Christoph Henkel is the Richard M. and Anita Calkins Distinguished Professor of Law at Drake University Law School. He joined Drake Law from Mississippi College School of Law where he taught a variety of business law courses and was co-director of the International and Comparative Law Center. Henkel also served as a visiting professor on the law faculties at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Henkel holds an SJD and LLM degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. He earned a JD equivalent at the Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, Germany, and has practiced law in Europe and the United States. His research encompasses banking law, Fintech, entrepreneurial law, and wide range of corporate subjects.
Areas of Expertise
Contract, Corporate, Commercial, Banking Law, Fintech, Bankruptcy, Entrepreneurial Law
The Play in the Joints Between Pluralism and Diversity,Diversity and Plurality in the Law: Human Rights(Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen & Krzysztof Wojtyczek ed. Springer Press) (2023).
Security Interests in Investment Securities, Chapter 26,Commercial Law and Practice Guide, Lexis/Nexis (2022).
An Overview of the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act, Chapter 42,Commercial Law and Practice Guide, Lexis/Nexis (2022).
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Insolvency Law and Practice,Research Handbook on Corporate Restructuring(Paul Omar & Jennifer L.L. Gant ed. Edward Elgar Publishing) (2021).
