The Law and Finance of Private Equity and Venture Capital | 2025
The DFG LawFin Center at Goethe University in Frankfurt, the LSE Law School, the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford, and the Institute for Law & Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, together with ECGI, convened “The Law and Finance of Private Equity and Venture Capital” on June 11-12, 2025, at LSE Law School in London.
This years' focus was on the fields of law and finance related to private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC), broadly defined.
Programme
Wednesday, 11 June 2025 | 08:30 BST
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Breakfast & Welcome
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Session 1
Moderator
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Welcome from the Dean of LSE Law School
Speaker(s)
LSE Law School, London School of Economics
Private Equity, Governance, and Liquidity: A Simple Framework and Implications
Speaker(s)
Stockholm School of Economics
Discussant
Buyout Value Creation in the Age of Easy Money
Speaker(s)
King’s College London
Discussant
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Break
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Session 2
Moderator
University of Oxford
ESG Incidents and Fundraising in Private Equity
Speaker(s)
HEC Paris
Discussant
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Lunch
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Session 3
Moderator
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Contract Completeness of Company Bylaws and Entrepreneurial Success
Speaker(s)
HEC Paris
Discussant
Tilburg University
Stress Testing Private Credit
Speaker(s)
NYU School of Law
Discussant
Alternative Credit Council
Moelis and Private Equity in the Public Market
Speaker(s)
Brigham Young University Law School
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Break
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Session 4
Moderator
Bocconi University, Department of Legal Studies
An Inducement Theory of Venture Capital
Speaker(s)
Duke Law School
Discussant
Vlerick Business School
Exit After the Exit: VC Control in Public Firms
Speaker(s)
University of Pennsylvania Law School
No Exit
Speaker(s)
Cardozo School of Law
Discussant
Boston College
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Speaker Dinner at Gray’s Inn, sponsored by Travers Smith LLP
Speaker(s)
Thursday, 12 June 2025 | 08:00 BST
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Breakfast
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UK Policy Breakfast: Carried Interest in Private Equity (Chatham House Rules)
Moderator
LSE Law School, London School of Economics
Panelist(s)
https://www.bvca.co.uk/about-us/our-people.html
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Break and restart of the main Conference
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Session 5
Moderator
LSE Law School
Would I Lie to You? On Private Equity Intermediary Reports
Speaker(s)
Discussant
LSE Law School
Limited Partner Investments in Private Funds: Committee Decision-Making and Realized Performance
Speaker(s)
Fuqua School of Business
School of Business Administration, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Discussant
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Break
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Session 6
Private Equity’s Neglected Pre-History: A Trans-Atlantic Perspective
Speaker(s)
Travers Smith
Lend Me Your Counsel
Speaker(s)
University of Virginia School of Law
Washington University in St Louis School of Law
Discussant
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Lunch
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Session 7
Moderator
Leibniz Institute SAFE, Goethe University Frankfurt, LawFin Center
Venture Capital as a Commons
Speaker(s)
Discussant
Rutgers Law School
Government Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China
Speaker(s)
Isabelle Zhang
Discussant
Rutgers Law School
Pay-to-Play
Speaker(s)
Discussant
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Break
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Session 8
Moderator
Bankruptcy Law and the Market for Corporate Influence: Extending the Creditors’ Bargain to Distress Investors
Speaker(s)
London School of Economics and Political Science
Discussant
Law Faculty, University of Oxford
Closing Remarks and end of the Conference
Speakers
Mike Burkart
Professor of Finance; Head of Department
London School of Economics and Political Science
Fellow, Research Member
Luca Enriques
Professor of Business Law
Bocconi University, Department of Legal Studies
Board Member, Fellow, Research Member
Jill Fisch
Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Fellow, Research Member
Cathy Hwang
Barron F. Black Research Professor of Law
University of Virginia School of Law
Research Member
Renee Jones
Professor of Law and Dr. Thomas F. Carney Distinguished Scholar
Boston College
Research Member
Adrien-Paul Lambillon
Adrien-Paul Lambillon
Partners Group
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
Kristin van Zwieten
Professor of Law and Finance
Law Faculty, University of Oxford
Representative Member, Research Member
Yishay Yafeh
Professor
School of Business Administration, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Research Member
Presentations
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An Inducement Theory of Venture Capital
Speaker(s)
Duke Law SchoolDiscussant(s)
Vlerick Business School -
Exit After the Exit: VC Control in Public Firms
Speaker(s)
University of Pennsylvania Law School -
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Limited Partner Investments in Private Funds: Committee Decision-Making and Realized Performance
Speaker(s)
Fuqua School of Business
School of Business Administration, the Hebrew University of JerusalemDiscussant(s)
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Lend Me Your Counsel
Speaker(s)
University of Virginia School of Law
Washington University in St Louis School of Law -
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Government Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China
Speaker(s)
Isabelle ZhangDiscussant(s)
Rutgers Law School -
Private Equity, Governance, and Liquidity: A Simple Framework and Implications
Speaker(s)
Stockholm School of EconomicsDiscussant(s)
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Bankruptcy Law and the Market for Corporate Influence: Extending the Creditors’ Bargain to Distress Investors
Speaker(s)
London School of Economics and Political ScienceDiscussant(s)
Law Faculty, University of Oxford -
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Private Equity in Distress: Taking Post-Reorganization Governance Seriously
Speaker(s)
Discussant(s)
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Contract Completeness of Company Bylaws and Entrepreneurial Success
Speaker(s)
HEC ParisDiscussant(s)
Tilburg University -
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Moelis and Private Equity in the Public Market
Speaker(s)
Brigham Young University 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
LawFin, Goethe University Frankfurt
