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travers_smith_logo.pngSeminar Programme for 2025

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)

Developments in Secured Transactions Law in Asia

Developments in Secured Transactions Law in Asia

Developments in Secured Transactions Law in Asia

Slides: Junayed Chowdhury; Dora Neo; Lebing Wang; Debanshu Mukherjee; Aria Suyudi; Megumi Hara; Louise Gullifer; Zahra Abid; Parawee Kasitinon; Huyen Pham.

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.