The Centre for Comparative Corporate Finance Law (C³FL) was established in 2023 under the academic direction of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Chris Thomale, LL.M. (Yale) and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Matthias Lehmann, D.E.A. (Paris II), LL.M., J.S.D. (Columbia). 

The declared aim of the C³FL is to research, further develop, and disseminate the legal foundations and economic framework conditions of corporate finance. In doing so, all types (equity-, debt-, and mezzanine capital), purposes (private equity and private debt, venture capital, capital markets financing), and forms of legal implementation (shares, capital contributions, financing instruments) of corporate finance are addressed. 

The activities of the C³FL are structured into the following areas:

1. research and competence building,
2. teaching and further education, and
3. support for advisory practice.

Through its methodological and substantive orientation, as well as international exchange via visiting professorships and publications, the C³FL contributes to the improvement and further development of corporate finance. In this context, the C³FL also organizes various symposia and conferences.