ERIK P.M. V...Erik P.M. Vermeulen - 5 University of Connecticut, School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, United States • Visiting Scholar (1999) Books • The Future of Capitalism

ERIK P.M. VERMEULEN

Tilburg Law School (Tilburg University)

Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC)

Philips Lighting BV

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Experience

Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands

• Professor of Business and Financial Law (2005-present)• Director International Business Law Master’s Program (2006-present)• Senior Member Tilburg Law and Economics Center (2006-present)• Member, Faculty, Center for Company Law, Tilburg University (2005-present)• Chairman Department of Business Law (2010-2016)• Member, Faculty, Brabant Center of Entrepreneurship Tilburg, The Netherlands (2010-2014)• Professor of Financial Market Regulation, Tilburg Law and Economics Center (2006-2010)• Lecturer (2003-2005)• Research Coordinator Center for Company Law (2000-2005)• Research Fellow (1998-2003)

Tilburg Law School (courses taught and developed)

• International Business Law I (2004-present)• International Business Law II (2003-present)• Legal Negotiations Workshop (2010-present)• Law, Entrepreneurship and Finance (2011-present)• Writing a Master Thesis (2010-present - supervised more than 500 International Business Law Master

students)• Entrepreneurial Governance & Finance (2011-2016)• Transactions and Organizations (2012-2016)• Strategy and Organization for Lawyers (2012-2016)• Corporate / Business Law (2012-2016)• Accounting and Finance for Lawyers (2012-2016)• Company Law (1999-2003) (in Dutch)• Business Organizations (2004-present) (in Dutch)

TiasNimbas Business School, Tilburg, Netherlands (courses taught and developed)

• Business Law (2008-present - Master in Finance and Business Valuation)• International Business & Contract Law (2009-2011 - International Contracting Programme Oil & Gas

Industry)• Law and Entrepreneurship (2009)• Corporate Governance and Business Organizations (2008-2011 - BDO Master SME Coaching)• The Legal Ingredients for Innovation (2010-2015 - Brabant Center of Entrepreneurship)

European Post-Master Accountancy Program (EPMA), Tilburg University, Netherlands (courses taught and developed)

• Company Law in the Connected Age (2016-present)• Corporate Governance in the Connected Age (2016-present)


Visiting Professor/Visiting Scholar Positions (including courses taught and developed)

Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

• Business Law in a Networked Age (2016-present)• Creative Thinking (2015-present)• Law, Innovation and Economic Growth (2013-present)• Business Law, Lawyers & Innovation (2012)• Law & Economics of Contracting & Organizations (2010-2011)

Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia

• Joint Ventures (2013-present)

University of St. Thomas, School of Law, Minneapolis, United States of America

• Disruptive Innovation - Why Lawyers Matter (2017-present)

Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany (Summer School)

• Venture Capital (2007-present)• Company Law (2007-present)• Corporate Governance (2007-present)

Centre for Professional Legal Education University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands

• Business Organizations (2001-present)

Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

• Shareholders Agreements (2013-present)

Magna Charta, Netherlands

• Shareholders Agreements and Joint Ventures (webinar) (2013-2014)

Asser College Europe, The Hague, Netherlands

• Company Law: Basics Concepts (2004-2007)• Company Law: Comparative View (2004-2007)


Duisenberg School of Finance, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Venture Law and Finance (2015)• Contract Law (2013-2014)• Dutch Company Law (2011-2012)• International Corporate Law (2009-2010)

Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium - TPR Professor of Law

• Business Law (2007-2008)

Universität Liechtenstein

• Fundamentals of Private Equity and Venture Capital (2013-2016 - Executive Master in Banking and Securities Law)

Católica Global School of Law, Lisbon, Portugal

• Comparative Company Law (2013)

Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Radzyner School of Law, Herzliya, Israel

• Business Law, Lawyers & Innovation (2011)

Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

• Business Law, Innovation and Value Creation (2015)

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia

• Comparative Company Law (2008)• Corporate Governance of Non-Listed Companies (2008)

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cali, Colombia

• Company Law in the 21st Century (2016)

Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia

• Comparative Company Law (2012)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

• Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Law and Rationality (2015)• Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Law and Economics (2015)

University of Cambridge, Centre for Business Research, Faculty of Law, Cambridge, United Kingdom

• Visiting Scholar (2002)


University of Connecticut, School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

• Visiting Scholar (1999)

Books

• The Future of Capitalism (with Mark Fenwick). New York: Springer, forthcoming 2017• Governance Tomorrow. London: Mawsonia, forthcoming 2017• Organizing-for-Innovation: New Perspectives on Corporate Governance (edited,

with Toshiyuki Kono and Mark Fenwick), New York: Springer, forthcoming 2017• Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures: Law, Economics and Management (edited,

with Joseph A. McCahery). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2017• Improving Corporate Governance in Indonesia: Policy Options and Regulatory

Strategies for Tackling Backdoor Listings. Paris: OECD Publishing, 2016 • Boosting Open Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in the European Union

(Independent Expert Group Report on Open Innovation and Knowledge Transfer) (with Koenraad Debackere, Birgitte Andersen, Ivan Dvorak, Ellen Enkel, Peter Krüger, Helena Malmqvist, Andrius Pleckaitis, Alf Rehn, Sara Secall, William Stevens and Dorien Wellen). Brussels: European Commission, 2014

• Corporate Governance of Non-listed Companies (with Joseph A. McCahery). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010 (Paperback). Beijing: China Financial Publishing House, forthcoming 2016 (Chinese Translation)

• Private Company Law Reform: International and European Perspectives (edited, with Joseph A. McCahery and Levinus Timmerman). The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2010

• Met Recht (edited, with Peter Essers, Geert Raaijmakers, Ger van der Sangen and Albert Verdam). Deventer, Kluwer Rechtswetenschappelijke Publikaties, 2009 (in Dutch)

• Corporate Governance of Non-listed Companies (with Joseph A. McCahery). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008 (Hardcover)

• Understanding (Un)incorporated Business Forms (with Joseph A. McCahery). Amsterdam: Amsterdam Center for Corporate Finance, 2005. Moscow: National Council on Corporate Governance, 2007 (Russian translation)

• The Governance of Close Corporations and Partnerships – US and European Perspectives (edited, with Joseph A. McCahery and Theo Raaijmakers). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004

• The Evolution of Legal Business Forms in Europe and the United States: Venture Capital. Joint Ventures and Partnership Structures. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2003

• Vennootschaps- en Effectenrecht (edited, with Geert Raaijmakers). Nijmegen: Ars Aequi Wetsedities,2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016 (in Dutch)

Chapters/Articles in Books

• Venture Capital and Social Entrepreneurship Funds, in Emillios Avgouleas, Danny Busch and Guido Ferrarini, editors, Capital Markets Union in Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2017


• Global Startup Communities (with Mark Fenwick), in How To Get There. The Hague: SMO Publishing, forthcoming 2016. Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2016-6, https://ssrn.com/abstract=2864335

• Intelligent Cars Inc. - Governance Principles to Build a Disruptive Economy (with Mark Fenwick and Masato Hisatake), in Mark Fenwick, Toshiyuki Kono and Erik P.M. Vermeulen, editors, Organizing-for-Innovation: New Perspectives on Corporate Governance. New York: Springer, forthcoming 2017. Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2016-6, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2823006

• Seven “Corporate Venturing” Strategies to Foster Innovation (and Create an Environment for Long-Term Growth) (with Mark Fenwick), in Mark Fenwick, Toshiyuki Kono and Erik P.M. Vermeulen, editors, Organizing-for-Innovation: New Perspectives on Corporate Governance. New York: Springer, forthcoming 2017. Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2016-7, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2823008

• The Future of Capitalism: “Un-corporating Corporate Governance (with Mark Fenwick and Joseph A. McCahery), in John Farrar and Susan Watson, editors, Contemporary Issues in Corporate Governance Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law, Canterbury University, forthcoming 2017. Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2016-4, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2795042

• Venture Capital Beyond the Financial Crisis, How Corporate Venturing Boosts New Entrepreneurial Clusters (and Assists Governments in Their Innovation Efforts) (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Joseph A. McCahery and Erik P.M. Vermeulen, editors, Law, Economics and Organization of Alliances and Joint Ventures. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2016

• Legal Business Forms for Joint Ventures (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Joseph A. McCahery and Erik P.M. Vermeulen, editors, Law, Economics and Organization of Alliances and Joint Ventures. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2016

• New Metrics for Corporate Governance: Shifting Strategies in an Aging IPO Market, in Jeffrey Gordon and Georg Ringe, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Law and Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2017. Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2015-1 (New Metrics for Corporate Governance: Shifting Strategies of “Activist” Investors in an Aging IPO Market), http://ssrn.com/abstract=2576510

• The Future of Venture Capital in Europe: Applicable Lessons from the United States (with Brian J. Park), in Dirk Zetzsche, editor, The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive: European Regulation of Investment Funds. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, (Second Edition), 2015, pp. 667-681

• Recasting Private Equity Funds after the Financial Crisis: The End of ‘Two and Twenty’ and the Emergence of Co-Investment and Separate Account Arrangements (with Joseph A. McCahery), in William W. Bratton and Joseph A. McCahery, editors, Institutional Investor Activism: Hedge Funds and Private Equity, Economics and Regulation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, pp. 599-613. Earlier version distributed as ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 231/2013, Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2013-6, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2351816

• The Dutch Private Company: Successfully Relaunched? (with Christoph Van der Elst), in Yves De Cordt and Edouard-Jean Navez, editors, La Simplification du Droit des Sociétés Privées dans les États Membres de l’Union Européenne / Simplification of Private Company Law among the EU Member States. Brussels: Bruylant, 2014, pp. 159-184. Earlier version distributed as ECGI - Law Working Paper 215/2013, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2267522

• Understanding the Board of Directors after the Financial Crisis: Some Lessons for Europe (with Joseph McCahery), in Alan Dignam and Michael Galanis, Exploring Post-crisis Trajectories of European Corporate Governance. Wiley Blackwell, 2014, 121-151

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• The Balance between Exploration and Exploitation in the “New” Venture Capital Cycle: Opportunities and Challenges (with Janke Dittmer and Joseph A. McCahery), in Uriel Stettner and Barak S. Aharonson, Exploration and Exploitation in Early-Stage Ventures and SMEs (Volume 14 in the book series of Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy). Bingley, Emerald, 2014, pp. 69-95

• The “New” Venture Capital Cycle and The Role of Governments: The Emergence of Collaborative Funding Models and Platforms (with Janke Dittmer and Joseph A. McCahery), in Expert Group on Open Innovation and Knowledge Transfer, Boosting Open Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in the European Union. Brussels: European Commission, 2014. Earlier version distributed as Tilburg Law School Research Paper No. 021/2013, Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2013-7, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2357771

• Insider Trading (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Kevin Eddy (editor), ICGN Yearbook 2013. London: International Corporate Governance Network, 2013, pp. 60-61

• Understanding the Role of the Board of Directors: What Is the Right Balance between Managerial Oversight and Value Creation? (with Joseph A. McCahery and Masato Hisatake), in Hanne S. Birkmose, Mette Neville and Karsten Engsig Sorensen, editors, Boards of Directors in European Companies, Reshaping and Harmonising Their Organisation and Duties. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2013, pp. 301-325

• Understanding the Triple Helix Model and the Finance of Innovation (with Masato Hisatake), in Global/Local Innovations for Next Generation Automobiles. Sendai: Tohoku Economic Federation, 2013, pp. 17-18

