Foundations of Law and Finance: The Law and Finance of Private Equity and Venture Capital

When: 12 Jun 2024

Where: University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, USA

Speaker: R. Abuzov, R. Andrade, G. Andrade Góes, B. Broughman, V. Buccola, A. Cable, D. Chaim, W. Clayton, E. dFontenay, M. Gelter, O. Gredil, A. Hamdani, S. Hamid, J. Himstreet, K. Kastiel, A. Kwon, N. Lalafaryan, N. Lee, K. Lefkowitz, J. Lerner, M. Moore, et al.

The DFG LawFin Center at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, the Institute for Law & Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, the LSE Law School and the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford are pleased to announce the annual conference

The Law and Finance of Private Equity and Venture Capital.

When: Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Thursday, 13 June 2024
Where: University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia, USA

The focus will be on academic research, with participation from relevant practitioners, industry representatives, and policymakers. The conference will highlight 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.

PROGRAM

ORGANIZERS:
Luca Enriques (Oxford and ECGI)
Jill E. Fisch (Penn Carey Law and ECGI)
Suren Gomtsyan (LSE Law School)
Geneviève Helleringer (Essec Paris, Oxford, and ECGI)
Casimiro A. Nigro (Goethe University, LawFin)
Elizabeth Pollman (Penn Carey Law and ECGI)
Tobias H. Tröger (Goethe University, LawFin, SAFE, and ECGI)
Simon Witney (LSE Law School)

Please note that this is an in-person, by-invitation-only event.