Mr John Friess

John Friess teaches U.S. Corporate Law on the Master of Corporate Law (MCL) and serves as Director of Studies for MCL students at Wolfson College.

He is a practicing lawyer in the General Practice Group of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in London, focusing on cross-border corporate and transactional matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, joint ventures and special situations.

John’s research and writing focus on corporate governance, capital markets, securities regulation and comparative corporate law, with a particular interest in the relationship between legal institutions, capital allocation and economic competitiveness.

John holds a JD from the University of Michigan Law School, an LLM from Bocconi University and a BSBA in Economics from The Ohio State University. He is admitted to practice in New York.