Jennifer Payne

Professor Jennifer Payne
Born	1970 (age 54–55)
Occupation(s)	Legal Scolar Solicitor
Academic work
Discipline	Law
Institutions	University of Oxford Faculty of Law
52nd Warden of Merton College
Incumbent
Assumed office 2023
Preceded by	Irene Tracey

Jennifer Payne (born 1970) is a British legal scholar and solicitor, who specialises in corporate law, financial law and financial regulation. Since 2023, she has been 52nd Warden of Merton College, Oxford. Having been a fellow of Merton College since 1998, she was also Linklaters Professor of Corporate Finance Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, until her election as warden.

Selected works

• Payne, Jennifer, ed. (2002). Takeovers in English and German law. Oxford: Hart. ISBN 978-1841133409.
• Jennifer, Payne (2014). Schemes of arrangement: theory, structure and operation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-01640-8. OCLC 907572699.
• Gullifer, Louise; Payne, Jennifer (2015). Corporate finance law: principles and policy (2nd ed.). Oxford: Hart. ISBN 978-1849466004.
• Moloney, Niamh; Ferran, Eilís; Payne, Jennifer, eds. (2015). The Oxford handbook of financial regulation (1 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199687213.
• Gullifer, Louise; Payne, Jennifer (2020). Corporate finance law: principles and policy (3rd ed.). Oxford and New York: Hart. ISBN 978-1509929177.