The Davies Fund for Business Law in the Jay and Barbara Hennick Centre for Business and Law supports innovative programs and projects related to the practice of business law. Created in 2006 by the firm of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, the fund seeks to inspire interest in business law among students and build ties with the broader legal and business communities in Toronto.

The 2010 Davies Fund Business Law Lecture was presented by H. Rodgin Cohen, a partner and senior chairman at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. In the midst of the financial crisis and its aftermath, Mr. Cohen has remained the pre-eminent advisor to numerous major financial firms. Mr. Cohen is a highly influential figure on Wall Street renowned for his practice in the areas of acquisition, corporate governance, and regulatory and securities law, as well as his expertise in non-traditional investments, and sales and restructuring arrangements in connection with the global credit crisis. Mr. Cohen addressed students, faculty, and local leaders in business and law on "the recent economic meltdown and the dawning financial era it has precipitated".

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Previous Davies Fund Business Law Lecturers: (Click here for their biographies)

• 2009 - Ben Heineman
• 2008 - Honourable William T. Allen