Conference ‘Electronic shares’

Nearly 130 participants listened to exciting presentations at the conference, which was organised by the Tokenisation and Financial Markets (ToFi) project group of the Centre for Responsible Digitalisation (ZEVEDI) in cooperation with the Marburg Institute for the Law of Digitalisation (IRDi).

We have summarised the conference proceedings for you here: 

A welcome address by Prof. Dr. Kristina Sinemus (Hessian Minister for Digital Strategies & Development) was followed by two presentations on the legislative concept by PD Dr. Kaspar Krolop (Federal Ministry of Finance) and Dr. Alexander Dörrbecker/Uta Höhfeld (Federal Ministry of Justice). 

This was followed by a short discussion before two further presentations. 

These dealt with European perspectives - MiCAR, MiFID2, private law of the Union, presented by Prof. Dr. Francesco Palo Patti, LL.M., (Università Bocconi, Milan) and corporate law aspects of the electronic share, presented by Prof. Dr. Julia Lübke, LL.M. (EBS Wiesbaden). 

After the lunch break, Prof. Dr. Dörte Poelzig (University of Hamburg) took a closer look at electronic shares in the context of capital markets law. Prof. Dr. Florian Möslein, LL.M. (London) explained the securities law aspects of electronic shares. 

This comparison was followed by a short discussion, including questions and comments from the live webcast audience. 

Finally, Dr. Gerald Reger (Noerr, Munich) provided insights into the use of electronic shares in advisory and notarial practice, and Prof. Dr. Barbara Brandl & Dr. Carola Westermeier (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main) spoke on the topic of "Electronic Securities in the Digital Transformation. The contradictory rationalities of nation states in DLT regulation'.

We would like to thank all the speakers and participants who took part in this conference. 

It was a very exciting and informative event, which certainly answered some questions and shed light on some previously unknown aspects.