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On 11 July, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Justice Without Litigation II workshop in Berlin, an EU-funded event dedicated to rethink legal process through interdisciplinary exchange. In my keynote on “Bounded Rationality, Paternalism and the Law”, I explored how insights from behavioral economics can inform legal practicioners, but also legislators in their work.

For more information, please visit the following link: https://juwili.eu/
Many thanks go to the organizers for the kind invitation and the excellent organization.

On June 26 & 27, 2025, I had the great pleasure of hosting the first German-Chilean Symposium on Company and Securities Law at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Twelve speakers, six from each country, presented their topics and laid the basis for lively and fruitful discussions.

My thanks go to the eleven participants who came from near and far to discuss corporate and securities law issues from a comparative perspective:Jaime Alcalde, Guillermo Caballero, Lorena Carvajal, Jens Koch, Osvaldo Lagos, Pablo Manterola, Andrea Martínez, Dörte Poelzig, Alexander Sajnovits, Jennifer Trinks and Tobias Tröger.

Furthermore, I want to express my special thanks to Annette Hippel, David Leib und Katharina Neuwirth for their great help in organizing and hosting the conference.

On April 10 – 11, the Fourth German-Italian Symposium on Company and Capital Markets Law took place at the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg, focusing on business scandals and their legal repercussions. I had the pleasure of contributing a presentation on “The Wirecard Scandal – Audacious Fraudsters and True Believers”.
My thanks go to Marco Speranzin and Holger Fleischer (and his team) for hosting and organising the conference.

On March 21 – 22, the German East-Asian Conference on Corporate and Securities Law took place at the Univeversity of Tokyo, focusing on ESG, Sustainability, and Corporate and Securities Law. I had the pleasure of contributing to Session IV: ESG Investment, where I talked about „ESG Investing under the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)“.
My thanks go to Prof. Tomotaka Fujita and his team for hosting and organising the conference.

Our experimental paper on "Whistleblowing: Incentives and Situational Determinants" (co-authored with Verena Utikal) has been published by the Journal of Business Economics (JBE). The study explores key factors influencing individuals' decisions to report misconduct. We examine how incentives and situational conditions shape whistleblowing behaviour, providing valuable insights into regulatory and organizational frameworks. The paper is available under the following link.

I am pleased to share my latest article, "Clash of Cultures: The EU Whistleblower Directive and National Company Law", published in the International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations (Vol. 41, Issue 1, 2025). The piece examines the tensions between the EU Whistleblower Directive and traditional company law principles, exploring how the new whistleblowing regime disrupts corporate compliance structures and suggesting ways to mitigate these frictions. You can find the full article here.