Current Positions:
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Professor of Finance, Bayes Business School, City, University of London, since 09/1990
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Visiting Professorships: Université Paris Dauphine (France); Catholica University Lisbon (Portugal)
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Academic consultant: Finsimco, an EdTech company that provides Investment Banking simulations to leading financial services firms and business schools
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Consultant in Corporate Finance: Recent projects (Reports available upon request):
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Bank valuation and restructuring, Tunisia Ministry of Finance (in French)
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How to list on the stock market (Initial Public Offerings) - London and Edinburgh
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Financing of start-ups (Angels and Venture Capitalists)
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How to compute the cost of capital of the firm
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Expert witness: Valuation of start-up - Bristol Crown Court
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Web page: Click here
SSRN working papers: Click here
ORCID: Click here
Research/Teaching and Consulting Interests
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Applied Corporate Finance:
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Dividend Policy: Taxes and dividends, Ex-day price behaviour, Dividends and R&D
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Financing: Capital structure, Financing of small companies, VC, IPO, Leasing
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Corporate Restructuring: M&A, Spin-offs, Carve-outs, Divestments, Share repurchases, Bankruptcy, Corporate recovery, and valuation
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Capital Markets: News announcements, Insider trading, Institutional trading, Efficiency
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Corporate Governance: Monitoring role of institutions, Managerial ownership, Board structure
Recent publications
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Kashefi-Poor, Eilnaz and Meziane Lasfer, 2019, Taxes, Governance, and Debt Maturity Structure: International Evidence. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money 58, 136–161 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2018.09.011
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Bruyland, Evy, Meziane Lasfer, Wouter De Maeseneire, and Wei Song, 2019, The Performance of Acquisitions by High Default Risk Bidders. Journal of Banking and Finance, 101, 37-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2019.01.019
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Golubov, Andrey, Meziane Lasfer, and Valeriya Vitkova, 2020, Active catering to dividend clienteles: Evidence from takeovers. Journal of Financial Economics, 137, 815-836
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Chen, Jie, Meziane Lasfer, Wei Song, and Si Zhou, 2021, Recession managers and mutual fund performance Journal of Corporate Finance (forthcoming)
Latest video contributions on financial distress and Covid-19 impact on businesses:
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Raising capital and valuation of start-ups Click here YouTube or Facebook Video
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Principles of Financial Distress Click here
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Covid-19 and Financial Distress Click here
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Covid-19 Perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 Click here
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Channel 4 - Dispatches - The High Street Cash Crisis - Click here
Latest students' course evaluations:
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Full-time MBA Click here
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Modular Executive London MBA Click here
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Evening Executive London MBA Click here
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Modular Executive Dubai MBA Click here
Latest media contributions:
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Financial Times Click here
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UK TV Channel 4 Dispatches on Private Equity Click here
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Aramco IPO Click here
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Mergemarket Feb 2020 Making the best out of distressed M&A: Click here
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Some of my comments on Ant group reported in The Guardian on 3 Nov 2020: Click here