Kristin van Zwieten
Kristin van Zwieten is the Clifford Chance Professor of Law and Finance at the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford and the Gullifer Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford.[1][2] She was previously a fellow at Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge.[3]
She is currently Director of the Commercial Law Centre, Harris Manchester College (which is affiliated with UNIDROIT) and was the Associate Dean for Equality and Diversity at the Faculty of Law at Oxford until 2024.[1][4] She is also a founding editor of the Oxford Business Law Blog and regularly consults for the World Bank.[1]
Kristin's scholarship focuses on corporate finance and corporate insolvency law. She is the editor of several leading texts on English and European cross-border corporate insolvency law. She has been editor of Goode on Principles of Corporate Insolvency Law since its 5th edition in 2018. Goode is regularly cited by the UK Supreme Court, Privy Council, Singapore Court of Appeal, and Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal and is regarded by lawyers as "a recommended acquisition for anyone interested in insolvency law from the practice, academic, or judicial perspective".[5][6][7][8][9] Her article "Director Liability in Insolvency and its Vicinity" in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies has also been cited by the UK Supreme Court in Stanford International Bank Ltd v HSBC Bank Plc.
Kristin is currently the principal investigator on the "COVID-19, public policy and commercial law" project at the University of Oxford alongside Professors Horst Eidenmüller and Oren Sussman.[10] She is also working with Professor Jennifer Payne on publishing a book on "the changing landscape of English corporate insolvency and restructuring law" which seeks to bring together contributions from leading scholars across the UK, Europe and the US.[11]
Selected Publications
- van Zwieten, Goode on Principles of Corporate Insolvency Law (5th ed) (Sweet & Maxwell 2018)
- Bork and van Zwieten, Commentary on the European Insolvency Regulation (2nd ed) (Oxford University Press 2022)
- Cranston, Avgouleas, van Zwieten, Hare, and van Sante, Principles of Banking Law (3rd ed) (Oxford University Press 2018)
- Eidenmüller, Enriques, Helleringer and van Zwieten, COVID-19 and Business Law (Bloomsbury 2020)
References
- ^ a b c "Kristin van Zwieten | Faculty of Law". www.law.ox.ac.uk. 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ^ "Recognition of Distinction Awards 2021 - Congratulations to". www.law.ox.ac.uk. 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ^ "Professor Kristin van Zwieten". www.hmc.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ^ "Affiliation with UNIDROIT | Faculty of Law". www.law.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ^ "BTI 2014 LLC (Appellant) v Sequana SA and others (Respondents) [2022] UKSC 25" (PDF).
- ^ "Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Publ) (Appellant) v Conway and another (as Joint Official Liquidators of Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Ltd) (Respondents) (Cayman Islands) [2019] UKPC 36" (PDF).
- ^ "Ascentra Holdings, Inc (in official liquidation) v SPGK Pte Ltd [2023] SGCA 32".
- ^ "SHANDONG CHENMING PAPER HOLDINGS LIMITED v ARJOWIGGINS HKK 2 LIMITED [2022] HKCFA 11".
- ^ Omar, Paul. "BOOK REVIEW, GOODE ON PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE INSOLVENCY LAW, Kristin van Zwieten". International Insolvency Review. 1 (28): 132.
- ^ "COVID-19, Public Policy and Commercial Law".
- ^ "Corporate restructuring law in flux | Faculty of Law". www.law.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-27.