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The 10th Annual Cape Town Convention Academic Project Conference took place at Robinson College, University of Cambridge, and on Zoom on 29-30 September 2021. The Conference was organised by the Cape Town Convention Academic Project, which is a partnership between UNIDROIT and the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, under the auspices of the Ce…

The European Commission has invited Dr Felix Steffek, Co-Director of the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL), to join the Group of Experts on Restructuring and Insolvency Law. The Expert Group assists the European Commission with the preparation of a potential legislative proposal containing minimum standards for a harmonised restructurin…

Dr Felix Steffek, Co-Director of the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL), has been awarded a J M Keynes Fellowship in Financial Economics. This University Fellowship is funded by the J M Keynes Fellowship Fund and supports interdisciplinary research in the area of financial economics. The Fellowship has been awarded for three years in the…

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published Secured Transactions Law in Asia edited by Louise Gullifer and Dora Neo (Associate Professor and the founding Director of the Centre for Banking & Finance Law at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore). This collection of essays offers a unique insight and overview of…

The Cape Town Convention Academic Project is a joint undertaking between the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, under the auspices of the 3CL and UNIDROIT. Its ninth annual conference, which was due to take place in Cambridge for the first time, instead took place at the UNIDROIT Headquarters in Rome on 10 - 11 September 2020 due to the COVID-…

The Pathfinders for Justice present the second briefing in their 'Justice in a Pandemic' series: 'Justice for All and the Economic Crisis'. In this briefing, the Pathfinders explore the justice implications of the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic and analyse common justice problems that have an economic dimension. The report ide…

Louise Gullifer signing the Final Act of the Diplomatic Conference   The University of Cambridge Faculty of Law (Cambridge), the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), and the Aviation Working Group (AWG) are pleased to announce their agreement to continue the work of the Cape Town Convention Academic Project (CTCAP…

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published Secured Transactions Law Reform in Africa by Marek Dubovec and Louise Gullifer. Over the last few decades, many countries have reformed their secured transactions law. One of the main reasons has been the clear link between reform and the availability of credit, and the drive to im…

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published Brexit and Financial Services: Law and Policy by Kern Alexander, Catherine Barnard, Eilís Ferran, Andrew Lang and Niamh Moloney. This timely book examines the legal and regulatory implications of Brexit for financial services. The UK's withdrawal from the EU is likely to have signi…

Palgrave has published Corporate Governance: Law, Regulation and Theory by Marc Moore and Martin Petrin (UCL). This book is the first ever academic text on UK corporate governance written from a dedicated legal perspective. It offers a clear, concise and accessible analysis of the legal and regulatory framework of corporate governance in the UK. In…

On Friday 5 May, the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL) hosted a special one-day conference on 'Teaching Deals in the Classroom', featuring a number of eminent speakers from both academia and legal practice. The event was organised with the generous support of Travers Smith, a leading London-based law firm with significant expertise in c…

Please accept marketing cookies to show embedded content (open cookie preferences) View content (opens www.youtube.com in a new tab) In this video, Bobby Reddy discusses the government's ambitious green paper. In particular, Bobby casts a critical eye over the proposals revolving around executive pay and employee representatives on boards of liste…

The Faculty of Law is offering one studentship for a new PhD student commencing full-time doctoral research in company law or financial regulation in 2017/18. The studentship is available to Home UK/EU and overseas students, and is renewable for a further 2 years subject to satisfactory academic progress. The value of a studentship will be £12,000 …

Please accept marketing cookies to show embedded content (open cookie preferences) View content (opens www.youtube.com in a new tab) Hart Publishing launched the Journal in spring 2005. The journal covers all aspects of private international law, reflecting the role of the European Union and the Hague Conference on Private International Law in the…

The Faculty building and Squire Law Library will be closed for the Easter Bank Holiday from Friday, 25 March to Monday, 28 March inclusive. The building will re-open on Tuesday, 29 March at 9am.