LAMB conference on “The Role of Intermediaries in Corporate Governance: Empirical Evidence and Policy Challenges.”


Author: Susan Good

Scholars gather at Notre Dame Law School for a LAMB conference on "The Role of Intermediaries in Corporate Governance: Empirical Evidence and Policy Challenges." The first session, chaired by Professor Julian Velasco, included an introduction by Professor Tor and a series of presentations that examined the current empirical evidence in the field. In the second session, the experts engaged in a roundtable discussion of the policy lessons and challenges involved in the corporate governance activities of institutional intermediaries, moderated by Professor Tor. To conclude the conference, faculty and students attended a lunch presentation by the keynote speaker, Professor Bernard Black, which included a response by LAMB Faculty Fellow, Professor Martijn Cremers.

Conference speakers included:

Bernard S. Black, Nicholas D. Chabraja Professor, Northwestern University School of Law and Kellogg School of Management
LAMB Faculty Fellow K.J. Martijn Cremers, Professor of Finance, University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business
Jill E. Fisch, Perry Golkin Professor of Law and Co-Director, Institute for Law and Economics, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Tamar Frankel, Professor of Law and Michaels Faculty Research Scholar, Boston University School of Law
Siona Listokin-Smith, Assistant Professor, George Mason University School of Public Policy, and Research Scholar, Yale Law School
Paul Rose, Associate Professor of Law, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Randall Thomas, John S. Beasley II Professor of Law and Business, Vanderbilt Law School, and Professor of Management, Vanderbilt University Owen School of Management
LAMB Director and Notre Dame Law School’s own Professor Avishalom Tor

Video recordings of both conference sessions and the lunch keynote are now available online here:

First Session
Second Session
Lunch Keynote