Transnational Fiduciary Law

September 6–7, 2019
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Room LAW 3500H

Schedule

September 6
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:10

Introduction to Symposium and Discussion of Framing Paper
Welcoming Remarks - Gregory Shaffer, Spencer Shure (EIC of journal), Thilo Kuntz and Seth Davis
Seth Davis (Berkeley Law), Thilo Kuntz (Bucerius Law School), and Gregory Shaffer (UCI Law), Framing Paper

10:10-11:00 Theorizing Transnational Fiduciary Law
Thilo Kuntz (Bucerius Law School), Transnational Fiduciary Law: Spaces and Elements; Commentator: Masayuki Tamaruya
Moderator: Gregory Shaffer
11:00-11:10 Break
11:10-12:40 Transnational Private Fiduciary Law
Moritz Renner (Universität Mannheim), Transnational Fiduciary Law in Bond Markets: A Case Study; Commentator: Thilo Kuntz
Andrew Tuch (Washington University in St. Louis School of Law), Transnational Private Fiduciary Law; Commentator: Moritz Renner
Moderator: Seth Davis
12:40-1:40 Lunch
1:40-3:10 Public Fiduciary Law in Transnational Perspective
Evan Fox-Decent (McGill University Faculty of Law), Transnational Law's Legality; Commentator: Seth Davis
Kirsty Gover (The University of Melbourne), The Fiduciary Crown: The Private Duties of Public Actors in State-Indigenous Relationships (with Nicole Roughan); Commentator: Seth Davis
Moderator: Gregory Shaffer
3:10-3:20 Break
3:20-4:50 Private and Public Trust Law in Transnational Perspective
Seth Davis (University of California, Berkeley School of Law), The Public Trust as Transnational Law; Commentator: Kirsty Gover
Masayuki Tamaruya (Rikkyo University), The Japanese Law of Fiduciaries from Comparative and Transnational Perspectives (with Mutsuhiko Yukioka); Commentator: Shelly Kreiczer-Levy
Moderator: Thilo Kuntz
4:50-5:10 First Day Wrap-up
 September 7
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-11:00 Transnational Regulation of Fiduciaries
Jens-Hinrich Binder (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen), Transnational Fiduciary Law in Financial Intermediation: Are We There Yet? Commentator: Andrew Tuch
Jennifer Hill (Monash University), Shifting Contours of Directors' Fiduciary Duties in Comparative and Transnational Corporate Law; Commentator: Rebecca Wexler
Yuko Nishitani
(Kyoto University), Membership of States and Fiduciary Relationship; Commentator: Evan Fox-Decent
Moderator: Masayuki Tamaruya
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:35 Transnational Information Fiduciaries
Shelly Kreiczer-Levy (College of Law and Business), The Fiduciary Role of Access Platforms; Commentator: Jens-Hinrich Binder
Rebecca Wexler (University of California, Berkeley School of Law), Third Party Evidence: Fiduciaries, Privileges, and Expectations of Confidentiality; Commentator: Yuko Nishitani
Moderator: Seth Davis
12:35-1:00 Second Wrap-up / Discussion of Next Steps

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