On 15 and 16 October 2015, the University of Luxembourg's Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance will be holding a two-day conference to examine the development of Luxembourg commercial companies law, its present stated and the modernisation potential it holds for the future.
The colloquium has been organised together with the Luxembourg Bar and publisher Larcier to mark 100 years of commercial companies law in the Grand Duchy. Topics to be covered will include the concept of companies, as well as the role of shareholders, capital, management and governance, litigation and regulatory competition, but also comparative experiences highlighted by international experts, controversies surrounding commercial company law and European perspectives.
Luxembourg Minister of Justice, Félix Braz, will be present to deliver the opening address and outline the future of the law of 10 August, 1915 on commercial companies.
Other guest speakers will also be in attendance, such as Professor André Prüm, founding Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economicy and Finance; Jean Guill, Director General of regulatory body CSSF; Robert Scharfe, President and CEO of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange; Leo E. Strine, Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice; Barttomiej Kurcz of the European Commission's Directorate General Justice; as well as several leading experts from the field and from universities around Europe.
Colloquium sessions will be hosted in French and English with interpretation services available for those two languages. The conference will take place at the Maison du Savoir. To register, click here.
