Halyk, McKercher lectures set for January
Lecturers Daniel Shapiro, KC and Prof. Camden Hutchison will visit the University of Saskatchewan College of Law (USask Law) in January.
Monday, January 12
Silas E. Halyk, KC Chair in Advocacy Lecture
Advocacy for a Process
Daniel Shapiro, KC will discuss the common human threads tying together the arc of his career, from litigator to neutral decision-maker and ultimately leader of the independent adjudication process established to resolve claims of abuse suffered by students at Indian residential schools.
Learn more about this lecture.
Monday, January 19
McKercher Lecture
Information Asymmetry in Corporate Transactions
Corporate acquisitions are often characterized by "information asymmetry." Put simply, sellers have more information about companies being sold than potential buyers. This lack of information can reduce prices that buyers are willing to pay or prevent transactions entirely.
In this talk, professor Hutchison will draw on real-world examples to explain the concept of information asymmetry, showing that much of transactional practice involves solving problems of imperfect information.