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Professor Blanaid Clarke
McCann FitzGerald Chair in Corporate Law, Law

Biography

Blanaid holds the McCann FitzGerald Chair in Corporate Law at Trinity College Dublin where she lectures in: Corporate Governance in the EU; Contract Law; Company Law; and Responsible Business, Ethics and ESG. She is Convenor of the School"s Corporate Law, Governance and Capital Markets Research Group and Director of the LLM Programmes in the Law School.

Her research interests include: governance (corporate governance, fund governance and central bank governance); ethics; financial services law; securities law; and takeover law and she has published extensively in these areas.

Blanaid is the Irish representative on the OECD Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the European Securities and Markets Authority's Shareholder Transactions Working Group (previously the Takeover Bids Network).

She is Deputy Chairman of the Irish Banking Culture Board and works with the Irish Takeover Panel. She is also a member of the Institute of Banker's Certified Investment Fund Director Institute Advisory Committee.

Blanaid is a Vice President of the Academic Board of the European Banking Institute and Deputy Chair of the Royal Irish Academy's Ethics, Politics, Law and Philosophy Committee. She is a member of: the European Model Company Act Group and the University of Oslo's Sustainability Law Research Group.

Previously, she was also a member of: the IMF's Safeguards Assessments - 2022 External Expert Panel (2021-2022), the Irish Central Bank Commission (2010-2018); the European Securities and Markets Authority's Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (2018-2020); the European Commission's Informal Expert Group on Company Law (2014-2018); and the Reflection Group on the Future of EU Company Law (2010-2011). She was on the editorial board of the Journal of Business Law and was one of the editors of Palmer's Company Law and (2009-2021) and Legal Studies (2011-2016).

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

B.Clarke & A.Egli, Governance Challenges for the Boards of Investment Funds and Fund Managers: Evidence from Ireland, School of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper Series Paper N0. 13/2023, McCann FitzGerald, Dublin, 2023 Working Paper, 2023

Sustainable Finance: Country Report Ireland (forthcoming) in, editor(s)Jens Ekkenga and Martin Winner , Sustainable Finance in Europe, 2023, [Felix E Mezzanotte (with Blanaid Clarke)] Book Chapter, 2023

Blanaid Clarke, Purpose,Values and Governance in Big Tech Companies, Bond Law Review, 34, (2), 2022, p35 - 67 Journal Article, 2022

The Market for Corporate Control in the EU in, editor(s)H.Birkmose, M.Neville and K.Engsig Sørensen , Instruments of EU Corporate Governance, The Netherlands, Kluwer Law International B.V., 2022, pp285 - 308, [Blanaid Clarke] Book Chapter, 2022

Company Law Legal Systems - Ireland in, editor(s)D.Busch, C.Gortos and G.Mc Meel , Liability of Financial Supervisors and Resolution Authorities, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2022, pp321 - 348, [Blanaid Clarke] Book Chapter, 2022

Cultural Reforms in Irish Banks - A Pandemic Report Card in, editor(s)C. Gortsos and G. Ringe , Financial Stability amidst the Pandemic Crisis: On Top of the Wave, Frankfurt, European Banking Institute, 2021, pp404 - 434, [B. Clarke] Book Chapter, 2021 URL

Senior Executive Accountability in the Financial Services Sector - An Irish Case Study in, editor(s)Ronald J. Gilson, Mats Isaksson, Erik Lidman Johan Munck and Erik Sjöman , Festschrift in honour of Rolf Skog , Sweeden, Norstedts Juridik, 2021, pp311 - 329, [B. Clarke] Book Chapter, 2021

B. Clarke, Senior Executive Accountability and Responsibility in Financial Institutions, The Irish Jurist, 66, 2021, p74-100 Journal Article, 2021

The Role of the Central Bank of Ireland as an Independent Financial Regulator in, D.Farrell and N. Hardiman , Oxford Handbook of Irish Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2021, pp683 - 701, [B. Clarke] Book Chapter, 2021