• Disclosure of Ownership and Public Companies (with Joseph A. McCahery) in Gerard Caprio, editor, The Evidence and Impact of Financial Globalization. London: Academic Press, 2012, pp. 181-198. Earlier version distributed as European Banking Center Discussion Paper No. 2011-030, CentER Discussion Paper No. 2011-108 (Mandatory Disclosure of Blockholders and Related Party Transactions: Stringent versus Flexible Rules), http://ssrn.com/abstract=1937476

• De Toekomst van Corporate Governance: Niet-Beursgenoteerde Vennootschappen?, in Mijntje Lückerath-Rover, Barbara Bier, Hans van Ees and Muel Kaptein, editors, Jaarboek Corporate Governance 2012-2013. Deventer : Kluwer, 2012, pp. 29-41 (in Dutch)

• The European Venture Capital Cycle in the Post-AIFM Directive Era (with Diogo Pereira Dias Nunes), in Dirk Zetzsche, editor, The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive: European Regulation of Investment Funds. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2012, pp. 593-609

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Listed Companies: What is The Role of Corporate Governance, in Corporate Governance, Value Creation and Growth: The Bridge between Finance and Enterprise. Paris: OECD, 2012, pp. 15-23

• Corporate Venture Capital: From Venturing to Partnering (with Joseph A. McCahery and Andrew M. Banks), in Douglas Cumming, editor, The Oxford Handbook of Venture Capital. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 211-245

• Europe’s Corporate Governance Green Paper: Do Institutional Investors Matter? (with Christoph Van der Elst), in Hanne S. Birkmose, Mette Neville and Karsten Engsig Sørensen, editors, European Financial Market in Transition. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2011, pp. 199-215

• Towards a New Financial Market Segment for High tech Companies in Europe (with Jose Miguel Mendoza), in Hanne S. Birkmose, Mette Neville and Karsten Engsig Sørensen, editors, European Financial Market in Transition. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2011, pp. 383-420. Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No 2011-1 (The “New” Venture Capital Cycle (part I): The Importance of Private Secondary Market Liquidity), http://ssrn.com/abstract=1829835

• Wie zijn de Aandeelhouders in de 21ste Eeuw? Regelgeving versus flexibiliteit, in Jan Bernd Huizink, editor, Wie is de aandeelhouder. Deventer : Kluwer, 2011 (in Dutch)





• How Does Corporate Mobility Affect Lawmaking? A Comparative Analysis (with William W. Bratton and Joseph A. McCahery), in Dan Prentice and Arad Reisberg, editors, Corporate Finance Law in the UK and EU. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, pp. 429-460

• The Alliance Strategy in Corporate Venture Capital (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Theo Raaijmakers, editor, Lustrum Bundel Nederlands Genootschap van Bedrijfsjuristen, ‘En na de crisis?’. Deventer : Kluwer, 2010, pp. 143-160

• Does the Takeover Bids Directive Need Revision? (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Stefan Grundmann, et al, editors, Festschrift für Klaus J. Hopt zum 70. Geburtstag. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2010, pp. 2189-2206. Earlier version distributed as TILEC Discussion Paper (DP 2010-006), h t t p : / /ssrn.com/abstract=1547861

• Private Equity Regulation: A Comparative Analysis (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Douglas Cumming, editor, Private Equity: Fund Types, Risks & Returns, and Regulation. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2010, pp. 359-393

• Conflict Resolution and the Role of Courts: An Empirical Study (with Joseph A. McCahery), Mette Neville and Karsten Engsig Sørensen, editors, Company Law and SMEs. Copenhagen: Thomson Reuters, 2010, pp. 207-245. Earlier version distributed as ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 132/2009, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1448192

• Introduction: Private Company Law Reform (with Joseph A. McCahery, Masato Hisatake and Jun Saito), Joseph A. McCahery, Levinus Timmerman and Erik P.M. Vermeulen, editors, Private Company Law Reform – International and European Perspective. The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2010, pp. 1-12

• The New Company Law: What Matters in an Innovative Economy (with Joseph A. McCahery, Masato Hisatake and Jun Saito), Joseph A. McCahery, Levinus Timmerman and Erik P.M. Vermeulen, editors, Private Company Law Reform – International and European Perspective. The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2010, pp. 71-117

• Does the European Company Prevent the ‘Delaware-effect’? (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Thomas Clarke and Jean-François Chanlat, editors, European Corporate Governance – Readings and perspectives (Thomas Clarke and J eds). London: Routledge, 2009, pp. 204-217

• Current Trends and Likely Developments in Private Company Law (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Peter Essers, Geert Raaijmakers, Ger van der Sangen and Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Met Recht, Deventer : Kluwer Rechtswetenschappelijke Publikaties, 2009, pp. 301-318. Reprinted in Peter Essers, Eric Kemmeren, Theo Raaijmakers and Ger van der Sangen, editors, Reforming the Law on Business Organizations: Back to Basics in Business Law and Tax Law. The Hague: Eleven International Publishing, 2011, pp. 225-239

• Role of Corporate Governance Reform and Enforcement in the Netherlands (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Michel Tison, Hand De Wulf, Christoph Van der Elst and Reinhard Steennot, editors, Perspectives in Company Law and Financial Regulation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009, pp. 322-342

• De Economische Structuur van het Vennootschapsrecht (with Christoph Van der Elst), in Wim Weterings, editor, De Economische Analyse van het Recht. The Hague: Boom Juridische Uitgevers, 2008, pp. 157-180 (in Dutch)

• Monitoring and Enforcement of Corporate Governance in the Netherlands (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Bouwen en bezinning regels van wenselijk en onwenselijk financieel recht, Van der Heijden Instituut. Deventer : Kluwer, 2007, pp. 235-248

• How Should We Regulate Private Equity and Hedge Funds? (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Arnoud Boot, editor, Private Equity en Aandeelhoudersactivisme. Amsterdam: Amsterdam Center for Corporate Finance, 2007

• The Role of Law in Developing Efficient Corporate Governance Frameworks, in Corporate Governance of Non-Listed Companies in Emerging Markets. Paris: OECD Publishing, 2006, pp. 91-126





• De Plaats en Inrichting van een Nieuw BV-Recht in een Innovatieve Economie, in Verslag van de vergadering van de Vereeniging ‘Handelsrecht’ over de vereenvoudigde BV. Deventer : Kluwer, 2006, pp. 27-37 (in Dutch)

• De plaats en Inrichting van een Nieuw BV-Recht in een Innovatieve Economie, in Preadvies 2006 – De vereenvoudigde BV. Deventer : Kluwer, 2006 , pp. 113-180 (in Dutch)

• Does the European Company Prevent the ‘Delaware-effect’? (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Theo Raaijmakers, et al, editors, The European Company: Corporate Governance and Cross-Border Reorganizations from a Legal and Tax Perspective. The Hague: Boom Juridische Uitgevers, 2006

• Corporate Governance Crises and Related Party Transactions: A Post-Parmalat Agenda (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Klaus Hopt, Eddy Wymeersch, Hideki Kanda and Harald Baum, editors, Changes of Governance in Europe, Japan and US. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 215-245

• De Weg naar een Nederlandse L(imited) L(iability) P(artnership), Waarom de Totstandkoming van Nieuwe Rechtsvormen Moeizaam Verloopt in Nederland? (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Theo Raaijmakers, et al, editors, Lustrum Bundel Nederlands Genootschap van Bedrijfsjuristen, ‘Tussen Themis en Mercurius’. Deventer : Kluwer, 2005 (in Dutch)

• The Evolution of Closely Held Business Forms in Europe (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Joseph A. McCahery, Theo Raaijmakers and Erik P.M. Vermeulen, The Governance of Close Corporations and Partnerships – US and European Perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 191-239

• De Herziening van de Commanditaire Vennootschap vanuit een Rechtseconomisch Perspectief (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Theo Raaijmakers and Ger van der Sangen, editors, Herziening persoonsgebonden ondernemingsvormen: enkele kanttekeningen bij het wetsvoorstel tot invoering van Titel 7.13 BW. The Hague: Boom Juridische Uitgevers, 2004, pp. 131-145 (in Dutch)

• Business Organizational Law and Venture Capital (with Joseph A. McCahery), in Joseph A. McCahery and Luc Renneboog, Venture Capital and the Valuation of High Tech Businesses. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 162-187

• De Commanditaire Vennootschap op Aandelen, in Theo Raaijmakers, editor, Personenvennootschap en ‘onderneming’ Over Persoonsgebonden Ondernemingen en Titel 7.13 ONBW. Deventer : Tjeenk Willink, 1999, pp. 77-96 (in Dutch)

Articles in Academic Journals

• Regulation Tomorrow: What Happens When Technology is Faster than the Law? (with Mark Fenwick and Wulf Kaal), American University Business Law Review, forthcoming 2017. Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2016-8, U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-23, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2834531

• How to Regulate Disruptive Innovation - From Facts to Data (with Wulf Kaal), Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology, 57(2), forthcoming 2017. Earlier version distributed as U of St. Thomas (Minnesota) Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-13, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2808044

• Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership after the Panama Papers (with Mark Fenwick), IFC Corporate Governance Group Focus 14, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group, 2016. Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2016-3, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2777152





• Venture Capital 2.0: From Venturing to Partnering (with Joseph A. McCahery), Annals of Corporate Governance, 1(2) (2016) 95-173. Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2016-2, Tilburg Law School Research Paper No. 11/2016, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 315/2016, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2773622

• We Know the Savior… and It Is Them: The Future Face(s) of Venture Capital (with Brian Park), Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 18(2) (2016) 175-187. Earlier version distributed as a working paper, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2564040

• The New Firm: Staying Relevant, Unique & Competitive (with Mark Fenwick), European Business Organization Law Review, 16(4) (2015) 595-623. Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2015-5, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2659763

• Debunking Myths in Corporate Venture Capital: What Works, What Doesn’t, and How To Make It Happen (with Brian Park), Journal of US-China Public Administration, 12(10) (2015) 764-776. Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2015-3, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2636173

• Alternatives to Silicon Valley: Building Your Global Business Anywhere (with Mark Fenwick), EUIJ Kyushu Review, 2015. Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2015-2, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2630567

• Corporate Governance in a Networked Age, Wake Forest Law Review, 50(3) (2015) 711-742. Earlier versions distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No 2014-4 and Tilburg Law School Research Paper No.16/2015, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2641441

• High Tech Companies and the Decision to “Go-Public”: Are Backdoor Listings (Still) An Alternative to “Front-Door” IPOs?, Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs, 4(1) (2015) 421-444. Earlier version to be distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2016 (Going Public: On the JOBS Act and Backdoor Listings in the High Tech Industry)

• El Derecho Societario, el papel de los abogados y la innovación en materia jurídica, La tradición jurídica anglosajona ante los sistemas romano-germánicos (with Francisco Reyes), Foro de Derecho Mercantil - Revista Internacional, 2015 (in Spanish)

• New Private Equity Models: How Should the Interests of Investors and Managers Be Aligned? (with Joseph A. McCahery), The Journal of Financial Perspectives, 3(1) (2015)

• Business Growth and Firm Value Creation: The “Ignored” Third Dimension of Corporate Governance (with Joseph A. McCahery), Journal of Self-Governance and Management Economics, 2(4) (2014) 69-76. Earlier versions distributed as ECGI - Law Working Paper No 235/2014, January 2014 and Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No 2014-1 (The “Ignored” Third Dimension of Corporate Governance), http://ssrn.com/abstract=2374810

• Van Slimste Regio naar de Nieuwe Silicon Valley (From Smartest Region to the New Silicon Valley), Economische Statistische Berichten, 99(4698S) (2014) 29-33 (in Dutch)

• Six Components of Corporate Governance That Cannot Be Ignored (with Joseph A. McCahery), European Company and Financial Law Review, 11(2) (2014) 160-195. Earlier versions distributed as ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 248/2013, Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2014-2, Tilburg Law School Research Paper No. 08/2014, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2406565

