GW Law Spring 2025 Roundtable
GW Law Spring 2025 Roundtable
Corporate Governance in the Global South
Friday, March 21, 2025
Jacob Burns Moot Courtroom
George Washington University Law School | Washington, DC
This roundtable examines corporate governance in the Global South, where most of the world's population lives. Scholars, policymakers, and practitioners have emphasized the governance models of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. Meanwhile, corporate governance in the Global South remains underexamined. This roundtable addresses this blind spot, reorienting the discussion to prioritize Global South governance models and needs. It will examine governance opportunities and challenges in the Global South and offer alternatives, ideas, and strategies for improving corporate governance and human flourishing worldwide.
Agenda
- 8 - 9 am | Continental Breakfast | Location: Kelly Lounge
Breakfast in the Kelly Lounge before the event begins.
- 9 - 9:15 am | Welcome Message
- Steven L. Schooner
Jeffrey & Martha Kohn Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Nash & Cibinic Professor of Government Procurement Law - George Washington University Law School - Omari Scott Simmons
Lyle T Alverson Professor of Law - George Washington University Law School
- Steven L. Schooner
- 9:15 - 10:30 am | Panel 1: Global South Finance and Investment
Moderator:
- Paolo Saguato
Professor of Law - Antonin Scalia School of Law, George Mason University
Panelists:
- George Ombima
Investment Advisor, EroKamano, LLC, Former Chief Investment Officer - International Finance Corporation - Rossie E. Turman III
Partner; Chair, International Finance; Co-chair, Africa Practice - Lowenstein Sandler - Marta Viegas
Alternate Executive Director for Brazil and Surinam, InterAmerican Development Bank
- Paolo Saguato
- 10:30 - 10:45 | Break
Enjoy a short break between panels.
- 10:45 - Noon | Panel 2: Sustainability and Emerging Markets
Moderator:
- Rosa Celorio
Associate Dean for International and Comparative Legal Studies and Burnett Family Distinguished Professorial Lecturer in International and Comparative Law and Policy - The George Washington University Law School
Panelists:
- Christopher Bruner
Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law & Faculty Co-Director of the Dean Rusk International Law Center - UGA Law - Darren Rosenblum
Professor of Law - McGill University - Martin Sybblis
Associate Professor of Law - Emory University School of Law - Luciana Pires Dias
Professor - FGV Direito São Paolo (Law School of São Paolo)
- Rosa Celorio
- Noon - 1 pm | Lunch
Lunch with event participants.
- 1:15 - 2:30 pm | Panel 3: The Global South and Reverse Convergence
Moderator:
- Omari Scott Simmons
Lyle T Alverson Professor of Law - The George Washington University Law School
Panelists:
- William Moon
Edward M. Robertson Professor of Law - University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law - Tshepo Mongalo
Professor of Law - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg - José Miguel Mendoza
Professor of law at Los Andes University and Partner at Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & De La Rosa - James Thuo Gathii
Wing-Tat Lee Chair of International Law - School of Law, Philip H. Corboy Law Center, Loyola University Chicago
- Omari Scott Simmons
- 2:30 - 2:45 pm | Break
Enjoy a short break between panels.
- 2:45 - 4 pm | Panel 4: Corporate Compliance and Risk Management in the Global South
Moderator:
- Omari Scott Simmons
Lyle T Alverson Professor of Law - George Washington University Law School
Panelists:
- Maristella Aldana
Director, World Bank - Jeffrey A. Lehtman
Member - Miller & Chevalier Chartered - Terena P. Rodrigues
Head of Compliance - IDB Invest
- Omari Scott Simmons
- 4 pm | Conclusion
- Closing Remarks
- End of Formal Program
- Networking Reception - Kelly Lounge