The Weil, Gotshal & Manges Roundtable
The Weil, Gotshal & Manges Roundtables are one-day events that seek to foster a dialogue on the important business law issues of the day through presentations of scholarly papers and panel discussions. Leading corporate lawyers, members of the business and investment communities, public officials and scholars participate in the roundtables.
Upcoming Roundtable
Most Recent Roundtable
Paper Presentation I: “Follow the Pipeline: Anticipatory Effects of Proposed Regulations”
Paper Presenter:
Joseph Kalmenovitz, Assistant Professor of Finance, Simon Business School, University of Rochester
Discussants:
Adriana Z. Robertson (J.D. ’15/Ph.D. ’17), Donald N. Pritzker Professor of Business Law, The University of Chicago Law School
Sarath Sanga ’14, YLS Professor of Law and Co-Director, YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law
Moderator:
Ian Ayres '86, YLS Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law
Paper Presentation II: “Destabilizing Digital ‘Bank Walks’”
Paper Presenter:
Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Discussants:
William B. English, Eugene F. Williams, Jr. Professor of the Practice of Finance, Yale School of Management
Natasha Sarin, YLS Associate Professor of Law
Moderator:
Jonathan R. Macey '82, YLS Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law
Panel Discussion: “Lessons Learned from a Post-Mortem of the Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse Failures”
Panelists:
Viral V. Acharya, C.V. Starr Professor of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business and Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India (2017-2019)
Randall D. Guynn, Chair, Financial Institutions Practice, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Andrew Metrick, Janet L. Yellen Professor of Finance and Management, Yale School of Management
Sir Paul Tucker, Research Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School, author, Unelected Power and Global Discord, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (2009-2013), and Chair of the Systemic Risk Council (2016-2021)
Moderator:
Roberta Romano ‘80, YLS Sterling Professor of Law and Co-Director, YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law
All Roundtable readings are available at this page.
Highlights from Most Recent Roundtable
Yale Jackson School Senior Fellow Duvvuri Subbarao and YLS Prof. & Ctr. Co-Dir. Roberta Romano '80 at Roundtable breakfast
U. Rochester Simon Bus. Prof. Joseph Kalmenovitz, YLS Prof. & Ctr. Co-Dir. Sarath Sanga '14, and George Mason Law Prof. Jordan Neyland conversing
Berkeley Law Prof. Ofer Eldar (J.S.D. '14/Ph.D. '16), NYU Law Prof. Ryan Bubb '05, YLS Deputy Dean Yair Listokin '05, and Georgetown Law Prof. Jonathan Zytnick '11 at Roundtable breakfast
YLS Dean Heather Gerken welcoming Roundtable attendees
U. Rochester Simon Bus. Prof. Joseph Kalmenovitz presenting, while YLS Prof. Ian Ayres '86, U. Chicago Law Prof. Adriana Robertson (J.D. ’15/Ph.D. ’17), and YLS Prof. & Ctr. Co-Dir. Sarath Sanga '14 listen
U. Chicago Law Prof. Adriana Robertson (J.D. ’15/Ph.D. ’17) commenting
U. Chicago Booth Bus. Prof. Luigi Zingales asking a question
YLS Prof. Jonathan Macey '82 asking a question
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Sr. Financial Economist Cindy Alexander asking a question
Texas Law Prof. Henry T.C. Hu '79 asking a question
YLS Deputy Dean Yair Listokin '05 asking a question
Osamu Watanabe '85, Stewart Kagan '85, and Stephen Cutler '85 at Roundtable coffee break
U. Chicago Booth Bus. Prof. Luigi Zingales presenting
YLS Prof. Natasha Sarin commenting
Yale SOM Prof. of the Practice William English commenting
HKS Mossavar-Rahmani Ctr. Fellow Sir Paul Tucker asking a question
Lawrence Hilibrand asking a question
Randall Guynn, NYU Stern Econ. Prof. Viral Acharya, YLS Prof. & Ctr. Co-Dir. Roberta Romano '80, Yale SOM Prof. Andrew Metrick, and HKS Mossavar-Rahmani Ctr. Fellow Sir Paul Tucker
YLS Prof. & Ctr. Co-Dir. Roberta Romano '80
NYU Stern Econ. Prof. Viral Acharya
Attendees at 2023-2024 Roundtable