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Title

Corporate lawyers and corporate governance / Joan Loughrey.

Author

Loughrey, Joan, 1968-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Description

xxxiii, 350 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This assessment of the corporate governance role of corporate lawyers in the UK analyses the extent to which lawyers can and should act as gate-keepers, counsellors and reputational intermediaries. Focusing on external and in-house lawyers' roles in both dispersed share-ownership and owner-managed companies, Joan Loughrey highlights the conflicts of interest that are endemic in corporate representation and examines how lawyers should respond when corporate agents provide instructions contrary to the company client's interests. She also considers the legitimacy of 'creative compliance', the ethical arguments for and against lawyers prioritising the public interest over their clients' interests, and their exposure to liability if they fail to perform a corporate governance role. Finally, she considers whether the reforms to the legal profession will promote the lawyer's corporate governance role and advances suggestions for reform"--

Series Statement

International corporate law and financial market regulation

Subject

• Corporate governance > Law and legislation > Great Britain
• Corporate lawyers > Great Britain
• Corporation law > Great Britain

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-335) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction; 2. The international perspective; 3. The roles of the corporate lawyer; 4. Identifying the corporate client; 5. The role of the corporate lawyer in shareholder litigation; 6. The corporate lawyer as director; 7. The regulation of the corporate lawyer; 8. The arguments against reform; 9. Reforming the role of the corporate lawyer; 10. The reform of the legal profession and corporate lawyers; 11. Conclusion.

ISBN

• 9780521762557 (hardback)
• 0521762553 (hardback)

LCCN

^^2011008368

OCLC

• 699759819
• SCSB-10365694

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library