Rob Illig

Associate Professor

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 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 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

28 Bank. & Fin. Serv. Pol'y Rep. 10 (Sept. 2009)

59 J. Legal Ed. 221 (2009)

Essay: Al Gore, Oprah, and Silicon Valley: Bringing Main Street and Corporate America into the Environmental Movement, 23 J. Envt'l. Law & Litigation 223 (2008)

The Promise of Hedge Fund Governance: How Incentive Compensation can Enhance Institutional Investor Monitoring, 60 Ala. L. Rev. 41 (2008)

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)