Open to invited guests and the Yale community. Not open to press.
The Roundtable is subject to the Center’s Program Rules.
The Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law invites you to the 2025-2026 Weil, Gotshal & Manges Roundtable.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
New York State CLE credits will be available, as described further below.
Papers and readings for the panel discussion are available at this link.
Morning Program
9:00 a.m. to 9:55 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:55 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Welcome by Yair Listokin ’05, YLS Interim Dean and Shibley Family Fund Professor of Law
10:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.
Paper Presentation I: “Political Power and Market Power”
Paper Presenter:
Bo Cowgill, Assistant Professor, Management Division, Columbia Business School
Discussants:
Jill E. Fisch ’85, Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Mellissa Meisels, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University
Moderator:
Jonathan R. Macey ’82, YLS Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law
11:20 a.m. to 11:35 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:35 a.m. to 12:55 p.m.
Paper Presentation II: “Partisan Corporate Speech”
Paper Presenters:
William Cassidy, Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Elisabeth Kempf, Jaime and Raquel Gilinski Associate Professor of Business Administration, Finance Unit, Harvard Business School
Discussants:
Ian Ayres '86, YLS Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law
Joshua Kalla, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University
Moderator:
Sarath Sanga ’14, YLS Professor of Law and Co-Director, YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law
Afternoon Program
12:55 p.m. to 1:20 p.m.
Lunch
1:20 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.
Panel Discussion: “Changes in the Capital Markets Landscape: Global Rise in Private Capital Markets, Decline in Public Companies, and Evolving Listing Choices”
Panelists:
Craig B. Brod ’80, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Member of the Board of Advisors, YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law
Eilis Ferran, Professor of Company and Securities Law, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law
Scott Grinsell ’09, Global Co-Head of Engagement, Elliott Investment Management L.P.
René M. Stulz, Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics and Director, Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics, The Ohio State University
Moderator:
Roberta Romano ’80, YLS Sterling Professor of Law and Co-Director, YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law
CLE Credit
Yale Law School has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of CLE programs. The following credits are available:
1.5 CLE credit hours in Professional Practice for attending the entirety of Paper Presentation I (Political Power and Market Power) from 10:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.;
1.5 CLE credit hours in Professional Practice for attending the entirety of Paper Presentation II (Partisan Corporate Speech) from 11:35 a.m. to 12:55 p.m.; and
2.0 CLE credit hours in Professional Practice for attending the entirety of the Panel Discussion (Changes in the Capital Markets Landscape: Global Rise in Private Capital Markets, Decline in Public Companies, and Evolving Listing Choices) from 1:20 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.
The above CLE credit hours are appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys. Preregistration is required for CLE credit. You must be present for the entirety of a session to receive CLE credit; we cannot provide CLE credit for partial session attendance. CLE reading materials for the 2025-2026 Weil, Gotshal & Manges Roundtable are available at this link.