Alvaro Pereira

Assistant Professor of Law · Georgia State University

I am an Assistant Professor of Law at Georgia State University, where I teach courses on corporate law and governance. My research focuses on how legal changes shape startup formation, venture capital, and market institutions. Methodologically, I combine comparative analysis with empirical tools.

Alvaro Pereira
Research

Corporate Law, Startups & Venture Capital

How corporate law frameworks shape the formation, financing, and governance of startups and venture capital relationships across jurisdictions.

Law & Sustainable Corporate Practices

Exploring the intersection of legal structures and long-term sustainability in corporate governance and market institutions.

Capital Markets

Analyzing the legal and institutional factors that drive capital allocation, market development, and investor protection.

Ongoing Research Projects
Papers
Forthcoming & Recent
Forth.
Selective Flexibility: The Hidden Evolution of Startup Corporate Law
47 Cardozo Law Review
Forth.
Venture Capital in Latin America: The Costs of the Cayman Sandwich
81 The Business Lawyer
2024
Shareholder Primacy and Consumer Welfare
Research Handbook on Competition and Corporate Law (Edward Elgar)
2024
Social Enterprises in Colombia
Social Enterprise Law: A Multijurisdictional Comparative Review (Ius Comparatum)
2023
The Law of Contingent Control in Venture Capital
2023 (2) Columbia Business Law Review
2022
Designing Startup Corporate Law
40 (1) Review of Banking and Financial Law
2021
Simplified Corporations and Entrepreneurship
21(2) Journal of Corporate Law Studies
2019 & Earlier
2019
The Pacific Alliance: An Opportunity for a Sustainable System of Corporate Law and Governance in Latin America
The Cambridge Handbook of Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Sustainability (CUP)
2013
Legal Stability Contracts in Colombia: An Appropriate Incentive for Investments?
12 (2) Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business
Datasets

Startup Corporate Law Index: 2020–2021

Evolution of corporate law rules shaping startup–venture capital relationship.

Download (.xlsx)

Unicorns in Latin America and Europe: 2000–2024

Unicorn companies across Latin America and Europe by entity form and event.

Download (.xlsx)
Contact

I welcome inquiries from scholars, students, and institutions. Feel free to reach out about research collaborations, speaking invitations, or academic opportunities.

apereira@gsu.edu GSU Faculty Profile

College of Law

Georgia State University
85 Park Pl NE
Atlanta, GA 30303