CRD IV - The EU's response to corporate governance failings in credit institutions" in, editor(s)D Cash and R Goddard , Regulation and the Global Financial Crisis: Impact, Regulatory Responses, and Beyond , Routledge, 2020, pp190-209 , [B. Clarke] Book Chapter, 2020

"Cultural reforms in Irish banks. Walking the walk during the COVID-19 pandemic in, editor(s)C. Gortsos and G. Ringe , Pandemic Crisis and Financial Stability, Frankfurt, European Banking Institute, 2020, pp127-154 , [B. Clarke] Book Chapter, 2020 URL

Regulation of AIFMs and AIFs in Ireland in, editor(s)D.Zetzsche , The AIFM Directive- European Regulation of Alternative Investment Funds, Kluwer Law International, 2020, pp911-924 , [B.Clarke (and M.White) ] Book Chapter, 2020

Ireland in, S. Allegrezza , The Enforcement Dimension of the Single Supervisory Mechanism, Milano, Wolters Kluwer, 2020, pp341 - 380, [B.Clarke] Book Chapter, 2020

Rachael Walsh and Sarah Hamill (chapter authors) Deirdre Ahern and Suryapratim Roy (report editors), Policy Responses to Covid-19 In Ireland: Supporting Individuals, Communities, Businesses, and the Economy, COVID-19 Legal Observatory, Trinity College Dublin, December, 2020, p1 - 108 Report, 2020 TARA - Full Text URL

Worker rights under the Cross-border Mergers Directive 2005/56/EC: an Introduction in, Jan Cremers and Sigurt Vitols , Exercising voice across borders: workers' rights under the EU Cross-border Mergers Directive, Belgium , ETUI, 2019, pp29-44 , [B Clarke] Book Chapter, 2019

Unmasking directors and shareholders to prevent the abuse of companies in, editor(s)H. Birkmose, M. Neville and K. Engsig Sørensen , Abuse of companies , The Netherlands, Wolters Kluwer , 2019, pp209-230 , [B Clarke] Book Chapter, 2019

The EU as norm creator for sustainable corporate groups? in, editor(s)B Sjåfjell and C Bruner , Cambridge Handbook of Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Sustainability, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019, pp190 - 203, [B Clarke and L Anderson] Book Chapter, 2019

Ireland in, Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, Federico M Mucciarelli, Edmund-Philipp Schuster and Mathias Siems , 'The Private International Law of Companies in Europe, UK , Hart, 2019, pp461-488 , [B. Clarke and D Kenny] Book Chapter, 2019

B Clarke (with S. Griffith and D Awrey), Resolving the Crisis in U.S. Merger Regulation: A Transatlantic Alternative to the Perpetual Litigation Machine , 2018 Working Paper, 2018

B Clarke (with S. Griffith and D Awrey),, Resolving the Crisis in U.S. Merger Regulation, Yale Journal on Regulation , 35, (1), 2018, p1 - 65 Journal Article, 2018

Governance aspects of mutual funds in Ireland in, editor(s)W Birdthistle and J Morley , Research Handbook on the Regulation of Mutual Funds, UK and USA, Elgar, 2018, pp360 - 381, [B Clarke (and M White) ] Book Chapter, 2018

A Transatlantic Perspective on Shareholder Litigation in Public Takeovers in, editor(s)S.Griffith, J.Erickson, D. H. Webber, and V. Winship (eds) , Elgar, 415-438 (November 2018) , Research Handbook On Representative Shareholder Litigation, UK, Elgar, 2018, pp415 - 438, [B Clarke (with D Awrey)] Book Chapter, 2018

Blanaid Clarke, Individual Accountability in Irish Credit Institutions - Lessons to be Learned from the UK's Senior Managers Regime , Common Law World Review , 47, (1), 2018, p35 - 52 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Banking Regulation in, editor(s)W.Roche, P.O'Connell and A.Prothero , Austerity and Recovery in Ireland, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2017, pp107 - 123, [B. Clarke] Book Chapter, 2017

