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Professor of Commercial or Corporate Law

University of Westminster - Professor of Commercial or Corporate Law

Location: London
Salary: £73,833 to £111,660 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 11th October 2024
Closes: 1st November 2024
Job Ref: 50052912

This post is full time and permanent, working 35 hours per week.

Westminster Law School is a large, vibrant and diverse community of legal scholarship, learning and practice located in central London.

As part of our ambitions to reshape legal education and scholarship, we are currently looking to appoint an outstanding candidate to the position of Professor in the broad area of commercial or corporate law and/or connected fields. Successful applicants will provide intellectual leadership across our teaching and research endeavours within the broad fields of commercial and corporate law, and contribute to ensuring high quality research activity, knowledge exchange and innovative specialist degree programmes and modules within this area. We would particularly encourage applications from candidates who combine innovative and ground-breaking research with a passion for transformative legal education and a commitment to the civic mission and unique identity of the School. 

The School is home to a portfolio of LLM-level programmes in the commercial sphere, including International Commercial and Corporate Law, International and Commercial Dispute Resolution and Corporate Finance, as well as our innovative new LLM in Law and Technology. The School also hosts a large number of commercial modules at undergraduate level, including a core Business Law module for all LLB students. We are looking to appoint a professorial colleague to contribute to ensuring that Westminster is sector-leading and at the forefront of innovation in these areas. The successful candidate will have a proven ability to lead funded research projects, design and lead cutting-edge specialist programmes, and produce high quality, original and impactful research in their field.

The School houses a diverse academic and professional community which seeks to push the boundaries of legal knowledge and practice, and is home to numerous flagship centres, which are leading hubs of expertise and public engagement. Beyond our commercial focus, we offer flagship LLM courses in Entertainment Law and International Law, and our undergraduate portfolio now includes courses in Law and Criminal Justice, Law and International Relations, and a ground-breaking new critical degree in Policing, alongside our longstanding LLB programmes.

The School is proud of, and committed to, the diversity of its academic community, and candidates from all professional, personal, intellectual and cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We are happy to consider fractional appointments and job-share arrangements. Informal queries can be directed to Professor Luke Mason, Head of Westminster Law School (l.mason@westminster.ac.uk)

To apply for this vacancy please click above. Further information can be found in the job description and person specification, which can be accessed through link below.

At the University of Westminster, diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity are at the core of how we engage with students, colleagues, applicants, visitors and all our stakeholders.

We are fully committed to enabling a supportive and safe learning and working environment which is equitable, diverse and inclusive, is based on mutual respect and trust, and in which harassment and discrimination are neither tolerated nor acceptable.

The University has adopted Smart Working principles to support and further our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion aims of being an inclusive, collaborative and flexible employer. Further details of Smart Working can be discussed at interview stage.

Closing date: midnight on 1 November 2024

Interviews are likely to be held on: w/c 11 November 2024

Administrative contact (for queries only): Recruitment@westminster.ac.uk

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