Eilís Ferran

Eilís Veronica Ferran, FBA (born 14 March 1962) is a Northern Irish solicitor, legal scholar, and academic administrator. As an academic, she specialises in company law, financial regulation, and corporate finance. She has been Professor of Company and Securities Law at the University of Cambridge since 2005, and its Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional and International Relations since 2015.

Early life and education Ferran was born on 14 March 1962 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She was educated at St Dominic's High School, an all-girls Catholic School in Belfast. She was the first member of her family to attend the University of Cambridge. She graduated with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1983;

Career

Legal career From 1984 to 1986, Ferran was an articled clerk at Coward Chance (now known as Clifford Chance). In 2000, the university promoted her to Reader in Corporate Law and Financial Regulation. In 2005, she was appointed Professor of Company and Securities Law; From April 2012 to 2015, she served as the Chair of the Faculty of Law. Since 1 October 2015, she has been the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional and International Relations.

Ferran has held a number of visiting appointments. In April 2002, she was a visiting professor to the University of Hong Kong. From July to August 2004, she was a Chapman Tripp Fellow at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. From July to August 2009, she was a visiting professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Auckland, New Zealand. From July to August 2010, she was a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, United States. On 11 November 2014, she was appointed an Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple.

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