Biography

Christopher Bruner joined Washington and Lee as an Associate Professor in 2009. His teaching and scholarship focus on corporate law and securities regulation, including international and comparative dimensions of these subjects.

Professor Bruner’s articles have appeared in a variety of law and policy journals, including the Alabama Law Review, the Wake Forest Law Review, the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, the Michigan Journal of International Law, and the Journal of Public Policy (Cambridge University Press). As a Research Associate at Harvard Business School, he co-authored a number of case studies and technical notes on U.S. and international legal issues published by Harvard Business School Publishing. Professor Bruner has presented his scholarship in Denmark, Mexico, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and conducted comparative research on U.S. and U.K. corporate governance as a Visitor to the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge.

Professor Bruner received his A.B. with highest honors in 1995 from the University of Michigan, and his M.Phil. in 1997 from the University of Oxford, where he held an Overseas Research Student Award. He received his J.D. in 2001 from Harvard Law School, where he served as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard International Law Journal, and then practiced with Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston, where he worked with public and closely held companies on a range of corporate, transactional, and securities matters. Prior to joining Washington and Lee, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Law, and an Assistant Professor at the Texas Tech University School of Law. At Washington and Lee, Professor Bruner’s courses include Close Business Arrangements, Contracts, and Securities Regulation.