FDI Control Forum

22 June 2023

Exploring the impact of Foreign Direct investment (FDI) controls on cross-border M&A transactions

MORNING PROGRAMME

22 June 2023
8:30 am to 2:00 pm
La Maison de la Chimie
28 Rue Saint-Dominique, 75007 Paris

Morning conference and workshops under the “Chatham House Rule.” These workshops offer a unique opportunity to engage with key players from France, Germany, the European Union, the UK, and the USA across geopolitics, economy, strategy, finance, and law. They will give you an in-depth understanding of the latest developments and trends in global FDI control.

Registration

Welcome

David Chekroun
Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School

Marina Guérassimova
Chief Editor, Fusions & Acquisitions Magazine

Pascal Dupeyrat
Strategic Advisor, Relians

Opening Speech

Olivier Becht
Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, Economic Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs

Plenary session

Moderators:

Joachim Pohl
Head, International Investment Governance team, Investment Division, OECD

David Chekroun
Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School

Regulators:

Marie-Anne Lavergne
Head of the Office in Charge of Controlling Foreign Investment at the Treasury Department (Multicom 4), France

Friederike Wenkel
Policy Officer at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Germany

Damien Levie
Head of the Technology & Security, FDI Screening Unit at the Directorate General for Trade, European Commission

Brian Reissaus
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security Operations at the Department of Treasury, former CFIUS Chair, United States of America

Michael S. Considine
CFIUS, Assistant Secretary for Foreign Investment at the Department of Energy, United States of America.

Jessica Lehman
Foreign Direct Investment Senior Advisor at U.S. Department of Energy

Eloise Evans
Committee Specialist on China Policy, International Affairs Unit, United Kingdom Parliament

Workshop Series 1

Workshop 1: What team for a sucessful FDI Process?

Moderator:

Sandrine Clavel
Professor of Private Law and Criminal Sciences, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, DANTE

Speakers:

Pascal Bine
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Gauthier Le Milon
Managing Director, Head of M&A France, Belgium & Luxembourg, Barclays

Alex Deane
Senior Managing Director & Partner, FTI Consulting

Moderator:

Ioannis Kokkoris
Professor of Competition Law and Economics, Director of Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London

Speakers:

Stephen Walters
Corporate Partner, Jeantet
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, Antitrust and Competition, Cooley

Julien Lestrade
Managing Director, Lazard

Bruno Bezard
Managing Partner, Cathay Capital

Moderator:

Duncan Fairgrieve
Senior Research Fellow, British Institute of International & Comparative Law, Professor of Comparative Law, Université de Paris Dauphine.

Speakers:

Simonetta Giordano
Partner, M&A and Commercial, Simmons & Simmons
Alexandre Loupy
University Professor-Hospital Practitioner (PU-PH) at Necker Hospital, Paris, Head of INSERM unit Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation; Adjunct Professor Transplant Department, Cedars Sinai L.A,USA

Renaud Dutreil
Former Minister, Senior Adviser, FTI Consulting

Gregory Mailly
Executive Director, M&A, JP Morgan

Workshop 4: CFIUS Recent Developments and Policy Trends

Moderator:

Pascal Dupeyrat
Strategic Advisor, Relians

Speakers:

Michael S. Considine
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Foreign Investment and National Security, U.S. Department of Energy
Farhad Jalinous
Global Head of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Reviews & US National Security/CFIUS Practice, White & Case LLP

Jessica Lehman
Foreign Direct Investment Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy

Brian Reissaus
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security Operations at the Department of Treasury, former CFIUS Chair, United States of America

Coffee Break

Workshop Series 2

Moderator:

Andrew Shagrin
Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School

Speakers:

Gilles Lebreton
Partner, Clifford Chance
Martin Bresson
Public Affairs Director, Invest Europe

Emily Xueref-Poviac
Counsel, Clifford Chance
Arnaud de Cheffontaines
Managing Director, Financial Communications, FTI Consulting

Sophie Javary
Vice-Chairman CIB EMEA, BNP Paribas

Moderator:

Gilles Pillet
Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School

Speakers:

Ombline Ancelin
Partner, Head of Competition, Simmons & Simmons

Delphine Prioux
Legal Manager, Individual Customers Division, EDF

Étienne Chantrel
Head of the Merger Department, French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence)

Moderator:

Vincent Smith
Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School

Speakers:

Orion Berg
Partner, White & Case

Bertrand Milhiet
Vice President, Head of Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions and Real Estate, Airbus

Mélanie d'Anglejan-Chatillon
Head of Antitrust & Regulatory, Forvia

Moderator:

Maxime Lefebvre
Former Ambassador, Professor of International Relations, ESCP Business School

Claire Campbell
Solicitor, ICG Fellow, ESCP Business School

Speakers:

Hubert Segain
Head of Corporate, M&A practice, Herbert Smith Freehills

Alexandre Courbon
Managing Director, Head of M&A France, HSBC

Pablo López-Alvarez
Senior Managing Director, Head of EU Competition, Trade and International Litigation, FTI Consulting

Lunch

Lunch Closing remarks

Joffrey Célestin Urbain
Head of the Strategic Information and Economic Security Department (SISSE)

EVENING PROGRAMME

22 June 2023
6:30pm to 8:30pm
ESCP Campus République
79 Avenue de la Republique,
75011 Paris Amphithéâtre Gélis

This conference will enable regulators, students, academics, and civil society to engage in dialogue on the challenges posed by the increasing control of foreign investments in the M&A process, and the rise of state rivalries that disrupt state national security.