The Law and Finance of Related Party Transactions
By Invitation only
This research project, co-directed by Professor Luca Enriques (University of Oxford, Faculty of Law) and Professor Tobias Tröger (Goethe Universität, Frankfurt) has brought together top legal and finance scholars to reflect upon the role of dominant shareholders in listed firms, tunneling control as a key component to enhance capital market development, and the content and effectiveness of reform efforts undertaken in various jurisdictions to tackle related party transactions.
Contributors to the project presented their draft papers in Frankfurt on October 20-21, 2017.
With the financial support of:
Programme
20 October - Day 1
Registration and Coffee
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Welcome
Speaker(s)
Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Leibniz Institute SAFE, Goethe University Frankfurt
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The Role and Regulation of Controlling Shareholders
Speaker(s)
Columbia Law School
University of Oxford
Discussant
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université libre de Bruxelles
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Tunneling and RPTs in State-controlled Companies
Speaker(s)
Stanford Law School
Discussant
Harvard Law School
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Coffee break
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Procedural and Substantive Review of Internal Decision Making on Related Party Transactions
Speaker(s)
Amsterdam Law School and Business School, University of Amsterdam
Discussant
Freie Universität Berlin
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Related Party Transactions in Insolvency Law
Speaker(s)
Law Faculty, University of Oxford
Discussant
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Be Careful What You Wish For: The Regressive Transformation of Related Party Transaction Regulation in Israel
Speaker(s)
Harry Radzyner Law School, Reichman University
Discussant
LSE Law School, London School of Economics
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Lunch
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Related Party Transactions - A Normative Perspective from Sweden
Speaker(s)
Discussant
Tilburg University
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Related Party Transactions in Italy: The Challenges for the Securities Regulator
Speaker(s)
Discussant
University of Gothenburg
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Coffee break
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Equity Tunnelling
Speaker(s)
Harvard Law School
Discussant
Columbia Law School & Stanford Law School
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Majority of the Minority Approval in a World of Activist Shareholders
Speaker(s)
NYU Law
Discussant
Tilburg University Faculty of Law and Tilburg Law and Economics Center
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Germany’s Reluctance to Regulate RPTs
Speaker(s)
Leibniz Institute SAFE, Goethe University Frankfurt, LawFin Center
Discussant
Dinner (TBC)
21 October - Day 2
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Coffee
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RPT Regulation in China
Speaker(s)
Peking University, School of Transnational Law
Discussant
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Related Party and Intragroup Transactions
Speaker(s)
The University of Texas School of Law
Discussant
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Coffee break
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The UK Model
Speaker(s)
University of Oxford
Discussant
Yale Law School
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The French Model and its Limits
Speaker(s)
Discussant
ETH Zurich
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RPTs reforms in East Asia
Speaker(s)
Discussant
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Lunch
Speakers
Jan Pieter Krahnen
Professor of Finance
Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Leibniz Institute SAFE, Goethe University Frankfurt
Research Member
Marco Becht
Professor of Finance and the Goldschmidt Professor of Corporate Governance
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université libre de Bruxelles
Board Member, Fellow, Research Member
Curtis J. Milhaupt
William F. Baxter - Visa International Professor of Law
Stanford Law School
Fellow, Research Member
Alessio Pacces
Professor of Law and Finance
Amsterdam Law School and Business School, University of Amsterdam
Research Member
Kristin van Zwieten
Professor of Law and Finance
Law Faculty, University of Oxford
Representative Member, Research Member
Luca Enriques
Professor of Business Law
Bocconi University, Department of Legal Studies
Board Member, Fellow, Research Member
Rolf Skog
Honorary Professor of Company and Stock Exchange Law
University of Gothenburg
Research Member
Ronald Gilson
Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business
Columbia Law School & Stanford Law School
Fellow, Research Member
Joseph McCahery
Professor of International Economic Law and Professor of Financial Market Regulation
Tilburg University Faculty of Law and Tilburg Law and Economics Center
Research Member
Tobias Tröger
Professor of Private Law, Commercial and Business Law
Leibniz Institute SAFE, Goethe University Frankfurt, LawFin Center
Research Member
Jill Fisch
Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Fellow, Research Member
Paul Davies
Emeritus Professor of Corporate Law; Senior Research Fellow
University of Oxford
Fellow, Research Member
Peter Muelbert
Professor of Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law and Banking Law
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Research Member
Presentations
Gallery
Contact
Elaine McPartlan
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