"EU Takeover Regulation as a Means of Safeguarding the Interests of Employees: Re-opening Pandora's Box" chapter in Helmut Siekmann (editor) , in, editor(s)Helmut Siekmann , Festschrift for Theodor Baums zum siebzigsten Geburtstag, Germany, Mohr Siebeck, 2017, pp215 - 235, [Blanaid Clarke] Book Chapter, 2017

National Implementation in the EU: Ireland in, editor(s)G.Moss, B.Wessels and M.Haentjens , EU Banking and Insurance Insolvency (Second Edition), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2017, pp349 - 363, [Blanaid Clarke] Book Chapter, 2017

Ireland in, editor(s)D Busch and C Van Dam , A Bank's Duty of Care, England, Hart/Bloomsbury, 2017, pp285 - 327, [Blanaid Clarke] Book Chapter, 2017

The Duties of Parent Companies in, H. Søndergaard Birkmose , Shareholders' Duties in Europe, Netherlands, Kluwer Law International, 2017, pp229 - 254, [B. Clarke ] Book Chapter, 2017

B. Clarke, Duty of Care, Skill and Diligence - from Warm Baths to Hot Water, The Irish Jurist, LVI, 2016, p139 - 160 Journal Article, 2016

The Role of Employees in the Takeover Bids Directive in, editor(s)Cremers J and Vitols S. , Takeovers with or without worker voice: worker rights under the EU Directive on Takeover Bids, Brussels, ETUI, 2016, pp33 - 49, [Blanaid Clarke] Book Chapter, 2016

Blanaid Clarke (and Gail Henderson), Directors as guardians of the Public Interest, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, 16, (1), 2016, p187 - 220 Journal Article, 2016 DOI

"Deposit Guarantee Schemes" in, editor(s)M.Haentjens and B.Wessels , Research Handbook on Crisis Management in the Banking Sector, Research Handbooks in Financial Law series. , UK, Edward Elgar Publishing , 2015, pp345 - 365, [Blanaid Clarke] Book Chapter, 2015

"The role of board directors in promoting environmental sustainability" in, editor(s)B.J. Richardson and B. Sjåfjell , Company Law and Sustainability , UK, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp148 - 174, [Blanaid Clarke] Book Chapter, 2015

Blanaid Clarke, Irish Company Law as a Means of Furthering the Climate Change Agenda, International and Comparative Corporate Law Journal , 11, (3), 2015, p104 - 139 Journal Article, 2015

Blanaid Clarke & Gail Henderson, "Are Public Interest Directors a Good Idea? Lessons from the Irish Banking Crisis" (September 15, 2015). UCD Working Papers in Law, Criminology & Socio-Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11/2015. , 2015 Working Paper, 2015

Takeovers Regulation in, editor(s)Geoffrey Morse (Co-ordinating Editor) , Palmers Company Law , London, Thompson Sweet & Maxwell, 2014, pp12065 - 12125, [B. Clarke] Book Chapter, 2014

Blanaid Clarke, The EU's Shareholder Empowerment Model in the Context of the Sustainable Companies Agenda, European Company Law , 2, 2014, p103- Journal Article, 2014

B. Clarke, The Market for Corporate Control: New Insights from the Financial Crisis in Ireland" , Seattle University Law Review , 36, 2013, p63- Journal Article, 2013

Blanaid Clarke, "The Takeovers' Directive - A Meaningful Contribution to Stakeholders Rights in Europe" , International and Comparative Corporate Law Journal, 10, (1), 2013, p80 - 97 Journal Article, 2013

Deirdre Ahern and Blanaid Clarke, Listed Companies' Engagement with Diversity: A Multi-Jurisdictional Study of Annual Report Disclosures, 2013 Working Paper, 2013 URL URL

Blanaid Clarke (with J. Antunes, T. Baums et al) , "Response to the European Commission's Action Plan on Company Law and Corporate Governance" , European Company and Financial Law Review, 10, 2013, p304 - 327 Journal Article, 2013

"Ireland: Crisis in the Banking System" in, editor(s)S. Konzelmann and M. Fovargue-Davies , Banking Systems in the Crisis: The Faces of Liberal Capitalism , London, Routledge, 2012, pp107 - 133, [B. Clarke and N. Hardiman ] Book Chapter, 2012

