School of Law
Associate Professor of Law

Charles Whitehead's principal areas of research include securities regulation, corporate governance, regulation of financial institutions, domestic and international business transactions, and Japanese law. He teaches courses in corporations and securities regulation. In addition to teaching, Professor Whitehead is on the Board of Directors of the U.S.-Japan Bridging Foundation and has been a panelist, reviewing Fellowships for Advanced Research in the Social Sciences on Japan, for the National Endowment for the Humanities. Professor Whitehead practiced law in New York, London, and Tokyo for several years before entering academia, including eight years in Japan where he was also a member of the Nippon Keidanren and Keizai Doyukai. He served as an editor and translator of the Journal of Law in Japan. Among his most recent writings is “What's Your Sign – International Norms, Signals, and Compliance,” in the Michigan Journal of International Law (2006), which analyzes Japan’s compliance with the Basel Accord on banking capital.