• Conservatism and Innovation in Venture Capital Contracting (with Joseph A. McCahery), European Business Organization Law Review, 15(2) (2014). Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2013-2, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2215896












• Understanding the Board of Directors after the Financial Crisis: Some Lessons for Europe (with Joseph A. McCahery), Journal of Law and Society, 41(1) (2014) 121-151. Earlier versions distributed as ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 229/2013, Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2013-5 (Understanding the Board of Directors after the Financial Crisis), http://ssrn.com/abstract=2336614

• A Primer on the Incorporation (with Joseph A. McCahery and Priyanka Priydershini), European Business Organization Law Review, 14 (2013) 305-342. Earlier versions distributed as ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 198/2013, Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2013-1, TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2013-004, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2200783, LSE RICAFE Working Paper WP 51 (New Business Law and Innovation) (with Joseph A. McCahery)

• The Present and Future of Corporate Governance: Re-Examining the Role of the Board of Directors and Investor Relations in Listed Companies (with Joseph A. McCahery and Masato Hisatake), European Company and Financial Law Review, 10 (2013) 117-163. Earlier versions distributed as ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 211/2013, Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2013-3, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2254520

• Company Law, Lawyers and “Legal” Innovation: Common Law versus Civil Law (with Francisco Reyes), Banking & Finance Law Review, 28 (3) (2013) 433-474. Earlier versions distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2011-3, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1907894, Kyushu University Legal Research Bulletin, 2 (2012)

• Beneficial Ownership and Control: A Comparative Study - Disclosure, Information and Enforcement, OECD Corporate Governance Working Papers, No 7 (18 January 2013). Earlier versions distributed as a background paper for the Technical Seminar on Corporate Governance in Russia - Meeting Documents, Beneficial Ownership and Control: A Comparative Study (in English and in Russian)

• The Evolution and Regulation of Venture Capital Funds in Europe (with Diogo Pereira Dias Nunes), EUIJ-Kyushu Review, 2 (2012) 1-68. Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2012-1, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2163193

• Private Equity Regulation: A Comparative Analysis (with Joseph A. McCahery), Journal of Management & Governance, 16 (May 2012) 197-233

• The Case Against Reform of the Takeover Bids Directive (with Joseph A. McCahery), European Business Law Review, 22 (2011) 541-557. Earlier version distributed as TILEC Discussion Paper (DP 2010-006), http://ssrn.com/abstract=1547861

• Past een Centraal Aandeelhoudersregister in het Huidige Vennootschapsrecht?, Ondernemingsrecht, Actualiteit 39 (2011) (in Dutch)

• Regulatory Supply and Market Demand of Risk Management” Match or Clash? (with Christoph Van der Elst), Risk Governance & Control: Financial Markets & Institutions, 1 (2011)

• Het Vennootschapsrecht in de 21ste Eeuw: Common law versus Civil Law, Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht, 47 (2010) 1243-1319, (in Dutch)

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation, The Hidden Costs of Corporate Governance in Europe (with Jose Miguel Mendoza and Christoph Van der Elst), South Carolina Journal of International Law & Business, 7 (2010). Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2010-2, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1698352

• Venture Capital Beyond the Financial Crisis, How Corporate Venturing Boosts New Entrepreneurial Clusters (and Assists Governments in Their Innovation Efforts) (with Joseph A. McCahery), Capital Markets Law Journal, 5 (2010) 452-470. Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2010-1, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1617585

• The Use and Abuse of Investor Suits – An Inquiry into the Dark Side of Shareholder Activism (with Dirk Zetzsche), European Company and Financial Law Review, 7 (2010) 1-63. Earlier versions distributed as TILEC Discussion Paper (DP 2010-001), CBC-RPS Paper No. 1/2010, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1428901












• How Does Corporate Mobility Affect Lawmaking? A Comparative Analysis (with William Bratton and Joseph A. McCahery), American Journal of Comparative Law, 57 (2009) 347-385. Earlier versions distributed as ECGI Law Working Paper (91), Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2008-01, Georgetown Law and Economics Research Paper No. 1086667, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1086667

• Private Equity and Hedge Funds Activism: Explaining the Differences in Regulatory Responses (with Joseph A. McCahery), European Business Organization Law Review, 9 (2008) 535-578. Earlier version distributed as LSE RICAFE Working Paper WP 50 (The Contractual Structure and Regulation of Private Equity and Hedge Funds): http://www.lse.ac.uk/fmg/research/RICAFE/pdf/RICAFE2-WP50-McCahery.pdf

• Corporate Governance, Investor Protection and Performance in the Netherlands (with Joseph A. McCahery), Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Financier, (2007) 95-100

• De Grensoverschrijdende Rol van Europese Rechtspersonen, Weekblad voor Privaatrecht, Notariaat en Registratie, 138 (2007) 723-731 (in Dutch)

• The Breakthrough Rule and Implementation of the Takeover Directive in the Netherlands (with Joseph A. McCahery), Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Financier, (2007), 29-30

• Traditional and Innovative Approaches to Legal Reform: ‘The New Company Law’ (with Joseph A. McCahery, Masato Hisatake and Jun Saito), European Business Organization Law Review, 8 (2007) 7-57. Earlier versions distributed as RIETI Discussion Paper (07-E-033): http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publications/summary/07050012.html, ECGI - Law Working Paper75/2006 (The New Company Law: What Matters in an Innovative Economy?), http://ssrn.com/abstract=942993, TILEC Discussion Paper (DP 2004-023) (The Changing Landscape of EU Company Law) (with Joseph A. McCahery): http://ssrn.com/abstract=871075

• Een Juiste Corporate Governance Structuur: Een Stap in de Richting van een Innovatieve Economie, Ars Aequi, 55 (2006) 498-500 (in Dutch)

• Does the European Company Prevent the ‘Delaware-effect’? (with Joseph A. McCahery), European Law Journal, 11 (2005) 785-801. Earlier version distributed as TILEC Discussion Paper (DP 2005-10), http://ssrn.com/abstract=693421

• De Behoefte aan een Nederlandse ‘Personenvennootschap met Beperkte Aansprakelijkheid’ (with Joseph A. McCahery), Tijdschrift voor Ondernemingsrecht, 2005, 382-291 (in Dutch)

• Regulatory Competition and the Challenges for Partnership Law Reform, Tilburg Foreign Law Review, 12 (2004) 7. Earlier versions distributed as TILEC Discussion Paper (DP 2005-28) (Network Effects and Regulatory Competition, An Introduction to the Expectations and Challenges of Partnership Law Reform), http://ssrn.com/abstract=821885

• Fundamentele Herziening van de Commanditaire Vennootschap: Een Pure Noodzaak! (with Joseph A. McCahery), Nederlands Juristenblad, 79 (2004) 322-328 (in Dutch)

• Limited Partnership Reform in the United Kingdom: A Competitive Venture Capital Oriented Business Form (with Joseph A. McCahery), European Business Organization Law Review, 5 (2004) 111-135. Earlier version distributed as TILEC Discussion Paper (DP 2004-024),http://ssrn.com/abstract=664166

• Innovative Business Forms for High Tech Start-ups in Europe (with Joseph A. McCahery), European Business Law Review, 13 (2002) 243-266

• Towards A New ‘Company’ Structure For High Tech Start-ups in Europe, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 8 (2001) 233-275

• High Tech Start-Ups in Europe: The Effect of Regulatory Competition on the Emergence of New Business Forms (with Joseph A. McCahery), European Law Journal, 7 (2001) 459-481

• The Evolution of Closely Held Business Forms in Europe (with Joseph A. McCahery), Journal of Corporation Law, 26 (2001) 857-879. Electronic version distributed as TILEC Discussion Paper (DP 2003-012): http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/tilec/publications/discussionpapers/2003-012.pdf








• Société Privée Européenne: A European Private Company (with Tom van Duuren), Notarius International, 6 (2001) 83-89

• Beëindiging van Joint Ventures in de Rechtsvorm van een VOF of BV (with Theo Raaijmakers), Dossier over onderneming, financiering en recht, 43 (2000) 74-82 (in Dutch)

• Société Privée Européenne: een Europees besloten vennootschap (with Tom van Duuren), Weekblad voor Privaatrecht Notariaat en Registratie, 130 (1999) 853-859 (in Dutch)

• Het begrip ‘onderneming’ in Boek 3 BW!, Ars Aequi, 48 (1999) 209-216 (in Dutch)

Articles on Online Platforms

• The “CNN-Casey Neistat” Model … How to Become a More Agile, Productive & Innovative Company, Medium, 29 December 2016

• Share Your Ideas! Build a Community! …Who is Best Connected Wins in the Platform Economy, Medium, 8 December 2016

• Why Medium is the new platform for innovative research, Medium, 7 november 2016• What is the best place to be innovative and creative, Medium, 4 November 2016• Disruption, Are “Corporate Innovation Programs” the Answer?, Medium, 7

September 2016• Who Will Win the Race for the Car of the Future?, Medium, 4 September 2016• Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Big Data… Or, What Happens When Technology

is Faster than the Law?, Emergent // Future, Medium, 3 September 2016• Venture Capital 2.0, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial

Regulation, 2 September 2016• Is Pokémon Go the “New” Normal in Gaming?, LinkedIn Pulse, 23 August 2016• What Happens When Regulation is Faster than the Law, LinkedIn Pulse, 1 September

2016• How To Distinguish “Authenticity” From Theater, 10 Metrics To Identify

Genuine Partners in an Innovative Ecosystem, LinkedIn Pulse, 26 August 2016; Medium, 26 August 2016

• How Social Media Makes You More Creative, Productive and Innovative, LinkedIn Pulse, 23 August 2016; Medium, 23 August 2016

• How to Build a Startup Community: The Case of Colombia, LinkedIn Pulse, 18 August 2016; Medium, 18 August 2016

• Are We Ready for Intelligent Cars (Yet)?, LinkedIn Pulse, 16 August 2016; Medium, 16 August 2016

• Regulation: What Often Goes Wrong and How To Fix It, LinkedIn Pulse, 9 August 2016; Medium, 9 August 2016

• So, What Should I Do Next?, LinkedIn Pulse, 2 August 2016; Medium, 2 August 2016• What Every CEO Should Know About the 21st Century, LInkedIn Pulse, 20 July 2016;

Medium, 20 July 2016• What You Need to Know about Capitalism, Medium, 14 July 2016• The Future of Capitalism, LinkedIn Pulse, 14 July 2016• Organizing Talent: The “Secret of Success” at EURO 2016, LinkedIn Pulse, 3 July 2016;

Medium, 3 July 2016• How Under Armour Keeps Me Lean and Fit, LinkedIn Pulse, 28 June 2016; Medium, 28

June 2016• “Un-Corporating” Corporate Governance, LinkedIn Pulse, 23 June 2016• The Only Lawyer that Matters…, LinkedIn Pulse, 14 June 2016; Medium, 18 June 2016


• The Panama Papers: So Now What?, LinkedIn Pulse, 12 May 2016• Organizing-for-Innovation, Medium, 8 May 2016• Venture Capital 2.0: From “Venturing” to “Partnering”, LinkedIn Pulse, 4 May 2016• The Modern Corporation in a Networked and Digital Age, The CLS Blue Sky Blog. 15

September 2015• The Modern Corporation, Navigating Organizational Change, Medium, 21 August 2015• Corporate Governance in a Networked Age, LinkedIn Pulse, 20 August 2015• Debunking Myths in Corporate Venture Capital: What Works, What Doesn’t,

and How To Make It Work, LinkedIn Pulse, 29 July 2015• Alternatives to Silicon Valley: Building Your Global Business Anywhere, LinkedIn

