Date of Event:	Monday, 8th of December 2025 Time: 9.00 am - 12.00 pm Venue: Maharry Theatre B125, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin

 

Date of Event:

Monday, 8th of December 2025

Time:

9.00 am - 12.00 pm

Venue:

Maharry Theatre B125, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin

Reservations:

Spaces to attend this conference in-person are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Check below for more information

 

Organized by

Catherine Malecki, Professor of Law, Rennes 2 University and IUF
Anne-Laure Le Nadant, Professor of Management, Rennes 2 University and IUF
Blanaid Clarke, McCann FitzGerald Chair of Corporate Law, School of Law, TCD
Félix Mezzanotte, Assistant Professor, School of Law, TCD

The organisers would like to express their gratitude to the Business School, Trinity College Dublin for hosting this event.

 

Programme

08.45 - 09.00

Registration

9.00 - 9.05 am

Introductory Remarks

Blanaid Clarke, McCann FitzGerald Chair of Corporate Law, School of Law Trinity College Dublin

9.05 - 9.30 am

Ernest Lim, Professor of Law and Vice Dean at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS)
"Fiduciary Duty And Corporate Externalities: Rethinking Directors' Climate Obligations"

9.30 - 9.50 am

Félix Mezzanotte, Assistant Professor and Director of the MSc Law and Finance Programme, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin

“Double Materiality, Discretion and the Quality of Reports: A Need to Monitor Materiality Determinations?”

9.50 - 10.10 am

Florian Möslein, Professor of Law, Marburg University, Germany

"Disclosure of (Sustainability) Strategies and Business Judgement: Sunlight as a Limitation?"

10.10 - 10.30 am

Catherine Malecki, Professor of Law, Rennes 2 University and IUF

“Directors' Duties: European and French Perspectives in light of the EU Omnibus Package”

10.30 - 10.50 am

Coffee Break

10.50 - 11:10 am

John Quinn, Assistant Professor of Law, Dublin City University

“The Future of Due Diligence Duties: Liability, Risk Management or Reflexivity?"

11.10 - 11.50 am

Discussion Panel: Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Directors’ Duties and Responsibilities in the Context of Sustainability

Moderator: Blanaid Clarke, McCann FitzGerald Chair of Corporate Law, School of Law Trinity College Dublin

Evie Clarke, Coordinator of the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights

Martina Kelly, Director of Funds, Institute of Bankers

Ernest Lim, Professor of Law and Vice Dean at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

Eamon O’Cuiv, Partner, McCann FitzGerald, Dublin

Rachel Widdis, Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin and advisor on corporate sustainability

11.50 - 12.00

Concluding Remarks

Catherine Malecki, Professor of Law, Rennes 2 University and Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)

Anne-Laure Le Nadant, Professor of Management, Rennes 2 University and Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)

 

*The right to substitute lecturers / lectures is reserved.