Announcements
2012 Fasken Martineau Visiting Senior Scholar - Professor Brian Cheffins
The UBC Faculty of Law welcomes its third Fasken Martineau Visiting Senior Scholar, Professor Brian Cheffins from March 25 to April 3, 2013. Professor Cheffins has been the S. J. Berwin Professor of Corporate Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge since 1998. He began his academic career at UBC Law, where he taught from 1986 to 1997. Professor Cheffins has held visiting appointments at Duke, Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford and is a Fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute. He is the author of Company Law: Theory, Structure and Operation (Oxford, 1997; co-winner, Society of Public Teachers of Law Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship), The Trajectory of (Corporate Law) Scholarship (Cambridge, 2004), Corporate Ownership and Control: British Business Transformed (Oxford, 2008), and numerous articles on corporate law and corporate governance
While in residence at Allard Hall, Professor Cheffins will present his paper The History of Corporate Governance at a Faculty Colloquium on Monday, March 25 at 12:30pm at Allard Hall. He will also give the Annual Fasken Lecture at the Four Seasons Hotel (Aspen Room) from 5:00 - 7:00pm on Thursday, March 28 titled Hedge Funds, 'Offensive' Shareholder Activism and Canadian Corporate Governance. In addition, Professor Cheffins will teach a two-week intensive course: Topics in Corporate Law - Exploring Corporate Governance. This seminar course will explore topical corporate governance issues and in so doing provide insights concerning the operation of publicly traded companies and the legal rules that govern such firms. Topics to be canvassed will include national systems of corporate governance, corporate governance and the financial crisis, shareholder activism by hedge funds and the corporate governance implications of private equity buyouts.
The Fasken Visiting Senior Scholar initiative is made possible thanks to the generous support of Fasken Martineau LLP, the NCBL's founding platinum sponsor.
The National Centre for Business Law Announces Hon. Frank Iacobucci as Honorary Chair of the NCBL Dean's Advisory Committee
The NCBL is pleased to announce that the Hon. Frank Iacobucci has agreed to serve as Honorary Chair of the NCBL Dean's Advisory Committee. Mr. Iacobucci served as Founding Chair of the DAC from its inception in 2006 until fall 2009. Through his commitment and support, he was a significant contributor to the launch and early success of the Centre. Mr. Iacobucci will continue to provide strategic advice and direction to the NCBL in its three inter-related goals of excellence in teaching, research and community engagement.
Mr. Iacobucci has had a distinguished career in private practice, academia, government and the judiciary. He joined Torys as Counsel in September 2004 after retiring as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. As Counsel, Frank advises government and business on important legal and policy matters. His work includes guidance, advice and support to clients of Torys and members of the firm.
The NCBL Dean's Advisory Committee has played a very important role in the growth and success of this important program. Given the importance of the committee, the NCBL structure has been revised to be able to name an Honorary Chair who will support the Committee in developing and implementing the NCBL's vision and strategic plan. The NCBL Dean's Advisory Committee is Ken Bagshaw, Nigel P. Cave, Ron Ezekiel, Anna K. Fung, Q.C., Sharon C. Geraghty, Mitchell H. Gropper, Q.C., Audrey T.Y. Ho, Douglas M. Hyndman, Hon. Frank Iacobucci (Honorary Chair), William C. Kaplan, Q.C., Ted I. Koffman, Michael Korenberg, Madam Justice Risa E. Levine, Jason McLean, Stuart B. Morrow, Sue Paish, James R. Reid, John R. Sandrelli, and Harj Sangra.
Please join us in welcoming Mr. Iacobucci back to the NCBL Dean's Advisory Committee in his new role as Honorary Chair.
2011 Fasken Visiting Senior Scholar - Professor John Coffee
The National Centre for Business Law welcomed its second Fasken Martineau Visiting Senior Scholar, John Coffee, Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law, Columbia Law School from March 8-16, 2012. Professor Coffee is one of the foremost securities and corporate law scholars in the world. While in residence at Allard Hall, Professor Coffee gave a downtown lecture on his article titled The Political Economy of the Dodd-Frank Act: Why Financial Reform Tends to be Frustrated and Systemic Risk Perpetuated. He addressed the "Regulatory Sine Curve" with respect to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the ongoing implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act. Geoff Cowper, Partner, Fasken Martineau LLP provided comments. On March 9 Professor Coffee lectured at a Faculty Colloquium titled Credit Rating Agencies: A Gatekeeper Who Failed - and Why?.
