Op donderdag 17 september 2020 om 17u vindt de openbare doctoraatsverdediging plaats van mevrouw Ana Taleska. De praktische details vindt u hieronder.

You are kindly invited to the public PhD defence of

Ana Taleska

“Hedge Fund Activism in Europe: A Perspective from a Shareholder-Centric System of Corporate Governance”

Supervisor: Prof. Hans De Wulf

Examination board: Prof. Jesse Fried (Harvard Law School), Prof. Randall Thomas (Vanderbilt Law School), Prof. Pierre-Henri Conac (Université de Luxembourg), Prof. Christoph Van der Elst, Prof. Diederik Bruloot and Prof. Michel Tison (chairperson)

Location: Aula– Ceremoniezaal (Voldersstraat 9, 9000 Ghent)

Link to attend: https://meet.starleaf.com/4424144710 ((Please keep your microphone muted and webcam off)

Language: English

Places in the Aula are limited. Registration is required via the eventmanagerDo not register if you participate online

About the dissertation:

In recent years, hedge fund activists have played a transformative role in the corporate governance of European listed firms by launching campaigns and demanding operational, strategic and governance changes. Originally an American phenomenon, hedge fund activism has been comparatively under-researched from the perspective of European law and the goal of this doctoral project is to fill this gap in European scholarship by analyzing how hedge fund activism plays out in the European shareholder-centric system of corporate governance (in comparison with the U.S. board-centric corporate governance system). It makes four important contributions. First, it shows how EU insider trading rules can affect pre-disclosure investor communications and hedge funds’ wolf-pack formation. Second, it elaborates on the restrictive effect of British, German and Italian takeover laws on the collective submission of shareholder-sponsored director slates. Third, it provides empirical evidence of recent settlements reached between activist hedge funds and European public firms, and fourth, it analyses the discharge of activist directors’ fiduciary duties when serving on British, German, French and Dutch corporate boards.

De prijs Pierre Coppens 2020 is ex aequo toegekend aan Zoé Koray (Le préjudice de l’actionnaire – Université Paris 2-Panthéon Assas) en Nick Hallemeesch (Aandeelhoudersovereenkomsten – KULeuven).

Deze prijs wordt toegekend aan een doctor in de rechten van een Europese universiteit, jonger dan 40 jaar, die een originele bijdrage heeft geschreven in het vennootschapsrecht of over een juridisch onderwerp verbonden met vennootschappen.

De jury was als volgt samengesteld: Y. De Cordt (voorzitter), H. Braeckmans, H. Culot, X. Dieux, A. François, Ph. Lambrecht, E. Traversa en M. Wyckaert.

Op de website van het Belgisch Staatsblad, zijn de wijzigingen aangebracht door de wet van 28 april 2020 tot omzetting van de tweede SRD-richtlijn en houdende diverse bepalingen inzake vennootschappen en verenigingen, verwerkt in een geconsolideerde versie van het WVV.