The Law and Finance of Private Equity and Venture Capital
The Institute for Law & Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford, LSE Law School and The DFG LawFin Center at the Goethe University in Frankfurt organised, the annual conference “The Law and Finance of Private Equity and Venture Capital.
This year, the conference took place on 12-13 June 2024 at the University of Pennsylvania as an in-person, by-invitation-only event. The focus was on academic research, with participation from relevant practitioners, industry representatives, and policymakers. The conference highlighted interdisciplinary research of the highest scholarly quality in the field of private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC), broadly defined, including topics such as: PE/VC and corporate law, governance of PE/VC-backed firms, regulation of PE/VC funds, PE/VC and ESG/sustainability, comparative PE/VC law.
Programme
Breakfast & Welcome
Session 1
Moderator
Stock Options of Adhesion
Speaker(s)
Discussant
Break
Session 2
Moderator
Discussant
Chameleon Capital
Speaker(s)
Lunch
Session 3
Moderator
Break
Session 4
Moderator
Private Equity Sponsors, Law Firm Relationship, and Loan Covenants in Leveraged Buyouts
Speaker(s)
Discussant
Reception and Dinner, The Study at University City
Keynote Speech
Speaker(s)
Breakfast
Session 5
Speaker(s)
Panel on PE & VC Research Around the World
Panelist(s)
Overallocated Investors and Secondary Transactions
Speaker(s)
Discussant
Break
Session 6
Moderator
The Credit Markets Go Dark
Speaker(s)
Discussant
Lunch
Session 7
Moderator
Coopting Disruption
Speaker(s)
Discussant
Closing remarks
Speakers
Jill Fisch
Narine Lalafaryan
Josh Lerner
Casimiro Nigro
Tobias Tröger
Presentations
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