The Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law invites you to the 2024-2025 Weil, Gotshal & Manges Roundtable.
*Breakfast and lunch will be provided. New York State CLE credits will be available, as described further below.
**Papers and readings for the panel discussion are available on the Center’s website5.
***Please register1 by Thursday, April 3.
| Morning Program | |
| 9:00 a.m. to 9:55 a.m. | Continental Breakfast and Registration in SLB Room 122. |
| 9:55 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. | Welcome by Heather Gerken6, YLS Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law. |
| 10:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. | Paper Presentation I: “Getting to Yes: The Role of Coercion in Debt Renegotiations” by Vincent S.J. Buccola, Professor of Law, The University of Chicago Law School. Discussants: G. Mitu Gulati7, Warner-Booker Distinguished Professor of International Law, The University of Virginia School of Law, and Stewart A. Kagan8 ’85, Senior Counsel, Finance, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP. Moderator: Edward Janger9, David M. Barse Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School. |
| 11:20 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. | Coffee Break. |
| 11:35 a.m. to 12:55 p.m. | Paper Presentation II: “ESG Overperformance? Assessing the Use of ESG Targets in Executive Compensation Plans” by Adam B. Badawi10, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Discussants: Dhruv Aggarwal11 (J.D. ’21/Ph.D. ’23), Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and Assistant Professor of Finance (Courtesy), Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, and Marc Treviño12 ’93, Co-Head of Corporate Governance Practice and Managing Partner, Executive Compensation Group, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Moderator: Kelly Shue13, Amman Mineral Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management. |
| Afternoon Program | |
| 12:55 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. | Lunch. |
| 1:20 p.m. to 3:10 p.m. | Panel Discussion: “Fiduciary Duties and the Contractarian Turn in Corporate Law” with Stephen Fraidin14 ’64, Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; Dorothy S. Lund15, Columbia 1982 Alumna Professor of Law, Columbia Law School; W. Bentley MacLeod16, Visiting Professor and Senior Research Scientist, Yale University, Department of Economics, and Sami Mnaymneh Professor Emeritus of Economics and Professor of International and Public Affairs Emeritus, Columbia University; and Sarath Sanga17 ’14, YLS Professor of Law and Co-Director, YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law. Moderator: Roberta Romano18 ’80, YLS Sterling Professor of Law and Co-Director, YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law. |
- CLE Credit.
Yale Law School has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of CLE programs. The following credits are available:
- 1.5 CLE credit hours in Professional Practice for attending the entirety of Paper Presentation I (Getting to Yes: The Role of Coercion in Debt Renegotiations) from 10:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.;
- 1.5 CLE credit hours in Professional Practice for attending the entirety of Paper Presentation II (ESG Overperformance? Assessing the Use of ESG Targets in Executive Compensation Plans) from 11:35 a.m. to 12:55 p.m.; and
- 2.0 CLE credit hours in Professional Practice for attending the entirety of the Afternoon Panel Discussion (Fiduciary Duties and the Contractarian Turn in Corporate Law) from 1:20 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.
The above CLE credit hours are appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys. Preregistration is required for CLE credit. You must be present for the entirety of a session to receive CLE credit; we cannot provide CLE credit for partial session attendance. CLE reading materials are posted on the on the Center’s website5.
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law