B.Clarke, Irish Company Law Mapping Paper, University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2012-35. , 2012 Working Paper, 2012

Liability of Asset Managers in Ireland in, editor(s)D. Busch and D. DeMott , Liability of Asset Mangers , Oxford University Press, 2012, pp369 - 409, [B. Clarke and A. Bates ] Book Chapter, 2012

B.Clarke and N.Hardiman, Crisis in the Irish Banking System (February 1, 2012). UCD Geary Institute Discussion Paper Series WP2012/03, UCD Working Papers in Law, Criminology & Socio-Legal Studies Research Paper No. 02/2012 , 2012 Working Paper, 2012

Legal Studies, UK, Wylie, [Co- editor], 2011-2018 Editorial Board, 2011

B.Clarke, "Directors' Duties During an Offer Period - Lessons from the Cadbury PLC Takeover" UCD Law Working Papers in Law, Criminology & Socio-Legal Studies Research Paper No.44/2011 , 2011 Working Paper, 2011

Corporate Law Scholarship in Ireland in, editor(s)J. Schweppe and T. Mohr , Thirty Years of Legal Scholarship: The Irish Association of Law Teachers , Dublin, Roundhall Press, 2011, [B.Clarke] Book Chapter, 2011

B.Clarke, Reviewing Takeover Regulation in the Wake of the Cadbury Acquisition: Regulation in a Twirl , Journal of Business Law, 2011, p298- Journal Article, 2011

Where Was The 'Market For Corporate Control' When We Needed It? in, editor(s)W. Sun , Corporate Governance and the Global Financial Crisis: International Perspectives , Cambridge University Press, 2011, [B. Clarke ] Book Chapter, 2011

B.Clarke, Lessons Learned - The Corporate Governance Code For Credit Institutions And Insurance Undertakings, Dublin University Law Journal , 33, 2011, p172- Journal Article, 2011

The EU Takeovers Directive - A Shareholder Or Stakeholder Model?" in, editor(s)P. Zumbansen and C. Williams , The Embedded Firm: Labour, Corporate Governance And Finance Capitalism , Cambridge University Press , 2011, [. B. Clarke ] Book Chapter, 2011

B.Clarke, Reinforcing the Market for Corporate Control, European Business Law Review, 2011, p517- Journal Article, 2011

Journal of Business Law , UK, Sweet&Maxwell, [eds.], 2010-2018 Editorial Board, 2010

Corporate Governance in Banks of Ireland in, editor(s)A. Kostyuk, F. Takeda, and K. Hosono , Anti-Crisis Paradigms of Corporate Governance in Banks: A New Institutional Outlook , Kiev, Virtus Interpress, 2010, [T. Lynn, R. Sharma and B. Clarke ] Book Chapter, 2010

B.Clarke, "Reinforcing the Market for Corporate Control" UCD Working Papers in Law, Criminology & Socio-Legal Studies Research Paper No. 39/2010, 2010 Working Paper, 2010

B.Clarke, Directors' Duties in a Changing World: Lessons from the Cadbury Plc Takeover, European Company Law , 7, 2010, p204- Journal Article, 2010

B.Clarke and T.Lynn, "The Irish Corporate Governance System" UCD Working Papers in Law, Criminology & Socio-Legal Studies Research Paper No. 38/2010, 2010 Working Paper, 2010

Corporate Governance" An Oxymoron? - The Role Of Corporate Governance in the Current Banking Crisis in, editor(s)I. Mcneill and J. O'Brien , The Future Of Financial Regulation , Hart Publishing, 2010, [B. Clarke] Book Chapter, 2010

Corporate Governance Regulation and Board Decision Making During Takeovers in, editor(s)A. Thankom and J. Turner , Corporate Governance and Development , Edward Elgar, 2009, [B. Clarke] Book Chapter, 2009

B.Clarke, Insider Dealing: Getting Under the Skin of Fyffes Plc v DCC Plc & Others, Journal of Business Law , 2009, p68- Journal Article, 2009

