CURRICULUM VITAE

INDIRA ANITA ANAND

Professor

JR Kimber Chair in Investor Protection and Corporate Governance

Faculty of Law, University of Toronto

84 Queen’s Park, Toronto ON M5S 2C5

EMPLOYMENT

  • J.R. Kimber Chair in Investor Protection and Corporate Governance and Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto - Full Professor (2012-present); Associate Professor (2007- 2012); Associate Dean, J.D. Program (2007-2009) and Academic Director of the Centre for the Legal Profession (2010-present)
  • Professor - Faculty of Law, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON - Associate Professor with Tenure (2003-2006); Assistant Professor (1999-2003)
  • Visiting Olin Scholar in Law & Economics and Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT (2005-2006)
  • Assistant Professor (Adjunct) - Faculty of Law, Western University, London, Ontario(1997-1999)
  • Barrister & Solicitor - Torys, Toronto, Ontario - Associate Lawyer (1994-1997 with leave for LL.M) and Articling Student (1992-1993)

EDUCATION

  • LL.M. - University of Toronto, 1996
  • LL.B. - Dalhousie University, 1992
  • B.A. (Hons) Jurisprudence- Oxford University, 1991
  • B.A. (Hons) Political Studies - Queen’s University, 1989

AWARDS AND HONOURS

  • Trailblazer Award – Canadian Association of South Asian Lawyers (2013)
  • U.S.-Canada Fulbright Award (2005-2006)
  • Best Paper in Managerial Finance from the International Journal of Managerial Finance (with co-authors F. Milne and L. Purda) (2006)
  • Queen’s Law Students’ Society Excellence in Teaching Award (Fall 2004)
  • Canadian Association of Law Teachers’ Scholarly Paper Award (2003)

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Trustee, Board of Trustees, Canadian Business Law Journal (June 2016-present)
  • Member, Ontario Expert Panel Reviewing Financial Advisers and Financial Planners (May 2015 -present)
  • Fellow-in-Residence, C.D. Howe Institute, Toronto, Ontario (2014-present)
  • Editorial Board, Mowat Centre, Toronto, Ontario (2014-present)
  • Academic Advisory Board, Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (2013-present)
  • Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto (2012-present)
  • Chair, Ontario Securities Commission Investor Advisory Panel (2010- 2012)
  • Visiting Scholar, Bank of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (2009- 2010)
  • Herbert Smith Visitor, Faculty of Law, Cambridge University (February 2010)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • “Shareholder Democracy, Activism and Corporate Governance” in P.M. Vasudev and Susan Watson, eds. (Edward Elgar, 2017).
  • “Constitutional Aspects of Commercial Law” in Peter Oliver et al The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Constitutional Law (Oxford University Press, 2017).
  • “An Empirical Analysis of Advance Notice Provisions in Corporate Bylaws: Evidence from Canada” (2017) International Review of Law and Economics (with M. Dathan).
  • Systemic Risk, Institutional Design, and the Regulation of Financial Markets, Anita Anand, ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016).
  • “Diversity on Boards” (2016) 58:2 Canadian Business Law Journal 165-196 (with V. Jog)
  • “Offloading the Burden of Being Public: An Analysis of Multi-voting Share Structures” (2016) Virginia Law and Business Review.
  • “The Boundaries of Corporate Law and Trust Law” (2016) 62:2 McGill Law Journal (with E. Iacobucci) .
  • “Shareholder Rights and Directors’ Duties in Takeover Bids” (2015) 61:1 McGill Law Journal.
  • “The Value of Governance” (2013) 6 Rotman International Journal of Pension Management 38-43.
  • “Private Regulation of Insider Trading in the Shadow of Lax Public Enforcement: Evidence from Canadian Firms” (2013) 3:2 Harvard Business Law Review 215-256 (with L. Beny).
  • “Domestic and International Influences on Firm-level governance: Evidence from Canada” (2012) 14 American Law and Economics Review 68-110 (with F. Milne and L. Purda).
  • “Was Magna in the Public Interest?” (2012) 49 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 311-332.
  • “Regulating Financial Institutions: The Value of Opacity” (2012) 57:3 McGill Law Journal 399-428 (with A. Green).
  • “An Empirical Examination of the Governance Choices of Income Trusts” (2011) 8:1 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 110-139 (with E. Iacobucci).

PEER-REVIEWER FOR:

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Journal of Corporate Law, American Law and Economics Association, Journal of Law and Society, International Review of Law and Economics, University of Toronto Law Journal, UBC Law Review, Queen’s Law Journal, McGill Law Journal, Fraser Institute, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Journal of Business Ethics

BOARD EXPERIENCE

  • Board Member, Massey College (2016-present)
  • Board Member, Oakville Hydro Electricity Distribution Inc. (2014-2016)
  • Board Member & Corporate Secretary, St. Mildred’s Lightbourn School (2014-2016)
  • Board Member, Oakville Hospital Foundation (2013-2016)
  • Board Member and Chair, Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization (2007-2008, 2012-2015)
  • Board Member, Kingston School of Dance (2002)

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