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John Coates is the John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard Law School, where he also serves as Deputy Dean and Research Director of the Center on the Legal Profession. With a background as General Counsel and Acting Director of the Division of Corporation Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Professor Coates specializes in corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and finance. He has been a partner at the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and has taught at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. His research interests lie in the intersection of law, finance, and economics, and he has provided congressional testimony and advice to federal agencies, including the Department of Justice and the Department of Treasury. His published work includes a significant piece on the cost-benefit analysis of financial regulation in the Yale Law Journal, and he has recently published analysis on the dominance of financial institutions. He is active in discussions around ethics in legal professions and has contributed to education in contracts and corporate transactional law.
Harvard Law School • Cambridge, MA
Teaches corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and finance.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz •
Specialized in financial institutions and M&A.
Securities and Exchange Commission •
Oversaw the Division of Corporation Finance.
Applied for under 'Department of Law', 'Department of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law', 'Department of Constitutional Law', 'Department of Japanese Legal Studies', and 'Department of Human Rights'.