Faculty > Rob Illig

Assistant Professor Contact Room 324 Phone: (541) 346-1723 Email Rob Illig Courses Business Associations Mergers and Acquisitions Advanced Business Law Private Equity and Venture Capital

Professor Illig joined the law school faculty after practicing corporate and securities law for seven years in New York and London. While in practice, he handled a wide range of negotiated transactions in the US and overseas, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and private equity transactions.

Professor Illig teaches Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Associations, and Advanced Business Associations, as well as an experimental course on Private Equity & Venture Capital. His research focuses on the governance structure of hedge funds and other private equity funds.

Professor Illig earned his JD from Vanderbilt University, which he attended tuition-free as a John W. Wade Scholar. He graduated Order of the Coif in 1996 after having served as Senior Managing Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. In 1991, he earned his BA from Williams College, magna cum laude.

Recent Publications

What Hedge Funds Can Teach Corporate America: A Roadmap for Achieving Institutional Investor Oversight, 57 Amer. Univ. L. Rev. 225 (2007)

Minority Investor Protections as Default Norms: Using Price to Illuminate the Deal in Close Corporations, 56 Amer. Univ. L. Rev. 271 (2006)