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
Wednesday, 12 June 2024 | 09:00 EDT
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Breakfast & Welcome
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Session 1
Moderator
LSE Law School
Stock Options of Adhesion
Speaker(s)
UC Law San Francisco
Discussant
Cooley LLP
Appropriate Entrepreneurship? The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital and the Developing World
Speaker(s)
Harvard Business School
Discussant
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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Break
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Session 2
Moderator
University of Leeds School of Law
Discussant
Fordham University School of Law
Venture Capital in Latin America: The Costs of the “Cayman Sandwich”
Speaker(s)
Andrade Chamas Advogados & Alvaro Pereira, Georgia State College of Law
Georgia State College of Law
The Incorporation Patterns of ‘Israeli’ Startups
Speaker(s)
University of Oxford
Chameleon Capital
Speaker(s)
University of Cambridge
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Lunch
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Session 3
Moderator
Leibniz Institute SAFE, Goethe University Frankfurt, LawFin Center
The Agency Costs of Multi-Product Private Equity Suites: Towards a Post-Jensenian Paradigm
Speaker(s)
University College London and University of Notre Dame
Regulating in the Dark: The Unbundling of “Privateness” in Private Funds
Speaker(s)
BYU Law School
Opting Out of Court? Relational Contracting in Private Equity
Speaker(s)
Tel Aviv University
Private Equity and Net Asset Value Loans – Ticking Time Bomb or Ticking All the Right Boxes?
Speaker(s)
University of Cambridge
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Break
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Session 4
Moderator
London School of Economics Law School
Private Equity Sponsors, Law Firm Relationship, and Loan Covenants in Leveraged Buyouts
Speaker(s)
Yijia (Eddie) Zhao
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Discussant
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Navigating the Nexus: Institutional Investors and Startup Governance
Speaker(s)
Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law
Executive Turnover at Dual-Class Firms
Speaker(s)
Vanderbilt Law School
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Reception and Dinner, The Study at University City
Keynote Speech
Speaker(s)
Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
Thursday, 13 June 2024 | 09:00 EDT
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Breakfast
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Session 5
Speaker(s)
LSE Law School
Panel on PE & VC Research Around the World
Panelist(s)
FGV São Paulo Law School
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Narae Lee
Bliss Law Office
Overallocated Investors and Secondary Transactions
Speaker(s)
Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Discussant
Tulane University Freeman School of Business
Investment Vice President, Prudential Financial
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Break
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Session 6
Moderator
University of Pennsylvania Law School
The Credit Markets Go Dark
Speaker(s)
Duke Law School
Discussant
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Vice President and Senior Counsel, Managed Funds Association (MFA)
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Lunch
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Session 7
Moderator
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Coopting Disruption
Speaker(s)
Cardozo School of Law
Discussant
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Panel on The Governance Structures of AI Ventures
Panelist(s)
Harvard Law School
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Columbia Law School
Unraveling the Web: Big Tech Directors, SPACs, and Antitrust Evasion Tactics
Speaker(s)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Closing remarks
Speakers
Jill Fisch
Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Fellow, Research Member
Narine Lalafaryan
Assistant Professor of Corporate Law
University of Cambridge
Representative Member
Narae Lee
Narae Lee
Bliss Law Office
Josh Lerner
Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking
Harvard Business School
Fellow, Research Member
Elizabeth Pollman
Perry Golkin Professor of Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Research Member
Tobias Tröger
Professor of Private Law, Commercial and Business Law
Leibniz Institute SAFE, Goethe University Frankfurt, LawFin Center
Research Member
Yijia (Eddie) Zhao
Yijia (Eddie) Zhao
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Presentations
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Opting Out of Court? Relational Contracting in Private Equity
Speaker(s)
Tel Aviv University -
Private Equity and Net Asset Value Loans – Ticking Time Bomb or Ticking All the Right Boxes?
Speaker(s)
University of Cambridge -
Private Equity Sponsors, Law Firm Relationship, and Loan Covenants in Leveraged Buyouts
Speaker(s)
Yijia (Eddie) ZhaoUniversity of Massachusetts-Boston -
Navigating the Nexus: Institutional Investors and Startup Governance
Speaker(s)
Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law -
Executive Turnover at Dual-Class Firms
Speaker(s)
Vanderbilt Law School
University of Pennsylvania Law School -
Keynote Speech
Speaker(s)
Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery -
Panel on PE & VC Research Around the World
Panelist(s)
FGV São Paulo Law School
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Narae LeeBliss Law Office -
Overallocated Investors and Secondary Transactions
Speaker(s)
Darden School of Business, University of VirginiaDiscussant(s)
Tulane University Freeman School of Business
Investment Vice President, Prudential Financial -
The Credit Markets Go Dark
Speaker(s)
Duke Law SchoolDiscussant(s)
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Vice President and Senior Counsel, Managed Funds Association (MFA) -
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Coopting Disruption
Speaker(s)
Cardozo School of LawDiscussant(s)
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School -
Appropriate Entrepreneurship? The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital and the Developing World
Speaker(s)
Harvard Business SchoolDiscussant(s)
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania -
Panel on The Governance Structures of AI Ventures
Panelist(s)
Harvard Law School
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Columbia Law School -
Venture Capital in Latin America: The Costs of the “Cayman Sandwich”
Speaker(s)
Andrade Chamas Advogados & Alvaro Pereira, Georgia State College of Law
Georgia State College of Law -
Unraveling the Web: Big Tech Directors, SPACs, and Antitrust Evasion Tactics
Speaker(s)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem -
The Incorporation Patterns of ‘Israeli’ Startups
Speaker(s)
University of Oxford -
Chameleon Capital
Speaker(s)
University of Cambridge -
The Agency Costs of Multi-Product Private Equity Suites: Towards a Post-Jensenian Paradigm
Speaker(s)
University College London and University of Notre Dame -
Regulating in the Dark: The Unbundling of “Privateness” in Private Funds
Speaker(s)
BYU Law School
Organised by
Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Suren Gomtsyan
Assistant Professor
LSE Law School
Professor of Private Law, Commercial and Business Law
Leibniz Institute SAFE, Goethe University Frankfurt, LawFin Center
Contact
Elizabeth Pollman
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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