Professor Christopher Bruner

Bruner, Christopher Assistant Professor of Law, 2006 Mahon Research Fellow (2008-2009) (806) 742-3990 x320 Email:

Admitted to practice in Massachusetts.

Degrees

A.B., University of Michigan, 1995

M.Phil., Oxford University, 1997

J.D., Harvard Law School, 2001

Professor Bruner comes to Texas Tech from the Boston University School of Law, where he taught corporate law as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He currently teaches corporate law and securities regulation as a Visiting Professor at the Washington and Lee University School of Law (Fall 2008), and will conduct research in the area of comparative corporate law as a Visitor to the Faculty of Law at Cambridge University during the Spring of 2009.

Having received his A.B. in 1995 from the University of Michigan, and his M.Phil. in 1997 from Oxford University, where he held an Overseas Research Student Award, Professor Bruner received his J.D. in 2001 from Harvard Law School, where he served as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard International Law Journal. He then practiced with Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston, where he worked with private and public companies on a range of corporate, transactional, and securities matters.

Professor Bruner has written in a number of areas -- including corporate law, securities regulation, international trade and investment, European Union law, and the global economy -- and has spoken in the United States, Mexico, and Europe. He co-authored a number of case studies and technical notes while a Research Associate at Harvard Business School, and his articles have appeared in both law and policy journals.

Here at Texas Tech, Professor Bruner teaches Business Entities, International Economic Regimes, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Securities Regulation, and serves as Program Advisor for the Business Law Certificate Program.

Curriculum vitae

International Activities

Courses

Business Entities, International Economic Regimes, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Regulation

Selected Publications and Presentations

UNESCO, the WTO, and Trade in Cultural Products, in ESSAYS ON THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (Julien Chaisse & Tiziano Balmelli eds., Editions Interuniversitaires Suisses, 2008) (solicited contribution).

States, Markets, and Gatekeepers: Public-Private Regulatory Regimes in an Era of Economic Globalization, 30 MICH. J. INT'L L. (forthcoming 2008).

The Enduring Ambivalence of Corporate Law, 59 ALA. L. REV. 1385 (2008).

Culture, Sovereignty, and Hollywood: UNESCO and the Future of Trade in Cultural Products, 40 N.Y.U. J. INT'L L. & POL. 351 (2008).

Good Faith, State of Mind, and the Outer Boundaries of Director Liability in Corporate Law, 41 WAKE FOREST L. REV. 1131 (2006).

To Judge Leviathan: Sovereign Credit Ratings, National Law, and the World Economy, 25 J. PUB. POL'Y 191 (2005). Co-authored with Rawi Abdelal.

Hemispheric Integration and the Politics of Regionalism: The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), 33 U. MIAMI INTER-AM. L. REV. 1 (2002).

Dual Class Share Companies, Harvard Business School note 9-306-032 (Harv. Bus. Sch. Pub., 2005). Co-authored with Lynn Paine and Samuel L. Hayes.

European Financial Integration, Harvard Business School note 9-706-010 (Harv. Bus. Sch. Pub., 2005). Co-authored with Rawi Abdelal.

Note on Insider Trading Liability, Harvard Business School note 9-305-029 (Harv. Bus. Sch. Pub., 2004). Co-authored with Lynn Paine.

"U.S. Supreme Court and Legislative Update: Corporate, Civil Litigation, Administrative and Business Issues," panel presentation at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, Palm Beach, Florida, July 28, 2008.

"States, Markets, and Gatekeepers: Public-Private Regulatory Regimes in an Era of Economic Globalization," presentation at the inaugural conference of the Society of International Economic Law (New Horizons of International Economic Law), Geneva, Switzerland, July 16, 2008.

"States, Markets, and Gatekeepers: Public-Private Regulatory Regimes in an Era of Economic Globalization," presentation at the conference on Theorising the Global Legal Order, Swansea, Wales, May 21, 2008.

"Culture, Sovereignty, and Hollywood," presentation at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting (New Scholars Workshop), Amelia Island, Florida, July 31, 2007.

"UNESCO's Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions," presentation at the International Conference on Business, Law and Technology, Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 6, 2006.

"The Link Between Rating Agencies, Foreign Capital, and Domestic Policy," presentation at Escuela de Graduados en Administración Pública y Política Pública (EGAP), Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Apr. 19, 2006 (Mexico Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University).

"The Language of Credit Risk: Sovereign Ratings and Capital Markets," presentation at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Apr. 20, 2006 (Mexico Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University).

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