Institute For Law And Finance

A Law Professor at Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, since 2008, Prof. Pedro Fortes holds a J.S.M. from Stanford Law School (08), a LL.M. from Harvard Law School (07), a Post-Graduate Certificate in Environmental Studies from COPPE-UFRJ (05), a BA in Business Administration from PUC-RIO (03), and a LL.B. from UFRJ (98). He has taught courses and conducted research on a wide range of topics, varying from complex litigation and legal theory to criminal procedure, constitutional law, and consumer protection. Prof. Fortes was a Visiting Professor at WB NUJS, Kolkata, India, where he conducted a course on comparative models of class action at the Monsoon Semester of 2009. Having published op-eds in Brazilian newspapers and academic articles in Brazil and India, his first two books on class actions are expected to be published in 2012: Tutela coletiva de direitos; A tutel a coletiva e os novos direitos (org).

At the ILF, Prof. Fortes will focus his research on comparative law, business regulation, and interdisciplinary studies of law and economics. Having been selected to the IV IJFF, co-sponsored by Harvard and Stanford, Professor Fortes will also discuss the same empirical research selected for the forum at the Goethe University during his period of residence.

Contact: fortes@ilf.uni-frankfurt.de; fortes.pedro@uol.com.br

Prof. Teruhiko Harada joined the faculty of Kansai University, Japan, as a professor of policy studies in 2007. He worked in the Development Bank of Japan from 1979 to 2007. He specializes in banking law and finance and is a member of the Japan Society of Logistics and Shipping Economics. As an academic, he continues to keep close contact with banks, insurance companies and credit rating agencies. Prof. Harada has published several articles in his field of research on development policies of countries in South East Asia.

Prof. Harada will spend the academic year 2011/2012 as a Visiting
Scholar at the ILF and he will be focusing his research on German banking law, in particular. its role within Euro system.

Prof. Yuji Ito joined the faculty at Senshu University, Japan, as an associate professor of law in 2007 and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo. He specializes in Company, Commercial and Insurance Law and is a member of the Japanese Association of Private Law. Professor Ito will spend the academic year 2010/11 as a visiting scholar at the Institute for Law and Finance. His research in Frankfurt focuses on German Corporate Law, especially the action for injunction, and on Insurance Law. Professor Ito also published several articles in his field of research.

Prof. Yasue Takagi joined the faculty at Kyushu International University, Japan, as an associate professor of law in 2006. She specializes in Company Law and Commercial Law and is a member of the Institute of Comparative Law in Japan, the Japan Association of Private Law and the Kyushu Law Association. Professor Takagi will spend the academic year 2009/10 as a visiting scholar at the Institute for Law and Finance. Her research in Frankfurt focuses on German Corporate Governance and its comparison with the respective rules for listed companies in Japan.