Carsten Gerner-Beuerle

BIOGRAPHY

Carsten Gerner-Beuerle is an Associate Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on corporate governance, securities regulation, and law and economics. Gerner-Beuerle studied law and economics at Humboldt University Berlin, the University of Minnesota, and the University of London. He worked or held visiting positions at a number of universities in Europe and the United States, including King’s College London, the University of California at Berkeley, and Duke University. He is also admitted to the bar in Germany, regularly advises a German law firm on matters of corporate law and corporate insolvency, and has prepared reports on corporate governance and financial regulation for the European Commission and the European Parliament. Gerner-Beuerle’s research focuses on corporate law and securities regulation, generally using a comparative and interdisciplinary approach. One strand of his research deals with the legal and non-legal determinants of regulatory reform, the international diffusion of legal innovations, and the interrelationship between the regulatory environment and economic variables. His further research projects include analysing the European harmonisation programme in company law and capital markets regulation. Gerner-Beuerle is also working on a comprehensive treatise on comparative company law that examines in-depth some of the main legal traditions of the world, compares the regulatory strategies employed, and explains the observed differences in historical perspective.

Awards

• 2003 Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation scholar;
• 2002 German Academic Exchange Service scholar
  

Experience Keywords

• corporate finance; corporate governance; regulation of capital markets
  

Research Summary

Research focuses on corporate law and securities regulation, including the international dimension of these topics and interdisciplinary aspects. In many of my writings I employ a comparative approach to identify trends of convergence or divergence, for example in recent projects on primary market disclosure and gatekeeper liability. Other projects deal with the relationship between legal reform and economic development and economic concepts and moral philosophy. I am also working on a comprehensive treatise on Comparative Company Law for Oxford University Press that encompasses US, English, French, and German law and the relevant legislative measures and initiatives of the European Union.

Research Countries

EU Member States, Turkey, North America

Languages

French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; German [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Turkish [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]