B.Clarke, The Takeovers Directive - Is a Little Regulation Better Than No Regulation?, European Law Journal , 15, (2), 2009, p174- Journal Article, 2009

B.Clarke, "Where was the 'Market for Corporate Control' when we Needed it?" UCD Working Papers in Law, Criminology & Socio-Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23/2009, 2009 Working Paper, 2009

The Relationship between Corporate Governance and Takeovers in Ireland in, editor(s)R. Keane and A. O'Neill , Corporate Governance - An Irish Perspective , Dublin, Thomson Roundhall, 2009, pp50 - 66, [B. Clarke] Book Chapter, 2009

B. Clarke, Contract Cases and Materials , 4th Edition, Gill & Macmillan, 2008 Book, 2008

Inside Information and the Market Abuse Directive in, editor(s)P. Ali and G. Gregoriou , Insider Trading: Regulation and Analysis , London, CRC Press, 2008, [B. Clarke] Book Chapter, 2008

B.Clarke, Takeover Regulation- Through the Regulatory Looking Glass, German Law Journal , 8, 2007, p381- Journal Article, 2007

The Market for Corporate Control and the Implications of the Takeover Directive (2004/25) in, P.Ali and G. Gregoriou , International Corporate Governance after Sarbanes-Oxley , New Jersey, John Wiley & Sons, 2006, [B. Clarke] Book Chapter, 2006

B.Clarke, Articles 9 and 11 of the Takeover Directive (2004/25) and the Market for Corporate Control , Journal of Business Law , 2006, p355- Journal Article, 2006

B.Clarke, European Takeover Regulation and Directive 2004/25/EC, The Company and Securities Law Journal , 24, 2006, p93- Journal Article, 2006

B.Clarke, Regulating Poison Pill Devices, Journal of Corporate Law Studies , 4, 2004, p51- Journal Article, 2004

Cross Border Mergers in Company Law: Removing the Final Barriers - Ireland in, International Federation of European Law XX Congress, Reports and Conclusions , London, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2002, [B. Clarke and G. Fitzgerald] Book Chapter, 2002

Accommodating the Special Needs of the Financial Markets - R v Panel on Takeovers and Mergers; Ex Parte Datafin plc in, editor(s)E. O'Dell , Leading Cases of the Twentieth Century, Roundhall Sweet & Maxwell, 2000, [B. Clarke] Book Chapter, 2000

B.Clarke, European Takeover Regulation - The Latest Draft of the 13th Company Law Directive, European Business Law Review , 10, 1999, p482- Journal Article, 1999

B. Clarke, Takeovers and Mergers Law in Ireland , Round Hall Sweet & Maxwell, 1999 Book, 1999

B.Clarke, The Draft 13th Directive and Employees - an Irish Law Perspective, European Business Law Review , 9, 1998 Journal Article, 1998

B.Clarke, Corporate Responsibility in Light of the Separation of Ownership and Control, Dublin University Law Journal , 19, 1997, p50- Journal Article, 1997

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

B.Clarke, Mutual Fund Governance in Practice: A Purposive and Values-Based Approach ?, Sustainable Capitalism and the Corporation, Monash University Campus, Prato, Florence, 22 July 2023, 2023 Invited Talk, 2023

B.Clarke, Comparative Takeovers and Securities Law Australia, Ireland and the US, 14 July 2023, In:Sustainable Capitalism and the Corporation, 2023, McCann FitzGerald, Dublin Meetings /Conferences Organised, 2023

B.Clarke, The Mutual Fund Board: a Lynchpin or a Weak Link in the Drive for Sustainable Investments, International Conference on Sustainability and Supply Chains in the Face of the Climate Crisis, University Carlos III, Madrid, 3 November 2023, 2023 Invited Talk, 2023

B.Clarke, The Twitter Acquisition through the Prism of the Irish Takeover Panel Rules, Comparative Takeovers and Securities Law Australia, Ireland and the US, McCann FitzGerald, Dublin, 14 July 2023, 2023, TCD, Monash University and Vanderbilt University Invited Talk, 2023

