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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

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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 
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
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)
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
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:

Panelists: 

4 pm | Conclusion
  • Closing Remarks
  • End of Formal Program 
  • Networking Reception - Kelly Lounge  

 

Questions?

Email Rasheen Robinson at [email protected].

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