FDI Control Forum

Exploring the impact of Foreign Direct investment (FDI) controls on cross-border M&A transactions

EVENT PROGRAMME

 

26 June 2024
8:30 am to 3:00 pm
MEDEF
55 avenue Bosquet, 75007 Paris

The conference and workshops under the “Chatham House Rule.” These workshops offer a unique opportunity to engage with key players from France, Germany, the European Union, 

the UK, and the USA across geopolitics, economy, strategy, finance, and law. They will give you an in-depth understanding of the latest developments and trends in global FDI control.

Registration

Welcome

Opening Speech

Plenary session

Moderators:

Joachim Pohl

Head, International Investment Governance team, Investment Division, OECD

David Chekroun

Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School

Regulators:

Thomas Ernoult

Head of the Unit for Foreign Investment Screening at the French Treasury

Damien Levie

Head of Tech & Security, FDI Screening Unit at DG TRADE - European Commission

Nicoletta Giordani

Principal Director of Global Investment and Economic Security (GIES) in the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Workshop Series 1

Workshop 1: Foreign Direct Investment in the context of an FDI Screening

Vincent Netter

Partner, Jeantet

Marie-Anne Lavergne

Rapporteure, Comité Interministériel de Restructuration Industrielle (CIRI)

Grégory Mailly

Coverage Banker, J.P. Morgan

Reza Malekzadeh

General Partner, Partech

Géraldine Amiel

Partner, FGS Global Paris

Moderator: Drew Shagrin

Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School

Workshop 2: Global Trends in FDI Control

Gilles Lebreton

Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Clifford Chance Paris

Zornitsa Kutlina-Dimitrova

Senior analyst of Tech & Security, FDI Screening Unit at DG TRADE - European Commission

Alexandre Courbon

Managing Director, Head of M&A France, HSBC

Dimitri Slobodenjuk

Partner, Antitrust, Global Head of FDI, Clifford Chance Düsseldorf

Nicolas Rosselot

Legal/Policy Analyst chez OECD-OCDE Greater Lille Metropolitan Area

Moderator: Mathias Audit

Law Professor at Sorbonne Law School - Partner at Audit Duprey Fekl

Workshop 3: Defence

Pascal Bine

Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Josh Cameron

Managing Director at FTI Consulting

Maxime Lefebvre

Former ambassador, Professor of International relations, ESCP Business School

Joachim Bitterlich

Former diplomat, Professor, ESCP Business School

Moderator: Irina von Wiese

Lawyer, Academic, former MEP and Councillor in the London Borough of Southwark

Coffee Break

Workshop Series 2

Workshop 4: Economic Sovereignty – Outbound Investments

Joffrey Célestin Urbain

Head of the Strategic Information and Economic Security Department (SISSE)

Damien Levie

Head of Tech & Security, FDI Screening Unit at DG TRADE - European Commission

Ombline Ancelin

Partner, Head of Competition, Simmons & Simmons

Guillaume Granier

Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting Strategic Communications

Moderator: Sandrine Clavel

Professor of Private Law and Criminal Sciences, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin

Workshop 5: Energy

Pierre-Antoine Degrolard

Counsel M&A/Corporate chez Gide Loyrette Nouel

Grégoire Chauvière le Drian

Head of EIB Group Office in France at European Investment Bank (EIB)

Pablo López-Alvarez

Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting

Moderator: Pascale Accaoui Lorfing

Ph. D in International Law - International Contracts - Investment Contracts

Workshop 6: Restructuring

Anne-Sophie Noury

Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Pierre-Olivier Chotard

Secrétaire Général du CIRI, sous-directeur adjoint en charge du financement des entreprises

Arnaud Joubert

Partner - Debt Advisory & Restructuring chez Rothschild & Co

Moderator: Edmond Schlumberger

Professeur de Droit privé - Université Paris 1 - Ecole de Droit de la Sorbonne - Conseil scientifique Gide

Brian Reissaus

Former career lead for CFIUS, Acting Assistant Secretary for Investment Security, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security Operations

Wissam Charbel

Partner, Farallon Capital Europe

Lunch

Lunch Closing remarks

Workshop Series 3

Workshop 7: Health

Simonetta Giordano

Corporate Partner at Simmons & Simmons

Nicolas Naillon

Managing Director - Head Healthcare EMEA at Nomura

Vincenzo Salvatore

Former GC of the European Medecine Agency, Corporate Partner at Simmons & Simmons

Clotilde Jolivet

Former Head of Government & Public Affairs chez Sanofi

Moderator: Claire Campbell

Special Counsel, Fusions & Acquisitions Magazine

Workshop 8: Technology

Jérôme Philippe

Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, IHEDN

Brian Reissaus

Former career lead for CFIUS, Acting Assistant Secretary for Investment Security, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security Operations

Frank Röhling

Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Joy Sioufi

Partner at GP Bullhound

Moderator: Steffen Hindelang

Int'l Investment and Trade Law, EU Law, German Public Law | Professor | ICSID arbitrator | Legal expert advisor on investment disputes and regulation | Director CELIS Institute

Nicolas Burkardt

Director Finance, Marvel Fusion

Workshop 9: FDI Filings in Multiple Jurisdictions

Farhad Jalinous

Global Head of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Reviews & US National Security/CFIUS Practice at White & Case LLP

Damien Levie

Head of Tech & Security, FDI Screening Unit at DG TRADE - European Commission

Orion Berg

Partner at White & Case LLP

Moderator: Pierre Berlioz

Private law Dir Europe international, UIMM Pdt / Sustainable Finance and ESG reporting Committee, Medef former Advisor, Min. Justice

SPONSORS & PARTNERS

ORGANISATIONAL TEAM

David Chekroun

Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School

Marina Guérassimova

Chief Editor, Fusions & Acquisitions Magazine

Claire Campbell

Special Counsel, Fusions & Acquisitions Magazine

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