The Limits and Logic of Agency Theory in Company Law - Dr Jonathan Hardman

Dr Jonathan Hardman is a Senior Lecturer in Company and Commercial Law at the University of Edinburgh. Before becoming an academic, he was a corporate finance lawyer in practice for 10 years, splitting his time between Edinburgh and London. Jonathan's extensive research is conducted across a broad range of commercial law (particularly rights in security) and company law (particularly the law of private companies). Most of Jonathan’s research has a law and economics methodology, which he has applied to a broad range of different subject matters. Jonathan is the convenor of The Society of Legal scholars company law stream and also is an organiser of the Global Corporate Law Seminar Series.