B.Clarke, Panel Participant, Navigating a complex regulatory environment-the Fund Director"s perspective, Institute of Bankers and IQ-EQ, Dublin, 30 March 2023, 2023 Invited Talk, 2023

B.Clarke, Board Profiles, Skills and Qualifications, Seventh Central Bank High-Level Governance Forum: Sound Board Oversight, Key Enablers of Good Governance, and Developments in Digitalization and Central Bank Digital Currencies, Dubai, 1 May 2023, 2023, International Monetary Fund in collaboration with Hawkamah, the Institute of Governance Invited Talk, 2023

B.Clarke, Making Individual Accountability Work " The Challenge for Industry and Regulators (Panel Discussant), Central Bank of Ireland, Financial System Conference: Achieving Good Outcomes in an Uncertain World, Dublin, 8 November 2023, 2023 Invited Talk, 2023

B.Clarke, Investment Fund Governance Survey, Certified Investment Fund Director Annual Seminar 2023, Dublin, 29 September 2023, 2023 Invited Talk, 2023

B.Clarke, The new Individual Accountability Framework (Panel Discussant), The new Individual Accountability Framework in Financial Services Ireland, UCD, 10 November 2023, 2023 Invited Talk, 2023

B.Clarke, Individual Accountability in the Financial Services Sector -The Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022, Enhancing Accountability in Corporate and Financial Governance,, Monash University Campus, Prato, Florence, 10 October 2022, 2022 Invited Talk, 2022

B.Clarke, Governance and Culture in the Banking Sector, Banking Union after Next Generation EU, DCU Brexit Institute, 3 November 2022, 2022 Invited Talk, 2022

B.Clarke, The Continued Use of the UK Corporate Governance Code for Irish Listed Companies, McCann FitzGerald, Dublin, 17 November 2022, 2022 Invited Talk, 2022

B.Clarke, Evolving Challenges for Governance over Alternative Investments - Panel Participant, Certified Investment Fund Director Annual Conference, Dublin, 30 September 2022, 2022 Invited Talk, 2022

B.Clarke, Director Accountability and Ireland's new Individual Accountability Framework, Edinburgh Centre for Commercial Law, 26 October 2022, 2022 Invited Talk, 2022

B.Clarke, Individual Accountability in the Financial Services Sector: An Irish Case Study, Conference on Contemporary Corporate Governance Corporate Governance Forum, Stockholm, 31 May 2022, 2022 Invited Talk, 2022

B. Clarke, "The Special Purpose of Big Tech Companies", Corporate Purpose Conference, Online, University of Oslo, 16 April 2021, 2021 Invited Talk, 2021

B.Clarke, Independent Investment Fund Directors " an Irish Case Study, UCL Centre for Ethics and Law and Institute of Directors Centre for Corporate Governance (Online), 12 October 2021, 2021 Invited Talk, 2021

B.Clarke, "Irish Banking Culture Board", NY Fed Supervisors" Roundtable, NY Online, 19 April 2021, 2021 Invited Talk, 2021

B.Clarke, Collective Accountability (Keynote Address), Society of Legal Scholars of UK and Ireland, Durham University (Online), 2 September 2021, 2021 Invited Talk, 2021

B.Clarke, The Financial Crisis: Corporate Law and Corporate Governance (Keynote Address), Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference, Cork, 20 November 2021, 2021 Invited Talk, 2021

B Clarke, Corporate Governance of Financial Institutions: the Role of Culture, European Banking Institute Annual Conference,, Frankfurt, 22 February 2019, 2019, EBI Invited Talk, 2019

B.Clarke, The Irish Banking Culture Board, Innovation and other Contemporary Pivotal Issues in Financial Markets Law and Company Law - Selected National, International, European and Comparative Views, Sapienza University of Rome , 13 December 2019, 2019, Dr. Gudula Deipenbrock Invited Talk, 2019

B Clarke, Organisational Culture and the Role of Lawyers, Summer ELSA Law School, Trinity College Dublin , 24 July 2019, 2019 Invited Talk, 2019

