The brainers
Louis Janicot – Legal expert
Louis Janicot has a dual background in law (Sorbonne Law School) and management (ESSEC Business School). He is currently pursuing a doctorate in financial market law at the Sorbonne Law School on investor disclosure. Lecturer at the Sorbonne Law School, lecturer at the Ecole Centrale and associate expert at the ESSEC Law and Economics Center, he teaches international and European business law at these schools. His research focuses on economic and financial regulation, public and private governance and the relationship between law and economics. As a consultant for non-governmental organizations working on the fight against financial crime, he contributes his expertise to the analysis of litigation cases and the definition of legal strategies to be adopted, depending on the facts of the case. He also advocates legislative reform to public decision-makers.
This brainer takes part in round-table discussions, offers improvisation sessions and the following solo talks:
Tax havens, tax evasion and money laundering
Tax havens are at the heart of the international financial system. They are the cornerstone of complex arrangements that enable national tax rules to be circumvented, and in the most serious cases, money to be laundered from criminal activities. But what is a tax haven? Is it a uniform concept? And above all, what role do tax havens really play in money laundering and tax evasion strategies?
The challenges of intellectual property in the age of start-u
Innovation is at the heart of the new digital economy. Start-ups and innovative companies are developing new ideas that create value not only for their inventors, but for society as a whole. Against this backdrop, what are the new issues and challenges for intellectual property?
Major trials and civilization
History is littered with trials that have gone down in history: the trial of Socrates, Galileo, Calas... Criminal law protects a number of values that society considers fundamental at a given moment. The trials that have marked history reveal the values and sometimes the shortcomings of society at the time of the trial. Can we say: “Tell me what you condemn, and I'll tell you who you are”?
The financial crisis: economic crisis and legal crisis
After describing the crisis and its global developments, from the banking system to the financial markets, from the financial sphere to the real economy, we need to look at its causes. With the economists' analysis must come that of the jurists. If economists have correctly analyzed the causes of the crisis, is financial market regulation still effective? Are the economic postulates used by legal experts still the right ones, or have they ever been?