Comparative Takeovers and Securities Laws -Australia, Ireland & USA
Photo - (left to right) Professor Jennifer Hill, Monash University, Mr. Stephen Holst, Managing Partner, McCann FitzGerald LLP, Hon. Kathaleen St. J. McCormick Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery; Professor Randall Thomas, Vanderbilt University School of Law, Professor Blanaid Clarke, Trinity College Dublin.
In conjunction with Monash Law and Vanderbilt Law School, the Law School held a conference: Comparative Takeovers and Securities Law Australia, Ireland and the US on 14 July 2023.
The speakers were: Mr. Martin Moloney, Secretary General of IOSCO; Ms. Gillian Leeson, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Euronext Dublin; Professor Amanda Rose, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Vanderbilt Law School; Dr. Felix Mezzanotte, Trinity College Dublin; Professor Yesha Yadav, Milton R. Underwood Chair, Vanderbilt Law School; Professor Brian Broughman, Robert S. and Theresa L. Reder Faculty Fellow, Vanderbilt Law School; Mr. Martin K. Korman, Partner, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, California; Mr. Joseph R. Slights III, retired Vice Chancellor, Delaware Chancery Court and Partner, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Wilmington, Delaware; Hon. Kathaleen St. J. McCormick Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery; Professor Blanaid Clarke, McCann FitzGerald Chair of Corporate Law, Trinity College Dublin; Mr. Adam Finlay, Partner, McCann FitzGerald LLP, Dublin; Mr. William Burton Chandler III, retired Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery and partner in Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Wilmington, Delaware; Professor Pradeep Yadav, Johnston Chair & Professor of Finance, Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma; Mr. John Frain, Director General, Irish Takeover Panel; Mr. David Byers, Partner, McCann FitzGerald LLP; Mr. Michael Lishman, Member of Australia’s Takeovers Panel, Monash University and Partner of Hamilton Locke; and Dr. Tim Bowley, Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash University.
The organisers were: Professor Blanaid Clarke, Trinity College Dublin; Professor Jennifer Hill, Monash University; and Professor Randall Thomas, Vanderbilt University School of Law and the conference was generously sponsored by McCann FitzGerald LLP.