- Research Member
Professor David Kershaw
Dean and Professor of Law
Biography
Professor David Kershaw is Dean of LSE Law School. He is also the General Editor of the Modern Law Review and an Associate Tenant at Cornerstone Barristers. He joined the LSE in 2006. Prior to joining the LSE he was a Lecturer in Law at the University of Warwick between 2003-2006. He is admitted to the New York Bar and is a qualified UK solicitor. Prior to his academic career, he qualified as a Solicitor at Herbert Smith, London and practised corporate law in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Shearman & Sterling in New York and London. He holds a LLM and SJD from Harvard Law School and a LLB from the University of Warwick.
Research Interests
Corporate Law, Takeover Law and Regulation, Fiduciary Law, Theories of Regulation, Constitutional History