Dr Victoria Barnes is Reader in Commercial Law at Brunel University London. Her research examines contract, commercial and corporate law from transnational, comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. She unpicks pivotal historic events, such as landmark cases, and place them in context. Global actors, such as judges, lawyers, and other influential figures, including CEOs, feature heavily in her work often as catalysts for socio-legal change. She has published around 40 journal articles and book chapters on these themes.