ECL&CG Zagreb 2024, Day 1, November 28th 2024

08:00-09:00

REGISTRATION

09:00-09:30

OPENING SESSION

1.     Hana Horak, Chair of the Program Committee

2.     Sanja Sever Mališ, Dean of Faculty of Economics & Business

3.     Ivan Tot, Head of Department for Business Law, FEB & ELI Croatian HUB

09:30-10:30

PLENARY SESSION

1.     Antigoni Alexandropoulou: CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY DUE DILIGENCE

2.     Alessio Bartolacelli: IS THERE A ROLE FOR CORPORATE FINANCE FOR A MORE COMPREHENSIVE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE?

10:30-11:00

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11:00-13:00

THEMATIC SESSION I:

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY

Moderator: Anne Marie Weber

1.     Edita Čulinović Herc; Hana Horak: THE LEGISLATIVE JOURNEY AND KEY PROVISIONS OF THE CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY DUE DILIGENCE DIRECTIVE (CS3D)

2.     Aleksandra Maganić; Martina Gajski: CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

3.     Dan-Adrian Caramidariu: THE NEW CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY DUE DILIGENCE DIRECTIVE: CHANGING LEGAL CULTURES VIA HALF-BAKED TRANSPLANTS? A ROMANIAN PERSPECTIVE.

4.     Elena Codoni: BENEFIT COMPANIES AFTER CSRD: A STRENGTHENING OF REPORTING OR EXCESS TOOLS?

5.     Michele Corgatelli: THE CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY DUE DILIGENCE DIRECTIVE: OUTSTANDING ISSUES

6.     Tatjana Jevremovic Petrovic: EXTRA-TERRITORIALITY EFFECT OF THE CSDDD ON NON-EU COMPANIES

13:00-14:00

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14:00-16:00

THEMATIC SESSION II:

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, FINANCE, REPORTING & AUDITING

Moderator: Kristijan Poljanec

1.     Matej Trkanjec: CREDITING COMPANIES BASED ON THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT - THE ROLE OF BANKS IN FACILITATING CARBON NEUTRALITY

2.     Emanuele Stabile: SUSTAINABILITY: THE WAY AHEAD ON ESG REPORTING

3.     Ana Ježovita; Boris Tušek: EFFECTS OF AUDITS QUALITY AND RESULTS ON EARNINGS MANAGEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM CROATIA

4.     Clara De Chirico: RETHINKING CORPORATE LAW THEORY IN ITALY: FROM THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF LAW TO THE THEORY OF THE COMMONS

5.     Rafael Savva: ENCOURAGING THE UNDERTAKING OF DOUBLE-MATERIALITY-MINDED ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES THROUGH LEGAL REGULATION: MUCH TO DO AND EVEN MORE TO CONSIDER

6.     Darko Tipurić; Lana Cindrić; Anamarija Idžojzić: INTEGRITY AND GOVERNANCE: COMPARING ANTICORRUPTION GUIDELINES ACROSS THE EUROPEAN UNION

7.     Ema Mendušić Škugor: DO LAWYERS NEED (MORE) CORPORATE GOVERNANCE?

 

ECL&CG Zagreb 2024, Day 2, November 29th

09:00-11:00

THEMATIC SESSION III:

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF BOARD MEMBERS

Moderator: Antun Bilić

1.     Dina Tomšić; Maja Janković; Sanja Tišma: THE EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS A MODERATOR OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES – CASE OF CROATIA

2.     Andreja Hašček: CAN SUSTAINABILITY BE A GAME CHANGER FOR GENDER BALANCE IN BOARDS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN CROATIAN LISTED COMPANIES?

3.     Anne-Marie Weber; Stephen Park: CORPORATE PURPOSE IN FLUX: THE ROLE FOR REGULATORY STRATEGIES IN SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

4.     Dušan Jovanovič; Nikola Jovanović: SUSTAINABILITY VERSUS PROFITABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITIES AND REMUNERATIONS OF MANAGEMENT IN EU AND SLOVENIAN COMPANIES

5.     Anatoliy Kostruba: DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS (D&O) LIABILITY: CURRENT TRENDS IN EU TORT LAW

6.     Luca Della Tommasina: APPRAISAL RIGHT AND CORPORATE REORGANIZATIONS: DIRECTORS' DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

11:00-11:30

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11:30-13:30

THEMATIC SESSION IV:

THE USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND AI IN COMPANY LAW

Moderator: Tomislav Jakšić

1.     Mihaela Braut Filipović; Sara Madžarov Matijević; Morana Derenčinović Ruk: CONTRACTUAL EXPANSION OF SHAREHOLDERS’ ACCESS TO CORPORATE INFORMATION – AN INFRINGEMENT OR A NEW MODEL OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE?

2.     Zvonimir Šafranko: DIGITAL DATA (IN GENERAL) AS A MEMBERS' CONTRIBUTION TO PARTNERSHIPS AND LIMITED COMPANIES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CROATIAN LAW

3.     Ana Pošćić; Adrijana Martinović; Narda Krnetić Blečić: EXPLORING THE “DIGITAINABILITY” POTENTIAL OF SUSTAINABILITY AGREEMENTS UNDER THE COMMISSION’S GUIDELINES ON HORIZONTAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS

4.     Giuseppe Claudio Cicu; Matteo Peluso: EU AI ACT AND SYNTHETIC DATA: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MARTECH AND ADTECH COMPANIES?

5.     Iva Mišković: THE USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN COMPANY LAW: ESSENTIAL LEGAL SKILLS FOR MODERN PROFESSIONALS

6.     Ivan Romashchenko: VERIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDERS USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BALTIC STATES: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

7.     Jelena Lepetić: GENDER BALANCE AMONG DIRECTORS IN THE AGE OF AI

13:30-14:30

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14:30-16:30

THEMATIC SESSION V:
NEW TENDENCIES IN COMPARATIVE COMPANY LAW

Moderator: Mihaela Braut Filipović

1.     Jakub Brejdak: THE ELUSIVE SHAREHOLDER - LEVERAGING FAMILY FOUNDATIONS FOR CORPORATE CONTROL UNDER POLISH LAW

2.     Antun Bilić; Ivan Luetić: NON-CONFORMITY IN AN ASSET DEAL AND A SHARE DEAL

3.     Luminița Tuleașcă: THE VOCATION OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CASE LAW TO RESHAPE LEGAL PARADIGMS IN COMPANY LAW - THE CASE OF THE CROSS-BORDER TRANSFORMATION OF COMPANIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ROMANIAN LAW

4.     Michal Bieniak: LIMITED JOINT-STOCK PARTNERSHIP – THE FORGOTTEN PARTNERSHIP

5.     Tina Jakupak; Željka Bregeš: THE CROSS-BORDER PATROL: A (RE)VIEW OF COURT REGISTER JUDGES

6.     Tomislav Jakšić; Petar Ceronja: PROCEDURE FOR THE SHAREHOLDER’S EXCLUSION FROM A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE EFFECTS OF SUCH EXCLUSION FROM THE COMPANY