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Professor Erik Lidman, director of the Swedish Corporate Governance Institute (SCGI), has been appointed Chair of the Global Corporate Governance Colloquia (GCGC) for the next two years. The appointment took place at a board meeting held in connection with this year’s annual conference at the National University of Singapore. Professor Lidman will serve alongside Vice… Read more

The annual Global Corporate Governance Colloquia (GCGC) was held at National University of Singapore on June 12–13, 2026. The GCGC is the leading corporate governance conference globally, and brings together world class academics in law and finance from top universities from Europe, the US and Asia. The SCGI is one of the twelve organizing institutions, along with Columbia… Read more

On October 1, SCGI hosts the 15th Nordic Company Law Conference in Stockholm. Themes for the 15th conference include: You will find the invitation, programme and information on registration below. The final day for registration is August 14. Kindly note that the ECFR-Symposium is held in Stockholm on October 2, with a separate invitation here.  Read more

The SCGI is happy to host the annual ECFR-symposium in Stockholm on October 2. Please find the invitation, programme and information on registration below. Dear Colleague, We cordially invite you to the 20th ECFR Symposium, which will be held on October 2, 2026 (9:00 h to 16:30 h) in Stockholm (Sweden). You will find the program below, and can… Read more

On Wednesday, May 27, Swedish Corporate Governance Forum arranged a Market Abuse seminar concerning the recent judgments by the Court of Justice of the European Union: Carnegie v. Finansinspektionen (C-363/24) and Brännelius (C-229/24). Both judgments raise questions regarding the concept of inside information, including the requirements for information to be considered of a “specific nature”… Read more

SCGI-research on dual class share structures by Rolf Skog and Erik Lidman covered in the economics newspaper EFN Ekonomikanalen. The article is available here (Swedish only). Relevant research (below): – Erik Lidman & Rolf Skog (2022), London allowing dual class premium listings: A Swedish comment, Journal of Corporate Law Studies 22(1), pp. 83–114. – Erik Lidman (2024),… Read more