Pulse, 23 July 2015• How to Identify the Best Venture Capital Funds, Medium, 11 April 2015• The IPO Market Conundrum: Can We Find Solution Before the Bubble Bursts?,

LinkedIn Pulse, 24 March 2015• We Know the Saviour… and It Is Them: The New Face(s) of Venture Capital,

LinkedIn Pulse, 16 February 2015

YouTube

• SIAS CG Week Conference 2016, TheSIASTube, 29 September 2016 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfKNiahb5iQ

• SME Instrument Views and Tips, EASME - Executive Agency for SMEs, 16 July 2015 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1uemVV1bQs

• Corporate Governance and Innovation, Osgoode Hall Law School, 25 March 2013 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jmRAvi4rS0

Research and Policy Papers

• Board Evaluations: International Comparisons, OECD, 2016• Putting Beneficial Ownership Disclosure into Practice in Asian Publicly Listed

Companies: A Missed Opportunity, OECD 2016• Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership and Control in Listed Companies in Asia,

OECD, 2016• Beneficial Ownership Disclosure in Listed Companies: From “Grudging”

Compliance to “Open” Communication (with Mark Fenwick), IFC - World Bank, 2016• Opening the “Black Box” of Europe’s “Startup Ecosystem” (with Mark Fenwick),

InvestHorizon, European Commission, 2016• Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership & Control in Listed Companies: The Asian

Example, OECD, 2015• Backdoor Listings in Indonesia: Policy Options and Regulatory Strategies, OECD,

2015• Brainport Eindhoven: Van Smartest City naar Startup City, Brainport Position paper,

January 2014 (in Dutch)• Rules on Backdoor Listings: a Global Survey, Background Paper Indonesia - OECD

Corporate Governance Policy Dialogue October 2014, OECD-OJK, 2014

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• Rules and Policies regarding Backdoor Listings: A Comparative Report, Background Paper Indonesia - OECD Corporate Governance Policy Dialogue December 2013, OECD-OJK, 2013

• Enforcement of Corporate Governance, Summary Results: Asian Roundtable Response to OECD Questionnaire on Public Enforcement and Supervision, Task Force on Enforcement, 2013

• Beneficial Ownership and Control: A Comparative Report, Technical Seminar on Corporate Governance in Russia (in English and in Russian), 2012

Unpublished Working Papers

• Corporate Governance and Innovation: Venture Capital, Joint Ventures and Family Business (with Joseph A. McCahery), ECGI - Law Working Paper 65/2006 (2006), http://ssrn.com/abstract=894785

Seminars, Conference Presentations and Guest Lectures

2016

• Innovation and Creativity... Or, What Place Makes an Entrepreneur Happy, Creative Industry Lecture, JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers), Fukuoka, Japan, December 2016

• Boards and Board Evaluations: A Missed Opportunity, Experts Forum on Corporate Governance in India: Board Evaluations, Mumbai, India, December 2016

• How to Organize Now for Tomorrow’s Success - a 21st Century Perspective on Corporate Governance, Post-Master Accountancy Program, KPMG, Amstelveen, The Netherlands, November 2016

• How to Organize the Best Law Firm (or Legal Department) of the Future, Paralegal Day 2016, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 2016

• How to Organize Now for Tomorrow’s Success - a 21st Century Perspective on Corporate Governance, thebell Finance academy, Seoul, Korea, October 2016

• Putting Beneficial Ownership Disclosure into Practice in Asian Publicly Listed Companies: A Missed Opportunity, OECD Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance, Seoul, Korea, October 2016

• Governance Tomorrow, XXXII Congreso de Derecho Comercial, 25 Años de la Constitución, la Dinámica del Mercado, las Sociedades, los negocios y el Marco Constitucional, Medellin, Colombia, October 2016

• Governance Tomorrow, Global Corporate Governance Conference, 7th Corporate Governance Week 2016, Singapore, October 2016

• Regulation Tomorrow: What Happens When Technology is Faster than the Law?, Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Law & Economics Association, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, United States, September 2016

• Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership after the Panama Papers, Special Lecture, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, August 2016

• How to Regulate Disruptive Innovation - From Facts to Data, The 18th Biennial Conference of International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law, Fukuoka, Japan, 2016




• Disruptive Innovation: Strategic Legal Challenges and Opportunities, Conference on Empirical Legal Studies in Europe (CELSE) 2016, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2016

• Board Independence: A Missed Opportunity, Corporate Ukraine: Achievements, Challenges, Plans, The 3rd International Forum of Corporate Secretaries, Kyiv, Ukraine, June 2016

• Opening the “Black Box” of Europe’s “Startup Ecosystem”, InvestHorizon Stakeholders Seminar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, June 2016

• Taking the “Corporate” out of Corporate Venturing, Global Corporate Venturing Symposium, London, United Kingdom, May 2016

• From “Short-Term” to “Long-Term” Corporate Governance, Corporate Governance, Long-Term Investment and the Design of Pension Systems, Center for Corporate Governance, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2016.

• Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership after the Panama Papers, Stakeholder Consultation and Practice Group Meeting on Corporate Governance Codes and Standards, Integrating Sustainability and Governance, the Role of Codes, Standards, and Disclosure, IFC (International Finance Corporation), Vienna, Austria, April 2016

• Corporate Governance in a Networked Age, Master Class, Corporate Governance National Forum, Corporate Governance: A New Take On Investment Attractiveness of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan, March 2016

• Building a Global Business: Advantages and Drawbacks of “Good” Corporate Governance, Corporate Governance National Forum, Corporate Governance: A New Take On Investment Attractiveness of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan, March 2016

• The Future of Capitalism, Roundtable “Organizing-for-Innovation”, Fukuoka, Japan, March 2016• Opening the “Black Box” of Financing “High Growth” Companies, ADBI-OECD

Roundtable on Capital Market and Financial Reform in Asia, Tokyo, Japan, March 2016• Collaborative Culture & Corporate Governance: Moving From an “Industrial”

Society to a “Connected” Society, Distinguished Corporate Governance Speaker Series, Manila, Philippines, March 2016

• Collaborative Culture & Corporate Governance: Moving From an “Industrial” Society to a “Connected” Society, Guest Lecture, Far Eastern University, Manila, Philippines, March 2016

• Collaborative Culture & Corporate Governance: Moving From an “Industrial” Society to a “Connected” Society, Enabling Business Growth in Highly Regulated Industries, Ayala Corporate Governance and Risk Management Summit, Manila, Philippines, March 2016

• The “Corporate” Firm in the Connected Age: Collaborative Culture and Corporate Governance, Guest Lecture, University of Asia and the Pacific, Manila, Philippines, March 2016

2015

• Corporate “Governance & Venture Capital”, 17th European Corporate Governance Conference, European Commission and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, December 2015

• Connecting “Start-up Communities”, “Innovation Ecosystems”, 7th European Innovation Summit, Konwledge4Innovation (K4I) Forum of the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, December 2015

• The “New” Firm & The Need for Dynamic Regulation, St. Thomas University (Lecture), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, November 2015

• The “New” Firm & The End of Capitalism, Faculty Talk, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, November 2015

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• Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership & Control in Listed Companies, OECD Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance, Bangkok, Thailand, October 2015

• Intelligent Cars: Disrupting Everyday Life in the Automobile Industry, International Conference “Global/Local Innovations for Next Generation Automobiles”, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, October 2015

• Global Start-Up Communities, Corporate Venture in Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 2015

• ”Crowdfunding” As Dynamic Regulation of Innovation, Midwestern Law & Economics Association Annual Meeting, Lawrence, Kansas, United States, October 2015

• Contemporary Issues in Financial Regulation - European Capital Markets, The Global State of Regulation of Business and Finance, The Next International Finance Conference, Seoul, Korea, September 2015

• The “New” Firm: Staying Relevant, Unique and Competitive, The Future of International Corporate Governance, Eighteenth Annual Law and Business Conference, Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, September 2015

• Modern Times: Negotiating in a Networked Age, Universidad Externado/Cámara de Commerce de Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia, August 2015

• Sustainable Reporting, Where It Stands and Where It Is Going for Companies, Panel Discussion, IFC - World Bank Learning Week, Baltimore, United States, June 2015

• Beneficial Ownership Disclosure: From Grudging Compliance to Innovation, IFC - World Bank Learning Week, Washington DC, United States, June 2015

• The Virtual Innovation Ecosystem: Building Global Business Anywhere, EUIJ-Kyushu Symposia Series, Building Global Business in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, May 2015

• Virtual Innovation Ecosystems: Building Global Business Anywhere, Asian Entrepreneurship Award 2015, Innovation Award for Young Entrepreneurs to Compete for Global Change, Kashiwa-shi, Japan, May 2015

• Corporate Governance, Two-Day Corporate Governance Course, World Bank Group, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2015

• Growth and Value Creation in a Regulated World, 7. Liechtensteinischer Fondstag, Neuer Entwicklungen im Liechtensteinischen Investmentfondsrecht- Auswirkungen Europäischer “Nebenregularien” auf das Fondsrecht, Universität Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, May 2015

• New Insights into Investment Readiness, InvestHorizon Policy Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 23 April 2015

• Corporate Governance in a Networked Age, Big Data: Specialisatiecursus juridische implicaties, Tilburg Law School, Tilburg, The Netherlands, April 2015

• Corporate Management and Governance, Comparative Corporate Law Course, Columbia Law School (video presentation), April 2015

• Ownership, Disclosure for Governance, International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), Swiss Confederation, Le Gouvernement Du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, Vienna, Austria, March 2015

• Corporate Governance in a Networked Age, The Future of Financial Intermediation, Wake Forest Law Review 2015 Spring Symposium, Winston Salem (NC), United States, March 2015

• Innovative Approaches to Fund Structures, Private Investment Funds - Practice and Regulation, University of St. Thomas, School of Law (Lecture), Minneapolis, United States of America, March 2015

• Corporate Governance in a Networked Age, ADBI-OECD Roundtable on Capital Market and Financial Reform in Asia, Tokyo, Japan, March 2015

• Made in Japan: Unlocking an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Nascent Innovation Ecosystems, EU-JAMM Lecture, Fukuoka, Japan, February 2015.

• Virtual Ecosystems, Global Government Venturing Summit (and Master Classes Startup Week Eindhoven), Eindhoven, The Netherlands, February 2015.


