11th IBA European Corporate and Private M&A Conference 2023 | International Bar Association (IBA) | 1 February 2023 | The Westin Paris - Vendôme, 3 Rue de Castiglione, 75001 Paris, France

A conference presented by the IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee.

Topics include:
• Current legal developments in European private M&A
• Do the right thing! - ESG in private companies
• Dancing with myself? - Best practice in secondary buyouts and circular deals
• Winds of change? - What a deal lawyer should know about acquisition finance today
• How to buy a bank in Europe - Commonalities, discrepancies and best practices
• Come hell or high water? - Negotiating merger control provisions in interesting times
• Between conference, board and court rooms - Pre-closing deal renegotiations and litigation
• Mind the gap! - Structuring the purchase price in troubled times (rollovers, earn-outs, vendor loans, negative prices, etc.)

2023 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Colm Donlon
Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) M&A, Morgan Stanley, London

MODERATORS:

Adam Green
Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm

Heleen Kersten
Stibbe, Amsterdam

Nanette Heide
Duane Morris, New York; Vice Chair, IBA, Corporate and M&A Law Committee

Rabbe Sittnikow
Hannes Snellman, Helsinki; Member, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee Advisory Board

Rebecca Cousin
Slaughter and May, London; Secretary, Current Legal Developments Subcommittee, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee

Dovilė Burgienė
Walless, Vilnius; Vice Treasurer, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee

Christian Hoedl
Uría Menéndez, Madrid; Co-Chair, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee

Jean-Claude Rivalland
Allen & Overy, Paris; Publications Officer, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee

SPEAKERS:

Keavy Ryan
A&L Goodbody, Dublin; Secretary-Treasurer, IBA Capital Markets Forum

Lukáš Ševčík
Kinstellar, Prague

Jean-Nicolas Soret
Advant Altana, Paris

Cornelia Topf
Gleiss Lutz, Frankfurt; European Regional Forum, Liaison Officer, IBA Women Lawyers’ Committee

Candice Brenet
Head of Sustainability, Ardian, Paris

Otto Haberstock
Pöllath + Partner, Munich

Lise Lotte
Hjerrild Horten, Copenhagen; IBA LPD Council Member

Maria Pernas
Martinez Group Executive Committee Member, Group General Counsel and Commercial and Contract Management, Capgemini, Paris

Florence Haas
Bredin Prat, Paris

Genna Marten
Travers Smith, London

Filippo Troisi
Legance, Milan/Rome

Willianne van Zandwijk
NautaDutilh, London/Amsterdam

Nathalie Benoît
Gide Loyrette Nouël, Paris

Kirstie Hutchinson
Macfarlanes, London; Chair, Derivatives, Subcommittee, IBA Banking Law Committee

Christian Savvides
Head of Debt Advisory, Rothschild and Co, London

Anita Schläpfer
Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich

Urs Gnos
Walder Wyss, Zurich

Malin Leffler
Roschier, Stockholm

Stefano Mazzotti
Chiomenti, Milan

Fernando Mínguez
Hernández Cuatrecasas, Madrid

Frédéric de Bure Cleary
Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Paris

Clare Gaskell
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, London

Dieter Gericke
Homburger, Zurich; Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee Advisory Board

Renata Mendaña Navarro
Garrigues, Madrid

Forrest Alogna
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, Paris

Anne-Gabrielle Heilbronner
Member of the Management, Board and Secretary General, Publicis Groupe, Paris

Marjolein Heuten
Houthoff, Amsterdam

William Savitt
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, New York

Chiara Gianni
Gianni & Origoni, Rome

Arne Grimme
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Amsterdam

Elisabeth Kreuzer
Hengeler Mueller, Munich

Carmen Reyna
Perez-Llorca, Madrid

2023 Sponsors

HEADLINE SOCIAL EVENT SPONSOR:
• Maples Group

ASSOCIATE CONFERENCE SPONSOR:
• Global HR Lawyers

CONFERENCE RECEPTION SPONSOR:
• Aguilar Castillo Love