3CL Travers Smith Seminar Series Podcast
by Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge · 87 episodes
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The Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL) at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, was formally opened by Lord Mustill at the conclusion of its first conference on 'Shareholder's Rights and Remedies' (held on 12 April 1997). 3CL has links with similar institutions in universities around the world, and through the Faculty's Herbert Smith Visitor Programme, it is able from time to time to invite leading international corporate and securities lawyers to Cambridge. The 3CL is a member of Cambridge Finance which coordinates the programmes of research and study in all areas of finance across the University of Cambridge. 3CL...
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Equity in Distress: Justice and Fairness in Business Rescue: 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Professor Edward Janger, the David M. Barse Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, USAAbstract: The goal of the book is to flesh out concepts of equity and fairness that…
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29 min
The Deep Learning of Hedge Funds: 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Professor William J. Magnuson (Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law)Abstract: A remarkable transformation is taking place in our financial markets. The ris…
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22 min
The Imposed Bargain in Contemporary Restructuring Law: 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Dr Luca Sicignano (Lecturer in Business Law at the University of Naples L’Orientale) Abstract: The effectiveness of corporate restructuring plans largely relies on solutio…
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37 min
Towards an EU Impact Investing Framework - A Critical Review of the EU Sustainable Finance Regulations: 3CL Se…
Speaker: Professor Dirk Andreas Zetzsche (Professor of Financial Law, University of Luxembourg)Abstract: Sustainability-oriented investors want to pay for impact, not compliance. W…
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38 min
Artificial Intelligence and the future of financial stability: regulatory and supervisory gaps in the UK frame…
Speaker: Dr Clara Martins Pereira (Associate Professor of Financial Law, University of Durham)Abstract: The increasing use of AI in finance is predicted to have mixed impact on fin…
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Developments in Secured Transactions Law in Asia: 3CL Seminar
Convenors: Professor Louise Gullifer (University of Cambridge) and Associate Professor Dora Neo (National University of Singapore)Speakers:Junayed Ahmed CHOWDHURY, Vertex Chambers,…
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Insolvency Law in the Global South: Lessons for the Global North: 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Associate Professor Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez (Singapore Management University)Abstract: Despite the influence of the Global North in many insolvency laws and practices in t…
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Sustainable Boards: European and French Perspectives at the time of the EU Omnibus Package: 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Professor Catherine Malecki (University of Rennes)Even in the context of the future EU Omnibus Package and the EU Directive n°2025/794 of 14 April 2025 'Stop-the-Clock', C…
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39 min
Fiduciary Duty and Corporate Externalities: Rethinking Directors' Climate Obligations: 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Professor Ernest Lim (National University of Singapore)This presentation explores the external dimension of directors’ duties—whether directors can and should address clim…
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41 min
Technology and Trade Finance Law: 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Associate Professor Dora Neo (National University of Singapore)With the advancement of technology, delivery of financial services, such as payment services, can be achieve…
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27 min
A Corporate Governance Misnomer - Corporate Directors and Officers Are "Discretionaries", Not Fiduciaries: 3CL…
Speaker: Professor Marc Steinberg (SMU Dedman School of Law)This presentation, based on Professor Steinberg’s June 2025 Oxford University Press book Corporate Director and Officer…
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31 min
What is Project Finance, and Why is it Important?: 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Professor Paul Deemer (Vanderbilt Law School)This lecture focuses on the development and project financing of large international infrastructure projects, and covers –What…
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32 min
'An Institutional Theory for Corporate Law': 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Professor Eva Micheler (LSE)Abstract: Reliance on agency-theoretic reasoning has led to substantial theoretical and empirical advances in company law scholarship, but the…
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48 min
'The Art of the New Deal: The Brief Wondrous Life of the Yale Law School/Harvard Business School Combined Law-…
Speaker: Professor Christopher Nicholls (University of Western Ontario)In 1933, in the depths of the Great Depression, the Yale Law School and Harvard Business School launched an i…
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'Corporate Governance and Technology': 3CL Lecture
Speaker: Dr Akshaya Kamalnath (Australian National University)Governance of companies has always involved some uncertainty and technology related challenges similarly add to the ri…
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39 min
'The Power of the Narrative in Corporate Lawmaking': 3CL Lecture
Speaker: Professor Mark Roe (Harvard Law School)Chair: Felix Steffek (University of Cambridge)Abstract: The notion of stock-market-driven short-termism relentlessly whittling away…
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34 min
'Responsible Investment: Strategies of Government Pension Fund of Norway Explained': 3CL Lecture
Speaker: Elisa Cencig (Norges Bank Investment Management)Cambridge 3CL invites you to a seminar on the responsible investment strategies of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)…
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37 min
'What is Project Finance, and Why is it Important?': 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Professor Paul Deemer (Vanderbilt Law School)Abstract: This lecture will focus on the development and project financing of large international infrastructure projects, and…
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35 min
'Modernising Commercial Dispute Resolution': 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Associate Professor John Sorabji (UCL)The presentation will look at why England and Wales has, historically, been a 'good forum to shop in' for commercial dispute resoluti…
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34 min
'Structured Finance: A Primer': 3CL Seminar
Speaker: Martin Voitko (World Bank)Abstract: The Structured Finance seminar is intended to be a primer on understanding key concepts of these complex financial instruments and thei…