Jesper Lau Hansen

Jesper Lau Hansen

Professor

Primary fields of research

  • Financial Markets Law, i.e. regulation of financial services and securities trading
  • Regulation of publicly traded companies and financial institutions
  • EU law and comparative Nordic law
  • Criminal law as a sanction of business law
  • Arbitration

Current research

A monograph on MAR, and new editions of textbooks on company law and capital markets law as well as law commentaries on the Danish Capital Markets Act and the Act on Investment Firms. Participation in various international projects on capital markets law.

Fields of interest

  • Financial Market Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Market Law, incl. Competition Law
  • EU and EC Law
  • Comparative Law
  • Arbitration

Teaching

Jesper Lau Hansen has responsibility for these courses, some of which are taught by external lecturers:

  • Kapitalmarkedsret (Danish, MA)
  • Selskabsret og kapitalmarked (Danish, BA)
  • Selskabsret (Danish, MA)
  • Køb og salg af virksomheder (Danish, MA)

Jesper Lau Hansen is presently co-tutoring one Ph.D.-student (Jesper Zackrisson, Gothenburg U.) and acts as a tutor for papers by BA and MA students within Company Law and Financial Markets Law.

Honours

Lecturer of the Year 2009 

Selected publications

  1. Published

    A Harmonising Step Too Far: A Comment on the Proposal for a Directive on Multiple Voting Rights in SME

    Hansen, Jesper Lau, 2023, In: Nordisk Tidsskrift for Selskabsret. 2023, 1, p. 1-14

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    A Scandinavian Approach to Corporate Governance

    Hansen, Jesper Lau, 2007, In: Scandinavian Studies in Law. 50, p. 125-142 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Crowdfundingforordningen og anpartsselskaber

    Hansen, Jesper Lau, 2023, In: Erhvervsjuridisk Tidsskrift. 2023, 1, p. 44-50 ET.2023.044.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Commentary on MAR Arts 8, 9, and 14.

    Hansen, Jesper Lau, 2022, Market Abuse Regulation: Commentary and Annontated Guide. 2 ed. UK: Oxford University Press, 67 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Kapitalmarkedsloven med kommentarer

    Hansen, Jesper Lau, 17 Jun 2022, 4 ed. København: Djøf Forlag. 1200 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  6. Published

    Lov om fondsmæglerselskaber og investeringsservice og -aktiviteter med kommentarer

    Hansen, Jesper Lau & Schaumburg-Muller, P., 1 Mar 2022, København: Djøf Forlag. 1407 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  7. Published

    Fit & proper - er reglerne nu også det?

    Hansen, Jesper Lau, 2022, Festskrift til Linda Nielsen. Heide-Jørgensen, C., Lund-Andersen, I. & Hansen, J. L. (eds.). København: Djøf Forlag, p. 283-308

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Die EU-Initiative zur sog. nachhaltigen Unternehmensführung: eine Bedrohung der Wirtschaft und ein Eigentor für die Nachhaltigkeit

    Hansen, Jesper Lau, 1 Jun 2021, In: Audit Committee Quarterly. 2021/II, p. 68-71

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  9. Published

    The Mandatory Bid Rule: Still Unnecessary, Unjustifiable and Ineffecient After All These Years

    Hansen, Jesper Lau, 2021, Festschrift in honour of Rolf Skokg: Festskrift til Rolf Skog. Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik, p. 509-534 26 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Director Liability in Banks under Danish Law: Business as usual?

    Hansen, Jesper Lau, 2021, Festskrift till Jan Kleineman. Lindskog, S., Andersson, A., Calissendorff, A. & van der Sluijs, J. (eds.). Jure Förlag AB, p. 375-399 25 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

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