Dr. Geneviève Helleringer

Biography

Genevieve Helleringer is a member of the Law Faculty, the deputy director of the Institute of European and Comparative Law, and a research fellow at Lady Margaret Hall. She is an Associate Professor of French Law and Business Law at the University of Oxford and has affiliations with Reuben College and the Smith School for Enterprise and Environment. Genevieve holds a JD from Columbia University (1999), an MSc in legal sociology from Paris II Panthéon Assas University (2009), and an MSc and doctorate in private law from Sorbonne University (2010), where she received four national prizes for her doctoral thesis. Genevieve is admitted to the New York and Paris Bars and is a qualified mediator. She has studied philosophy, mathematics, literature, economics, and social sciences at various top institutions, including the University of Oxford. Before her academic career, she worked at Shiseido in Japan and practiced private equity and capital markets law at prestigious firms such as Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from 2000 to 2006. Her research focuses on comparative contract law, corporate financial law, and commercial dispute resolution, integrating insights from economics, sociology, and psychology. Genevieve has authored and contributed to numerous books and articles and serves as an academic editor for the Oxford Business Law Blog. She has been recognized with awards for her teaching and research and has served as a mediator for the French Retail Market Association and as a member of the European Banking Authority Board since 2021. In her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano and writing short stories.

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