B Clarke, Organisational Culture: What Happens When No One is Looking?, TCD Law School's Lecture Series, TCD, 20 March 2019, 2019 Invited Talk, 2019

B Clarke, Good Information Driving Good Decision Making - Board Engagement and Information Asymmetry, Supporting the Agenda for Good Governance of State Boards, Dublin, 16 May 2019, 2019, Public Affairs Ireland Invited Talk, 2019

B Clarke, "Individual Accountability for Regulatory Breaches: the Irish Experience", Regulation of the Banking Sector: Challenges and Emerging Issues conference, University of Bristol , 11 May 2018, 2018 Invited Talk, 2018

B Clarke, "Brexit, financial services and contract continuity" , TRiSS - IIEA 'Bitesize' workshop series, Aspects of Brexit, TCD, 20 September 2018, 2018, TRiSS - IIEA Invited Talk, 2018

B.Clarke, The Role of law in fostering individual accountability within banks , Toward an integrated enforcement of banking regulation: the case of the Single Supervisory Mechanism, University of Luxembourg, 29 November 2018, 2018 Invited Talk, 2018

B.Clarke, Board Culture and Behaviour , Culture, Diversity and the Way Forward for Corporate Governance in Ireland , Trinity College Dublin, 25 October 2018, 2018, Central Bank and Trinity Law School Invited Talk, 2018

B.Clarke, Insights into Changing Bank Culture and Behaviour , Contemporary Issues in Financial Markets Law and Company Law - Legal Challenges of Digitalisation - Fintech, Insurtech and other Developments, Berlin, 16 November 2018, 2018 Invited Talk, 2018

B Clarke, "Regulation of Takeovers in Ireland and the UK" , Oceans Apart: Corporate and Securities Litigation and Regulation in Comparative Perspective conference,, MCCann FitzGerald, Dublin, 26 April 2018, 2018, Trinity College Dublin, Oxford University and Fordham University Invited Talk, 2018

B Clarke, Public Interest Directors and Corporate Governance Reform in the UK, Centre for Law Markets and Regulation , University of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 November 2017, 2017, Law School, UNSW Invited Talk, 2017

Blanaid Clarke, Holding Individuals Responsible for Regulatory Breaches in Banks", Contemporary Issues in Financial Markets Law and Company Law - National, International, European and Comparative Perspectives Conference , Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, 15 December 2017, 2017 Oral Presentation, 2017

Blanaid Clarke, Autonomy and Accountability - performance, rules and trust , The Road to Better Governance in Organisations: Principles, Rules or Values , Dublin, 16 March 2017, 2017, Institute of Public Administration Invited Talk, 2017

B Clarke, The Meaning of "Impact" and "Engagement", ERC Research Impact Day, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 6 November 2017, 2017, Accounting for Social Change Research Group, QUT Invited Talk, 2017

Blanaid Clarke, Public Interest Directors - Update, Vanderbilt-Ghent Symposium on Corporate Law and Financial Regulation , University of Ghent, 23 May 2017, 2017 Oral Presentation, 2017

Blanaid Clarke, Early Intervention Measures under CRD IV, the SSM and SRM regulations (conditions for the application of both) and the early intervention phase under the SRM regulation , Reflections on Competent authorities' Measures in EU Banking Law ( organised by Malta Financial Services Authority and European Banking Institute), Malta, 9 June 2017, 2017 Oral Presentation, 2017

Blanaid Clarke, Shareholders Rights Directive II (2017/828/EC) amending Directive 2007/36/EC as regards the encouragement of long-term engagement, Regulatory Update, McCann FitzGerald Solicitors, Dublin, 28 June 2017, 2017, McCann FitzGerald Solicitors Invited Talk, 2017

Blanaid Clarke, "Implications of Brexit on the Financial Services Sector" , The legal implications of a potential Brexit , Dublin, 5 May 2016, 2016, Irish Centre for European Law and IBEC Invited Talk, 2016

Blanaid Clarke, The Takeovers Directive: An Overview, The Takeovers Directive: Ten years On, Trinity Long Room Hub, 22 April 2016, 2016 Oral Presentation, 2016

