Bill Brown, (919) 613-8517 or bbrown@law.duke.edu In leadership positions at Goldman Sachs & Co., AIG International and Morgan Stanley, Brown specialized in currency and fixed-income markets, most recently serving as global co-head of listed derivatives at Morgan Stanley. A visiting professor of the practice of law at Duke, Brown focuses his teaching and research on business law, business planning, capital markets and corporate finance.
Lawrence Baxter, (919) 413-4908 or Baxter@law.duke.edu A professor of the practice of law, Baxter has held senior positions at Wachovia Bank and Wachovia Corp. He focuses his research on the evolving regulatory environment for financial services and beyond. He has consulted with federal government agencies and developed processes relating to financial institution supervision, enforcement and seizure that were implemented at the congressional and regulatory level. He writes about regulation, financial services and technology.
Kimberly Krawiec, krawiec@email.unc.edu A visiting professor of law at Duke University, Krawiec teaches courses in securities, corporate, and derivatives law. Her research interests include corporate compliance systems, insider trading, derivatives hedging practices, and "rogue" trading, among others. Prior to joining academia, she was a member of the Commodity & Derivatives Group at the New York office of Sullivan & Cromwell. Krawiec has served as a commentator for the Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI) of the American Bar Association, and on the faculty of the National Association of Securities Dealers Institute for Professional Development at the Wharton School of Business.
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