Nicole Stolowy

Nicole Stolowy holds a Master's degree in private law, a DEA postgraduate diploma in private law and a PhD in private law (from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), and is a qualified research supervisor in the same field. She also holds the CAPA qualification (bar exam) from the Paris Bar School.

At HEC Paris, Nicole is in charge of the International Tax and Legal Strategy major (a specialist third-year course) for the Grande Ecole and the Joint HEC-Paris I law degree she helped to develop. She is coordinator of the Law Department (2010-2012) and has been her department's representative on HEC's research committee since 2006.

Nicole's specialist areas focus around business law: company law, criminal business law, accounting law, the laws concerning struggling businesses, and comparative law. She also has expert knowledge of labour law. She often advises large groups, banks and international law firms both in and outside France (Europe, USA and China), and has personally acted as lawyer in the field of business law, working on mergers in particular.

As sole author or co-author Nicole has written 7 books and 36 academic and professional articles, published mainly in the following journals: Revue des sociétés, JCP, Dalloz Affaires, Journal of Business Law (UK). Several of her publications have won prizes: Les Délits Comptables (Accounting offences) was voted best book by France's institute of chartered accountants (2003). Several of her articles on Doctrine have undergone "double" or "triple" publication at the request of journal reading committees.

EDUCATION

• 2004 Habilitation to conduct researches (Qualified Dissertation Adviser), Law, Université de Cergy Pontoise - France
• 1997 Doctorat de droit prive (Ph.D. in Law), Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - France
• 1991 Certificat d'Aptitude a la Profession d'Avocat, - France
• 1988 DEA de droit prive, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - France
• 1987 Masters in Private Law, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - France

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Academic responsabilities at HEC

• 2012- Founder and member of the jury - HEC Best Jurist award HEC Paris
• 2010-2012 Department Head, Business Law and Taxation HEC Paris
• 2011- Professor, Business Law and Taxation HEC Paris
• 2008-2011 Associate Professor, Business Law and Taxation HEC Paris
• 2010- Co-head and founder of Joint HEC-Paris 1 law degree HEC Paris
• 2005- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
• 2005- Scientific director of "International Tax and Legal Strategy " major (a specialist third-year course) for the Grande Ecole HEC Paris
• 2005- Founder et member of the jury - Best HEC/Allen et Overy award HEC Paris

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

• Expert contributor for France in "World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2017-2018 report"
• Membre du jury 2018 des "Plumes de l'Economie et du Droit", prix du Business Legal Forum
• 2016 Vice-President, jury of the "plumes de l'economie et du droit" award

Conference organisation

• 1997-1997 Membre du comité d'organisation du 8e congrès mondial de l'IAAER (International Association for Accounting Education and Research), Paris