Chekroun David | ESCP Business School

David Chekroun

Associate Professor of Professor of Business Law

Department : Law Economics & Humanities
Campus : Paris

David Chekroun is a Tenured Professor of International Business Law at ESCP Business School. He lectures on various courses in international business transactions and corporate governance for law and business students across Europe (Paris, London, Berlin), the Middle East, and the United States. At ESCP, he serves as the faculty chair for the Law & Finance programme, which provides students with an exceptional combination of legal and financial education. He designs and develops executive education programmes in collaboration with faculty members and senior executives from leading European companies, with a particular focus on law and business skills. He previously held the position of KPMG Professor in International Corporate Governance. Additionally, he is the co-founder of the Institute for Corporate Governance (https://icgprofessorship.org). He has been a visiting professor of law at NYU Abu Dhabi and the Cardozo School of Law in New York City, as well as a Global Hauser Research Fellow at NYU School of Law. Furthermore, he has served as an adjunct professor at the Sorbonne Law School. His research primarily focuses on International Business Law, Law & Finance, foreign direct investment (FDI) screening, corporate governance, and complex legal issues. He has published numerous articles on international business transactions and is one of the editors-in-chief of the International Business Law Journal. He is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Institut des Études et de la Recherche sur le Droit et la Justice (IERDJ). Admitted to the Paris Bar, he is the founder of a boutique law firm specialising in assisting clients with corporate governance challenges and foreign direct investment projects. As an active member of various think tanks, he develops innovative policies and organises conferences on corporate governance and international business in Paris, London, Abu Dhabi, and New York.

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Le dilemme français entre attractivité et souveraineté économique

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Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance

04 June 2026 - 05 June 2025
07.00 am - 02.00 pm

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AI in Higher Education Summit 2026 – Paris, 17–18 March

17 - 18 March 2026
07.00 am - 05.20 pm

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2024

FDI Control 2024

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2024

FDI Control 2024

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2024

Le Say On Climate, passage obligé d’une stratégie climatique des entreprises ?

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2024

L’entreprise à l’ère de la gouvernance inclusive : quelle place pour les nouvelles générations ?

Other Intellectual Contributions

2023

Interview de Marie-Anne Lavergne, Contrôle des investissements étrangers en France : entre souveraineté économique et attractivité aux investissements étrangers,

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2023

Interview de Pascal Bine, Contrôle des investissements étrangers en France : le rôle de l’avocat,

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2022

Governance - Biannual Column

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2022

Juger sur les cinq continents – Portraits et parcours de juges anglais : une clé d’entrée dans la common law

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2022

The ethics of compassion in international business law

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2022

Le dilemme français entre attractivité et souveraineté économique

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