The Seventh Annual Berkeley Fall Forum
on Corporate Governance
Hosted by Jamie Leigh and Steven Tonsfeldt of Cooley and
Stavros Gadinis of the University of California, Berkeley
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Day 1
(All times Pacific)
Welcome Remarks
The “State” of Delaware
Honorable Kathaleen St. J. McCormick, Chancellor Delaware Court of Chancery
Honorable Sam Glasscock III, Vice Chancellor Delaware Court of Chancery
Stavros Gadinis, Professor University of California, Berkeley
Sarah Lightdale, Partner Cooley
The Practitioners’ Guide to Delaware
Randall J. Baron, Partner Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Elena Norman, Partner Young Conaway
Elizabeth Pollman, Professor University of Pennsylvania
Brad Sorrels, Partner Wilson Sonsini
Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source
Kathryn Judge, Professor Columbia Law School
Jamie Leigh, Partner Cooley
The Chair’s Corner
Doug Parker, Chairman American Airlines
Stephen Johnson, Executive Vice President and Strategic Advisor to the CEO American Airlines
Capital Markets Crystal Ball
Ben Burdett, Managing Director J.P. Morgan
Diana Doyle, Managing Director Morgan Stanley
Alan Denenberg, Partner Davis Polk
Buying and Selling with Big Tech
Afra Afsharipour, Professor University of California, Davis
Greg Dalvito, Partner PJT Partners
Steve Tonsfeldt, Partner Cooley
Ethan Zweig, Partner Qatalyst Partners
Closing High-Profile Deals
Afra Afsharipour, Professor University of California, Davis
Michael Diz, Partner Debevoise & Plimpton
Dave Peinsipp, Partner Cooley
Sarah Payne, Partner Sullivan & Cromwell
Jed Repko, Partner Joele Frank
Odd Lots Podcast: Live Taping
Tracy Alloway, Host Odd Lots Podcast
Margaret O’Mara, Professor University of Washington
Joe Weisenthal, Host Odd Lots Podcast
Law Professors on Twitter and Elon Musk
Adam Badawi, Professor University of California, Berkeley
Ann Lipton, Professor Tulane Law School
Breaking Down the Midterm Election
Stavros Gadinis, Professor University of California, Berkeley
Paul Pierson, Professor University of California, Berkeley
Reimagining the Global Food System
Kristin Bresnahan, General Counsel Nobell Foods
Magi Richani, CEO Nobell Foods
Day 2
(All times Pacific)
The White Wall
Emily Flitter, Reporter New York Times
Frank Partnoy, Professor University of California, Berkeley
The Talent Wars 2.0: Employee Recruitment and Retention
Jamie Leigh, Partner Cooley
Stephani Lewis, General Counsel & Chief Diversity Officer IKEA North America
Lisa Mango, General Counsel One Medical (1Life Healthcare)
Corporate Governance and the SEC (Part One)
Jaime Lizárraga, Commissioner U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
David Curran, Co-Chair, Sustainability & ESG Advisory Practice Paul, Weiss
Corporate Governance and the SEC (Part Two)
Erik Gerding, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Stavros Gadinis, Professor University of California, Berkeley
2023 Deal Trends
Ed Batts, Partner Gibson Dunn
Steven Lipin, Chairman and CEO Gladstone Place Partners
Rachel Proffitt, Partner Cooley
Paul Scrivano, Partner Davis Polk
Brittany Skoda, Global Head of Software Banking Morgan Stanley
Odd Lots Podcast: Live Taping
Jim Chanos, Founder and Managing Partner Kynikos Associates
Tracy Alloway, Host Odd Lots Podcast
Joe Weisenthal, Host Odd Lots Podcast
Afra Afsharipour
Professor
University of California, Davis
Afra Afsharipour
Professor
University of California, Davis
Tracy Alloway
Host
Odd Lots Podcast
Tracy Alloway
Host
Odd Lots Podcast
Adam Badawi
Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Adam Badawi is a Professor of Law at UC Berkeley. He writes widely on issues of law and finance with an emphasis on corporate governance, corporate transactions, and shareholder litigation. Much of his recent work uses text analysis and machine learning to analyze debt agreements, merger documents, and shareholder class action complaints. At Berkeley Law, he teaches Contracts, Corporations, Mergers and Acquisitions, and seminars related to these topics.
His research includes Does Voluntary Financial Disclosure Matter? The Case of Fairness Opinions in M&A (forthcoming, The Journal of Law and Economics) (co-authored with Matthew D. Cain and Steven Davidoff Solomon), How Informative is the Text of Securities Complaints? (forthcoming, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization), Social Good and Litigation Risk (forthcoming, Harvard Business Law Review) (co-authored with Frank Partnoy); and Is There a First-Drafter Advantage in M&A?, California Law Review (2019, California Law Review) (co-authored with Elisabeth de Fontenay) (selected as one of the top 10 corporate and securities articles of 2019 by Corporate Practice Commentator).
