Hertig, Gérard, Prof. em.

Prof. em. Gerard Hertig, a co-​founder of the Center for Law & Economics at ETH Zurich, was a Professor of Law at ETH Zurich from 1995 to 2018. Previously, he served as a Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Geneva Law School, where he was Director of its Centre d'Etudes Juridiques Européennes (1987-​1995).

Gerard Hertig’s research interests lie in the law and finance area. Publications include contributions on corporate and securities/banking law topics, among others "The Anatomy of Corporate Law" with Reinier Kraakman et al. (3rd ed., OUP 2017 – with translations in Chinese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish). Gerard Hertig has been a visiting professor at law schools in Asia (NUS and Tokyo University), Europe (Brussels, College of Europe, Liège, Louvain), the U.S. (Columbia and NYU) and practiced law as a member of the Geneva bar.