Professor John Birds

Professor John Birds is Honorary Professor at the School of Law, University of Sheffield. He was Professor of Commercial Law at Sheffield from 1989 to 2006, Professor of Commercial Law at University of Manchester from 2006-2010 and Honorary Professor 2010-2011. Now he is Emeritus Profesor at Manchester and Honorary Professor at Sheffield. Professor Birds is the leading authority on company law and insurance law. Consultant Editor: Nigel Boardman - Partner, Slaughter and May, London. Nigel's...See more

Professor John Birds is Honorary Professor at the School of Law, University of Sheffield. He was Professor of Commercial Law at Sheffield from 1989 to 2006, Professor of Commercial Law at University of Manchester from 2006-2010 and Honorary Professor 2010-2011. Now he is Emeritus Profesor at Manchester and Honorary Professor at Sheffield. Professor Birds is the leading authority on company law and insurance law. Consultant Editor: Nigel Boardman - Partner, Slaughter and May, London. Nigel's broad practice includes domestic and international corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, IPOs, demergers, private acquisitions and disposals, private equity, public takeovers, issues of compliance and corporate governance, investigations and insolvency, restructurings, investigations and sports law. Consultant Editor: Sir Robert Hildyard Consultant Editor: Robert Miles QC is a leading advocate and adviser with special expertise and experience in complex financial, corporate and commercial disputes and transactions. He has unrivalled experience as an adviser and advocate in cases involving capital markets. He has for many years been ranked in Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 as a leading banking, financial, chancery, company and commercial silk. See less