David Kershaw is a Professor of Law

Law

Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...

 at the London School of Economics

London School of Economics

The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

, 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

Enron

Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, Enron employed approximately 22,000 staff and was one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas, communications, and pulp and paper companies, with...

 regulation received the Modern Law Review

Modern Law Review

The Modern Law Review is a law review published in the United Kingdom by John Wiley & Sons and which has traditionally maintained close academic ties with the Law Department of the London School of Economics....

 Wedderburn Prize, directors' duties, takeovers and workplace participation.

Career

Kershaw qualified as a Solicitor at Herbert Smith

Herbert Smith

Herbert Smith LLP is an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The firm has offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm was founded in the City of London in 1882 by Norman Herbert Smith and today has 240 partners and 1,300 fee-earners.-History:The firm was...

, London and practised corporate law in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Shearman & Sterling

Shearman & Sterling

Shearman & Sterling LLP is a law firm headquartered in New York City with 20 offices located in major financial centers around the world founded in 1873. It is well known for both its litigation and transactional capabilities, especially in International Arbitration, Capital Markets, Finance, and...

 in New York and London. Following a PhD at Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...

, Kershaw worked as a lecturer at the University of Warwick

University of Warwick

The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...

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)

External links

• Homepage at the LSE