FDI Control 2024
26 June 2024
Exploring the impact of Foreign Direct investment (FDI) controls on cross-border M&A transactions
26 June 2024
8:30 am
MEDEF, 55 avenue Bosquet,
75007 Paris
- 8:15am - 8:45am
Registration
- 8:45am - 10:00am
Regulatory Plenary Session - comparative discussion between regulatory representatives on FDI Control
Moderator:
Joachim Pohl
Head, International Investment Governance team, Investment Division, OECD
David Chekroun
Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School
Speakers:
Thomas Ernoult
CIEF (Bureau du contrôle des investissements étrangers) France
Damien Levie
Head of the Technology & Security, FDI Screening Unit at the Directorate General for Trade, European Commission
Nicoletta Giordani
Principal Director of Global Investment and Economic Security (GIES) in the Office of the Secretary of Defense
- 10:15am - 11:15am
Workshop Series 1
Workshop 1: Foreign Direct Investment in the Context of a Screening
Speakers:
Vincent Netter
Partner, Jeantet
Marie-Anne Lavergne
Rapporteure, Comité Interministériel de Restructuration Industrielle (CIRI)
Gregory Mailly
Coverage Banker, J.P. Morgan
Moderator:
Workshop 2: Global Trends in FDI Control
Speakers:
Gilles Lebreton
Partner, Clifford Chance
Dimitri Slobodenjuk
Partner, Antitrust, Global Head of FDI, Clifford Chance Düsseldorf
Zornitsa Kutlina-Dimitrova
Senior analyst of Tech & Security, FDI Screening Unit at DG TRADE - European Commission
Nicolas Rosselot
Legal/Policy Analyst, OECD-OCDE
Alexandre Courbon
Managing Director, Head of M&A France, HSBC
Moderator:
Workshop 3: Defence
Speakers:
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
Moderator:
- 11:15am – 11:45am
Coffee Break
- 11:45am - 12:45pm:
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 the Technology & Security, FDI Screening Unit at the Directorate General for Trade, European Commission
Ombline Ancelin
Partner, Head of Competition, Simmons & Simmons
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 chez European Investment Bank (EIB)
Pablo López-Alvarez
Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting
Moderator:
Workshop 6: Restructuring
Anne-Sophie Noury
Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Pierre-Oliver Chotard
Secrétaire Général du CIRI, sous-directeur adjoint en charge du financement des entreprises
Arnaud Joubert
Partner - Debt Advisory & Restructuring chez Rothschild & Co
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
Moderator:
Edmond Schlumberg
Professeur de Droit privé - Université Paris 1 - Ecole de Droit de la Sorbonne - Conseil scientifique Gide
- 12:45am – 2:00pm
- 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Workshop Series 3
Workshop 7: Health
Simonetta Giordano
Corporate Partner at Simmons & Simmons
Nicolas Naillon
Managing Director - Head Healthcare EMEA at Nomura
Vincenzo Salvatore
Corporate Partner at Simmons & Simmons
Moderator:
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
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
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 the Technology & Security, FDI Screening Unit at the Directorate General for Trade, European Commission
Orion Berg
Partner, White & Case
Moderator:
Pierre Berlioz
Private law Dir Europe international, UIMM Pdt / Sustainable Finance and ESG reporting Committee, Medef former Advisor, Min. Justice
FDI Control Forum Team
David Chekroun
Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School
Marina Guérassimova
Chief Editor, Fusions & Acquisitions Magazine
Claire Campbell
Solicitor, ICG Fellow, ESCP Business School
Lars Goubet-Wolff
FDI Control Forum Conselor, Chief of staff to the Executive Vice-President & Dean of ESCP
Emily Xueref-Poviac
Co-editor, publications, FDI Control Forum, Lawyer