Prior to joining the faculty of Berkeley Law in 2017, Badawi was a Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis. He has been a Visiting Professor at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and he served as a Bigelow Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. Before joining the academy he was a litigator in the San Francisco office of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP and was a law clerk to the Hon. Michael McConnell of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Randall J. Baron
Partner
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Randall J. Baron
Partner
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd
Ed Batts
Partner
Gibson Dunn
Ed Batts
Partner
Gibson Dunn
Kristin Bresnahan
General Counsel
Nobell Foods
Kristin Bresnahan
General Counsel
Nobell Foods
Ben Burdett
Managing Director
J.P. Morgan
Ben Burdett
Managing Director
J.P. Morgan
Jim Chanos
Founder and Managing Partner
Kynikos Associates
Jim Chanos
Founder and Managing Partner
Kynikos Associates
David Curran
Co-Chair, Sustainability & ESG Advisory Practice
Paul, Weiss
David Curran
Co-Chair, Sustainability & ESG Advisory Practice
Paul, Weiss
Greg Dalvito
Partner
PJT Partners
Greg Dalvito
Partner
PJT Partners
Alan Denenberg
Partner
Davis Polk
Alan Denenberg
Partner
Davis Polk
Michael Diz
Partner
Debevoise & Plimpton
Michael Diz
Partner
Debevoise & Plimpton
Diana Doyle
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Diana Doyle
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Emily Flitter
Reporter
New York Times
Emily Flitter
Reporter
New York Times
Stavros Gadinis
Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Stavros Gadinis
Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Erik Gerding
Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Erik Gerding
Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Honorable Sam Glasscock III
Vice Chancellor
Delaware Court of Chancery
Honorable Sam Glasscock III
Vice Chancellor
Delaware Court of Chancery
Stephen Johnson
Executive Vice President and Strategic Advisor to the CEO
American Airlines
Stephen Johnson
Executive Vice President and Strategic Advisor to the CEO
American Airlines
Kathryn Judge
Professor
Columbia Law School
Kathryn Judge
Professor
Columbia Law School
Jamie Leigh
Partner
Cooley
Jamie Leigh
Partner
Cooley
Stephani Lewis
General Counsel & Chief Diversity Officer
IKEA North America
Stephani Lewis
General Counsel & Chief Diversity Officer
IKEA North America
Sarah Lightdale
Partner
Cooley
Sarah Lightdale
Partner
Cooley
Steven Lipin
Chairman and CEO
Gladstone Place Partners
Steven Lipin
Chairman and CEO
Gladstone Place Partners
Ann Lipton
Professor
Tulane Law School
Ann Lipton
Professor
Tulane Law School
Jaime Lizárraga
Commissioner
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Jaime Lizárraga
Commissioner
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Lisa Mango
General Counsel
One Medical (1Life Healthcare)
Lisa Mango
General Counsel
One Medical (1Life Healthcare)
Honorable Kathaleen St. J. McCormick
Chancellor
Delaware Court of Chancery
Honorable Kathaleen St. J. McCormick
Chancellor
Delaware Court of Chancery
Elena Norman
Partner
Young Conaway
Elena Norman
Partner
Young Conaway
Margaret O’Mara
Professor
University of Washington
Margaret O’Mara
Professor
University of Washington
Doug Parker
Chairman
American Airlines
Doug Parker
Chairman
American Airlines
Frank Partnoy
Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Sarah Payne
Partner
Sullivan & Cromwell
Sarah Payne
Partner
Sullivan & Cromwell
Dave Peinsipp
Partner
Cooley
Dave Peinsipp
Partner
Cooley
Paul Pierson
Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Paul Pierson
Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Elizabeth Pollman
Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Pollman
Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Rachel Proffitt
Partner
Cooley
Rachel Proffitt
Partner
Cooley
Jed Repko
Partner
Joele Frank
Jed Repko
Partner
Joele Frank
Magi Richani
CEO
Nobell Foods
Magi Richani
CEO
Nobell Foods
Paul Scrivano
Partner
Davis Polk
Paul Scrivano
Partner
Davis Polk
Brittany Skoda
Global Head of Software Banking
Morgan Stanley
Brittany Skoda
Global Head of Software Banking
Morgan Stanley
Brad Sorrels
Partner
Wilson Sonsini
Brad Sorrels
Partner
Wilson Sonsini
Adam Sterling
Assistant Dean
University of California, Berkeley
Adam Sterling
Assistant Dean
University of California, Berkeley
Steve Tonsfeldt
Partner
Cooley
Steve Tonsfeldt
Partner
Cooley
Joe Weisenthal
Host
Odd Lots Podcast
Joe Weisenthal
Host
Odd Lots Podcast
Ethan Zweig
Partner
Qatalyst Partners
Ethan Zweig
Partner
Qatalyst Partners
Presenting Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Sponsors
Contributing Organizations
