08:30
Registration and Coffee
09:00
Introduction from the Chairman
- David Jackson Head of Group Corporate, Treasury and M&A Legal, Barclays (London)
09:10
Keynote: Emerging Trends in International M&A
- State of the market (regional and sectoral deal volumes and values)
- Market trends in international M&A for 2018
- Geopolitical environment for cross border M&A, including macroeconomics, political backdrop and protectionism
- Selected key deal term trends
- Shareholder activism
- M&A outlook for 2019
- Claire Wills Co-Head of Financial Institutions Group, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
09:45
Plenary 1: Structuring and Implementing Multi-Jurisdictional Cross Border Transactions
- Project ramp up and pre managing
- Selecting and managing outside counsel; role of the inside counsel
- Understanding cultural differences and aligning expectations
- Exclusivity versus open auctions
- Negotiation tactics
- Regulatory issues – including increased regulatory scrutiny, plus pre-conditions: pre-merger clearance, licensing and key operating permits
- Effective due diligence in international M&A
- Managing a multi-jurisdictional closing: all at once or rolling closes?
- Practical takeaways
- Craig Harris Head of Legal - M&A, British American Tobacco (London)
- Ciaran Healy Partner, Matheson (Dublin)
- Erik Lazar Director and Founder, Transatlantic Law (London)
- Graham Kirk Associate General Counsel, Group M&A, HSBC Holdings (London)
10:45
Morning Break
11:00
Plenary 2: Data, Cyber Risk and GDPR Compliance – Implications for Global M&A Deals
- GDPR and data due diligence:
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- warranties and conflict of law issues
- using AI in complex transactional deals (professional text mining)
- Cyber risk and cyber due diligence
- Data – company asset or a liability?
- Emergency planning processes in the event of a data breach or cyber attack
- Ross Woodham General Counsel and Privacy Officer, Cogeco Peer 1 (Southampton)
- Steve Wilkinson Data Protection Officer, EMEA, Thomson Reuters (London)
- Sean Kelly Group Business Development Director, Imprima (Frankfurt)
- Mike Rebeiro Head of Digital and Innovation, Macfarlanes (London)
12:00
Morning Breakout Sessions
A choice of one of the following options
Option 1: Divestment – Global Carve Out Transactions
- Challenges for global corporates
- Critical separation issues to consider pre-deal
- Key assets and transition support issues
- People issues, managing conflicts and integration
- Monitoring the spin-off – whose deal is it anyway?
- Brian Sheridan Partner, Archimed Private Equity, Former General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Company Secretary, LivaNova PLC (Milan, London)
- Luke Bergstrom Partner and Global Co-Chair, Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group Latham & Watkins (San Francisco)
- Edward Barnett Partner, Latham & Watkins (London)
Option 2: North American M&A – Perspectives from across the Pond
- Current drivers of M&A activity
- Key areas of distinction of North American deals
- Trends in deal terms
- A look to the future
- John Clifford M&A Partner, McMillan LLP (Toronto)
- Robert Copps Partner, Eversheds Sutherland (New York)
- Robert Goldsmith Deputy General Counsel, Ferguson Enterprises (Newport News, Virginia)
13:00
Lunch Break
13:45
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
A choice of one of the following options
Option 3: Competition Law Issues
- Brexit and merger control
- Procedural infringements – an international crackdown?
- Analysing mergers – is there an under-enforcement problem in digital markets?
- Colin Raftery Director of Mergers, CMA (London)
- Alison Berridge Barrister, Monckton Chambers (London)
Option 4: Asian M&A Hot Spots: China and India
India
Why is India an attractive destination for M&A?
How to navigate the landscape
China
What’s driving M&A activity involving China?
Key differences in deals involving China
Trends (in cross-border deal terms) involving China
- Haibin Xue Managing Partner (London Office), Zhong Lun (Beijing and London)
- Abhijit Joshi Founding and Managing Partner, Veritas Legal (Mumbai)
14:45
Afternoon Break
15:00
Plenary 3: Overcoming Challenges Post Transaction – Integration Issues
- Combining different corporate and national cultures
- Combining different IT systems
- Due diligence issues
- Real life examples of good and bad integration
- Practical takeaways
- Tarang Patel Director, Corporate Development, Fujitsu (London)
- Angelica Carr Founder, AIM Business Coaching (London)
- James Russell Partner, Norton Rose (London)
- Thomas Erichsen Senior Business Development Director, TMF Group (London)
16:00
Plenary 4: Insurance and International M&A
- Drafting insurable warranties and indemnities and their relationship with due diligence
- W&I insurance claims – how to make a successful claim
- Using an insurance product to make a bid or a sale more attractive
- How insurance in M&A transactions plays out on the international stage
- Mary Duffy Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, AIG (London)
- Anka Taylor Director, Aon Risk Solutions (London)
- Nicholas Lunn Executive Director, Willis Towers Watson (London)
17:00
Chairman’s Closing Remarks
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