Christopher Bruner

Georgia Law students Caroline Schrum (J.D. ’28) and Tori Weatherley (J.D. ’28) receive UGA Asia-Georgia Internship Connection Scholarship

University of Georgia School of Law students Caroline Schrum (J.D. ’28) and Tori Weatherley (J.D. ’28) were selected to receive funding for legal externships in Japan this summer through the university’s Office of Global Engagement’s Asia-Georgia Internship Connection Scholarship.

Both students’ scholarships will support their Global Externship Overseas (GEO), administered by Georgia Law’s Dean Rusk International Law Center. Schrum and Weatherly will both participate in GEOs in Tokyo, Japan, where they will extern with Kuribayashi Sogo Law Office under the guidance of Georgia Law alumnus Tsutomu Kuribayashi (LL.M. ’97), Managing Director.

In addition to their externships, both students will engage in supervised research projects. Both Schrum and Weatherley will work with Christopher M. Bruner, Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law & Faculty Co-Director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center. Schrum will examine the semiconductor trade relationship between the United States and Japan, specifically focusing on anti-dumping measures, trade controls, WTO compliance, and the role of the national security exception in international trade law. Weatherley’s project will examine how the decline of lifetime employment and seniority-based pay in Japan is reshaping relationships between employers, employees, and enterprise unions, and whether these changes are shifting Japanese labor law toward a more individualized and management-oriented system similar to that of the United States. 

The Asia-Georgia Internship Connection Scholarship funds student pursuing credit-bearing internships in southeast Asia for a duration of at least four weeks. Preference is given to students traveling to Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Posts about past recipients of this scholarship at Georgia Law can be found here.

Georgia Law Professor Christopher Bruner presents keynote at University of Cape Town conference

University of Georgia School of Law Professor Christopher Bruner  presented a keynote address at the Inaugural Corporate Securities Regulation Conference hosted by the Department of Commercial Law of the University of Cape Town (South Africa) Faculty of Law in April. 

The conference was co-sponsored by Strate, the central securities depository for South Africa. Another keynote address was presented by André Nortjé, Chief Executive Officer of Strate, and following their keynotes Bruner and Nortjé participated in a conversation moderated by Professor Dennis Davis, Chair of the Companies Tribunal of South Africa. 

Bruner is the Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law at the University of Georgia School of Law and serves as a faculty co-director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center.

Georgia Law Professor Christopher Bruner discusses corporate responsibility for algorithmic harm at Osgoode Hall Law School (Canada) 

University of Georgia School of Law Professor Christopher Bruner presented on “Fraud, Manipulation, and Accountability in the Age of AI” in February as part of the panel discussion “When AI Hurts: Corporate Responsibility for Algorithmic Harm,” hosted by Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Canada.

Bruner is the Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law at the University of Georgia School of Law and serves as a faculty co-director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center.

Georgia Law Professor Christopher Bruner featured on Law360 regarding global legal market trends

University of Georgia School of Law Professor Christopher Bruner was featured on Law360 regarding the evolving global footprint of large US law firms. The article titled “How BigLaw Is Redrawing Its Global Map For 2026” was written by Ryan Boysen and published 12/10/25. 

Bruner is the Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law at the University of Georgia School of Law and serves as a faculty co-director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center.

Georgia Law Professor Christopher Bruner presents on multinational value chains at the University of Turin (Italy)

University of Georgia School of Law Professor Christopher Bruner presented “Value Chain Due Diligence and Populist Politics” at the University of Turin in Italy earlier this month. The seminar was co-hosted by the Department of Law and the Department of Economics and Statistics, with Roberto Caranta, Professor, Department of Law, and David Monciardini, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Statistics, serving as discussants. The audience included faculty and Ph.D. students.

Bruner is the Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law at the University of Georgia School of Law and serves as a faculty co-director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center.

Welcoming Johan Van den Cruijce, Visiting Scholar at Georgia Law’s Dean Rusk International Law Center

We at the University of Georgia School of Law Dean Rusk International Law Center are pleased to welcome a new Visiting Research Scholar: Johan Van den Cruijce (LL.M. ’94), Managing Director, Atlas Services Belgium (Orange group) in Brussels, Belgium. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Vlerick Business School (Belgium) and holds dual Ph.D.s in Applied Economics from the KU Leuven and Ghent University. His work focuses on the intersection of law, economics, and corporate finance—especially on how control rights and marketability restrictions affect the valuation of privately held firms.

Dr. Van den Cruijce brings over 25 years of international executive experience in governance, finance and law. He serves as Managing Director at Atlas Services Belgium (Orange group), where he is responsible for the global network of holding companies across Europe and the United States. His work includes M&A, corporate restructuring, treasury and tax strategy, and legal oversight of listed and unlisted entities. He also holds executive and non-executive directorships in Orange group companies in several countries (including Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, the U.K. and the U.S.).

Dr. Van den Cruijce has presented at leading international conferences and his academic research has been published in reputable peer reviewed journals. His recent work explores valuation discounts in illiquid markets, the legal-economic role of control in private firms, and the implications of corporate structure on firm value.

He is an alumnus of the University of Georgia School of Law and also holds an MBA degree from the KU Leuven and a law degree from the University of Antwerp. He has completed executive education programs at, amongst others, INSEAD, IESE Business School, London Business School, and Vlerick Business School.

Dr. Van den Cruijce is sponsored as a Visiting Research Scholar by Georgia Law Professor Christopher Bruner, Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law & Faculty Co-Director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center.

Georgia Law Professor Christopher Bruner presents keynote at University of Turin (Italy) symposium   

University of Georgia School of Law Professor Christopher Bruner presented the keynote address for a symposium titled “Sustainability is (Still) Possible! Governing Market Actors for a Safe and Just Space” at the University of Turin (Italy) in September. Bruner’s keynote was titled “Corporate Sustainability and Anti-ESG Backlash” and the symposium was co-sponsored by Turin’s Department of Law and Department of Economics and Statistics. 

Bruner is the Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law at the University of Georgia School of Law and serves as a faculty co-director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center.

Georgia Law Professor Christopher Bruner publishes chapter on corporate risk and sustainability

University of Georgia School of Law Professor Christopher Bruner published “Business Risk, Capital Markets, and Sustainable Companies” in The Prism of Sustainability: Multidisciplinary Profiles (Editoriale Scientifica, 2025). Edited by Alessio Bartolacelli, Associate Professor of Business Law at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, the volume brings together perspectives on sustainability from a variety of academic fields. 

Bruner’s chapter builds on ideas he presented in 2023 at a conference hosted by the University of Macerata in Italy.

Bruner is the Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law at the University of Georgia School of Law and serves as a faculty co-director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center.

Georgia Law Professor Christopher Bruner presents on corporate governance in event co-hosted by Université Rennes 2 and Roskilde Universitet

University of Georgia School of Law Professor Christopher M. Bruner presented “Potential for Stakeholder Corporate Governance in the United States” at the online seminar titled “Stakeholder Approach and Corporate Governance Evolution.” The virtual seminar was co-hosted by Université Rennes 2 in France and Roskilde Universitet in Denmark.

Christopher M. Bruner is the Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law at the University of Georgia School of Law and serves as a faculty co-director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center.

Georgia Law Professor Christopher Bruner presents at University of Maryland symposium

University of Georgia School of Law Professor Christopher M. Bruner presented on a panel discussing international corporate law forums at the Journal of Business and Technology Law 2025 symposium titled “Corporate Law Forums Outside Delaware.” The symposium was hosted by the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

Bruner is the Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law at the University of Georgia School of Law and serves as a faculty co-director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center.