Robert Daines

Professor of Finance (by courtesy)
Pritzker Professor of Law and Business, School of Law

Phone: (650) 736-2684

Email: [email protected]

Robert Daines' research examines the relationship between law, finance and corporate governance. His recent work has focused on CEO pay, mandatory disclosure regulation, and takeover defenses in public firms.

Bio

Robert Daines is the Pritzker Professor of Law and Business and the codirector of the Rock Center for Corporate Governance. Before moving to Stanford in 2004, he taught at New York University Law School and Yale Law School, and was an associate in the leveraged finance department of Goldman, Sachs & Co. His current research focuses on the impact of regulation on firm value and investor protection.

Academic Degrees

JD, Yale Law School, 1992; BS/BA, Brigham Young University, 1989.

Professional Experience

At Stanford University, Graduate School of Business since 2004.

Associate Professor, NYU School of Law, 1997–2004; Associate, Goldman Sachs, 1993–96; Law Clerk, The Honorable Ralph K. Winter, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, 1992–93.

Selected Publications

  • The Incorporation Choices of IPO Firms: NYU Law Review, 77, 6, 2002
  • Does Delaware Law Improve Firm Value?: Journal of Financial Economics, 62, 3, 2001
  • Do IPO Charters Maximize Firm Value?: Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 17, 83, 2001

Selected Cases

  • CG4B: PeopleSoft Finally Accepts Oracle's Offer (B)
  • CG4A: Oracle's Hostile Takeover of PeopleSoft (A)

In The Media