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Professor Patrick Leyens holds the Erasmus Chair in Empirical Legal Studies at Erasmus University Rotterdam. His research interests include corporate commercial law, securities regulation, comparative law, and economics, focusing specifically on corporate governance. He supervises master's theses and is the promoter for PhD candidates in the EDLE programme. Leyens studied law at the University of Cologne, where he completed his state exam in 1999, and holds an LL.M. in International Business Law from Queen Mary University of London (2000). He completed the German Referendariat in 2006 and has worked at the Institute of Law and Economics at the University of Hamburg as a Professor of Private Law and Economic Analysis of Law from 2007 to 2013. Leyens has also served as an adviser to the German Ministry of Finance and has strong ties with the Erasmus School of Law, particularly in the context of empirical legal studies, which focus on the quantitative examination of private law. His research programme particularly emphasizes Behavioral Approaches to Contract and Tort law.
Erasmus University Rotterdam • Rotterdam, Netherlands
Holding the Erasmus Chair in Empirical Legal Studies, focusing on corporate governance and related legal disciplines.
University of Hamburg • Hamburg, Germany
Conducting research and teaching in the areas of private law and its economic implications.
German Ministry of Finance • Berlin, Germany
Provided advisory services regarding corporate law and economic policy.
Department of Econometrics / MSc Econometrics and Management Science.
Departments including Marketing Management, Finance, Management, Strategic Management.
Department of Psychology (Clinical, Forensic, etc.)
Erasmus School of Law departments (Commercial Law, Tax Law, etc.)