On May 16, 2013, ILF Research Assistent Dr. Tim Florstedt held his initial lecture (Antrittsvorlesung) on "Die Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Berufshaftung im Sytem des Zivilrechts" at the Faculty of Law at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.
After the lecture Dr. Florstedt was awarded the the right to hold lectures in Civil, Corporate, Banking and Capital Markets Law and the title "Private Lecturer" (...) more »
On May 14, 2013 the Vice-President of Zhejiang Financial College, Professor Jiang Jin visited the ILF with a delegation comprising Professors Wang Dongsheng, Xu Haijie, Xu Jing, Yu Zhaofen and Zhang Haiyan, to talk about a possible cooperation between both institutions. Zhejiang Financial College is located in the city of Hangzhou especially known for its beautiful scenery at the West Lake.
Dr. Rolf Friedewald and Ms. Shen-Dee Kobbelt welcomed (...) more »
The Board of Trustees of the ILF has, by written resolution, appointed Mr. Jochen Hörbelt, General Counsel, BHF-Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Dr. Olaf Langner, Director of Legal and Taxes and General Counsel, Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband, Berlin, Mr. Marc Peisert, Attorney-at-Law, LL.M., Partner, Jones Day, Frankfurt am Main, Mr. Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M., Attorney-at-Law, Partner, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, (...) more »
A delegation of 13 Colombian students from Corporación Universitaria Empresarial Alexander von Humboldt, Colombia, visited the ILF on 6 and 7 May 2013. The students were received by Managing Director Dr. Rolf Friedewald and Program and Marketing Manager Ms. Shen-Dee Kobbelt. They were given an introduction to the workings of the ILF and listed to a presentation on the postgraduate programs offered at the ILF. Our Columbian alumni, Ms. Adriana (...) more »
The Institute for Law and Finance at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main offers a unique one-year graduate program leading to a Master of Laws in Finance. Up to 60 highly qualified graduates will be admitted for study so as to ensure academic excellence and direct personal contact between students and the faculty. ILF students are fully-enrolled members of Goethe University which confers the LL.M. Finance degree.
This program conducted entirely (...) more »
On 29 April 2013, the 8th Funds Forum Frankfurt was held at the Casino building of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main on Campus Westend.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Cahn, ILF Executive Board Director, welcomed about 200 guests and the following participants of the panel discussion: Mr. Uwe Wewel (Head of the Unit Investments in the Ministry of Finance, Berlin) first started speaking about the regulations of the KAGB for closed-end special AIF. (...) more »
A delegation of university representatives and around 30 students from the Croatian university EFFECTUS visited the ILF on 26 April 2013 to find out more about the postgraduate education offered by ILF in the fields of law and finance, namle the LL.M. Finance. The delegation attended a presentation by Managing Director Dr. Rolf Friedewald and Program & Marketing Manager Ms. Shen-Dee Kobbelt on the (...) more »
Prof. Guido Ferrarini is the Commerzbank-Stiftung Visiting Professor at the ILF in the Summer Semester.
Besides teaching our LL.M. Finance students the course "European and Comparative Corporate Governance" from May to July 2013, he will also be delivering 2 public Guest Lectures on 22 May 2013 (Common Banking Supervision in the Eurozone) and 3 July 2013 (Reforming Securities and Derivatives Trading in the EU: Public v. Private (...) more »
The ILF sucessfully held its Spring School ("Frühjahrslehrgang") on the topic "Unternehmensrecht in der Beratungspraxis plus Fallstudie" for top law graduates without prior work experience from German-speaking countries from 4 to 15 March 2013. The Spring School ("Frühjahrslehrgang") was offered by the ILF in collaboration with law firms Ashurst, Debevoise & Plimpton, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & (...) more »
