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. ISBN978-1841133409.
  • Jennifer, Payne (2014). . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN978-1-107-01640-8. OCLC.
  • Gullifer, Louise; Payne, Jennifer (2015). Corporate finance law: principles and policy (2nded.). Oxford: Hart. ISBN978-1849466004.
  • Moloney, Niamh; Ferran, Eilís; Payne, Jennifer, eds. (2015). The Oxford handbook of financial regulation (1ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0199687213.
  • Gullifer, Louise; Payne, Jennifer (2020). Corporate finance law: principles and policy (3rded.). Oxford and New York: Hart. ISBN978-1509929177.
Academic offices
PrecededbyIrene TraceyWarden of Merton College, Oxford 2023 to presentIncumbent