• Chasing Strategic vs Financial Returns: How Should CVCs Operate?, Research Matters… But How To Sell It to Your Boss? Communicating Internally the Value of R&I, EIRMA (European Industrial Research Management Association) Representatives’ Round Table, Brussels, Belgium, January 2015

• Chasing Strategic vs Financial Returns: How Should CVCs Operate?, METI New Business Creation Conference, Tokyo, Japan, January 2015

• Made in Japan: The Fukuoka Start-up Scene, Understanding Regulatory Choice and New Economic Zones Conference, The 9th Annual Kyushu University Law Conference, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, January 2015

2014

• Virtual Ecosystems: Unlocking Meaningful Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Your Community, Innovation Ecosystems Forum, Sochi, Russia, December 2014

• Corporate Governance in a Networked Age, The Distinguished Corporate Governance Seminar Series, Manila and Cebu, The Philippines, November 2014

• International Experience and Indonesia’s Regulatory Response to Backdoor Listings, Transparency of Backdoor Listings, Indonesia - OECD Corporate Governance Policy Dialogue, Bali, Indonesia, October 2014

• “Virtual Ecosystems”: Unlocking Meaningful Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Your Community, Co-financieren: Public meets Private, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Participatiemaatschappijen en Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, October 2014

• “Virtual Ecosystems”: Unlocking Meaningful Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Your Community, Triple Helix Venturing, Half Moon Bay, California, United States, October 2014

• “Virtual Ecosystems”: Unlocking Meaningful Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Your Community, Match Factory: Match, Share, Innovate, Workshop Gemeente Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, September 2014

• The Truth About IPOs of High Tech Companies, The Korean Equity Market in Transition, KCMI 17th Anniversary Conference, Korea Capital Market Institute, Seoul, South Korea, September 2014

• The Globalization of Innovation and Business Creation, Innovation Lecture, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, September 2014

• The Truth about IPOs (and Acquisitions) of High Tech Companies, Innovation Master Class, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, September 2014

• New Trends in Early-Stage Business Financing, Innovation Master Class, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, September 2014

• The Organization & Funding of Early Stage Businesses, Innovation Master Class, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, September 2014

• The Globalization of Innovation and Business Creation, Innovation Lecture, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 2014

• The Truth about IPOs (and Acquisitions) of High Tech Companies, Innovation Master Class, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 2014

• New Trends in Early-Stage Business Financing, Innovation Master Class, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 2014

• The Organization & Funding of Early Stage Businesses, Innovation Master Class, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 2014


• “Virtual Ecosystems”: Unlocking Meaningful Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Your Community, International Symposium on Intellectual Property and Venture Capital: The Secrets to Building Innovation Ecosystems, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, September 2014

• Global Perspectives on Venture Capital, Special Lecture, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, August 2014

• We Have Met the Savior and It Is Them: The Changing Face(s) of Venture Capital, Special Lecture Kyushu University International Programs in Law, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, August 2014

• When Investor Engagement Goes Too Far: Evidence from a Global Survey, Freedom of Contract vs. Control - The Need to Limit Party Autonomy, 17th Biennial Meeting of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law, Bigli University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2014

• “Virtual Ecosystems”: Unlocking Meaningful Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Your Community, Workshop Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 2014

• From Smartest City to Startup City, Brainport Development, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, June 2014

• Triple Helix: From Innovation to Business Creation, Entrepreneurial University, Engaged Industry & Active Government: Triple Helix Opportunities, A Collaborative Interdisciplinary Workshop, University of Surrey, Surrey, England, May 2014

• We Have Met the Savior and It Is Them: The Changing Face(s) of Venture Capital (with Brian J. Park), Brainport Venture Day, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, May 2014

• We Have Met the Savior and It Is Them: The Changing Face(s) of Venture Capital, 6. Liechtensteinischer Fondstag: Produktregulierung, Fondstypen und Anlagestrategien, Universität Liechtenstein, Schaan, Liechtenstein, May 2014

• Partnering with Venture Capitalists (with Janke Dittmer), Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2014, London, England, May 2014

• From Smartest Region to Startup Region, Startupbootcamp HighTechXL - Ministry of Economic Affairs, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, May 2014

• Corporate Venture Capital: Strategies To Make It Work, IVC Investor Round Table: Corporate Venturing and Partnering, London, England, April 2014

• The Secret of Successful Businesses: Trust, Culture and Family Involvement, EUIJ-Kyushu Symposia Series, Fukuoka, Japan, April 2014

• Comment on Mariana Pargendler’s Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets, Oxford Handbook of Corporate Law and Governance Conference, Columbia Law School, New York, United States, March 2014

• Corporate Governance in Practice: Evidence from a Global Survey, Oxford Handbook of Corporate Law and Governance Conference, Columbia Law School, New York, United States, March 2014

• From Smartest Region to Startup Region, Annual Meeting Startupbootcamp HighTechXL, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, March 2014

• From Smartest Region to Startup Region, Brainport Networking Financials (BNF), Helmond, The Netherlands, February 2014

• The New Economics of Corporate Governance, Ownership and Trust, OECD Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance, Securities and Exchange Board of India, Mumbai, India, February 2014

• The Law and Economics of Innovation Ecosystems, Social Capital, Networks, Law, Kyushu University, Faculty of Law, 9th Annual International Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, February, 2014

• Facebook versus Gree: A Legal and Cultural Perspective, Special Lecture for the Undergraduate Students, Fukuoka, Japan, February 2014

• Corporate Ownership and Control, OECD Expert Roundtable on Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets, Capital Markets Board of Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey, January 2014


2013

• The Role of Enforcement in the ‘Backdoor Listing’ Process, Indonesia, OECD Corporate Governance Policy Dialogue, Transparency of the Market for Corporate Control “Backdoor Listings”, OECD and Indonesia Financial Services Authority (OJK), Jakarta, Indonesia, December 2013

• Understanding the Board of Directors after the Financial Crisis, The 9th Taipei Corporate Governance Forum, Financial Supervisory Commission, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., November 2013

• Triple Helix and the Finance of Innovation, Tenth International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Global/Local Innovations for Next Generation Automobiles, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, November 2013

• The New Venture Capital Cycle: The Emergence of Collaborative Funding Models and Platforms, Collaboration to Innovate: Academia, Industry and Venture Capital, Hitotsubashi ICS/Academy for Global Leadership (AGL), Tokyo, Japan, November 2013

• The New Venture Capital Cycle & The Role of Corporations, ICT2013, Entrepreneurship and Investment Forum, European Commission in partnership with Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania, November 2013

• Law & Finance: Creating an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Enabling Environment for Microbusiness and Creative Economy, UNCITRAL-MOJ-KLRI Joint International Conference, Seoul, Korea, October 2013

• Trends and Challenges in the Venture Capital Ecosystem in Europe, Brainport Networking Financials, Brainport Development and TESLA, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, October 2013

• The Theory and Practice of Corporate Groups, 8th European Company and Financial Law ReviewSymposium, Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy, September 2013

• What Economists Have Taught Us About Joint Ventures, VCS Philips, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, September 2013

• International Joint Ventures in the 21st Century: What Lawyers Need to Know!, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, August 2013

• The Venture Capital Ecosystem A Next Step for Colombia, Seminar Superintendencia de Sociedades, Bogota, Colombia, August 2013

• Triple Helix and High Tech Clusters: Towards a Triple Helix+ Model, Triple Helix XI International Conference, Big Innovation Centre, London, England, July 2013

• Research and Innovation, Translating Research and Innovation into Jobs and Growth, Digital Agenda Assembly 2013, Europe - Digitally Alive in Dublin, European Commission in partnership with Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Dublin, Ireland, June 2013

• A ‘New’ Venture Capital Model, EuroSME2013, Innovation - The Financial and Innovation Value Chain and return on Investment, European Commission and Enterprise Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, June 2013

• Corporate Governance, IPOs & Long-Term Growth, 2013 Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance, OECD, Securities Commission Malaysia and Bursa Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2013

• Enforcement of Corporate Governance, An Analysis of the OECD 2013 Questionnaire, Task Force on Enforcement, OECD, Securities Commission Malaysia and Bursa Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2013

• The Future of Company Law, Guest Lecture, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, May 2013• Innovation in the Private Equity Cycle, Private Equity Summit 2013, ABN AMRO

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 2013


• Fostering Entrepreneurship & Innovation In Europe: Venture Capital Enters a New Era of Collaboration!, Comparative Models for Fostering Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference, Academy for Global Leadership AGL, Tokyo Institute of Technology and ICS Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, March 2013

• Corporate Governance, IPOs and Growth, International Corporate Governance and Public International Law, Vanderbilt Law School, Istanbul Bilgi University and Tilburg University, Istanbul, Turkey, March 2013

• Corporate Governance and Innovation: Should Facebook’s Governance Structure Scare Investors?, The PTTP Putting Theory to Practice International Speakers Series & Osgoode Society for Corporate Governance, Toronto, Canada, February 2013

• Beyond Shareholder Value: Corporate Governance and Corporate Venturing, University of Leeds, Business Law and Practice Seminar Series, Leeds, England, January 2013

• The Uncorporation - A Revolutionary Vehicle for Microbusiness and Microfinance, UNCITRAL International Colloquium on Microfinance, Creating an Enabling Legal Environment for Microbusiness, Vienna, Austria, January 2013

2012

• Corporate Governance & (Private) Enforcement, OECD Informal Roundtable on Supervision and Enforcement, Paris, France, November 2012

• Company Law & Enforcement, Seminar, Superintendencia de Sociedades, Bogota, Colombia, November 2012

• Company Law, Innovation & Value Creation, Guest Lecture, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia, November 2012

• The Evolution of Hybrid Business Forms, Encuentro Anual De Derecho Empresarial, Congreso Peruano De Derecho Corporativo, Conferencia Anual De Derecho Y Negocios, Peru, November 2012

• The Evolution of Legal Research & Education, Faculty Seminar, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia, November 2012

• Corporate Governance & The Role of Lawyers, Guest Lecture, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia, November 2012

• Company Law, Lawyers & Innovation, Guest Lecture, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia, November 2012

• Corporate Governance, Value Creation & Growth, Faculty of Law Seminar, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, October 2012

• The Future of Corporate Governance: Innovation, Value Creation & Growth, 2012 Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance, OECD and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Tokyo, Japan, October 2012

• The Evolution of Venture Capital, Corporate Venture Capital, Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Tokyo, Japan, October 2012

• Beyond Shareholder Value: Corporate Governance and Corporate Venturing - With A Focus on Boards, The 7th European Company and Financial Law Review Symposium, The Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, Luxembourg, September 2012

• Where Will The Next “Google” Come From? Building and Funding International Growth Companies, AAL Venture Days, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, September 2012 (www.aalvd.eu)

• Corporate Governance, IPOs and Economic Growth, Queen Mary University of London, School of Law and University of Leeds, Centre for Business Law & Practice, Post-crisis Trajectories of European Corporate Governance, Dealing with the Present and Shaping the Future, Leeds, England, September 2012

http://www.aalvd.eu


• Corporate Governance, IPOs and Economic Growth, CECCAR, The Congress of the Romanian Accounting Profession 19th Edition, Corporate Governance and the Accounting Profession; Competence and Responsibility, Sinaia, Romania, September 2012

• Corporate Governance of Entrepreneurial Companies, From Start-Up to IPO and Beyond, China-OECD Policy Dialogue on Corporate Governance: Growth & Innovation, Beijing, China, July 2012

• The “New” VC-Cycle: What Can We Learn From Facebook’s IPO?, Law and Entrepreneurship Conference (hosted at the Law and Society Conference), Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2012

• The “New” VC-Cycle: From Vicious to Virtuous - How to Build a VC-Ecosystem?, Law and Entrepreneurship Conference (hosted at the Law and Society Conference), Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2012

• Corporate Governance - The Bridge between Finance and Enterprise, Long-Term Investment Roundtable, OECD Forum 2012, Paris, France, May 2012

• The Importance of the International Venture Club to Europe, Venture Investors Roundtable, International Venture Club, Lausanne, Switzerland, 22 May 2012

• Macro trends: How governments are helping the venture ecosystem and what they should be doing to improve things further, Moderator, Global Corporate Venturing’s 2nd Annual Symposium “Added Value Corporate Venturing”, London, England, May 2012

• 2012: The End of the Legal World as We Know It, Last Lecture, Extra Muros, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, April 2012

• Innovation in Small and Large Companies: EU versus Japan, EUIJ-Kyushu Symposia Series, Fukuoka, Japan, April 2012

• Beneficial Ownership & Control: Stringent versus Flexible Rule, OECD Russia Corporate Governance Roundtable, Technical Seminar, Moscow, Russia, March 2012

• Improving Europe’s Venture Ecosystem: Corporate Venturing & Partnering, International Venture Club, Venture Investor Round Table, London, England, February 2012

• Beneficial Ownership and Control: Policy Options for Indonesia, OECD-Indonesia Policy Dialogue: Workshop on ‘Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership and Control’, Jakarta, Indonesia, February 2012

