Biography

Professor George Triantis, JSD ’89, is an expert in the fields of contracts, commercial law, business law, and bankruptcy. Prior to joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 2011, he was the Eli Goldston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.

Among his contributions to legal scholarship, Professor Triantis pioneered the application of options theory to the study of contracts and commercial law, and authored pathbreaking articles developing principles of contract design. His recent work concerns the techniques and process of innovative transactions, with particular focus on the link between contract design and litigation. His publications in this area include "Strategic Vagueness in Contracts: The Case of Corporate Acquisitions" (Yale Law Journal 2010) and "Completing Contracts in the Shadow of Verification Costs" (Journal of Legal Studies 2008). He is also the coauthor of the book Foundations of Commercial Law (Foundation Press 2009).

Professor Triantis began his teaching career in 1989 as an assistant professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Faculty of Management and since then, has also been a member of the law faculties at Virginia, Chicago and Harvard. He is a former editor of the Journal of Law and Economics, a former director of the American Law and Economics Association, and a consultant on matters of contract interpretation and bankruptcy.

Courses & Programs

Courses

• Bankruptcy
• Contracts
• Principles of Contract Design
• Secured Credit

Publications & Cases

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• George G. Triantis, The Personification and Property of Legal Entities, in Research Handbook on the Economics of Property Law Henry E. Smith and Kenneth Ayotte, editors, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2011. Also on SSRN at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1504671.
• George G. Triantis, Evolution of Contract Remedies (And Why Do Contracts Professors Teach Remedies First?), 60 University of Toronto Law Journal 643 (2010).
• Albert Choi, George G. Triantis, Strategic Vagueness in Contract Design: The Case of Corporate Acquisitions,119 Yale Law Journal 848 (2010)
• Robert E. Scott and George G. Triantis, Embedded Options and the Case Against Compensation, in Foundations of Commercial Law, Robert E. Scott, George G. Triantis, editors, New York: Foundation Press, 2010.
• George G. Triantis, Financial Slack Policy and the Laws of Secured Transactions, in Foundations of Commercial Law, Robert E. Scott, George G. Triantis, editors, New York: Foundation Press, 2010.
• Robert E. Scott and George G. Triantis, Foundations of Commercial Law, New York, N.Y.: Foundation Press, 2010.
• George G. Triantis, A Tussle with Tousa: Avoiding Fraudulent Transfers in Intercorporate Guaranties, in Annual Review of Insolvency Law, Janis P. Sarra, editor, Toronto: Carswell, 2009. Also available on SSRN.
• Albert Choi and George G. Triantis, Completing Contracts in the Shadow of Costly Verification, 37 Journal of Legal Studies 503 (2008).
• Chris William Sanchirico, George Triantis, Evidentiary Arbitrage: The Fabrication of Evidence and the Verifiability of Contract Performance, 24 The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 72 (2008).
• Edward M. Iacobucci and George G. Triantis, The Economic and Legal Boundaries of Firms, 93 Virginia Law Review 515 (2007).