Kim Willey
Adjunct Professor
Kim Willey
| Kim Willey Tel: 778-584-7676 |
Faculty of Law University of Victoria PO Box 1700, STN CSC Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2 Map |
I am interested in all areas of corporate law, finance, governance and related policy.
I am a practicing corporate commercial solicitor, and a member of both the British Columbia Law Society and the Bermuda Bar Association. I have a doctorate from the University of Cambridge, a Master’s in Law from Osgoode Hall at York University in Toronto, Canada and a B.A, LL.B. and M.B.A from the University of Victoria.
My research focuses primarily on corporate governance and accountability, and the use of legal mechanisms and structures to offer critique and support to public policy initiatives, such as longer-term investing and share buy backs.
I joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria in 2019, and regularly teach business associations from the perspective of both an academic and a practicing lawyer.
- BA (History Honours) (With Distinction) - UVic (1999)
- LL.B – UVic (2004)
- MBA – UVic (2004)
- LL.M (Business Law) - York University, Osgoode Hall Law (2015)
- PhD - University of Cambridge (2019)
Books
- Stock Market Short-Termism Law, Regulation, and Reform Includes a forward by Martin Lipton, founding partner of the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 2019, Palgrave.
- Standards of Review Employed by Appellate Courts, Second Edition, (Edmonton: Canada, Juriliber, 2006) co-authored with Hon. Roger P. Kerans
Blog Posts
- Cheffins, Brian R. and Reddy, Bobby and Willey, Kim, “” (December 13, 2024) Oxford Business Law Blog
- “” (July 3, 2023)
- “”, University of Toronto Press (July 21, 2017)
Journals and Articles
- Cheffins, Brian R. and Reddy, Bobby and Willey, Kim, (November 27, 2024). University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 36/2024
- “B.C.’s proposed ‘B-Corps’ offer both economic and social benefits”, Lawyer’s Daily, (26 September 2018)
- “Bringing Canadian Women on Board: A Behavioural Economics Perspective on Whether Public Reporting of Gender Diversity Will Alter the Male-Dominated Composition of Canadian Public Company Boards and Senior Management”, Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, University of Toronto Press, 29:1 (April 2017)
- “Taxing for the Long-Term: Using Tax Policy to Encourage Sustainable Long-Term Corporate Value Generation and Reduce Stock Market Short-Termism”, paper presented at the SMART CONFERENCE on Taxation and Sustainable Development, University of Oslo, Faculty of Law (April 2017)
- “From Raiders to Saviours: The evolving landscape of the dissenting voice of activist investors in United States, United Kingdom and Canadian capital markets”, paper presented at the 2014 Osgoode Law Forum: Law - Dissent – Power (May 2014)
- “Caymans’ Star Trusts Offer Many Advantages”, The Lawyers Weekly, (September 14, 2001) with Mark Gillen“Bill S‐11 Clarifies Unanimous Shareholder Agreements”, The Lawyers Weekly, (September 28, 2001) with Martha O’Brien