Alan Dignam is Professor of Corporate Law at Queen Mary, University of London, and Honorary Member 7 King’s Bench Walk Chambers. He is co-author, with Michael Galanis, of The Globalization of Corporate Governance (2009), with Professor John Lowry, of Company Law (2006), and, with David Allen, of Company Law and the Human Rights Act (2000). Michael Galanis is a Senior Lecturer in Company Law at the University of Manchester. He has taught at Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Leeds and  he is co-author of The Globalization of Corporate Governance (2009) with Alan Dignam. Dr. Galanis has held government advisory positions abroad and has experence as a company director.

• 1 Introduction: Exploring Post-crisis Trajectories of European Corporate GovernanceAlan Dignam and Michael Galanis2 Preventing the Next Financial Crisis? Regulating Bankers' Pay in EuropeAndrew Johnston)3 Market Discipline and EU Corporate Governance Reform in the Banking Sector: Merits, Fallacies, and Cognitive BoundariesEmilios Avgouleas and Jay Cullen4 The Financial Crisis: A Reason to Improve Shareholder Protection in the EU?Jonathan Mukwiri and Mathias Siems5 Post-crisis Corporate Governance and Labour Relations in the EU (and Beyond)Charlotte Villiers6 Harmonization Process for Effective Corporate Governance in the European Union: From a Historical Perspective to Future ProspectsVeronique Magnier7 Understanding the Board of Directors after the Financial Crisis: Some Lessons for EuropeJoseph A. McCahery and Erik P.M. Vermeulen8 Developing Two-tiered Regulatory Competition in EU Corporate Law: Assessing the Impact of the Societas Privata EuropaeaMartina Eckardt and Wolfgang Kerber