| Stephen M. Wallenstein Executive Director, Global Capital Markets Center Expertise : Venture Capital and Private Equity, International Business and Financial Transactions, International Project Finance, Global Capital Markets, Regulation of International Securities Markets, Latin American Legal and Financial Institutions Teaching/Research Interests: Venture Capital and Private Equity, International Project Finance, Legal Aspects of International Finance, Comparative Equity Capital Markets, Corporate Governance, International Business and Financial Transactions |
Professor Stephen M. Wallenstein |
| Stephen Wallenstein joined the Fuqua and Duke Law Faculties in 1998, and is the Executive Director of the Global Capital Markets Center, a collaborative venture between The Fuqua School of Business and the Duke School of Law. He is also program director and founder of the Duke Directors' Education Institute, an ongoing series to address the corporate governance failures of diligence, ethics and controls in corporate America.
Professor Wallenstein began his career in New York and Rio de Janeiro with the international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton where he advised clients on capital markets, Derivatives and securities law matters. From 1979 to 1995 he worked at the International Finance Corporation in Washington, D.C. He was responsible for structuring and negotiating international business transactions in Europe, Asia, Latin America and North America, with a specialization in international project finance, capital markets, and privatization. He has worked closely with the SEC, NASD, the New York Stock Exchange, and the American Stock Exchange and has significant experience in the U.S. securities markets. Before coming to Duke, Professor Wallenstein taught at the American University and the University of Denver College of Law. His teaching experience at Duke includes courses on corporate governance, venture capital and private equity, and international finance at the Law School and the Fuqua School of Business, as well as a course on global capital markets for Duke undergraduates. Wallenstein has also taught law and development at the Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, where he lived for three years and became fluent in Portuguese. Professor Wallenstein is a graduate of Yale Law School, Harvard Graduate School and Cornell. |
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Stephen Wallenstein