• Entrepreneurship within Public Companies - How Does It Work?, Corporate Governance, Innovation and Value Creation, Exploratory Roundtable, Capital Markets Board of Turkey in partnership with the OECD, Istanbul, Turkey, February 2012

• Beursgenoteerd: Start-up en familiebedrijven, Mid- & Smallcap Seminar - Beursgenoteerd. Wat nu?, Van Doorne, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 2012

2011

• Shopping for Jurisdictions (What Do Venture-Backed Companies in Initial Public Offerings Teach Us?), ICGN (International Corporate Governance Network) 2011 Conference - Corporate Governance Change in the Americas, Miami, Florida United States of America, December 2011

• The Impact of the AIFM Directive on the Venture Capital Industry in Europe, 2nd Liechtenstein Funds Day - The AIFM Directive - Implications and Implementation, Universität Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, November 2011

• Cross-border Activities and International Affairs, Panel Discussion, 2nd Liechtenstein Funds Day -The AIFM Directive - Implications and Implementation, Universität Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, November 2011

• Systemic Risk, Panel Discussion, 2nd Liechtenstein Funds Day - The AIFM Directive - Implications and Implementation, Universität Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, November 2011


• Van Slimste naar Meest Concurrerende Regio, Grenzeloos Onderzoek en Samenwerking, Global Entrepreneurship Week, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, November 2011

• The Road to Success in Europe: From “Venturing” to “Partnering”, How a European company becomes a world market leader, Go4Europe Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel, October 2011

• Corporate Governance: The Costs and Benefits of Disclosure, Centre for Commercial Law Studies Seminar, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law, Singapore, October 2011

• Beneficial Ownership and Control: A Comparative Study (Disclosure, Reporting, Investigation and Enforcement), OECD-Indonesia Policy Dialogue: Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership and Control, Bali, Indonesia, October 2011

• Innovatie, Ondernemerschap en Kapitaal: Het Belang van Samenwerken, Private Equity Bijeenkomst, Vught, The Netherlands, June 2011

• De Revolutie in Ondernemerschap in Nederland: Wat Zijn de Volgende Stappen (Venture Capital Beyond the Financial Crisis), Vereniging van Tilburgse Economisten, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, June 2011

• The Importance of “Knowledge Transfer” Partnerships, PraxisUnico Conference 2011: Opportunities in a Changing Landscape, Glasgow, Scotland, June 2011

• The Road to Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship, VC Investment and Law, Venture Law Forum, Hitotsubashi ICS, Tokyo, Japan, May 2011

• The New Venture Capital Cycle, Europe Innova, Innovation in Services, ImMediaTe Cross-MediaSummit, Digital creativity for cross-media content production and services, Rome, Italy, April 2011

• Een centraal aandeelhoudersregister gewenst?, Debatmiddag ZIFO: ‘Wie is de aandeelhouder?’,Zuidas Instituut voor Financieel recht en Ondernemingsrecht (ZIFO)/Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), March 2011

• The “New” Venture Capital Cycle, The Growing Number (and Importance) of Liquidity Options, The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 2011

• The “New” Company Law - “La Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada” = innovation & entrepreneurship, Seminario Internacional en Derecho Societario Contemporáneo, La Universidad Icesi y la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Cali, Colombia, February 2011

• The “New” Company Law - Why “La Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada” is the future of corporate law..., Seminario Internacional en Derecho Societario Contemporáneo, La Universidad Icesi y la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Cali, Colombia, February 2011

• The “New” Company Law - Encouraging Entrepreneurship & Innovation in Colombia, SeminarioInternacional sobre Derecho Societario contemporáneo, Legis, Bogotá, Colombia, February 2011

• The “New” Company Law - The End of Traditional Corporate Lawyers, Seminario Internacional sobre Derecho Societario contemporáneo, Legis, Bogotá, Colombia, February 2011

• The “New” Company Law, Guest Lecture in the Especialista en Derecho de Sociedades programme at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, February 2011

• Ondernemerschap en Innovatie, Naar Nieuwe Publiek-Private Samenwerkingen, Werkatelier Economische Visie 2020, Provincie Noord-Brabant, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, February 2011

• Europe’s fertile breeding ground for Gazelles and Gorillas, Sectoral Innovation Watch Thematic Workshop: “Gazelles” as drivers for job creation and innovation: How to support them best?, Brussels, Belgium, January 2011


2010

• Growing Investments into Innovative Companies: The New Venture Capital Cycle, European Venture Summit 2010, Düsseldorf, Germany, December 2010

• The Design of an Effective Alternative Stock Market: Facilitating Innovation and Venture Capital Exits, Seminar on the European Financial Market in Transition, Aarhus School of Business in cooperation with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and NASDAQ OMX, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2010

• The New Norm: Living Through the Capital Squeeze, Nordic Venture Forum 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2010

• Open Innovation Partnerships: The Road to Implementing the Innovation Union, Implementing the Innovation Union: Next Steps in Knowledge Transfer, European Commission / Joint Research Centre, Varese & Ispra, Italy, November 2010

• Does the Takeover Bids Directive Need Revision? The Case Against Reform of the Takeover Bids Directive, Takeover Day, The Panel of Takeovers and Mergers, Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland, Helsinki, Finland, October 2010

• Innovation in Europe: Clustering, “Venturing” or “Partnering”, Clinical Innovation in Biocommunities, Council of European BioRegions, Manchester, England, September 2010

• Venture Capital beyond the Financial Crisis - From Venturing to Partnering, Keynote Speech at the Eurecan European Venture Contest (EEVC), Semi Final Healthcare, Aarhus, Denmark, September 2010

• Corporate Governance after the Financial Crisis: Entrepreneurship in the Boardroom, Meeting on Corporate Governance in Listed Companies, European Commission Internal Market and Services DG, Free Movement of Capital, Company Law and Corporate Governance (Company Law, corporate governance and financial crime), Brussels, Belgium, June 2010

• The Swinging Pendulum of Corporate Governance, Juridisch Congres 2010: Corporate Governance, juist nu…?!, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, April 2010

• Minority Protection in Closely Held Companies, Staff Seminar, University of Cape Town Law School, Cape Town, South Africa, February 2010

2009

• Conflict Resolution and the Role of Corporate Law Courts: An Empirical Study, Law and Finance Seminars organized by Oxford Law Faculty in conjunction with Said Business School, Oxford, England, November 2009

• Understanding Corporate Governance of Non-Listed Companies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, November 2009

• The Consortium Challenges, Erasmus Mundus 2009-2013 Info Event, organized by Kyushu University in conjunction with the Delegation of European Commission in Japan, Fukuoka, Japan, November 2009

• Understanding Innovation in Corporate Law: A Comparative Analysis, XXV Congreso Nacional De Derecho Comercial, La Camara de Comercio de Medellin, Colombia, October 2009.

• Legal Regime and Innovation, Legis Seminario La Sociedad Por Acciones Simplificada, Bogota, October 2009

• Corporate Enforcement & Conflict Resolution, Seminar Superintendencia de Sociedades, Bogota, Colombia, September 2009

• Understanding Close Companies, 8th International Forum on Corporate Governance, Superintendencia de Sociedades, Confecameras, Gobierno Corporativo, Camara de Commercio de Bogota, Colombia, September 2009


• Innovative Contracting, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, September 2009• Venture Capital Contracting in Japan: Comment on Zenichi Shishido’s Why

Japanese Entrepreneurs Don’t Give Up Control to Venture Capitalists, Business Law and Innovation Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 2009

• The Role of Corporate Litigation in Enforcing Corporate Governance, Conference on Comparative Civil Enforcement in Securities Law, Cambridge, England, March 2009 (with Dirk A. Zetzsche)

• Hedge Funds, Financial Stability and Market Integrity: where are the vulnerabilities?, European Commission Conference on Private Equity and Hedge Funds, Brussels, Belgium, February 2009

• Joint Ventures and Alliances, Samenwerkingsvormen en de Economische Realiteit, Houthoff Buruma Seminar, Utrecht, The Netherlands, January 2009

2008

• Hedge Funds, AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen, Amsterdam - Eindhoven - Rotterdam, The Netherlands, December 2008

• Corporate Governance and Specialized Business Courts, Governance of the Modern Firm, Molengraaff Institute Utrecht University School of Law, Utrecht, December 2008

• Transparency Challenges in Private Companies and the Changing Role of the Auditor, Mödav 5th Annual International Accounting Conference, The Road to Transparency, Istanbul, Turkey, November 2008

• Minority Protection and the Role of Specialized Business Courts, Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus, Denmark, November 2008

• Understanding Shareholder Activism: The Role of Corporate Litigation, Louvain, Belgium, October 2008

• Use and Abuse of Investor Suits, European Company & Financial Law Review Conference on Investor Suits, Vienna, Austria, October 2008 (presented by Dirk Zetzsche)

• Compy-or-Explain in the Netherlands: The Necessity of Co-Regulation, The ICSA Corporate Governance Summit (Making Comply or Explain Work across Europe), Brussels, Belgium, October 2008

• 360° View of Regulation: The Regulation of Sovereign Wealth Funds, The GCC Institutional Investment Summit, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 2008

• Private Equity Funds, Hedge Funds & Sovereign Wealth Funds: A Regulatory Puzzle, ICC Commission on Financial Services and Insurance: Corporate Governance Roundtable Thinking Strategically about Governance & Financial Challenges, Paris, France, June 2008

• Schadebegrip in overnamecontracten, AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen, Amsterdam – Eindhoven, The Netherlands, May 2008

• Aandeelhoudersactivisme: een juridische puzzel, Inaugurele rede part II, Wisselleerstoel Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht (brute aandeelhouders of tamme vennootschappen?, Ghent, Belgium, May 2008

• Vennootschapsrecht in rechtsvergelijkend perspectief, Inaugurele rede part I, Wisselleerstoel Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht, Ghent, Belgium, May 2008

• Hybrid Business Forms and Innovation, Seminario Internacional de Derecho Societario: Tipos Societarios Híbridos, Homenaje al Profesor Erik Vermeulen, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (International Conference on Hybrid Business Forms in honor of Professor Erik Vermeulen), Bogota, Colombia, April 2008

• New Company Law Developments, Conferencia sobre tipos societarios híbridos, Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá (Seminar on Hybrid Business Forms, Chamber of Commerce of Bogota), Bogota, Colombia, April 2008


• Private Equity and Hedge Funds: A Regulatory Puzzle, Shareholder Rights, Shareholder Voting and Corporate Performance, University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, March 2008

• Private Equity Funds, Hedge Funds and Corporate Governance, Corporate Governance Summit 2008, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2008

2007

• De toenemende ondernemingsmobiliteit: de Nederlandse discussie, TPR Wisselleerstoel Seminarie Ondernemingsmobiliteit, Ghent, Belgium, December 2007

• Understanding Private Equity, Seminar on Relations between private equity and industrial change, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Brussels, Belgium, December 2007

• Private Equity and Family Firms: A Valuable Partnership?, Corporate Governance and Financing of Family Firms, Solvay Business School, Brussels, Belgium, October 2007

• Is de “nieuwe” BV voldoende aantrekkelijk?, Juridisch Genootschap Eindhoven, The Netherlands, September 2007

• The Legal Framework for PE & VC Investments: A Dutch Perspective, Forum Company Law: Venture Capital, Center for Business and Corporate Law, Heinrich Heine University - Düsseldorf Law School, Germany, August 2007

• Company Mobility: Does Europe offer the right framework?, 5th European Company and Corporate Governance Conference, BDI-Federation of German Industries, Berlin, Germany, June 2007

• The Changing Role of the CFO in an Ever-Changing Corporate Governance Climate, CFO-TOP The Strategy-Focused CFO, Groot-Bijgaarden, Belgium, June 2007 (with Christoph van der Elst)