Blanaid Clarke, "Datafin Revisited: Judicial Review During a Takeover Bid", Centre for European Legal Studies and the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law Seminar Series,, University of Cambridge , 4 November 2015, 2015 Oral Presentation, 2015

Blanaid Clarke, "The Role of Culture in Good Corporate Governance" , CUCC Annual Conference; Compliance Through Communication, , Trinity College Dublin , 18 August 2015, 2015 Oral Presentation, 2015

Blanaid Clarke, "The Duty of Parent Companies" , 11th Nordic Company Law Conference on Shareholders' Duties , University of Aarhus, Denmark , 10 November 2015, 2015 Oral Presentation, 2015

Blanaid Clarke, "Company Formation" , European Model Companies Act Conference, Vienna , 10/11 September 2015, 2015 Oral Presentation, 2015

Blanaid Clarke, "Shareholders as Guardians of Long Term Growth - Is EU Faith Misguided?" , . Presentation to Corporate and Securities Panel "Improving Approaches and Substance", 2014 Massey Prize Symposium, , University of Texas , 26 September , 2014, University of Texas Invited Talk, 2014

Blanaid Clarke, "Board Directors: What can we expect of them?" , ERC Lessons in the Management of 'People Risk' Seminar Series, Dublin, 26 March, 2014 Invited Talk, 2014

Blanaid Clarke, "The Role of Audit Committees in Good Governance of Central Banks" , High Level Forum on Central Bank Governance- Audit Oversight and Assurance Mechanisms , Dubai, UAE, 9 December , 2014, Hawkamah and the IMF Invited Talk, 2014

Blanaid Clarke, Jose Antunes et al,, Response to the European Commission's Action Plan on Company Law and Corporate Governance , 2014 Working Paper, 2014 URL

Blanaid Clarke, "The Role of Diversity in Good Governance" , Assistant Secretary Network Annual Conference, Farmleigh, Dublin , 4 May , 2014, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Invited Talk, 2014

Blanaid Clarke, "Judicial Review" , Conference of International Takeover Regulators, London, 22 May , 2014 Invited Talk, 2014

Blanaid Clarke, "Corporate Governance under the Capital Requirements Directive and Regulation" , McCann FitzGerald Presentation , Dublin, 8 May , 2014 Invited Talk, 2014

Blanaid Clarke, "The Takeover Directive - from a stakeholder rights perspective" , GOODCORP meeting organised by the European Trade Union Institute, Brussels and the University of Oslo , Brussels, (17 September 2013), 2013 Invited Talk, 2013

Blanaid Clarke (with D. Ahern) , Can a 'Comply or Explain' Approach Inspire an Effective Commitment to Board Diversity? , the 12th European Corporate Governance and Company Law Conference, Dublin , 16 May 2013, 2013 Conference Paper, 2013

Blanaid Clarke, "Gender Diversity on European Company Boards' , ERA Annual Conference on European Company Law,, Triers, Germany, 26 September 2013, 2013 Oral Presentation, 2013

B.Clarke, The Takeovers Directive Report 2012, Post-crisis Trajectories of European Corporate Governance: Dealing with the Present and Shaping the Future, University of Leeds , 21 September 2012, 2012 Oral Presentation, 2012

B.Clarke, Regulating risk management at listed companies: panacea or bitter pill?, ERA Annual Conference on European Company Law 2012, Trier, 27 September 2012, 2012 Oral Presentation, 2012

B. Clarke (with J. Antunes, T. Baums et al), Report of the Reflection Group on the Future of EU Company Law , Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1851654, European Commission Internal Market and Services, April, 2011 Report, 2011

Palmer's Company Law, Sweet & Maxwell, [eds.], 2009-2018 Editorial Board, 2009

Research Expertise

Description

Blanaid's research interests include company law, corporate governance, fund governance, ethics & responsible business, accountability, capital markets law and takeover law.

Keywords

Banking Law; Business/Corporate Law; Capital Markets Law; Company Law; Contracts; Corporate Governance; Financial Services Regulation; Takeover Regulation