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3CL Seminar Series3CL runs the 3CL Travers Smith Lunchtime Seminar Series, featuring leading academics from the Faculty, and high-profile practitioners.

Subject to speaker consent, the lecture component for each seminar will be made available in audio via the 3CL Travers Smith podcast or in video via YouTube. Any Q&A or discussion sections are typically not included to encourage frank and open discussion. 

You can subscribe for an audio feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or most podcast services for automatic download, or an RSS feed is available for use on other platforms.

Seminar Programme for 2025

All seminars take place in B16 in person from 1pm to 2pm unless otherwise specified. A sandwich lunch is available for all participants from 12:30pm just outside of B16.

 

Michaelmas Term 2025

Date

Speaker(s)

Title

Recording / resources

21 October 2025

1-2pm

Professor Marc Steinberg (SMU Dedman School of Law)

'A Corporate Governance Misnomer — Corporate Directors and Officers Are "Discretionaries", Not Fiduciaries'

'A Corporate Governance Misnomer — Corporate Directors and Officers Are "Discretionaries", Not Fiduciaries'   

'A Corporate Governance Misnomer — Corporate Directors and Officers Are "Discretionaries", Not Fiduciaries'

'A Corporate Governance Misnomer — Corporate Directors and Officers Are "Discretionaries", Not Fiduciaries'

4 November 2025

1-2pm

Associate Professor Dora Neo (National University of Singapore)

'Technology and Trade Finance Law'

Technology and Trade Finance Law   

Technology and Trade Finance Law

Technology and Trade Finance Law

11 November 2025

1-2pm

Professor Ernest Lim (National University of Singapore)

'Fiduciary Duty and Corporate Externalities: Rethinking Directors' Climate Obligations'

Fiduciary Duty and Corporate Externalities: Rethinking Directors' Climate Obligations

Technology and Trade Finance Law

Fiduciary Duty and Corporate Externalities: Rethinking Directors' Climate Obligations

18 November 2025

1-2pm

Professor Catherine Malecki (University of Rennes)

'Sustainable Boards: European and French Perspectives at the time of the EU Omnibus Package'

Sustainable Boards: European and French Perspectives at the time of the EU Omnibus Package

Sustainable Boards: European and French Perspectives at the time of the EU Omnibus Package

Sustainable Boards: European and French Perspectives at the time of the EU Omnibus Package

26 November 2025

1-2pm

Professor Louise Gullifer (University of Cambridge) and Associate Professor Dora Neo (National University of Singapore)

'Developments in Secured Transactions Law in Asia' (Online webinar)

2 December 2025

1-2pm

Associate Professor Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez (Singapore Management University)

'Insolvency Law in the Global South: Lessons for the Global North'

Insolvency Law in the Global South: Lessons for the Global North

Insolvency Law in the Global South: Lessons for the Global North

Insolvency Law in the Global South: Lessons for the Global North

 

Lent Term 2025

Date

Speaker(s)

Title

Recording / resources

28 January 2025

1-2pm

Professor Eva Micheler (LSE)

'An Institutional Theory for Corporate Law'

An Institutional Theory for Corporate Law

iTunes

Professor Eva Micheler slides

4 February 2025

1-2pm

Professor Paul Deemer (Vanderbilt Law School)

'What is Project Finance, and Why is it Important?'

What is Project Finance, and Why is it Important?

iTunes

Professor Paul Deemer slides

 

Further information on upcoming seminars can be found in the Events calendar.

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