Publications

Corporate Group Legitimacy: Reconceptualising the Corporate Group

Underwood P

Routledge, 222 pages

Pre-publication reviews from Professor Janet Dine and Professor Charlotte Villiers. Reviews forthcoming in the Edinburgh Law Review and the Journal of Corporate Law Studies.

Duty Calls: Good Faith and Best Interests in Company Law: New Zealand and the United Kingdom Considered

Underwood P, Buckley L

Journal of Business Law, Sweet and Maxwell

Reimagining corporate governance in the AI era: Law, legitimacy and algorithmic power

O'Malley PJ, Underwood P

Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance, vol 2, Cambridge University Press

Chartered for Change: Corporate Law Reform in Aotearoa New Zealand

Buckley L, Underwood P

New Zealand Business Law Quarterly, 28(2), 39–52

Unveiling the Influence: The Dynamics of Corporate Group Structures

Underwood P

European Company Law, 22(2), 24–30, Kluwer Law International

In-corporating Crisis: Time to Shift the UK Paradigm away from Shareholder Primacy

Underwood P

European Business Law Review, 35(5), 699–722, Kluwer Law International

AI in the Boardroom: Let the Law be in the Driving Seat

Lee J, Underwood P

International and Comparative Corporate Law Journal

Most downloaded paper of 2024, University of Auckland SSRN.

Case Comment: Lowick Rose LLP (in liquidation) v Swynson Ltd & Anor [2017] UKSC 32

Underwood P

Legal Issues Journal, 5(2), 171

Deconstructing the Dichotomy: Rethinking the 'Capital' in Woke Capitalism

Underwood P, Gavin P

Woke Capitalism, CSR and ESG, Edward Elgar

Shareholder Primacy as the Foundation of Corporate Finance

Underwood P

Research Handbook on Corporate Finance Law, Edward Elgar

Restructuring, Winding-Up and Portfolio Transfer of Insurance Companies in Distress

Noussia K, Underwood P, Frastanlis S

The Governance of Insurance Undertakings: Corporate Law and Insurance Regulation, 171–197, Springer Nature

'Go woke, go broke' is no longer true. Socially aware capitalism is the future of corporate responsibility

Underwood P

The Conversation

NZ's Companies Act is finally being reformed – but will the changes go far enough?

Underwood P, Buckley L

The Conversation, Business + Economy

NZ took the lead on director duties reform. Why are we set on giving it up?

Buckley L, Underwood P

Newsroom

Corporate Governance: Legal and Theoretical Perspectives

Underwood P

EW Barker Centre for Law and Business, National University of Singapore. Invited talk with Professor Martin Petrin

Good Faith and Best Interests in Company Law: New Zealand and the UK Considered

Underwood P

116th Annual Conference of the Society of Legal Scholars

30% acceptance rate.

Deconstructing the Dichotomy: Carroll's Pyramid as a Response to Woke Capitalism

Underwood P

Society of Corporate Law Academics Conference, University of Technology Sydney

Corporate Groups: With Great Power, Comes Great Irresponsibility

Underwood P

Rethinking Company Law, Society of Legal Scholars Company Law Section Conference

The Mistaken Duality of Parkinsonian Corporate Theory

Underwood P

W.G. Hart Workshop 2023: Theorists in Company Law, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London

Corporations in Crisis: It is Broke, and We Must Fix It

Underwood P

2023 SCoLA Conference, Swinburne Law School, Australia

In-corporating Crisis: Time to Shift the Paradigm Away from Shareholder Primacy

Underwood P

The Future of Company Law, SLS Supported Conference, University of Edinburgh

Pluralism into Corporate Purpose

Underwood P

Global Corporate Law Seminar Series