Vanderbilt's top-ranked finance and corporate law faculty have made significant scholarly contributions in the areas of banking, digital currency, antitrust, corporate governance, and more. Through academic programs, policy accelerators, partnerships, and special initiatives, faculty help shape the future of business in the U.S. while training the next generation of legal experts in the fields of financial and corporate law.
A new paper from Yesha Yadav and Brendan Malone draws much needed attention to the engine anchoring stablecoins' growth: the U.S. Treasury Market. The authors examine the interconnection between the two as well as associated benefits and risks.
Nicole Langston identifies inequities in the bankruptcy code that disadvantage marginalized individuals.
Research by Brian Broughman offers a new "risk-seeking" model for VC behavior.
Yesha Yadav co-authors a paper that spotlights the potential benefits and trade-offs of a transformative SEC rule.
In The Money Problem, Morgan Ricks offers a practical yet elegant blueprint for a modernized system of money and banking—one that, crucially, can be accomplished through incremental changes to the United States’ current system.
By treating private money as cash deposits issued by a designated class of commercial entities licensed specifically for this purpose and backed by the sovereign public treasury, Ricks' system mitigates the risk of catastrophic financial panic.
In a paper from the VPA’s Project on Networks, Platforms, and Utilities, Morgan Ricks and Lev Menand argue that a modernized public utilities approach would reduce complexity, expand access and inclusion, promote economic equality, and dramatically decrease the likelihood of future macroeconomic disasters.
A follow-up effort to a 2004 study co-authored by Randall Thomas identifies significant changes and developments in the state’s corporate law landscape.
David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law
Professor of Law
Co-Director, Law & Business Program
Professor in the Practice of Law
Partner, Nelson Mullins
Assistant Professor of Law
Professor in the Practice of Law
Partner, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy (retired 2011)
Herman O. Loewenstein Chair in Law
Professor of Management, Owen Graduate School of Management
Clinical Professor of Law
Director, Turner Community Enterprise Clinic
Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Law
Co-Director, Law & Business Program
Professor of Management, Owen Graduate School of Management
Centennial Professor of Law
Robert S. and Theresa L. Reder Faculty Fellow, 2025-27, Weaver Program in Law, Brain Sciences, and Behavior
John S. Beasley II Professor of Law and Business
Professor of Management, Owen Graduate School of Management
Associate Dean and Robert Belton Director of Culture & Community
Milton R. Underwood Chair
Faculty Co-Director, LL.M. Program
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