{"id":2801,"date":"2020-08-20T12:47:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T16:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=2801"},"modified":"2021-07-09T12:47:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T16:47:36","slug":"william-j-chambers","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/profile\/william-j-chambers\/","title":{"rendered":"William J. Chambers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Chambers has over twenty years of experience developing and overseeing credit models, internal credit scoring systems, and default risk assessment processes for Standard &amp; Poor\u2019s. He is an expert in international finance, portfolio management, and the economics of real estate development. Chambers taught undergraduate and graduate courses in finance, credit analysis, and portfolio management. He also undertakes consulting assignments for financial institutions and corporations, with a focus on creditworthiness, parent-subsidiary relationships, and transfer pricing, and has provided expert reports and\/or served as an expert witness in cases appearing before the U.S Tax Court, the Tax Court of Canada, and various other regulators and tribunals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Scholarly Works<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<h4>Articles<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cThe Changing Landscape for Credit Ratings.\u201d Online article in <em>Law360: The Newswire for Business Lawyers (<\/em>October 2010).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEffect of the Dodd\u2013Frank Act on Credit Rating Agencies.\u201d <em>Law 360<\/em> (October 2010).<\/p>\n<h4>Papers<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cCase Study: Dow Chemical\u2019s Acquisition of Rohm &amp; Haas.\u201d Paper presented at the Eastern Academy of Management 2010 Meeting, Portland, Maine, May 12-15, 2010. Nominated for CASE Best First Time Submission.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presentations\/Lectures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRating Agencies\u2014Can\u2019t Live With Them, Can We Live Without Them?\u201d Morin Center for Banking &amp; Financial Law\u2019s Workshop on Financial Reform. Boston University, Boston, Mass., 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRating Agencies\u2014Can\u2019t Live With Them, Can We Live Without Them?\u201d Workshop on Financial Reform, Boston University, Boston, Mass., November 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDow Chemical\u2019s Acquisition of Rohm &amp; Haas.\u201d Eastern Academy of Management\u2019s Annual Meeting, May 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEconomic and Financial Aspects of Securitization.\u201d Webinar, May 2010.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0;\">What advice do you have for new students?<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>On the online program\u2014The program moves very quickly. The seven-week courses seem to fly by. There is little time for recovery. Get a good start and don\u2019t let up. If you get behind, catching up can be very difficult.<\/p>\n<p>In general\u2014While the details of any business situation or decision are always important, being able to put a particular situation into perspective and understanding how the various components interact are critical in order to make the appropriate decision.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":13440,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13440"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73315,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2801\/revisions\/73315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}