5th Mergers and Acquisitions in the Technology Sector Conference 2022 | International Bar Association (IBA) | 16 March 2022 | Hotel Arts Barcelona, Carrer de la Marina, 19-21, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

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

Topics include:
• Hot topics roundtables
• Navigating geographic differences in technology M&A deals: how differently do we do things?
• Trade wars and technology M&A: perspectives from around the world
• The impact of artificial intelligence on M&A
• Cybersecurity risks in M&A
• How artificial intelligence is revolutionising healthcare
• In-house counsel forum: a discussion of current and cutting-edge issues faced by in-house counsel

2022 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Courtney McBean Managing Director, Evercore, Menlo Park/
Silicon Valley, California

SPEAKERS:

Almudena Arpón de Mendívil
Gomez Acebo & Pombo, Madrid; Vice President, International Bar Association

Pierre M Davis
Chief Legal Officer, S&P Global Platts, London

Gabriel Lopez
Serrano Regulatory Affairs Director, Microsoft, Madrid

Eric Neuenschwander
Deputy Chief Legal Officer, Zenotta, Zug

Ignasi Costas
DWF-RCD, Barcelona

Andrea Viale
In-house Counsel, Idealista, Madrid

Volodymyr Yakubovskyy
Nobles, Kyiv

Audrey Chen
JunHe, Beijing

David Friedlander
King & Wood Mallesons, Sydney, New South Wales

Joe Gette
Assistant General Counsel M&A and Securities, PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Courtney McBean
Managing Director, Evercore, Menlo Park/ Silicon Valley, California

Josep Sanfeliu
Asabys Partners, Barcelona

Ileana Glodeanu
Wolf Theiss, Bucharest

Jordi Farres
Perez Llorca, Madrid

Adina Shapiro
Herzog Fox & Neeman, Tel Aviv; Vice Chair, Current Legal Developments Subcommittee

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

Clément Destoumieux
CEO, medmesafe, Madrid

Joan Guanyabens
Founder, SalusCoop, Barcelona

Rafael Torres
Senior Vice President/Strategy and Business Development, Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, California

Albert Agustinoy
Cuatrecasas, Barcelona; Associations and Committees Liaison Officer, IBA Technology Law Committee

Shira Kaplan
Cyverse, Zürich

Meg Strickler
Conaway & Strickler, Atlanta, Georgia; Projects Officer, IBA War Crimes Committee

MODERATORS:

Yuval Horn
Horn & Co, Tel Aviv; Member, IBA Technology Law, Committee Advisory Board

Gabriella Covino
Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners, Rome; Chair, Corporate Governance Subcommittee

José Soria
Uría Menendez, Barcelona

Miguel Kindelán
GP Bullhound, Madrid

Moritz Maurer
Niederer Kraft Frey, Zurich

Naomi Assia
Naomi Assia & Co, Tel Aviv

Norman Heckh
Ramón y Cajal, Madrid

Jay Lefton
Fasken, Toronto, Ontario

Anna Jonsson
Vinge, Malmö

Harry Rubin
Kramer Levin, New York

Ilona Zekely
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Moscow; Human Rights Officer, IBA European Regional Forum

Barbara Sartori
CBA Legale e Tributario, Milan and Padua

Emanuel Strehle
Hengeler Mueller, Munich

Pierre M Davis
Chief Legal Officer, S&P Global Platts, London

Erik Valgaeren
Stibbe, Brussels

Elisabeth Vestin
Hannes Snellmann, Stockholm; Chair, Outsourcing and Shared Services Subcommittee

Stefan Weidert
Gleiss Lutz, Berlin; Member, IBA Technology Law Committee Advisory Board

Belén Arribas
Sánchez Belén Arribas Abogados, Barcelona

Carmen de la Cruz
Böhringer LEXcellence AG, Zug

Andrew Zammit
GVZH, Valletta

Claire Bernier
ADSTO, Paris

Marlene Schreiber
Harting, Berlin; Secretary-Treasurer, IBA Technology Law Committee

Rolf Auf der Maur
Vischer Ltd, Zurich

Soren Skibsted
Kromann Reumert, Copenhagen; Member, IBA Technology Law Committee Advisory Board

Stephan Muller
Oppenhoff, Cologne

Thomas Kulnigg
Schoenherr, Vienna (invited)

Larry Naughton
Mintz, Boston, Massachusetts

Dagmar Dubécka
KSB, Prague; Membership Officer, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee

Alex Edmondson
Macfarlanes, London

Takashi Toichi
TMI, Tokyo; Newsletter Editor, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee (invited)

Meltem Koning-Gungormez
Kennedy van der Laan, Amsterdam (invited)

Evy Marques
Felsberg, Sao Paulo

Xavier Foz
Roca Junyent, Barcelona

Laurent Schummer
Arendt, Luxembourg; Programme Officer, IBA Space Law Committee

Clara-Ann Gordon
Niederer Kraft Frey AG, Zürich; Chair, IBA Online Services Committee

Dovile Burgiene
Walles, Vilniu; Vice Treasurer, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee

Sergio Sánchez
Solé J&A Garrigues SLP, Barcelona; Member, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee Advisory Board

Ronald Chen
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, New York

Yuval Horn
Horn & Co, Tel Aviv; Member, IBA Technology Law Committee Advisory Board

Forrest Alogna
Darrois, Paris

Rabindra Jhunjhunwala
Khaitan & Co, Mumbai; Membership Officer, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee

Matthias Nordmann
SKW Schwarz, Munich

Cécile Théard-Jallu
De Gaulle Fleurance, Paris; Vice Chair, IBA Healthcare and Life Sciences Law Committee

Roland Mathys
Schellenberg Wittmer, Zürich; Vice Chair, IBA Technology Law Committee

Christopher Mesnooh
Fieldfisher, Paris

Kosturi Ghosh
Trilegal, Bangalore; Vice Chair, Current Legal Developments Subcommittee

Gisele Rosselle
Strelia, Brussels