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NikitaAggarwal

University of Oxford

JohnArmour

University of Oxford, Faculty of Law

SimonBahlinger

University of Heidelberg

The Honourable MargaretBeazley

Notre Dame Sydney Australia

MarcoBecht

Université libre de Bruxelles

MartinBengtzen

London School of Economics

JonathanChan

University of Oxford

AnnaChristie

University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law

BlanaidClarke

Trinity College Dublin

Pierre-HenriConac

University of Luxembourg

MarcoCorradi

Stockholm University / University of Oxford

StevenDavidoff Solomon

Berkeley Center for Law and Business

PaulDavies

Centre for Commercial Law, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford

HansDe WulfGhent University
HorstEidenmüller

University of Oxford

AndreasEngert

University of Mannheim

LucaEnriques

University of Oxford

EilisFerran

University of Cambridge Law Faculty and Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL)

JillFisch

University of Pennsylvania Law School

JasonFu

University of Oxford

MartinGelter

Fordham University School of Law

CarstenGerner-Beuerle

University College London

LouiseGullifer

Oxford University

GérardHertig

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

RodericKermarec

University of Oxford

VanessaKnapp

Queen Mary University

MaximilianLeydecker

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

J SLiptrap

University of Cambridge

EvaMichelerLSE
FedericoMucciarelli

SOAS University of London & University Modena

JatinePatel

University of Oxford

SarahPaterson

London School of Economics and Political Science

JenniferPayne

Law Faculty, University of Oxford

AlvaroPereira

University of California, Berkeley

GiovanniPetroboni

Commercial Law Centre - Harris Manchester College

ElizabethPollman

Loyola Marymount University

AradReisberg

Brunel Univeristy London

Wolf-GeorgRinge

University of Hamburg

AlexanderSchall

Leuphana Law School, University Lüneburg

PhilineScheer

University of Oxford

EdmundSchuster

London School of Economics

Anne-LiseSibony

University of Louvain

MathiasSiems

European University Institute / Durham University

ChristophTeichmann

Wuerzburg University

TobiasTröger

Goethe University Frankfurt, House of Finance

KristinVan Zwieten

University of Oxford

BojanaVitanova

University of Oxford

JosefWeinzierl

University of Oxford

ThomWetzer

University of Oxford

AmitZacUniversity of Oxford

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3rd Annual Conference of the Oxford Business Law Blog

Oxford | 15 March 2019, 08:30am

Mordan Hall, St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford

 

Print version of the programme

Conference Overview

March 2019 marked the twentieth anniversary of the Centros case (C-212/97), without doubt the most influential judgment rendered by the (then) Court of Justice in the field of European company law. Along with Überseering (2002) and Inspire Art (2003), Centros (1999) eased the cross-border mobility of corporations in the European Union, inducing fear of forum-shopping within the borders of the single-market, and prompting calls for a top-down harmonisation of corporate standards.

Against this backdrop, the editors of the Oxford Business Law Blog selected ‘Centros and European Company Law: Twenty Years of Living Dangerously’ as the theme of its third annual conference. Two weeks before Brexit would become effective, the conference provided an appropriate forum to discuss the present and future of European Company Law.

In addition, the theme invited a broader reflection on the dynamics of regulatory arbitrage and competition within the European continent and beyond, both in company law and adjacent areas. Amongst other pressing issues, the following questions were addressed: to what extent does the rise of technology redefine corporate mobility and fuel regulatory arbitrage? What is the legacy of Centros in insolvency law?

 

Conference Participation

This event was by invitation only. For any enquiries, please email oblb@law.ox.ac.uk.

 

About the Oxford Business Law Blog

The Oxford Business Law Blog is a forum for the exchange of ideas and the reporting of new developments in all aspects of business law. Its editorial board is comprised of Luca Enriques, Dan Awrey, Genevieve Helleringer, Horst Eindenmüller, Kristin van Zwieten, Umakanth Varottil and Andreas Engert. They are assisted by Roderic Kermarec, Vaclav Janecek, Jonathan Chan, Felix Pflücke, Bojana Vitanova, Leah Grolman and Jason Fu.  

 

The 3rd Annual Conference of the OBLB was generously supported by Travers Smith, the European Corporate Governance Institute, the Oxford Law Faculty, the Commercial Law Centre at Harris Manchester College and the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law.

 

Programme

Friday 15 March 2019
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Registration and Coffee

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Session 1

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Centros, California’s “Women on Boards” Statute and the Scope of the Internal Affairs Doctrine

Speaker(s)

Discussant

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Coffee Break

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Session 2

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Lunch

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Session 3

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Coffee Break

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Session 4

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Wrap-up

Speakers

Jill Fisch

Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Research Member

Tobias Tröger

Professor of Private Law, Commercial and Business Law
Leibniz Institute SAFE, Goethe University Frankfurt, House of Finance
Research Member

Eilis Ferran

Professor of Company and Securities Law
University of Cambridge Law Faculty and Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL)
Fellow, Research Member

Martin Gelter

Professor of Law
Fordham University School of Law
Research Member

Oren Sussman

Reader in Finance
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Research Member

Luca Enriques

Professor of Corporate Law
University of Oxford
Fellow, Research Member

John Armour

Professor of Law and Finance
University of Oxford, Faculty of Law
Fellow, Research Member

Marco Becht

Professor of Finance and the Goldschmidt Professor of Corporate Governance
Solvay Brussels School for Economics and Management, Université libre de Bruxelles
Fellow, Research Member

Paul Davies

Emeritus Professor of Corporate Law; Senior Research Fellow
University of Oxford
Fellow, Research Member

Jennifer Payne

Professor of Corporate Finance Law
Law Faculty, University of Oxford
Research Member

Contact

Elaine McPartlan
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
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