J.D., Harvard Law School
B.A., summa cum laude, City College of New York
University of St. Thomas School of Law Dean Thomas Mengler is pleased to announce the appointment of Chinwe Esimai to the School of Law faculty. Esimai brings an impressive academic and professional record, most recently from Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York City where she served as Vice President of Regulatory Audits & Inquiries. In this role, she handled complex regulatory inquiries arising in connection with various businesses within the firm, including investment banking, equities sales and trading, and global investment research.
"Students will benefit from Chinwe’s professional experience and she is poised to contribute significantly to the scholarship of our faculty," Dean Mengler commented. "She is also a wonderful person, who will contribute much to the entire community." Esimai obtained her J.D. from Harvard Law School where she was Primary Editor of the Human Rights Journal. She obtained her B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in Political Science from the City College of New York.
Following her graduation from Harvard Law School, Professor Esimai practiced as a corporate associate at Dewey & LeBoeuf, L.L.P. in New York City, formerly LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P. where she worked primarily on capital markets transactions, mergers & acquisitions, project financing, and securities regulation. Subsequently, she advised the financial services arms of MetLife, Inc. on compliance with securities regulations set forth by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).
Utilizing her expertise in U.S. corporate law and securities regulation, her research and scholarship focuses on the interaction between law and finance in emerging markets, specifically, how securities regulation may be used as a tool to promote efficiency and sustainability in Africa’s capital markets. She has presented and lectured at conferences discussing various issues impacting African development, including the growth of Africa’s capital markets and private equity in Africa. Her work has been published in Current History, a Journal of Contemporary World Affairs.
She will teach Securities Regulation, Business Associations, and an international and comparative law seminar on Law and Finance in Emerging Markets.
