Competitive Company Law, CLC Corporate Conference
CLC Corporate Conference, 17th January 2025
Programme
10.00 – 11.15
Session 1 Re-domiciliation: a UK and Singapore Comparison
Chair: Jon Perry (Norton Rose)
Vanessa Knapp (Commercial Law Centre), The UK Re-domiciliation Proposal
Umakanth Varottil The Re-domiciliation Regime in Singapore: Prospects and Challenges
11.25 – 13.00
Session 2 Entrenching Control
Chair: Luca Enriques (Oxford)
Emilie Aguirre (Duke), The Social Benefits of Control
Marco Becht (Brussels), Loyalty Voting: A Better Dual Class?
Jessica Schmidt (Bayreuth) The Comeback of Multiple Voting Rights in the EU
13.00 - 13.30
Lunch Break
13.30 – 14.45
Session 3 Reducing Shareholder Protection and Managerial Liability
Chair: John Armour (Oxford)
Paul Davies (Commercial Law Centre), The New Listing Rules and the Retreat from Shareholder Protection
Michal Barzuza (Virginia), Nevada v. Delaware: the New (Market for) Corporate Law
15.00 – 16.30
Session 4 Panel: Non-financial Reporting and its Implications for Directors’ Duties
Chair: Thom Wetzer (Oxford)
Initial Presentation:
Catherine Malecki (Rennes, Institut universitaire de France (IUF))
EU Non-Financial Reporting: Directors' Duties under the Pressure of a Sustainable Strategy
Panellists:
Emilie Aguirre (Duke)
Lucy Fergusson (Linklaters)
Hans Tjio (NUS)