Center for Company Law

Current Anton Philips Professor

This academic year the Anton Philips Fund has appointed professor Leo E. Strine, Jr. as Anton Philips Professor.

On November 4, 2011 at 10.15 sharp he will deliver his inaugural address entitled The Logical, but Often Overlooked, Consequences of Corporate Governance Reform and Prior Judicial Decisions for Current Corporate Law Litigation in the Auditorium (Cobbenhagen building) of Tilburg University.

More information on this academic event and the Conference on Fiduciary Duties in Corporate Law which will be held afterwards can be found here.

On June 22, 2011, Leo E. Strine, Jr., became Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery. Before becoming Chancellor, Chancellor Strine had served since November 9, 1998 as a Vice Chancellor of the Court. Since he joined the Court, Chancellor Strine has written numerous opinions, particularly in the area of corporation law.
In addition, Chancellor Strine speaks frequently on the subject of corporation law at diverse forums. He has also authored many articles on business law topics.

On several occasions, Chancellor Strine’s articles have been selected as among the Best Corporate and Securities Articles of the year, based on the choices of academic teachers.
Chancellor Strine holds long-standing adjunct teaching positions at the Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt and UCLA Schools of Law, where he has and continues to teach diverse classes in corporate law addressing, among other topics, mergers and acquisitions, the role of independent directors, valuation, and corporate law theories. Chancellor Strine also serves as a Senior Fellow of the Harvard Program on Corporate Governance, as well as the Austin Wakeman Scott Lecturer in Law at the Harvard Law School. Since 2006 to the present, Chancellor Strine has served as the special judicial consultant to the ABA’s Committee on Corporate Laws.