UC Law School symposium examines trusts in the business world
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The Corporate Law Center at the University of Cincinnati College of Law will host the symposium “The Business Use of Trusts,” an examination of the multitude of uses of trusts in business contexts. The day-long event will be held 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m., March 15 in room114 of the law school. The symposium is free. CLE: 5.75 (pending approval)
Registration: https://law.uc.edu/corporate-law-symposium.html or contact Lori Strait (513-556-0117) or via email at lori.strait@uc.edu .
Around the world, trillions of dollars of assets are held in business trusts, yet this topic has avoided scholarly attention. To address this deficit, the symposium will bring leading academics and practitioners to Cincinnati, where a sophisticated legal community has long utilized trusts to meet its clients’ business needs.
Keynote speaker for this event will be John Morley, professor of Law, Yale Law School. Professor Morley is a leading expert on the regulation and structure of investment funds, including mutual funds, private equity funds and hedge funds. His research on investment funds is one application of a broader interest in the law and economics of organization. Morley also writes about the law of trusts and estates and serves as the reporter for the Uniform Directed Trust Act. At Yale Law School, he has taught classes on business organizations, securities regulation, trusts and estates and investment management regulation.
Prior to joining Yale Law faculty, Morley was a member of the faculty at the University of Virginia School of Law and the Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Corporate Law at Yale Law School.
Panel Discussions
Forms of Business Trusts, including mutual funds, pension funds, trust indentures, and business trusts from an indigenous perspective
Panelists include:
- William Birdthistle, Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Grant Christensen, Associate Professor, University of North Dakota School of Law
- Steven Schwarcz, Stanley A. Star Professor of Law & Business, Duke University School of Law
- Natalya Shnitser, David & Pamela Donohue Assistant Professor, Boston College Law School
Choice-of-Entity and Theoretical Considerations, choosing business trusts to meet client objectives, as well as the applicability of corporate theories of the firm to business trusts
Panelists include:
- Eric Chaffee, Professor of Law, The University of Toledo College of Law
- Susan Gary, Orlando J. & Marian H. Hollis Professor, University of Oregon School of Law
- Peter B. Oh, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- Carla L. Reyes, Assistant Professor of Law, Director of Legal RnD, Michigan State College of Law
Fiduciary Investment and Succession Planning Issues, including business trusts in succession planning and fiduciary duties in bond, mutual fund, and collective trust investments
Panelists include:
- Goldburn P. Maynard Jr., Assistant Professor of Law, University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law
- Julia Meister, Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Tong Yu, Professor of Finance, Real Estate, and Insurance and Risk Management, University of Cincinnati Lindner College of Business
Business Trusts in Comparative Perspective, including business trusts in the Anglo-American tradition, as well as in Hong Kong, China, and Singapore
Panelists include:
- Tom Gallanis, Associate Dean for Research, Allan D. Vestal Chair in Law, and Professor of History, the University of Iowa College of Law
- Lusina Ho, Harold Hsiao-Wo Lee Professor in Trust and Equity, The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
- Ryan Scott Teschner, Research Analyst, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Product Manager, Rheem Manufacturing
- Lee-Ford Tritt, Professor of Law, University of Florida College of Law
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