Foundations of Law and Finance: Building Europe’s Venture Capital Market: Contractual Transplants, National Challenges, and the Road to a Pan-E.U. Regime

When: 04 Dec 2025

Where: Online (Zoom)

Speaker: Alexandra Andhov, Martin Bresson, Luca Enriques, Paolo Giudici, Valentina Guatri, Casimiro Nigro, Moran Ofir, Elizabeth Pollman, René Repasi, Hanna Sitchenko, Giovanni Strampelli, Tobias Tröger, Simon Witney

The Center for Advanced Studies on the Foundations of Law and Finance (LawFin), the Department of Legal Studies at Bocconi University, and the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) are pleased to announce the upcoming online workshop on

Building Europe’s Venture Capital Market:
Contractual Transplants, National Challenges,
and the Road to a Pan-E.U. Regime

to be held on 4 December 2025, 1:30 – 5:30 p.m. CET
online via Zoom

This 5th LawFin Workshop—the first in the series organized with the Department of Legal Studies at Bocconi University—will explore how venture capital contracting practices travel across European jurisdictions and how the E.U.’s proposal for a “28th regime” for startups aims to overcome persistent legal barriers to a unified European venture capital market.

The program will feature academic presentations and a policymaking-oriented roundtable with representatives from academia, EU institutions, and the European venture capital ecosystem.

Confirmed speakers include (in alphabetical order):
• Alexandra Andhov (University of Auckland)
• Martin Bresson (Invest Europe)
• Luca Enriques (Bocconi University; University of Oxford; ECGI; EBI)
• Paolo Giudici (University of Bolzano; ECGI)
• Valentina Guatri (Invest Europe)
• Casimiro A. Nigro (University of Leeds; LawFin, Goethe University)
• Moran Ofir (Haifa University)
• Elizabeth Pollman (University of Pennsylvania; ECGI)
• René Repasi (European Parliament)
• Hanna Sitchenko (Cambridge University)
• Giovanni Strampelli (Bocconi University; ECGI)
• Tobias H. Tröger (Goethe University, LawFin; SAFE; ECGI; EBI)
• Simon Witney (LSE, Law School)

The full program and login details will follow shortly.
Please note that registration is required.

The Organizing Committee
Luca Enriques – Casimiro A. Nigro – Giovanni Strampelli – Tobias H. Tröger