COMPANY LAW SEMINAR

“Cross-border corporate activity and the EU law: current issues, challenges, and future developments”

DRFAT PROGRAMME

Monday 12 – Tuesday 13 October 2015
Centro de Estudos Judiciários / Judicial Studies Centre (CEJ), Lisbon, Portugal

Monday, 12 October 2015 – First day

Conference moderator: TBC

09:00 – 09:30 Arrival and registration of participants

09:30 – 10:00 Welcome words by the Authority of the hosting country and the EJTN

representative

10:00 – 11:00 Introducing EU Company law: Beyond freedom of establishment?

Presenter: Mr. Cristoph Teichmann

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30 Cross-border corporate groups, mergers and divisions

Presenter: Mr. Rui Pereira Dias

12:30 – 13:00 Debate

Moderator: Mr. Pedro Caetano Nunes

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch at the Judicial Studies Centre – CEJ

14:00 – 15:30 Workshop “Exchanging experiences: Discussing national cases
related with EU company law”

Participants will be invited to interact, presenting cases from their countries,
presentations should be concise, and other participants are encouraged to
comment

Workshop leader: Mr. Pedro Caetano Nunes

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:00 Continuation of the workshop, comments by all speakers

Tuesday, 13 October 2015 – Second day

09:30 – 10:30 "Cross-border Company liability (including directors' liability)"

Presenter: Mr. Rafael Arenas Garcia

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00 Corporate governance in EU law: From SPE to SUP
Presenter: Mr. Stephan Rammeloo

12:00 – 12:30 Debate

Moderator: Mr. Rui Pereira Dias

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch at the Judicial Studies Centre – CEJ

13:30 – 14:30 First round of workshops on practical cases on EU company law

Workshop leaders: Mr. Cristoph Teichmann, Mr.Stephan Rammeloo,
Mr. Rafael Arenas Garcia, Mr. Rui Pereira Dias

14.30 – 15.30 Second round of workshops on practical cases on EU company law

Workshop leaders: Mr. Cristoph Teichmann, Mr.Stephan Rammeloo,
Mr. Rafael Arenas Garcia, Mr. Rui Pereira Dias

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break

16.00 – 16.45 Reports on the results of the workshops (by workshop leaders or
participants)

Moderator: Mr. Rui Pereira Dias

16:45 - 17:00 Closing of the seminar by EJTN Representative

Funded by the European Union