Second Annual Symposium on Corporate Law at U.C. Berkeley

October 26-27, 2017 | Fairmont Hotel | 950 Mason Street | San Francisco, California | 94108

This two-day, multi-panel event will explore the development of corporate law, the evolving relationships between corporate stakeholders, M&A and what corporate lawmaking may look like in the future. With two days full of insightful panels, this event is an excellent way to both network with and learn from some of the best lawyers, professionals, and scholars in a variety of fields.

Conference Highlights:

Thursday, Oct 26 | Noon-1:00 PM (lunch) | 1:00-5:30 PM

Day 1 will feature welcoming remarks from our co-chairs, interviews with Chief Justice Strine and Martin Lipton, and panels on hot topics in corporate lawmaking and corporate governance.

Friday, Oct 27 | 9:00 AM–12:30 PM

Day 2 will feature two additional panels on the future of the corporation and capital structuring and recent developments in M&A law, including comments from Chancellor Andre Bouchard.

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Speakers will include:

Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr., Delaware Supreme Court
Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard, Delaware Court of Chancery
Martin Lipton, Founding Partner of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Allison Bennington, Partner and General Counsel, ValueAct
Ricardo Cortes-Monroy, Chief Legal Officer & Group General Counsel, Nestle
David Estrada, Chief Legal Officer, Kitty Hawk
Christine Flores, General Counsel, Pinterest
Scott Kupor, Managing Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Frank Partnoy, Professor, USD School of Law
Eric Ries, Author of Lean Startup and founder of Long Term Stock Exchange
Numerous other experts from top law firms, law schools, and companies!

Co-chaired by:

Steven Davidoff Solomon, Professor, U.C. Berkeley School of Law
William Savitt, Partner, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

MCLE Information:

Berkeley Law certifies that this activity has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California. The grant of MCLE credit is within the purview of the states, and we will provide a certificate of attendance and other materials to use in seeking continuing education credits.

This Seminar has been approved for NY CLE credit for both experienced and newly-admitted attorneys. Please note that the NY CLE Board Regulations do not permit us to award credit unless you are present for the entire program. If you are more than a few minutes late, or leave more than a few minutes early, we cannot give you even fractional credit.

More MCLE information available here.