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Creation Date
4-8-2016
Description
3rd LAMB Corporate Governance Symposium: Hedge Fund Activism in Corporate Governance
New Empirical Evidence and its Policy Implications
Friday April 8, 2016 12:15-3:30 p.m.
Notre Dame Law School, Faculty Meeting Room
PLEASE JOIN US This LAMB event will bring together legal and business scholars in corporate law and corporate finance to present recent empirical evidence concerning hedge fund activism and discuss its implications for corporate law and governance
All Are Welcome!
12:15 pm Lunch
12:30 pm Opening Remarks:
Avishalom Tor, Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School, and Director of the Program on Law and Market Behavior (LAMB)
12:40 pm
Presentation of Papers "The Second Wave of Hedge Fund Activism: The Importance of Reputation, Clout, and Expertise:' Frank Partnoy, George E. Barrett Professor of Law and Finance, Director of the Center for Corporate and Securities Law, University of San Diego "The Product Market Effects of Hedge Fund Activism;' Praveen Kumar, Cullen Distinguished Chaired Professor of Finance, Executive Director of the UH Global Energy Management Institute (GEMi), C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
1:50 pm Coffee Break
2:05 Presentation of Papers
"Hedge Fund Activism and Long-Term Firm Value;' Simone Sepe, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School, Program Director in Law at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse - Fondation Jean-Jacques Laffont - Toulouse School of Economics
2:40 pm
Roundtable Discussion and Audience Questions and Answers Moderated by Martijn Cremers, Professor of Finance, University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business, LAMB Faculty Fellow
3:25 pm
Closing Remarks Professors Martijn Cremers and Avishalom Tor
Speakers Will Include
K.J. Martijn Cremers Professor of Finance, Mendoza College of Business and LAMB Faculty Fellow, University of Notre Dame (moderator)
Praveen Kumar Cullen Distinguished Chaired Professor of Finance, C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston
Frank Partnoy George E. Barrett Professor of Law and Finance, University of San Diego School of Law
Simone Sepe Visiting Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School, Program Director in Law at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse - Fondation Jean-Jacques Laffont - Toulouse School of Economics
Avishalom Tor Professor of Law and Director, Program on Law and Market Behavior, Notre Dame Law School
Julian Velasco Associate Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
Co-sponsored by the Program on Law and Market Behavior (LAMB) and the Larry Bonner Endowment for Excellence in Commodities and Securities Law.