Event Archive

2021

November

• Building a Successful Career in Corporate Law by Hammad Akhtar

  12 November 2021, 13:00 - 14:00

  Hammad is a senior corporate partner at Pinsent Masons. He is based in the firm’s London office and is the Global Head of the firm’s Transaction Services Group which comprises its Corporate, Commercial, Tax, Competition and Employment & Reward practices. Hammad sponsors the firm’s multicultural network, FREE, and leads the...

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  Transforming Perceptions: The Development of Pre-pack Regulations in England and Wales

  05 November 2021, 13:00 - 14:00

  The presentation will provide a systematical assessment of the extent to which the Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc. to Connected Persons) Regulations 2021 achieve the goal of the government to quell the negative perceptions of pre-pack administration. The pre-pack has generated much criticism from disenfranchised groups who regard the practice...

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  JSCAN Special Issue on Dispute, Claims and Conflict Management

  04 November 2021, 12:00 - 13:30

  "From Dispute Prevention to an Arbitral Award - Main Points on Diversity in the DR Community and the Applicability of the Proactive Approach"

June

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  Centre for Commercial Law Conference 2021: Commercial Law in Times of Crises

  23 June 2021, 13:00 - 16:00

  The Centre for Commercial Law 2021 Conference will take place on Wednesday, 23 June, 1.00-4.00 pm. Join us to discuss 'Commercial Law in Times of Crises'.

March

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  Superior Bargaining Power in Digital Networks

  04 March 2021, 13:00 - 14:00

  Delivered by Dr Claudio Lombardi, Assistant professor and Director of the Eurasian Centre for Law, Innovation, and Development (ECLID), KIMEP University

February

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  The draft Data Governance Act and Digital Services Act: a digital constitution for Europe or just too much regulation?

  12 February 2021, 11:00 - 12:00

  The talk will present the two draft regulations (DGA and DSA) put on the table by the European Commission at the end of 2020. The first one deals with the framework for data sharing. It aims at facilitating the access to data, for example from government to businesses or through...

2020

March

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  AI, Ethics and Global Governance: Reigning in Technology or Ethics-Washing

  20 March 2020, 16:00 - 17:30

  AI ethics initiatives and statements are currently proliferating around the world, from both public agencies and private companies, and also via multistakeholder initiatives. This presentation gives an overview of how the 'big jurisdictions' and geopolitical actors, namely the EU, US, China and India, are or are not addressing this topic....

January

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  It is all in EU law?

  28 January 2020, 18:30 - 19:30

  Remaining questions on investment protection and investor-state dispute settlement within the EU legal order'

2019

October

• Strategic Litigation and Tobacco Control

  02 October 2019, 13:00 - 14:30

  This paper considers how Philip Morris has used international investment arbitration and World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement procedures as a vehicle to introduce changes to its corporate policy, and what implications this strategy might have for International Economic Law and governments’ regulation of health. Fiona Smith is Professor of International...

April

• Cryptocurrencies in the English and Scots common law of property

  26 April 2019, 16:00 - 17:00

  Admission is free, no booking is required