Assistant Professor
New Chancellor Day Hall
3644 Peel Street
Room 617
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3A 1W9
514-396-2749 [Office]
jonathan.chan2 [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
SSRN: ssrn.com/author=2726439
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jchanlaw/
Biography
Dr Jonathan Chan is an Assistant Professor at McGill University’s Faculty of Law. His research and teaching interests lie in corporate law and securities regulation.
Professor Chan’s work on capital markets regulation has examined the appropriateness of self-regulation, comparatively analyzed listing regimes in North America, the UK, and Europe, and investigated how stock exchange rules evolve. His research also explores contemporary issues in mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and corporate governance. Most recently, he has published articles that examine appropriate legal remedies in failed M&A transactions and the effectiveness of different corporate law rule-making bodies. Professor Chan’s work employs both doctrinal and empirical methodologies.
Professor Chan has presented his research widely in North America, the UK, and Europe. His work has been published (or is forthcoming) internationally in leading academic journals, including the European Business Organization Law Review, European Company and Financial Law Review, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, The Canadian Bar Review, and Yale Journal on Regulation Bulletin.
Prior to joining McGill, Professor Chan was a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at University College London (UCL) Faculty of Laws. His prior teaching at UCL and the University of Oxford included courses such as Cross-Border M&A, Comparative Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance Law, and Principles of Financial Regulation.
Professor Chan holds a DPhil in Law from the University of Oxford, supported by a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship Award. He also holds a JD from the University of Toronto and is called to the Bar of Ontario. Before embarking upon an academic career, Professor Chan practised law in M&A and securities with Goodmans LLP in Toronto.
Education
- DPhil in Law, University of Oxford
- MSc in Law and Finance, University of Oxford
- Juris Doctor, University of Toronto
- Honours Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto
Past Employment (Selected)
- Lecturer (Assistant Professor), UCL Faculty of Laws
- Departmental Lecturer in Law & Finance, University of Oxford
- Associate, Goodmans LLP
- Member of the Law Society of Ontario
Publications
Articles
- Jonathan Chan and Martin Petrin, “Lost-Premium Damages in M&A: Delaware’s New Legal Landscape” (2024) Yale Journal on Regulation Bulletin (forthcoming).
- Jonathan Chan and Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, “Delisting Costs and Corporate Mobility in Europe” (2024) European Company and Financial Law Review (forthcoming).
- Jonathan Chan and Ernest Lim, “How it Matters Who Makes Corporate Rules” (2024) 26:1 European Business Organization Law Review.
- Jonathan Chan and Martin Petrin, “Lost Synergies and M&A Damages: Considering Cineplex v Cineworld” (2022) 100:2 The Canadian Bar Review.
- Jonathan Chan, “The relevance of public law to private ordering: the consequences of uncertain judicial review for stock exchange self-regulation” (2021) 21:1 Journal of Corporate Law Studies 219.
Book chapters
- Jonathan Chan and Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, “Delisting Rules and EU Capital Markets Integration” in R Veil and V Tountopoulos (eds), Delisting of Stock Corporations in Europe and Beyond (forthcoming with Hart Publishing).
Policy, media, and other contributions
- Jonathan Chan and Martin Petrin, “Why Lost-Premium Damages in M&A Should Be Legal” (24 October 2024), online (blog): The CLS Blue Sky Blog https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2024/10/24/why-lost-premium-damages-in-ma-should-be-legal/ [https://perma.cc/7CTG-CU8Q].
- Jonathan Chan, “UK Financial Services and Markets Bill: Response to HM Treasury's May 2023 Call for Proposals (Policy Submission)”, (2023) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4498845.
- Jonathan Chan and Ernest Lim, “How It Matters Who Makes Corporate Rules” (5 December 2023), online (blog): The CLS Blue Sky Blog https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2023/12/05/how-it-matters-who-makes-corporate-rules/ [https://perma.cc/856R-EV32].
- Jonathan Chan and Martin Petrin, “Remedies for M&A Breach of Contract – The Cineplex Case” (23 September 2022), online (blog): The CLS Blue Sky Blog https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2022/09/23/remedies-for-ma-breach-of-contract-the-cineplex-case/ [https://perma.cc/SH5V-TMPP].
- Jonathan Chan, “Book Review of Reframing Corporate Governance: Company Law Beyond Law and Economics (Javier Reyes, Edward Elgar Publishing 2018)” 2020 (83:3) The Modern Law Review.
- Jonathan Chan, “The Relevance of Public Law Uncertainty to Private Ordering on Stock Exchanges and Beyond” (19 October 2020), online (blog): Oxford Business Law Blog https://blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/business-law-blog/blog/2020/10/relevance-public-law-uncertainty-private-ordering-stock-exchanges-and [https://perma.cc/7AC4-3DBS].
Areas of interest
- Securities regulation
- Mergers & acquisitions (M&A)
- Stock exchanges and self-regulation
- Corporate law
- Corporate governance
- Financial regulation
- Law & economics
- Law & finance