Academic Events
The Institute for Law and Finance, usually in cooperation with our sponsors, organizes a periodic series of larger public events, panel discussions and seminars on current topics related to the curriculum of the Institute. Given the current importance of these topics, our events attract significant public attention, not only within the academic community, but also among the broader public and media. The overriding aim of these special events is to encourage the ongoing debate of public policy issues in the field of finance and law. ILF students benefit directly from these events.
2nd Symposium on Economy, Criminal Law, Ethics (ECLE)
The 2nd Symposium on Economy, Criminal Law, Ethics (ECLE) was held at the ILF on 20 and 21 November 2009 on the topic "Die Finanzkrise, das Wirtschaftstrafrecht und die Moral" where current issues in this field were discussed by the following prominent speakers:
Nicola Beer, Staatssekretärin für Europaangelegenheiten
im Hessischen Ministerium der Justiz, für Integration und Europa, Wiesbaden
Prof. Dr. Klaus Lüderssen, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Dr. Roland Vaubel, Universität Mannheim
Prof. Dr. Georg Hermes, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Dr. Andreas Suchanek, Wittenberg Zentrum für Globale Ethik
Prof. Dr. Gerald Spindler, Universität Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Peter Forstmoser, Universität Zürich
Eberhard Kempf, Rechtsanwalt Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Dr.iur.Dr.rer.pol.Dr.h.c. Franz Jürgen Säcker, Institut für deutsches und europäisches Wirtschafts-, Wettbewerbs- und Regulierungsrecht der Freien Universität Berlin
Prof. Dr. Mark Deiters, Universität Münster
Prof. Dr. Luigi Foffani, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Dr. Ingeborg Zerbes, Universität Wien
Prof. Dr. Gunther Arzt, Universität Bern
Prof. Dr. Thomas Fischer, Richter am Bundesgerichtshof Karlsruhe
Dr. Alfred Dierlamm, Fachanwalt für Strafrecht, Wiesbaden
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Reinhard H. Schmidt, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Andreas Pohlmann, Chief Compliance Officer, Siemens AG
Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Klaus Volk, Universität München
Ulrich Sorgenfrei, Rechtsanwalt Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Ferdinand Gillmeister, Rechtsanwalt Freiburg/Br.
Dr. Gerson Trüg, Rechtsanwalt Freiburg/Br.
Dr. Klaus Leipold, Rechtsanwalt München
Dr. Daniel Krause, Rechtsanwalt Berlin
Dr. Ralf Neuhaus, Rechtsanwalt Dortmund
Rainer Hank, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Ressortleiter Wirtschaft und Finanzen)
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Guest Lecture Series with our Sponsors
The ILF regularly hosts the Commerzbank and the Deutsche Bank Guest Lecture Series as well as lectures sponsored by leading law firms. These lectures featured some of the world's most prominent legal scholars. Past speakers included:
- Professor Melvin A. Eisenberg (Berkeley and Columbia)
- Professor Richard Buxbaum (Berkeley)
- Prof. Ronald J. Gilson (Columbia and Stanford)
- Professor Roberta Romano (Yale)
- Professor Kenneth E. Scott (Stanford)
- Professor Guido Ferrarini (University of Genoa)
- Professor Zhipan Wu (University of Beijing).
Conferences
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The ILF also organizes conferences on many relevant and interesting topics. Past ILF events included an international conference on “Hedge Funds: Risks and Regulation” where prominent experts from the United States and Europe engaged in a broad debate of the fundamental issues of hedge fund regulations and the proposed new German and EU regulations regarding hedge funds and investment funds. In addition, the ILF hosted a number of conferences dealing with the reform of German legislation governing debt securities and the future of securities clearing and settlement. During these conferences, professionals from banks, law firms and universities in Europe and the U.S. provided comparative insights from the perspective of both theory and practice.
Visiting Professors
Every year, in addition to the regular curriculum, the Institute for Law and Finance hosts a visiting professor from outside Germany who gives regular lectures to ILF students as well as public lectures on selected topics of interest. Here, the ILF have had the privilege to receive
- Professor Stanisław Sołtysiński (Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak)
- Professor James D. Cox (Duke University Law School)
- Professor Douglas G. Baird (University of Chicago Law School)
- Professor Guido Ferrarini (University of Genoa)
- Professor Geoffrey Miller (NYU);
- Professor Katharina Pistor (Columbia); and
- Professor Bob Wessels (Vrije University, Amsterdam)
