The Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law invites you to the 2025-2026 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 will be posted on the Center's website by Friday, October 31, 2025.
Please register by Thursday, November 6, 2025. The Roundtable is subject to the Center's Program Rules.
| Morning Program | |
|---|---|
| 9:00 a.m. to 9:55 a.m. | Continental Breakfast and Registration |
| 9:55 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. | Welcome by Yair Listokin ’05, YLS Interim Dean and Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law. |
| 10:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. | Paper Presentation I: “Political Power and Market Power” by Bo Cowgill, Assistant Professor, Management Division, Columbia Business School. Discussants: Jill E. Fisch ’85, Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; and Mellissa Meisels, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University. Moderator: Jonathan R. Macey ’82, YLS Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law. |
| 11:20 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. | Coffee Break. |
| 11:35 a.m. to 12:55 p.m. | Paper Presentation II: “Partisan Corporate Speech” by William Cassidy, Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and Elisabeth Kempf, Jaime and Raquel Gilinski Associate Professor of Business Administration, Finance Unit, Harvard Business School.. Discussants: Ian Ayres '86, YLS Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law; and Joshua Kalla, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University. Moderator: Sarath Sanga ’14, YLS Professor of Law and Co-Director, YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law. |
| Afternoon Program | |
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| 12:55 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. | Lunch. |
| 1:20 p.m. to 3:10 p.m. | Panel Discussion: "Changes in the Capital Markets Landscape: Global Rise in Private Capital Markets, Decline in Public Companies, and Evolving Listing Choices" Panelists: Craig B. Brod ’80, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Member of the Board of Advisors, YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law; Eilis Ferran, Professor of Company and Securities Law, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law; Scott Grinsell ’09, Global Co-Head of Engagement, Elliott Investment Management L.P.; and René M. Stulz, Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics and Director, Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics, The Ohio State University. Moderator: Roberta Romano ’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 (Political Power and Market Power) 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 (Partisan Corporate Speech) 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 Panel Discussion (Changes in the Capital Markets Landscape: Global Rise in Private Capital Markets, Decline in Public Companies, and Evolving Listing Choices) 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 will be posted on the Center’s website by Friday, October 31, 2025.
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law