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 commentary on the new Danish Capital Markets Act, a monograph on MAR, a textbook on securities trading and a new 2nd edition of Introduction to company law and capital markets law. All works are in Danish. Furthermore, 2018 involves work on assessing academic dissertations at the universities of Aarhus, Oslo, Stockholm and London.

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)
  • Iværksætterens juridiske udfordringer (Danish, MA)
  • Køb og salg af virksomheder (Danish, MA)
  • Selskabsformerne (Danish, MA)

Jesper Lau Hansen is presently tutoring one Ph.D.-student and acts as tutor in respect of papers by BA and MA students within Company Law and Financial Markets Law including publicly traded companies and securities trading.

Honours

Lecturer of the Year 2009 

Selected publications

  1. Published

    Insider Dealing Defined: The EU Court's Decision in Spector Photo Group

    Hansen, Jesper Lau, 2010, In: European Company Law. 7, 3, p. 98-105 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  2. Published

    The New Danish Companies Act of 2009:

    Hansen, Jesper Lau, 2010, In: European Business Organization Law Review. 11, 1, p. 87-94 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  3. Published

    Bestyrelsesmedlemmers tavshedspligt: Højesterets dom i Grøngaard & Bang

    Hansen, Jesper Lau, 2009, In: Nordisk Tidsskrift for Selskabsret. 12, 3, p. 32-44 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  4. Published

    The MAD disclosure regime and the twofold notion of inside information: the available solution

    Hansen, Jesper Lau & Moalem, D., 2009, In: Capital Markets Law Journal. 4, 3, p. 323 - 340 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  5. 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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  6. Published

    A New Look at Centros - From a Danish Point of View

    Hansen, Jesper Lau, 2002, In: European Business Law Review. vol. 13, no. 1, p. 85-95

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research

  7. Published

    Informationsmisbrug. En analyse af de centrale bestemmelser i børsrettens informationsregime

    Hansen, Jesper Lau, 2001, København: Djøf Forlag. 619 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Doctoral thesis › Research

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