A prolific scholar, Professor John C. Coffee, Jr. is a leading authority on securities law, corporate governance, white collar crime, tender offers and acquisitions, and class actions. His insights have helped shape and reshape our understanding of these areas, leaving an indelible mark among scholars, judges, regulators, practitioners and, of course, students.
Coffee is widely published in law journals around the world. His scholarly books include Corporate Crime and Punishment: The Crisis of Underenforcement (2020), Entrepreneurial Litigation: Its Rise, Fall, and Future (2016); The Regulatory Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis with Eilís Ferran, Niamh Moloney, and Jennifer G. Hill (2012); Gatekeepers: The Professions and Corporate Governance (2006); and Knights, Raiders, and Targets: The Impact of the Hostile Takeover with Louis Lowenstein and Susan Rose-Ackerman (1988). He also is a co-author or co-editor of some of the nation’s most widely-used securities and corporate law casebooks.
Panels: The conference will include five panels, covering Securities Law, Corporate Governance, White Collar and Corporate Crime, Class Actions, and Tender Offers and M&A. Conference participants will include U.S. and international academics, judges, regulators and practitioners, including alumni of Columbia Law School (where Coffee has been teaching since 1980).
Time and Location: The event will be held at Columbia Law School, 435 West 116 Street, New York, New York. Breakfast will begin at 8 a.m., with the conference scheduled to end at 5:45 p.m., followed by a reception for conference participants. The event is being organized by Jeff Gordon (Columbia Law School) and Chuck Whitehead (Cornell Law School) with the support of Columbia Law School.