"I like the intellectual challenge of law, solving problems, trying to work out answers from previous situations and dealing with completely new issues. One of the things I do is straddle both academia and practice. When I go to law firms, I actually learn what’s going on in the market and that feeds into what I teach. I’m able to teach what really matters." Read more.
Centre for Commercial and Corporate Law
About us
Members also deliver the LLM in International Commercial Law, a programme which offers unrivalled opportunities to study across a range of modules taught by leading academics.
Our wide range of specialisms includes:
- banking law
- corporate governance and social responsibility
- energy law
- insolvency law
- consumer protection
- contract law
- insurance and reinsurance law
- international arbitration
- finance and credit law
- international trade
- maritime law
- business structures
- investment law
- financial markets law and regulation
- competition law
- mergers & acquisitions
- intellectual property law
The Centre fuses the experience of academic lawyers and practising lawyers, and the impact of their work is far-reaching. For example, in addition to being frequently cited in the courts, members of the Centre have advised:
- Committees of the European Parliament
- the House of Commons
- the National Assembly for Wales
- the Northern Irish Government
- the Law Commission
- the Irish Environmental Protection Agency
- the UNEP
- the UNDP
- the Secretariat for the Bonn Convention
- the Australian Attorney-General’s Department
Our members
The Centre fuses the experience of academic lawyers and practising lawyers, and the impact of their work is far-reaching.
Director
Members
- Professor Andrea Lista
- Professor Rob Merkin, QC
- Dr Mihail Danov
- Dr Wanjiru Njoya
- Dr Kyriaki Noussia
- Dr Malcolm Rogge
- Dr Isabelle Rueda
- Dr Matthew Channon
- Dr Matthew Cole
- Dr Timothy J. Dodsworth
- Dr Swati Gola
- Mr Peter Tyldesley
- Dr Monica Vessio
Student members
- Ms Rebecca Goudman-Peachey
- Mr Harry Jayakrishnan
- Mr Yonghui Bao
- Mr Florian Lheureux
- Mr Yunus Yildiz
- Mr Pete Underwood
News
Dr Dodsworth (with Dr Bisping from Warwick University) react to the FCA's recent proposal for the loyalty penalty
Dr Severine Saintier co-edits new book entitled Vulnerable Consumers and the Law
Market competition sets tone for lower cost of UK mobile phone contracts, research shows
Dr Joseph Lee convened an international workshop on AI in financial services
Smart contracts and LegalTech- the future?
Proposed energy measures harmful to vulnerable consumers
Future Challenges for Autonomous Vehicle Event
Exeter and Tsinghua Host Joint Seminar on Takeover Law
Existence of ‘good faith’ obligations in English contract law to be debated by experts
ESRC seminar on blockchain and capital markets
Luke Price Publishes Articles in Jurisprudence and Legal Studies
Exeter Law Academic Staff Awarded Grant by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Events
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Studying
Members of the Centre are involved in supervising postgraduate research students in all areas of commercial and corporate law. Use our expertise search to find academics in your chosen area.
For more details, including funding options, please see our postgraduate research programmes webpage.
Our members also deliver the LLM in International Commercial Law, a programme which offers unrivalled opportunities to study across a range of modules taught by leading academics in their field.
Non-media
For non-media enquiries relating to the Centre and its work please contact Dr Séverine Sainter.
Post
Centre for Commercial and Corporate Law
Law School - Amory Building
University of Exeter
Rennes Drive
Exeter
Devon
UK
EX4 4RJ
Media
Media enquiries are also welcome - please contact:
Telephone: +44 (0)1392 722307
Email: pressoffice@exeter.ac.uk
