The Jean-Pierre Blumberg Chair (University of Antwerp), the Institute for Corporate Law, Governance, and Innovation Policies (Maastricht University) and European Company Law will organise the “Conference on Loyalty and Multiple Voting Rights in Europe” on Thursday 15 May 2025 (13h30-18h30) in Antwerp.
The conference will discuss recent developments in loyalty and multiple voting rights in European corporate governance. In recent years, several European jurisdictions have allowed for deviations from the one share one vote-principle to boost the attractiveness of listing on the national stock exchange, and in 2024, the EU has adopted the Multiple-Vote Share Structures Directive, as part of the broader EU Listing Act package, with the aim to facilitate access to capital markets. Despite these regulatory developments, significant differences in national approaches still exist.
The conference aims to bring together scholars and practitioners to discuss these recent legal developments in various European jurisdictions and reflect on the question how loyalty and multiple voting rights should be regulated. Speakers include Bobby Reddy (UK), Edmond Schlumberger (France), Irene Pollastro (Italy), Titiaan Keijzer (the Netherlands), Jeroen Delvoie & Theo Monnens (Belgium), Bastiaan Kemp (comparative conclusions), and Marieke Wyckaert (lessons for the future) (a more detailed overview of the program can be found on the website of the conference).
If you would like to attend the conference, you can register (required) on the website of the conference. Registration is free for academics and costs 100 EUR for practitioners (including accreditation for the OVB, IBJ, and Compliance Officers of the FSMA). It is also possible to attend the conference online via a livestream.