Ellinger Visiting Professor
Visiting Period : 13 January 2015 to 30 January 2015

Gérard Hertig has been a Professor of Law at ETH Zurich since 1995. He was previously a Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Geneva Law School and Director of its Centre d'Etudes Juridiques Européennes (1987-1995). He has been a visiting professor at leading law schools in Europe, Japan and the U.S. and practiced law as a member of the Geneva bar. His principal interests are in the field of comparative corporate governance, banking, financial systems, and European integration. His publications include various contributions on regulatory and business law topics, including the Anatomy of Corporate Law, with Reinier Kraakman et al. (2d ed., OUP 2009).

There are significant differences across countries in ownership concentration, corporate governance and access to finance. The Law & Finance undertaking aims at analyzing how lawmakers around the globe address this issues, using a functional approach and focusing on the efficiency and workability of diverse sets of legal solutions. The purpose of the Colloquium is to discuss recent Law & Finance contributions that provide an introduction to the Law & Finance methodology and are of practical interest for a Singapore audience.