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

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

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

  • 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:

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

Workshop 4: CFIUS Recent Developments and Policy Trends

Moderator:

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:

Speakers:

Moderator:

Speakers:

  • Étienne Chantrel

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

Moderator:

Speakers:

  • Bertrand Milhiet

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

Moderator:

  • Maxime Lefebvre

    Former Ambassador, Professor of International Relations, ESCP Business School

Speakers:

  • Pablo López-Alvarez

    Senior Managing Director, Head of EU Competition, Trade and International Litigation, FTI Consulting

Lunch

Lunch Closing remarks

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. 

Welcome

  • David Chekroun

    Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School, Founder of the Institute for Corporate Governance

  • Ioannis Kokkoris

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

  • Duncan Fairgrieve

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

Opening Speech

  • 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

Plenary session

Regulators

  • Marie-Anne Lavergne

    Head of the Office in Charge of Controlling Foreign Investment, Treasury Department (Multicom 4), France

  • Friederike Wenkel

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

  • Brian Reissaus

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

  • Michael S. Considine

    Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Foreign Investment and National Security, U.S. Department of Energy

  • Damien Levie

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

  • Eloise Evans

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

  • Marion Chulia

    Case Handler, Technology & Security, FDI Screening Unit at the Directorate General for Trade, European Commission

Academics

  • Mathias Audit

    Professor of Law, Sorbonne School of Law (University of Paris 1)

  • Sandrine Clavel

    Professor of Private Law and Criminal Sciences, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin

  • Ioannis Kokkoris

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

  • Duncan Fairgrieve

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

  • Maxime Lefebvre

    Former Ambassador, Professor of International Relations, ESCP Business School

Moderators

  • David Chekroun

    Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School, Founder of the Institute for Corporate Governance

  • Joachim Pohl

    Head, International Investment Governance team, Investment Division, OECD

Cocktail

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