Episodes

  • 'Beyond private ordering: Rethinking corporate governance as a subject of legal enquiry' - Marc Moore: 3CL Lecture
    Sep 3 2018
    Marc Moore, Senior Lecturer at University College London, gave a lecture entitled "Beyond Private Ordering: Rethinking Corporate Governance as a Subject of Legal Enquiry" on Tuesday, 28th February 2012 at the Faculty of Law as a guest of 3CL. Marc's interests are in company law, corporate governance and capital markets, especially theory of the firm and the legitimacy of managerial decision-making power in public companies. For more information see the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law website at: http://www.3cl.law.cam.ac.uk/
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    54 mins
  • 'Confidential information - same problems, different resolutions in the United Kingdom and Australia' - Mark Leeming: 3CL Seminar
    Oct 3 2011
    Mark Leeming SC of the New South Wales Bar, and Challis Lecturer in Equity at the University of Sydney gave a lunchtime seminar entitled "Confidential information - same problems, different resolutions in the United Kingdom and Australia" on Monday 3rd October 2011 at the Faculty of Law as a guest of 3CL (the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law) and CIPIL (the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law). For more information see the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law website at http://www.3cl.law.cam.ac.uk/
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    21 mins
  • 'Did Derivatives Cause the Financial Crisis? A Practising Lawyer's Perspective' - Ed Murray: 3CL Lecture
    Feb 14 2012
    As part of the Faculty's 3CL/Private Law Seminars, and sponsored by 3CL, Ed Murray, a partner at Allen & Overy, gave an evening lecture entitled "Did derivatives cause the financial crisis? A practising lawyer's perspective" on Monday, 13 February 2012. Ed Murray is a senior member of the Allen & Overy team advising ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association) as its principal global external counsel, and is Chairman of ISDA's Financial Law Reform Committee, which co-ordinates ISDA's lobbying efforts with international organisations, European institutions and national authorities on financial law reform matters. For more information see the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law website at http://www.3cl.law.cam.ac.uk/
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    43 mins
  • 'Did Derivatives Cause the Financial Crisis? A Practising Lawyer's Perspective' - Ed Murray: 3CL Lecture (audio)
    Feb 13 2012
    As part of the Faculty's 3CL/Private Law Seminars, and sponsored by 3CL, Ed Murray, a partner at Allen & Overy, gave an evening lecture entitled "Did derivatives cause the financial crisis? A practising lawyer's perspective" on Monday, 13 February 2012. Ed Murray is a senior member of the Allen & Overy team advising ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association) as its principal global external counsel, and is Chairman of ISDA's Financial Law Reform Committee, which co-ordinates ISDA's lobbying efforts with international organisations, European institutions and national authorities on financial law reform matters. For more information see the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law website at http://www.3cl.law.cam.ac.uk/ This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U.
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    43 mins
  • 'Reversionary Interests in Goods' - Cynthia Hawes: 3CL Seminar
    Nov 14 2011
    Professor Cynthia Hawes of the University of Canterbury gave a lunchtime seminar entitled "Reversionary Interests in Goods" on Monday 14th November 2011 at the Faculty of Law as a guest of 3CL. For more information see the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law website at http://www.3cl.law.cam.ac.uk/
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    42 mins
  • 'An Insider's Guide to Practising Corporate Law Across the Pond' - Geoffrey Shields: 3CL Lecture
    Oct 22 2012
    Professor Geoffrey Shields, Dean of Vermont Law School from 2004 to mid-2012 and a Herbert Smith visitor to the Law Faculty, gave a Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL) lunchtime talk on Friday 19 October 2012 on the practice of corporate law in US law firms, with particular reference to the hiring of overseas lawyers. He also discussed how those with corporate-related Masters' credentials might secure entry into investment banking, venture capital, government positions and teaching jobs. Professor Shields is uniquely well positioned to provide law students with an "insider's" guide to opportunities in the US because before becoming Dean at Vermont he was a partner and chair of the Management Committee of Gardner Carton and Douglas, a major law firm based in Chicago and Washington DC. When in pratice Professor Shields specialized in legal issues relating to not-for-profit institutions, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, finance, joint ventures, and related tax and securities matters. For more information see the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law website at http://www.3cl.law.cam.ac.uk/
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    46 mins
  • 'An Insider's Guide to Practising Corporate Law Across the Pond' - Geoffrey Shields: 3CL Lecture (Audio)
    Oct 22 2012
    Professor Geoffrey Shields, Dean of Vermont Law School from 2004 to mid-2012 and a Herbert Smith visitor to the Law Faculty, gave a Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL) lunchtime talk on Friday 19 October 2012 on the practice of corporate law in US law firms, with particular reference to the hiring of overseas lawyers. He also discussed how those with corporate-related Masters' credentials might secure entry into investment banking, venture capital, government positions and teaching jobs. Professor Shields is uniquely well positioned to provide law students with an "insider's" guide to opportunities in the US because before becoming Dean at Vermont he was a partner and chair of the Management Committee of Gardner Carton and Douglas, a major law firm based in Chicago and Washington DC. When in pratice Professor Shields specialized in legal issues relating to not-for-profit institutions, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, finance, joint ventures, and related tax and securities matters. For more information see the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law website at http://www.3cl.law.cam.ac.uk/ This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U.
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    46 mins
  • 'An introduction to concepts of insolvency and security: an English perspective - Part 1' - Andrew McKnight: 3CL Lecture
    Mar 6 2014
    Andrew McKnight, senior banking lawyer, gave a series of lectures entitled "An introduction to concepts of insolvency and security: an English perspective" on 4 March 2014 at the Faculty of Law as a guest of 3CL. This is the first of two lectures. For more information see the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law website at http://www.3cl.law.cam.ac.uk/
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    1 hr