• Actualiteiten Ondernemingsrecht: Internationale invloed op het Nederlandse ondernemingsrecht, Banning Advocaten, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, May 2007

• Value Creation by Company Lawyers, JUVAT-dag, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, May 2007 (with Jan-Willem Prakke)

• Disclosure for Non-Listed Companies: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Anton Philips Fund Conference on Disclosure, accounting and internal control of business organisations, Tilburg University, April 2007

• Corporate Governance en de structuur van de onderneming , Kluwer Verdiepingscursus Leergang voor Bedrijfsjuristen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 2007

• Corporate Governance of Non-Listed Companies, ICC Commission on Financial Services and Insurance: 4th Corporate Governance Roundtable, Prague, Czech Republic, April 2007

• Comment on professor Robert Thompson - The Limits of Hedge Fund Activism, Activist Investors, Hedge Funds and Corporate Governance, University of Amsterdam and Vanderbilt Law School, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 2007

• Roundtable Discussion on Corporate Governance: the Past Experiences and the Way Forward, DFI Conference on Corporate Governance: Collaborating on Our Approach as Emerging Markets Investors, Amsterdam, March 2007

• Corporate Governance and Enforcement in the Netherlands, Enforcement and Corporate Governance Rules, Harvard Law School and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Cambridge, United States, March 2007 (presented by Joseph A. McCahery)

• Solving the Regulatory Puzzle: Understanding Private Equity and Hedge Funds, TILEC-AFM Seminar, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 2007


2006

• Corporate Governance and Innovation: Venture Capital, Family Firms and Joint Ventures, Free University Faculty of Economics, Bolzano, Italy and Conference on Venture Capital, Bolzano, Italy, December 2006 (presented by Joseph A. McCahery)

• Het Juridisch Kader van Corporate Governance: De Commissaris, Workshop “Vreemde Eend in deBijt” – De commissaris in het familiebedrijf, MESA Family Business Consultants, Maarsbergen, The Netherlands, October 2006

• Hybrid Business Forms: The New Company La, Club van 20, Van Benthem & Keulen, Utrecht, The Netherlands, September 2006

• Corporate Structures: The Inner Structure of Business Forms, National Council of Corporate Governance, Moscow, June 2006, (presented by Joseph A. McCahery)

• Regulation of Hedge Funds in Europe, Panel discussion, Anton Philips Fund Symposium on Large Shareholder Involvement in Corporate Governance, Tilburg University, June 2006

• Hybrid Business Entities: LLP, Conference on Reforming Private Company Law: European and International Perspectives (Welfare versus Fairness in Private Company Law), Ministry of Justice The Netherlands, The Hague, The Netherlands, June 2006

• De Plaats en Inrichting van een Nieuw BV-recht in een Innovatieve Economie, ‘Vereeniging Handelsrecht’ Preadvies, Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 2006

• Corporate Governance and Innovation, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Beiijng, China, April 2006

• Actualiteiten ondernemingsrecht, Banning Advocaten, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, Mei 2006

• Vereenvoudiging BV-recht, Banning Advocaten, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, April 2006• Entrepreneurs’ Perspective: What Facilitates their Innovation?, Policy Symposium:

What Financing Mechanisms and Organizations of Business Entities Best Facilitate Innovation?, Research Institute of Economy Trade and Industry (RIETI) and The University of Tokyo - Center for Advanced Research in Finance (CARF), Tokyo, Japan, February 2006

• Liquidization and Securitization: Joint Ventures, Innovation and Entrepeneurship, Policy Symposium: What Financing Mechanisms and Organizations of Business Entities Best Facilitate Innovation?, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) and The University of Tokyo - Center for Advanced Research in Finance (CARF), Tokyo, Japan, February 2006

• Making Sense of Corporate Governance: The Case of Non-Listed Companies, Inaugural Lecture Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, February 2006

• The Governance of Non-Listed Companies, Corporate Governance Course, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 2006

• De flexibilisering van het BV-recht (en meer in het algemeen het contractuele perspectief op het ondernemingsrecht), Corporate Governance Course, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 2006

2005

• The Legal Framework of Corporate Governance, Towards a Productive Combination of “Hard” and “Soft” Law Measures for Non-Listed Firms, OECD Corporate Governance of Non-Listed Companies Focus Group Meeting, Paris, France, December 2005

• ( A c t u e l e ) O n t w i k ke l i n g e n i n h e t Ve n n o o t s c h a p s re c h t : O v e r Personenvennootschappen en Besloten Vennootschappen, Juridisch Genootschap Eindhoven, The Netherlands, November 2005


• Wetsvoorstel personenvennootschappen, Banning Advocaten, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, October 2005

• Policy Trade-offs for the Governance of Non-Listed Companies, The Governance of Listed and Non-Listed Companies, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands, September 2005

• Corporate Opportunities, Loyens & Loeff Seminar Tegenstrijdig Belang en Corporate Opportunities, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, September 2005

• Corporate Governance and Evolution of Corporate and Partnership Forms in Europe and the United States, Workshop, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) – Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tokyo, Japan, August 2005

• The Importance of Corporate Governance of Non-listed Companies in Emerging and Transition Countries, The Role of the Law in Developing Efficient Corporate Governance Frameworks, Key note presentation, OECD International Expert Meeting on Corporate Governance of Non-listed Companies, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2005

2004

• Law, Innovation, and Regulatory Competition, Leiden University School of Management, The Netherlands, December 2004

• Conflicten en Geschillen binnen Ondernemingen in International Perspectief, Ondernemingsrechtdagen: Geschillen in de Onderneming, Holland Van Gijzen Advocaten en Notarissen, Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, November 2004

• Regulatory Competition: een trend of pure noodzaak?, ELSA Congres Europees Vennootschapsrecht: feit of fictie?, Tilburg University, October 2004

• Ontwikkelingen in het Nederlandse vennootschapsrecht, AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen, Amsterdam Eindhoven, The Netherlands, October 2004

• Corporation v. LLC: Avalanche of Corporate Governance Reforms Challenge the Attractiveness of the Corporate Form, Corporate Governance Reform in the EU, 2nd Meeting of the CEPS Task Force, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Belgium, September 2004

• Regulatory Competition within the European Union, Leiden University School of Management, The Netherlands, March 2004

2003

• Comment on professor Luca Enriques - Silence is Golden: The European Company Statute As a Catalyst for Company Law Arbitrage, Symposium on Corporate Reorganizations and Bankruptcy, Tilburg University, October 2003

• Comment on professor Reinier Kraakman, Disclosure Regulation, Symposium on the Reform of Corporate Governance in Europe and the United States, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, June 2003

2002

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Panel discussion, Conference, Regulatory Competition and Economic Integration within the European Union: Company, Securities, Insolvency and Tax Law, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, September 2002

• The Evolution of Closely Held Business Forms in Europe, 5th CASLE Workshop in Law and Economics, University of Ghent, Belgium, February 2002


2001

• The Evolution of Closely Held Business Forms in Europe, Anton Philips Fund Workshop Series, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, October 2001

• High Tech Start-Ups in Europe: The Effect of Regulatory Competition on the Emergence of New Business Forms, Warwick Summer Research Workshop, England, July 2001 (presented by Joseph A. McCahery)

• High Tech Start-Ups in Europe: The Effect of Regulatory Competition on the Emergence of New Business Forms, Conference, Close Corporation and Partnership Law Reform in Europe and the United States, Center for Company Law, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, May 2001

2000

• Towards A New ‘Company’ Structure For High-Tech Start-Ups in Europe, Conference, Legal and Valuation issues of E-business, TIAS Business School, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, September 2000

1999

• The Revision of Partnership Law in Europe: A Key to Economic Growth, Faculty Workshop Series, University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, United States of America, October 1999

Doctoral Student Supervision (PhD)

Supervisor

• Kristof De Buysere - Belgium (supervisor) (2015)• J. William Callison - United States (supervisor) (2017)• Marijn van Daelen - The Netherlands (co-supervisor) (2012)• Jing Li - China (supervisor) (2015)• Francisco Reyes - Colombia (supervisor) (2011)• Natalya Spuling - Ukraine (supervisor) (2017)

Supervisor (in progress)

• Bekir B. Aydin, Turkey (in progress)• Andres Cárdenas - Colombia (in progress)• Luis Alfonso Gómez - Colombia (supervisor) (in progress)• Boris Janjalia - Georgia (supervisor) (in progress)• Dogan Mengus - Turkey (in progress)• Vladimir Mirkov - Serbia (supervisor) (in progress) (manuscript available in 2016)• Raja Nbigui - Netherlands (supervisor) (in progress)• Diogo Pereira Dias Nunes - Portugal (supervisor) (manuscript available in 2017)


• Bayarmaa Nyamdoo - Mongolia (supervisor) (in progress)• Priyanka Priydershini - India (supervisor) (manuscript available in 2017)• Ivona Skultétyová - Slovakia (supervisor (manuscript available in 2017)

Member PhD Committee

• Hubert-Jan van Boxtel - The Netherlands (member PhD committee)• Sofia Johan - Malaysia (member PhD committee)• Mark Humphery-Jenner - Australia (member PhD committee)• Hossein Nabilou - Iran (member PhD committee)• Sien Vermeesch - Belgium (member PhD committee)• Iris Wuisman - The Netherlands (member PhD committee)

Recognitions and Awards

• Certificate of Appreciation, University of Asia and the Pacific, School of Management, Manila, Philippines (2016)

• Award for Best Teacher of Tilburg Law School (2015)• Award for Best Teacher in the Bachelor Program Business Law (2015)• Award for Best External Lecturer at the Post Graduate Education Faculty at Leiden Law School, Leiden,

Netherlands (2013)• Award for Best Teacher in the Bachelor Program Business Law (2012)• Award for Best Teacher in the Bachelor Program Law and Management (2009)• Award for Best Teacher of the Master Programmes at Tilburg University (2008)• Academic Tribute and Recognition, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia (2008)• Award for Best Teacher in the Bachelor Program Law and Management (2007)• Award for Best Teacher in the Bachelor Program International and European Law (2007)• Award for Best Teacher in the Bachelor Program Law and Management (2004)• SNS-BANK Prize for the best PhD thesis at Tilburg University (2004)

Miscellaneous

Other Positions

• Chair of Innovation, The All Island Innovation Programme, Ireland (2014)

Editorial Board/Memberships

• Academic Fellow, Seoul Corporate Governance Forum (2016-present)• Member Editorial Board Perspectives in Law, Business & Innovation (2016-present)• Member Editorial Board Investment Management and Financial Innovation (2015-

present)• Member, International Academic Advisory Board of the International Institute of

Governance & Leadership (IIGL) (2015-present)• Member Advisory Board Tilburg Law Review (2015-present)• Member International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law (2014-present)


• Member Editorial Board EUIJ-Kyushu Review (2011-present)• Member Editorial Board Tijdschrift voor de Ondernemingsrechtpraktijk (2006-present)• Member, Legal Scholar Network regarding the One-Share-One-Vote project, a study

commissioned by the European Commission into the proportionality between ownership and control in EU listed companies, European Corporate Governance Institute (2006-2007)

• Referee (ad hoc) for numerous academic and commercial publishers

Organizer/Co-Organizer

• Roundtable Conference Organizing-for-Innovation, Fukuoka, Japan (March 2016)• Workshop: Connecting to the Valley, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (April 2015)• Eindhoven Startup Week, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (February 2015)• The Global Government Venturing Summit, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (February 2015)• Conference on Understanding Regulatory Choice and New Economic Zones, Kyushu University,

Fukuoka, Japan (January 2015)• Conference on The Law and Economics of High Tech Ecosystems: Intellectual Property and Venture

