Staff profile

Adefolake Adeyeye is an Assistant Professor in Commercial Law at Durham Law School. Prior to joining Durham Law School, she was a lecturer at Monash Law School, Monash University, Melbourne. She has also taught at various higher education institutions in Singapore.

Adefolake Adeyeye holds a PhD in law from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and was awarded the NUS Research Scholarship and NUS President’s Graduate Fellowship. She has an LLM from the University of Cambridge and LLB (1^st Class Hons) from the University of Buckingham. She is also attorney at law, New York State, associate member of the Corporate Governance Institute, UK and affiliate, Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash University, Melbourne.

Adefolake’s research spans law, business and society. Currently, she is particularly interested in the integration of Sustainable Development Goals into corporate law and practice.

Teaching Areas

Advanced Issues in International Legal Governance

Advanced Issues in Corporate Law

Commercial Law

Company Law

Contract Law

• Business and Human Rights
• Business and Sustainable Development
• Corporate Law and Governance
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Global Governance
• Transnational Anti-corruption

Authored book

• Adeyeye, A. O. (2012). Corporate Social Responsibility of Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries: Perspectives on Anti-Corruption. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139005067

Journal Article

• Adeyeye, A. (in press). When The Rubber Hits the Road: Corporate Law and the Net Zero Agenda. Journal of Business Law,
• Adeyeye, A. (2024). Certified B Corps: An Examination of a Standard Based Approach to Stakeholder Governance. European Business Law Review, 35(6), 755-778. https://doi.org/10.54648/eulr2024041
• Hardman, J., Adeyeye, A., Chalaczkiewicz, K., & Morley, S. (2024). Editorial: The Future of Company Law Part 1- Theory. European Business Law Review, 35(5), 577-578. https://doi.org/10.54648/eulr2024032
• Adeyeye, A. (2024). The Pursuit of Corporate Accountability: Climate Change Litigation and the Use of Shareholder Derivative Actions. Cambridge Law Journal, 83(1), 30-32. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008197324000175
• Adeyeye, A. (2019). Corporate Social Responsibility: Lessons for Australia. Company and Securities Law Journal, 37(2), 66-81
• Adeyeye, A. (2017). Bribery: cost of doing business in Africa. Journal of Financial Crime, 24(1), 56-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/jfc-01-2016-0003
• Adeyeye, A. (2014). Foreign Bribery Gaps and Sealants: International Standards and Domestic Implementation
• Adeyeye, A. (2011). Universal standards in CSR: are we prepared?. Corporate Governance, 11(1), 107-119. https://doi.org/10.1108/14720701111108880
• Adeyeye, A. (2011). The Role of Global Governance in CSR
• Adeyeye, A. (2010). The Limitations of Corporate Governance in the CSR Agenda. The Company Lawyer, 31(4), 114-118
• Adeyeye, A. (2007). Corporate Responsibility in International Law: Which Way to Go?