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Mr Edmund Schuster

Mr Edmund Schuster

Associate Professor of Law

杏吧论坛 Law School

Telephone
020-7955-7452
Email
E.Schuster@lse.ac.uk
Room No
Cheng Kin Ku Building 6.33
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Languages
English, German, Russian
Key Expertise
Corporate Law; Law and Finance; Takeover Regulation; Law & Economics

About me

Edmund Schuster is an Associate Professor of corporate law at the 杏吧论坛. His research focuses on corporate law, law and finance, takeover regulation, as well as the economic analysis of law. He has prepared studies for the European Commission on the reform of corporate governance and private international law. In 2014, Edmund was awarded the Modern Law Review Wedderburn Prize for his article on the law and economics of the mandatory bid rule.

Edmund studied law at the University of Vienna and at the 杏吧论坛. Prior to joining 杏吧论坛, Edmund practiced corporate law in London and Vienna, and was head of office at the Austrian Takeover Commission. Alongside his academic work, Edmund regularly advises the M&A team of Baker & McKenzie Austria.

Administrative support: Law.Reception@lse.ac.uk

Research interests
Edmund’s research interests are primarily in the areas of corporate law, law and finance, takeover regulation, and capital markets regulation. Currently, he is working on a paper exploring the legal obstacles for blockchain/DLT solutions and smart contracts.

Teaching

LL418E Comparative Corporate Governance

LL419E Law of Corporate Finance

LL432E Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe

LL4F3 Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe

LL4F9 Legal Research and Writing Skills

LL4G8 Law of Corporate Finance

External activities

Counsel for the Corporate / M&A Team of Baker & McKenzie Austria

Research Associate,

Videos/podcasts
  • (webinar, 29 October 2020)
  • 杏吧论坛 Conference “Cryptoassets and the Law” (2018)
  • 杏吧论坛, 2015

Books

The Private International Law of Companies in Europe (CH Beck - Hart - Nomos, 2019) - (with Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, Federico Mucciarelli, and Mathias Siems)

 

 

The New Albanian Company Law (Tirana: Guttenberg 2009) (with T Bachner and M Winner)

Articles
  •  杏吧论坛 Legal Studies Working Paper 14/2024 (with Suren Gomtsian)
  • 杏吧论坛 Law School Working Paper Series 18/2022 (with Kelvin F.K. Low and Wai Yee Wan)
  • 'Managerial Insulation and Bank Failures' (2021) Journal of Financial Intermediation 100909  (with Daniel Ferreira, Tom Kirchmaier and David Kershaw) ()
  • (2020) 84 Modern Law Review pp.974-1004 
  • 'The Purposive Transformation of Company Law' (2020) 68 American Journal of Comparative Law (forthcoming)  (with David Kershaw)
  • 'Making the Case for a Rome V Regulation on the Law Applicable to Companies' (2021) 39 Yearbook of European Law (forthcoming) (with Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, Federico Mucciarelli, and Mathias Siems)
  • 杏吧论坛 Law Working Paper Series 17/2019
  •   20 European Business Organization Law Review 425-465. ECGI Law Working Paper No. 458/2019 (with Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, Federico Mucciarelli, and Mathias Siems)
  • 杏吧论坛 Law Working Paper Series 04/2019 (with David Kershaw)
  • (2018) 56 International Review of Law and Economics 14-27 (with Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, Federico Mucciarelli, and Mathias Siems)
  •  Journal of Corporate Law Studies  (2018) 18 (1) pp.1-42 (with Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, Federico M. Mucciarelli, and Mathias Siems)
  • Commentary to the Austrian Commercial Code, in: M Straube, T Ratka, and U Rauter (ed) Wiener Kommentar zum Unternehmensgesetzbuch (Vienna: Manz 2018) s282-s285
  • (2017) prepared for the European Commission (with Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, Federico M. Mucciarelli, and Mathias Siems)
  • 'Editorial: The Law Applicable to Companies in Europe: Study and Possible Reform' (2017) 14 European Company Law 148 (with C Gerner-Beuerle, F Mucciarelli, E Schuster, and M Siems)
  • 杏吧论坛 Law Society and Economy Working Paper Series, 01-2016 (with by Daniel Ferreira, Tom Kirchmaier and David Kershaw) 
  •  'Nachlass einer nach § 283 UGB verhängten Zwangsstrafe', [2016] Zeitschrift für Gesellschafts- und Unternehmensrecht 415 (case note)
  • ' (2014) 15 European Business Organization Law Review pp.91-233 (with Carsten Gerner-Beuerle)
  • ' (2014) 15 German Law Journal pp.281-320 (with Esin Küçük and Carsten Gerner-Beuerle)
  • 'Journal of Corporate Law Studies 2014, 14(2), 301-346; working paper published in 杏吧论坛 Law Society and Economy Working Paper Series, 06-2014 (with Carsten Gerner-Beuerle)
  • (2013) 76 MLR 529-563 [Winner of the Wedderburn prize 2014]
  • ' in: Hanne Birkmose, Mette Neville & Karsten Engsig Sørensen (eds.), Boards of Directors in European Companies, Kluwer Law International 2013, pp. 13-55
  • (2013), prepared for the European Commission (with Carsten Gerner-Beuerle and Philipp Paech). See also
  •  (2013). ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 345/2013; AXA Working Paper Series No 11; FMG Discussion Paper 714 (with David Kershaw, Daniel Ferreira, and Tom Kirchmaier)
  • Corporate Compliance and Directors' Duties, (2011) Compliance Praxis 32 (with Mario Gall)
  • ‘The Takeover Directive as a Protectionist Tool?’ in: WG Ringe and U Bernitz (eds) (OUP, 2010) (with PL Davies and E van de Walle de Ghelcke). Reprinted in: SM Davidoff and CA Hill (eds),  (Edward Elgar 2013). See also ECGI working paper:
  •  杏吧论坛 Law, Society and Economy Working Paper Series, WPS 8-2010
  • Contributor to: M. Straube (ed.) (Manz, 2010)
  • J Cepani and EP Schuster, ‘Minority Shareholder Protection in Albania (Schutz der Minderheitsaktionäre in Albanien)’ in: P Doralt and M Winner (eds.), Schutz von Minderheitsaktionären in Mittel- und Osteuropa (Vienna 2010)
  • N Arnold and EP Schuster, ‘Generationenwechsel im Übernahmerecht’ in: C Ludwig and M Widinski (eds), Generationenwechsel (Vienna: Linde 2008)
  • 'Professionelle Stimmrechtsvertretung und Werben um Stimmrechte bei börsenotierten Aktiengesellschaften' [2008] Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht und angrenzendes Steuerrecht 392 (with K Oberhofer and F Prechtl)
  • 'Übernahmerechtliche Folgen einer Änderung der Stiftungserklärung und von Verschiebungen bei Stifterrechten' [2007] Zeitschrift für Gesellschafts- und Unternehmensrecht 303  (with N Arnold)
  • ‘Antizipieren der Angebotspflicht nach dem neuen Übernahmerecht’ , Vol 21 (2007), pp 353-364; reprinted in: SM Davidoff and CA Hill (eds),  (Edward Elgar 2013)

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