Capital, Tokyo University (September 2014)• Symposium: Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Does Law Matter?, Tilburg University (June 2012)• TILEC-AFM Seminar on Understanding the Influence of Private Equity and Hedge Funds, Amsterdam

(2007)• TILEC Seminar on de Governance of Non-Listed Firms, Tilburg (2006)• Symposium on Corporate Reorganizations and Bankruptcy, Center for Company Law, Tilburg

University (2003)• Conference on Regulatory Competition and Economic Integration within the European Union:

Company, Securities, Insolvency and Tax Law, Center for Company Law, Tilburg University (2002)• Organizer, Conference on Close Corporation and Partnership Law Reform in Europe and the United

States, Center for Company Law, Tilburg University (2001)

Coordinator

• Coordinator, EU-JAMM Double Degree Program (2014-present)• Coordinator, InvestHorizon Consortium (EU-Sponsored Program) (2014-present)• Coordinator, European co-operation project TESLA (Transnational Ecosystem Laboratory and Actions),

led by the Border Midland and Western Regional Assembly and sponsored by the European Regional Development Fund (Interreg IVB North West Europe Programme) (2013-2015)


CV - Professional/Practice

Experience

Philips Lighting

• Head of Governance/Vice President (2016-present)• Secretary Supervisory Board Philips Lighting B.V. (2016-present)

Philips International

• Senior Counsel Corporate/Vice President (2008 - 2016)• Senior Legal Counsel (2005-2007)• Legal Counsel (1998-2005)

Philips Electronics Nederland

• Secretary Supervisory Board (2008 - 2016)

Involvement in the following transactions/projects (a selection of significant transactions/projects):

• Organization annual meeting of shareholders Royal Philips (listed on the stock exchanges of Amsterdam and New York) (2005-2015)

• The split of Philips into two companies, a healthcare-lifestyle and lighting solutions business (2015-2016)

• The creation of a standalone group within Philips based on the Philips Lumileds LED components business unit and the Philips automotive lighting unit (2014-2015)

• The establishment of WOOX Innovations as a standalone group within Philips (2013) and the subsequent sale of WOOX Innovations to Gibson Brands (2014)

• Television joint venture between Royal Philips Electronics and TPV Technology Limited (2011/2012)• Philips anchor investment in healthcare technology fund Gilde Healthcare III (2010/2011)• Divestment of Philips Healthcare’s Liquid Resin Systems to VDL Group (2010)• Partial divestment of Shapeways, a spinout of Philips Lifestyle Incubator, to Union Square Ventures and

Index Ventures (2010)• Divestment of Philips IT Display and Public Signage Business to TPV Technology Limited (2009)• Divestment of five spinouts from Philips Incubators (amBX, Civolution, Intrinsic-ID, Priv-ID and Serious

Toys) and minority stakes in Silicon Hive and Liquavista to Prime Technology Ventures III (in exchange of a limited partner position in Prime Technology Ventures III) (2008)

• Merger between Philips Consumer Electronics and Philips Domestic Appliances into Philips Consumer Lifestyle (2007)

• Divestment of Polymer Vision, a spinout of Philips Technology Incubator Group, to Technology Capital (2007)

• Divestment of Philips’ Semiconductors Business to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, Silver Lake Partners and Alpinvest Partners (2006)

• Divestment of Philips Automotive Playback Modules manufacturing activities to Lite-On and buy-out of BenQ’s stake in Philips joint venture by Lite-On (2006)


• Divestment of Philips Sound Solutions to D&M Holdings (2006)• Divestment of Philips Enabling technologies Group to VDL Group (2006)• Divestment of Philips Mobile Display Systems to Toppoly (2006)• Philips acquisition of Agilent LED International’s stake in Lumileds Lighting International (2005)• Divestment of Philips Aerospace to Italian Avio Group (2005)

Articles in Practitioners’ Journals/Magazines

• Corporate Venturing Strategies to Foster Innovation (with Mark Fenwick), Global Corporate Venturing, September 2016

• Building a Startup Community: The Case of Bogota, Global Corporate Venturing, September 2016

• De ‘(Major) Shareholder Exclusion’ in de Directors & Officers Verzekering (with Wim Weterings and Robin Schrijver), Tijdschrift voor de Ondernemingsrechtpraktijk, 10(1) (2015) (in Dutch)

• De One-Size-Fits-All Illusie van Corporate Governance en Compliance, Tijdschrift voor Compliance, 14(3) (2014) (in Dutch)

• De ‘Vergeten’ Derde Dimensie van Corporate Governance en de Rol van Juristen, Tijdschrift voor de Ondernemingsrechtpraktijk, 9(1) (2014) (in Dutch)

• Venture Capital, IPOs and Corporate Innovation (with Joseph A. McCahery), fsrforum, 15 (2013) 6-12. Earlier distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2013-4, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2298315

• Corporate Venturing-Venture Capital Symbiosis (with Joseph McCahery), Global Corporate Venturing, Issue 40 (2013)

• Corporate Governance, IPOs and Economic Growth, CECCAR - The Romanian Accountancy Profession Congress Book, 19 (2012) (in Romanian)

• Venture Capital in Europa: De Noodzaak voor een Nieuw Juridisch Raamwerk?, Tijdschrift voor de Ondernemingsrechtpraktijk, 7 (2012) (in Dutch)

• Venture Capital Funds: Regulation and Evolution (with Diogo Pereira Dias Nunes), European Company Law, 9 (2012)

• Boosting Entrepreneurism as Venture Capital Dwindles (with Joseph A. McCahery), Global Corporate Venturing, Issue 19 (2011)

• De Toekomst van Corporate Governance in Europa (with Christoph Van der Elst), Tijdschrift voor de Ondernemingsrechtpraktijk, 6 (2011) (in Dutch)

• Corporate Governance 2.0: Assessing the Corporate Governance Green Paper of the European Commission (with Christoph Van der Elst), European Company Law, 8 (2011). Earlier version distributed as Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics No. 2011-2 (Europe’s Corporate Governance Green Paper: Do Institutional Investors Matter?), http://ssrn.com/abstract=1860144

• Trends in Corporate Venturing: van “Venturing" naar “Partnering" (with Janke Dittmer and Joseph A. McCahery), Tijdschrift voor de Ondernemingsrechtpraktijk, 5 (2010)

• How Should We Regulate Private Equity and Hedge Funds? (with Joseph A. McCahery), Maandblad voor Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie, 81 (2007)

• Is de “Nieuwe” BV Aantrekkelijk in Internationaal Verband? (with Joseph A. McCahery), Tijdschrift voor de Ondernemingsrechtpraktijk, 2 (2007) (in Dutch)


• ABN-oordeel Ondernemingskamer Juist (with Joseph A. McCahery), Het Financieele Dagblad, 25 May 2007 (in Dutch)

• The Rise of “Hybrid Business Forms” (with Joseph A. McCahery), SecJure, (2007)• The Contractual Basis for Hedge Fund Oriented Governance (with Joseph A.

McCahery), VITE Bulletin, 33 (2006) 16-18• De Rol van Hedge Funds: Symbiose of Parasiet? , Tijdschrift voor de

Ondernemingsrechtpraktijk, 1 (2006) (in Dutch)• Japan Lichtend BV-Voorbeeld (with Joseph A. McCahery), Het Financieele Dagblad, 22

September 2005 (in Dutch)• LLP Versterkt het Vestigingsklimaat (with Joseph A. McCahery), Het Financieele Dagblad,

22 January 2004 (in Dutch)

Miscellaneous

Expert

• Evaluator, European Commission, Horizon 2020 SME Instrument (2014-present)Assisting the European Commission in selecting potentially disruptive businesses to invest in. Small and Medium-sized enterprises with a strong growth potential and the ambition to become world-market leaders could receive up to €2.5 million in funding, and world-class business support and mentoring.

• Evaluator, European Commission, Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) Pilot (2015-present)The Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) pilot provides funding for bottom-up proposals for close-to-market innovation activities in any area of technology or application. This thematic openness – combined with the possibility for all kinds of innovation actors to work together and deliver innovation onto the market and/or into society – should nurture trans-disciplinary and cross-sectoral cooperation.

• Independent Investment Expert Subgroup, Assessing the Investment Potential of SMEs Emerging from Phase I of the SME Instrument (2015-2016)

Assisting the European Commission in supporting SMEs throughout the innovation cycle.• Board Evaluation, OECD (2016-present)• Beneficial Ownership and Control in Asia, OECD (2015-present)• Annual Reports, Transparency and Disclosure, World Bank Group (2015-present)• Working Group I, Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises, United Nations

Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) (2013-present)• Netherlands Representative, United Nations, Working Group I, Micro-, Small- and

Medium-Sized Enterprises, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) (2015-present)

• Towards a Startup Ecosystem, City of Eindhoven/Brainport Development (2014)• Expert Group on Open Innovation and Knowledge Transfer, European Commission,

RTD -Research DG (2012-2014)• OECD Project Corporate Governance, Value Creation and Growth: (1) Roundtable

on Corporate Governance, Value Creation and Growth, Istanbul, Turkey, February 2012; (2) OECD-Assonime Expert Meeting on Corporate Governance, Rome, Italy, June 2013; (3) Roundtable on Equity Market Development and Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets, Istanbul, Turkey, January 2014; Expert Consultation Meeting on the Review of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, March 2014


• OECD-Task Force on Enforcement (2013-2014): Report on Public Enforcement and Corporate Governance in Asia, Guidance and Good Practice, OECD, 2014

• Backdoor Listings, OECD-Indonesia Corporate Governance Policy Dialogue, (2012-2015)• Beneficial Ownership and Control, OECD-Indonesia Corporate Governance Policy Dialogue

(2011-2012): Report on Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership and Control in Indonesia: Legislative and Regulatory Policy Options for Sustainable Capital Markets, OECD Corporate Governance Working Papers, No. 9, 2013

• European Commission DG for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CNECT/F/02), monitoring the implementation of the grant agreement FP7-ICT-2013-10 - iLINC (611221), (2014-2015)

The evaluation of iLINC, a European Network of Law Incubators, which has as its main objective the provision of free legal support to start-ups.

• Working Group on Corporate Governance, Dutch Development Bank (2007)• Private Company Law Reform, Vereeniging Handelsrecht, The Netherlands (2006)

Boards/Committees

• Chairman, Committee on Foreign Investment and National Security, Ministry of Security and Justice, Research and Documentation Centre (WODC)/Commissioning Research Division (EWB)(2015-present)

• Advisory Board, Eindhoven Startups Foundation, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (2015-present)• Advisory Board, Center for Corporate Governance, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

(2014-present)• Advisory Board, Corporate Governance & Sustainability Center, Ankara, Turkey (2010-

present)• Advisory Board, Foundation for Paralegal Education, The Netherlands (2014-present)• Board, Juridisch Genootschap Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (2005-present)• Board, Stichting Beroepsopleiding Bedrijfsjuristen, Centre for Professional Legal Education

University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands (2011-present)• Co-Founder and Council Member, International Venture Club, a network of leading venture

investors (2011-2013)• Fellow, Private Investment Fund Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (2015-

present)• Legal Committee, EuropeanIssuers, Brussels, Belgium (2007-present)• Jury, European Commission’s Directorate General for Regional and Urban

Policy’s Regio Stars 2015 (2015)• Jury, Asian Entrepreneurship Award (2015)

Education

• Tilburg University, PhD in Law and Economics (cum laude) (2003)

• Studienzentrum Gerzensee, Switzerland, Doctoral Course in Law and Economics: The Political Economy of Federalism (2002)

• Tilburg University, M.A. in Law (cum laude) (1998)