John C. Coates

John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics

Research Interests

• Corporate, Securities and Financial Institution Law
• Transactional Legal Practice

Subject Areas for Supervising Written Work

• Corporate Finance
• Corporations
• Financial Institutions
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Securities

Subject Areas for Accepting Press Inquiries

• Banking Law
• Banking Regulation
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Mergers and Takeovers

Education

• University of Virginia B.A. 1986, History
• New York University School of Law J.D. 1989

Appointments

• Assistant Professor of Law, 1997-2001
• Professor of Law, 2001-2006
• John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics, 2006

Representative Publications

• Coates, John C. "The Goals and Promise of Sarbanes-Oxley," 91 J. Econ. Persp. (2007).
  
• Coates, John C. & R. Glenn Hubbard. "Competition and Shareholder Fees in the Mutual Fund Industry: Evidence and Implications for Policy," 33 Journal of Corporation Law 151 (2007).
  
• Coates, John C. "Explaining Variation in Takeover Defenses: Blame the Lawyers," 89 California Law Review 1301 (2001).
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Bibliography

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