Corporate Governance

Doug Branson Contributes

By J Robert Brown Jr.

We are happy to have a post today from Douglas Branson, W. Edward Sell Chair in Business Law, University of Pittsburgh. 

Doug received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from Northwestern University. He has also earned an LL.M. from the University of Virginia, specializing in corporate law and securities regulation. Before joining the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, Professor Branson taught for more than 20 years at Seattle University. He holds a permanent faculty appointment at the University of Melbourne, Australia, in its Masters of Law Program.  As an elected member since 1981, he had an influential role in framing the American Law Institute's recommendations for corporate governance.  Most recently, he has been a USAID consultant to the Ministries of Justice in Indonesia, Ukraine, and Slovakia advising on corporate law, capital markets law, corporate governance, and securitization issues.  Currently, he is the Condon-Falknor Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle.

We welcome him to The Race to the Bottom.

Full post as published by The Race to the Bottom on February 04, 2010 (boomark / email).