Jaka Cepec
PhD

Prof. Jaka Cepec, Ph.D. is a Full Professor at the University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business. He holds a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Ljubljana, School of Law, where his research focused on the law and economics of corporate insolvency. He also passed the Slovenian State Bar Exam. His academic work lies at the intersection of insolvency law, corporate law, and law and economics, with a strong emphasis on empirical legal research and the economic analysis of legal institutions. He has been involved in multiple national and European research projects, including projects funded by the European Commission, and has led empirical research on the role of banks as creditors in bankruptcy proceedings. He was a Fulbright Scholar at Washington and Lee University (USA) and is the recipient of the Best Young Lawyer Award (2014) from the Slovenian Bar Association. In addition to his academic work, he is actively engaged in community service, including as President of the Slovenian Lymphoma and Leukemia Patient Association.

• Cepec J., Grajzl P.
  Measuring the effectiveness of bankruptcy institutions : filtering failures in Slovenian financial reorganizations.
  Journal of institutional economics

• Cepec J, Grajz P
  Debt-to-equity conversion in bankruptcy reorganization and post-bankruptcy firm survival.
  International Review of law and economics,

• Cepec J., Grajzl P.
  Management turnover, ownership change, and post-bankruptcy failure of small businesses
  Small business economics,

• CEPEC, Jaka, GRAJŽL, Peter, ZAJC, Katarina.
  Do liquidation trustee characteristics matter for firm liquidation outcomes? : evidence from Slovenia.
  Economic systems, ISSN 0939-3625, Dec. 2017, vol.41, iss.4, str. 591-609, doi: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2017.05.002