19th International Mergers & Acquisitions Conference 2022 | International Bar Association (IBA) | 14 June 2022 | The Plaza , 5th Avenue at, Central Park S, New York, NY 10022, USA

Topics will include the following, all of which will report and discuss the lessons learned and changes wrought by the past two years of deal-making during a pandemic and the road ahead:

• A review of the worldwide M&A marketplace
• Global M&A hot topics
• The view from the bench
• Developments in public company M&A and securities law
• Governance, stewardship and activism
• Private equity today
• Geopolitics, competition policy and M&A
• The in-house perspective

2022 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Emma Giamartino
Global Group President, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Investment Officer, CBRE Group, Dallas, Texas

SPEAKERS:

Thomas Miles
Co-Head of Americas Mergers & Acquisitions, Morgan Stanley, New York

Annika Clauss Hengeler
Partner, Mueller, Frankfurt

Daniel Daeniker
Partner, Homburger, Zurich

Francisco Müssnich
Barbosa Müssnich & Aragão, São Paulo; Latin American Regional Forum Liaison Officer, IBA Securities LawCommittee

Franziska Ruf
Partner, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, Montreal, Quebec

Hon Kathaleen St J McCormick
Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery, Wilmington, Delaware

Hon Karen L Valihura Justice
Delaware Supreme Court, Wilmington, Delaware

Harry Coghill
Partner, Macfarlanes, London

Sergio González Galán
Partner, Garrigues, Madrid

Arne Grimme
Partner, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Amsterdam

Haigreve Khaitan
Partner, Khaitan & Co, Mumbai

William Anderson
Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Strategic Shareholder Advisory Business, Evercore, New York

David A Chaikof
Partner, Torys, Toronto & New York

Arthur Crozier
Chairman, Innisfree M&A, New York

Youssef Djehane
Founding Partner, BDGS Associés, Paris

Barrett Golden
Partner, Joele Frank Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher, New York

Sascha Leske
Partner, Noerr, Berlin & New York

Ryo Okubo
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, New York; Membership Officer – North America, IBA Insolvency Section

Kevin Schmidt
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York

Cyril Shroff
Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai

Piero Venturini
Partner, Legance, New York

Guillaume Loriot
Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General Competition, European Commission, Brussels

Colin Raftery
Senior Director of Mergers, Competition and Markets Authority, London

Christine Wilson
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC

Natasha Gopaul
Managing Director, Legal & Compliance, The Blackstone Group, New York

Kendall Handler
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, IAC, New York

Diane Lazzaris
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, WESCO, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Janet L Raimondo
Head Legal M&A and Strategic Transactions, Novartis, Basel

MODERATORS:

Adam Emmerich
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, New York; Vice Chair, IBA Law Firm Management - Strategy and Finance Subcommittee

Ting Chen
Partner, Cravath Swaine & Moore, New York

Roland Turnill
Partner, Slaughter and May, London

David Ross
Partner, Ross Aronstam & Moritz, Wilmington, Delaware

Eric Schiele
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, New York

Mark Pflug
Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York

Bertrand Cardi
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, Paris; Vice Chair, IBA Corporate Governance Subcommittee

Melissa Sawyer
Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York

Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman
Partner, Olshan Frome Wolosky, New York

Laura Turano
Partner, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, New York

Olivier Assant
Partner, Bredin Prat, Paris

Katherine Krause
Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York

Ilene Knable Gotts
Partner, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, New York

Antonio Guerra Fernandez
Partner, Uría Menéndez, Madrid

Valentina Cassata
Vice President & Lead M&A Counsel, Standard Industries, New York; Diversity and Inclusion Officer, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee

2022 Sponsors

HEADLINE SOCIAL EVENT SPONSOR:
• Aguilar Castillo Love
• Gonzalez Calvillo
• Hannes Snellman
• Noerr

ASSOCIATE CONFERENCE SPONSOR:
• Ius Laboris
• Luminance

CONFERENCE WELCOME RECEPTION SPONSOR:
• Cravath
• Kirkland
• Nassar Abogados
• Osler
• Schindler Attorneys
• Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

CONFERENCE LUNCHEON SPONSOR:
• Torys LLP