FDI Control 2025

25 June 2025

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

25 June 2025
8:30 am
MEDEF, 55 avenue Bosquet,
75007 Paris

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David Chekroun, ESCP Business School & FDI Control Forum

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Thomas Ernoult, French Treasury, FDI screening Unit
Damien Levie, Directorate General for Trade European Commission
Florentine Kessler-Grobe, German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Jose A. Zamora de L’Hôtellerie-Fallois, Spanish State Secretariat for Trade
Thomas Argall, United States Department of Defence
Marc Scheer, Luxembourg Ministry of Economy

The Programme

10.30am – 11.30am: Workshop Series 1

Context of Screening

Global Trends

Defence

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Morning Tea

12.00pm – 1.00pm: Workshop Series 2

Multi-jurisdictional perspectives

Energy

Restructuring

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Lunch

2.15pm – 3.15pm: Workshop Series 3

Investment Arbitration

Technology & AI

Private Equity

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Tea Break

3.45pm – 4.45pm: Workshop Series 4

Sovereign Funds

Health & Data

Corporate Governance

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3.45pm – 4.45pm: Workshop Series 4

GCs and Regulators

New FDI Control Association (ACIE)

Think Tanks & Politics

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