After practicing for 10 years as a pension and benefits lawyer at the firm of Koskie Minsky in Toronto, Ontario, he joined the UBC Faculty in 2003 following completion of his doctorate. He teaches pension and benefits law, trusts, corporate law and economic analysis of law. Professor Davis is an affiliated member of the UBC National Centre for Business Law. He is the author of books and articles on pension law, corporate governance and insolvency law and has presented papers on these topics both nationally and internationally. He is a co-author of a corporate law casebook entitled Business Organizations: Principles, Policies, and Practice published by Emond Montgomery in 2008.