About Us
In any significant corporate governance controversy, the de facto “deciders” are the largest institutional investors. This new balance of power sets the policy and research agenda. The Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance was launched in 2016 to address these issues, taking advantage of the concentration of finance, talent, and activity in New York and at New York University. Whatever the issue—activist shareholders, short-term versus long-term investment horizons, compensation, control contests, going private, spinoffs, etc.—the central questions should be “what do the big institutions think?” and “what should the big institutions think?” The institute brings key people together to understand these questions and encourage the development of institutional investors as a responsible force in corporate governance.
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Institute News
Edward Rock named Reporter of American Law Institute's Corporate Governance Restatement
Edward Rock accepted the position of Reporter for the American Law Institute's new project of the reinstatement on corporate governance.
Edward Rock named fellow of American College of Governance Counsel
Edward Rock has joined the American College of Governance Counsel, a professional, educational, and honorary association of lawyers widely-recognized for their achievements in the field of governance, as a fellow. Fellows are chosen from the ranks of lawyers who display a high level of professionalism and commitment to the advancement of the governance practice.
The Institute is Launched
At the March 9 launch event, Martin Lipton ’55, founding partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and a member of NYU Law’s Board of Trustees, presented his “New Paradigm for Corporate Governance,” with commentary from Chief Justice Leo Strine Jr., of the Delaware Supreme Court; Matthew Mallow ’67, LLM ’68, vice chairman of BlackRock and formerly at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Jean-Pierre Rosso, of the World Economic Forum; and Robert Schumer, chair of the corporate department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.