Joseph A. McCahery


Joseph Aloysius McCahery is an American academic researcher, corporate lawyer and institutional adviser. McCahery is most notable for his contribution in corporate finance and law, European business law, financial markets and banking regulations, the political economy of federalism and taxation.
As of 2015, McCahery is a professor of International Economic Law and the Financial Market Regulation at Tilburg University. As of the same year, McCahery was a director of the LLM Program at the Duisenberg School of Finance, though the school closed down later that year. During his career McCahery had served as a legal consultant for the [Centre for European law|European Policy Studies|Center for European Policy Studies], Monitoring Committee Corporate Governance, The Netherlands Ministry of Finance and OECD,

Background

McCahery received his B.A. at the University of Michigan in 1985. Upon completion of his bachelor's degree, McCahery obtained Juris Doctor at the Queens College, City University of New York in May 1988. From 1991 till 1992, McCahery attended Oxford University the Faculty of Law and Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. In 1998 McCahery received his Ph.D. in Law at University of Warwick. His earliest publication was on the regulatory competition, economic regulation and law.

Career

McCahery began his legal practice career in 1985 as a law clerk at the Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts. In 1988 he worked as a summer associate for Meagher & Flom in New York. From 1988 till 1989 he worked as a judicial clerk at the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1989, McCahery started his academic career as a visiting lecturer at the Warwick University in England. In 1992 he became the full-time lecturer. In 1997 he started working as an associate professor in Private Law and Center for Law at Tilburg University in Netherlands. From 1998 till 2002, McCahery worked as a visiting faculty at the LLM Program at Leiden University.
In 2002 he resumed his career at the Tilburg University as a professor of international business law. From 2005 he worked as professor of corporate governance and innovation at the University of Amsterdam. He began his career at Duisenberg School of Finance in 2008, where he offers lectures to MSc students in M&A law and transactions, hedge funds and investment management regulation. In 2000, McCahery was awarded a prize for one of the best corporate and securities articles of the year.

Research and publications

McCahery had contributed to the literature on cross-border tax cooperation, effects of the corporate federalism, limitations of the corporate governance principles. McCahery is most notable for his research on topics of institutional investment principles, studies of M&A waves and investment funds regulations. His recent works on corporate governance principles has been dedicated to the analysis of the contractual formations of the venture capital companies and early stage investment general partnership firms.

Books

  • W. Bratton & J. McCahery, Activist Investors, Hedge Funds and Corporate Governance.
  • J. McCahery & E. Vermeulen, The Law and Economics of Alliances and Joint Ventures.
  • J. McCahery & T. Raaijmakers, Fiduciary Duties, Institutional Investors and Enforcement.
  • J. McCahery, L. Timmerman and E. Vermeulen, Private Company Law Reform: International and European Perspectives.
  • J. McCahery & E. Vermeulen, Corporate Governance of Non-listed Companies .
  • L. Bouchez, M. Knubben, J. McCahery, and L. Timmerman The Quality of Corporate Law and the Role of Corporate Law Judges
  • D. Curtin, A, Klip, J. Smits and J. McCahery, European Integration and Law.
  • J. Armour & J. McCahery, After Enron: Improving Corporate Law and Modernising Securities Regulation in Europe.
  • J. McCahery & E. Vermeulen, Understanding incorporated Business Forms .
  • J. McCahery, T. Raaijmakers and E. Vermeulen, The Governance of Close Corporations and Partnerships: US and European Perspectives.
  • J. McCahery, L. Renneboog with P. Ritter and S. Haller, The Economics of the Proposed European Takeover Directive.
  • J. McCahery & L. Renneboog, Venture Capital and the Valuation of High Tech Firms.
  • J. McCahery, P. Moerland, T. Raaijmakers, and L. Renneboog Corporate Governance Regimes.
  • R. Vriesendorp, J. McCahery, and F. Verstijlen, Comparative and International Perspectives on Bankruptcy Reform in the Netherlands.
  • J. McCahery & T. Raaijmakers, Corporate Governance and Capital Markets: An International Perspective.
  • W. Bratton, J. McCahery, C. Scott and S. Picciotto, International Regulatory Competition and Coordination: Europe and the United States.
  • J. McCahery, C. Scott and S. Picciotto, Corporate Control and Accountability: Changing Structures and the Dynamics of Regulation