William C. Tyson Faculty Profile

William C. Tyson
Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Accounting, Management, and Law

JD, Harvard University, 1970; AB, Princeton University, 1967

Research Areas
Securities regulation; taxation; real estate financing and development; corporation law; international business transactions; Soviet law

Recent Consulting
Real Estate, Taco Bell Corp., Irvine, CA, 1993; Mergers and Acquisitions, General Electric Capital Corporation, Stamford CT, 1994-98; Axel Johnson, Inc., Stamfort CT, 1997; NFL Players Association

Current Projects
Insider trading

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1982-present. Previous appointments: University of California, Berkeley; University of California, San Francisco; University of California, Los Angeles

Other Positions
Attorney, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, 1976-78; Attorney, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, 1973-76

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Excellence in Teaching Award (Undergraduate Division), 1999; Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Pennsylvania, 1987; Graduate Division Anvil Award for Teaching Excellence, 1983; Graduate Division Class of 1984 Award for Highest Teaching Evaluations, 1985-86, 1991, 1993-95, 2000; Excellence in Teaching Award (Graduate Division), 1984-2007

Representative Publications
(with A. August)
"The Williams Act After RICO: Has the Balance Tipped in Favor of Incumbent Management?" University of California Hastings Law Journal 35.1 (September 1983).

"The Williams Act After Hanson Trust v. SCM Corporation: Post-Tender Offer Purchases by the Tender Offeror." Tulane Law Review 61.1 (November 1986).

"The Proper Relationship Between Federal and State Law in the Regulation of Tender Offers." Notre Dame Law Review 66.2 (December 1990).