Associate Professor of Law
SB (1982) and SM (1982), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
JD (1985), University of Virginia
Phone Number: (573) 882-1109
Room Number: 325 Hulston Hall
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Royce Barondes is an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri, where he primarily teaches Business Organizations, Corporate Finance, Securities Regulation and Contracts.
After his graduation from St. Paul's School, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he first enrolled in a graduate class at the age of seventeen and was subsequently awarded Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering. Following receipt of a J.D. from the University of Virginia, he was an associate for 6-1/2 years at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, in New York City, where his practice emphasized representing investment banks in securities offerings.
He has authored or co-authored over fifteen law review works, in journals such as the George Mason Law Review, the Tulane Law Review and the Fordham Law Review. His research has focused on corporate law and securities law, with some emphasis on initial public offerings and the use of empirical techniques.
Before joining the MU faculty, he taught in the business schools of the University of Georgia and Louisiana State University.
Recent Publications
Academic Journals
Fiduciary Duties in Distressed Corporations: Second-Generation Issues, 1 JOURNAL OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY LAW 371 (2007).
Underwriters' Counsel as Gatekeeper or Turnstile: An Empirical Analysis of Law Firm Prestige and Performance in IPOs, with Charles Nyce and Gary C. Sanger, 2 CAPITAL MARKETS LAW JOURNAL 164 (2007).
Law Firm Prestige and Performance in IPOs: Underwriters' Counsel as Gatekeeper or Turnstile (with Charles Nyce and Gary C. Sanger), CORI Working Paper No. 03-08 (2004).