In addition to the two lectures Professor Coffee taught a one-week intensive course: Topics in Corporate Law - The View from Both Sides of the Border. This seminar course explored the U.S. Multi-Jurisdictional Disclosure System ("MJDS"), U.S. and Canadian securities class actions and the recent attempt of Carl Icahn to acquire control of Lions Gate Entertainment and how its takeover transactions produced litigation in both the U.S. and Canada.
The Fasken Visiting Senior Scholar initiative is made possible thanks to the generous support of Fasken Martineau LLP, the NCBL's founding platinum sponsor.
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Events
September 20-22, 2012
The UBC Centre for Law and the Environment, in conjunction with the UBC National Centre for Business Law, is hosting the 13th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation, to be held in Vancouver on September 20-22, 2012. The theme for this conference is "Environmental Taxation: Barriers, Opportunities, and the Potential for Inducing Technological Innovation". Further information, including the call for papers, is available at the main conference website: http://www.law.ubc.ca/events/gcet/
October 9, 3:30-5:00 pm
NCBL Faculty Lecture with Omri Marian, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law
Jurisdiction to Tax Corporations
Allard Hall room 122
All are welcome to attend. This event qualifies for 1 CPD credit. For more information click here
October 11, 5:30-7:00 pm
Co-hosted with the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University of Jerusalem
NCBL Downtown Lecture with Ilan Benshalom, Hebrew University Faculty of Law
Taxing Cash
Four Seasons Hotel, Seasons Room
Cost is $30 and includes a reception. RSVP to events@law.ubc.ca. For more info click here
This event qualifies for 1 CPD credit.
November 1, 12:30-2:00 pm
NCBL Faculty Lecture with Ben Geva, Osgoode Hall Law School
The Payment Order of Antiquity and the Middle Ages: A Legal History
Allard Hall room 122
This event qualifies for 1 CPD credit.
For more info click here
November 2, 12:30-1:30 pm
NCBL Downtown Lecture with Ben Geva, Osgoode Hall Law School
Innovation and Crisis Management: Payment Systems, Payment Laws and Central Banking in the Cross- roads
Robson Square HSBC Hall
Cost is $30 and includes a light lunch. RSVP to www.ncblevents.com.
This event qualifies for 1 CPD credit.
For more info click here
January 8, 12:30-1:30 pm
NCBL Downtown Lecture with Eric Talley, University of Berkeley
The World's Most Important Number: How a Web of Incentives, Hierarchies and Legal Compliance Cultures Conspired to Undermine LIBOR
UBC Robson Square, HSBC Hall
For more information click here
To register visit www.ncblevents.com.
January 21, 12:30-1:30 pm
NCBL Downtown Lecture with George Triantis, Stanford Law School - The Effect of Bargaining Power on the Design of Contracts (Robson Square, HSBC Hall)
For more info click here
February 7-8, 2013
10th Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference
Montreal, Quebec
For more info click here
February 13, 2013
Dr. Ignacio Tirado, Professor, Corporate and Insolvency Law, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Cross border insolvency within the European Union: An evaluation of the system ten years after the enactment of the EU Regulations 1346/2000 and prospects for reform.
UBC Robson Square, HSBC Hall
For more info click here
February 27, 12:3-1:30 pm
NCBL Downtown Speaker Series with Jacqueline Krikorian, Associate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University, Canada, the United States and the WTO
More info to come
February 28, 12:30-2:00 pm
NCBL Faculty Lecture Series with Jacqueline Krikorian, Associate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University, The WTO 'Court' and Its Effect on Domestic Policy Matters (room 123)
March 19, 4:45 pm (a short reception will follow)
NCBL Downtown Lecture co-hosted with Thorsteinssons LLP
Professor Glen Loutzenhiser, University of Oxford
TROMPE-L'OEIL: THE SHAM DOCTRINE IN THE CANADIAN TAX CASES
Thorsteinssons LLP, Suite 2700- 595 Burrard Street, Boardroom
For more information click here. This event qualifies for 1 CPD credit.
There is no charge to attend. To register email events@law.ubc.ca.
March 28, 5:00-7:00 pm
"Hedge Fund Activism Canadian Style" with Brian Cheffins, Cambridge University Faculty of Law and Fasken Martineau Visiting Senior Scholar, Faculty of Law, UBC.
For more info click here
April 11, 12:30-1:30 pm
UBC Robson Square, HSBC Hall
NCBL Downtown Speaker Series with Madam Justice Barbara Romaine, Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, Calgary, Alberta.
"The Intersection of Insolvency and Commercial Law: Conflicting Policy Objectives"
For more info click here
To register visit www.ncblevents.com
Events Archives
To view past events please visit the NCBL events archive.
To view video of select events visit the NCBL events video archive.
Publications
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