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
Moderator
David Chekroun, ESCP Business School & FDI Control Forum
Speakers
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
Speakers:
- Marie-Anne Lavergne, Current Financial Services and International Economic Affairs Advisor, French Prime Minister’s Office - Former head of the “Foreign direct investments screening” unit – CIEF (2020-2023)
- Vincent Netter, Partner, Jeantet
- Ana Muñoz Garcia, Senior Policy Advisor Deputy Directorate for Foreign Investment, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business of Spain
- Gregory Mailly, Executive Director, J.P. Morgan
Speakers:
- Gilles Lebreton, Partner, Clifford Chance (Paris)
- Guillaume Granier, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
- Jose Antonio Zamora de L'Hôtellerie-Fallois, General Sub-Directorate Foreign Investments, Spanish State Secretariat for Trade
- John Davies, Senior Advisor, Brunswick Group
- Dr. Dimitri Slobodenjuk, Partner, Clifford Chance (Düsseldorf)
Speakers:
- Pascal Bine, Of Counsel. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Frédéric Montagard, CEO, ALVEVM
- Christoph Heusgen, Former German Ambassador to the United Nations Senior Advisor, FGS Global
- Alex Deane, Senior Managing Director Head of UK Public Affairs, FTI Consulting
Moderator:
- Vanessa Strauss-Kahn, Professor of Economics, ESCP Business School
Moderator:
- Arnaud de Nanteuil, Professor of Law, Université Paris Est Créteil
Moderator:
- Wesley Lainé, Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- 11:30am – 12:00pm
Morning Tea
12.00pm – 1.00pm: Workshop Series 2
Multi-jurisdictional perspectives
Energy
Restructuring
Speakers:
- Orion Berg, Partner - Leading coordinator of global FDI reviews outside the US, White & Case LLP
- Paul Csiszár, Senior Advisor, Brunswick Group
- Sébastien Ouvry, Director — Investment Legal, Eurazeo
- Damien Levie, Head of Technology & Security, FDI Screening Unit Directorate General for Trade, European Commission
Speakers:
- Florentine Kessler-Grobe, Head of Unit Foreign Investment Screening, German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
- Jessica Lehman, FDI Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy
- Anna Mitchell, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Partner, Linklaters (London)
- Fanny Mahler, Partner, Public Law / Energy & Infrastructure , Linklaters (Paris)
Speakers:
- Marc Lordonnois, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Céline Domenget-Morin, Partner, Restructuring, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Guillaume Primot, Secrétaire Général, CIRI
- Nicolas Bouvier, Partner, Brunswick Group
- Gaël Couturier, Partner, FHB
Moderator:
- David Chekroun, Professor of Business Law — ESCP, Co- Founder, FDI Control Forum
Moderator:
- David López, Partner, M&A and FDI Law, Uría Menéndez
Moderator:
- Gilles Cuniberti, Professor of Private International & Comparative Law, University of Luxembourg
- 1:00pm – 2:15pm
Lunch
2.15pm – 3.15pm: Workshop Series 3
Investment Arbitration
Technology & AI
Private Equity
Speakers:
- Marc Scheer, Economic Security Advisor, Luxembourg Ministry of Economy
- Lucy Winnington-Ingram, Partner, Reed Smith
- Pablo López-Alvarez, Senior Advisor, FTI Consulting
- Dr Hélène Van Lith, Secretary - Associate Professor, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR - Paris Dauphine University
- Guillaume Nataf, Partner, Baker & McKenzie (Paris)
- Yas Banifatemi, Founding Partner, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes
Speakers:
- Dr Jérôme Philippe, Partner, Freshfields
- Claire Thomas-Daoulas, Partner, Brunswick Group
- Gustave Gauquelin, Head of the Strategic Information and Economic Security Department France (SISSE), Direction Générale des Entreprises
- Aimen Mir, Partner, Freshfields
Speakers:
- Charles-Antoine Guelluy, Partner, Latham & Watkins (Paris)
- Michael Considine, Senior Advisor (former CFIUS), FGS Global
- Les P. Carnegie, Partner, Co- lead of CFIUS and National Security Practice & Co-lead of Export Controls and Sanctions Practice, Latham & Watkins (Washington)
- Olivier Job, Legal Director, PAI Partners (Paris)
Moderator:
- Yarik Kryvoi, Professor of Law, Director of the Investment Treaty Forum, BIICL
Moderator:
- Sandrine Clavel, Professor of Law, Université Paris-Saclay UVSQ
Moderator:
- Geneviève Helleringer, Professor of Law, Oxford University & ESSEC Business School
- 3:15pm – 3:45pm
Tea Break
3.45pm – 4.45pm: Workshop Series 4
Sovereign Funds
Health & Data
Corporate Governance
Speakers:
- Thomas Argall, Director - Investment Review, United States Department of Defence
- Jarlath Pratt, Managing Director & Assistant General Counsel, GIC
- Jared Hollett, Practice Area Lead, International Trade Compliance, Saudi Aramco
Speakers:
- Gustave Gauquelin, Head of the Strategic Information and Economic Security Department France (SISSE), Direction Générale des Entreprises
- Simonetta Giordano, Corporate Partner, Simmons & Simmons
- François Rosenfeld, Partner, Innovation Team, Mérieux Equity Partners
- Aiste Slezeviciute, Head of FDI Screening Sector, European Commission
Speakers:
- Ombline Ancelin, Partner, Head of Competition, Simmons & Simmons
- Florent Barbu, Counsel, Simmons & Simmons
- Michael Considine, Senior Advisor (former CFIUS), FGS Global
- Caroline Ruellan, Independent director and founding CEO, SONJ Conseil
Moderator:
- Farhad Jalinous, Partner - Global Head of FDI Reviews & US National Security/CFIUS Practice, White & Case LLP
Moderator:
- Ioannis Kokkoris, Professor of Competition Law and Economics, Director of Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London
Moderator:
- Andrew Shagrin, Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School
3.45pm – 4.45pm: Workshop Series 4
GCs and Regulators
New FDI Control Association (ACIE)
Think Tanks & Politics
Moderator:
- Jonathan Marsh, General Counsel, Art Consortium Former Vice President and International General Counsel, TotalEnergies
- Emmanuelle Vaudoyer, General Counsel & Board Secretary, Imerys
- Olivier Taffin de Tilques, Group Head of Legal Corporate Finance and M&A, SCOR SE
- Eric Thomas, General Counsel Former Lagardère Group, EADS (Airbus), Thales and EDF
Le Conseil d'Administration:
- Emily Xueref-Poviac, FDI & Antitrust Lawyer
- Pascal Bine, Of Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- David Chekroun, Professor of Business Law Avocat, ESCP
- Orion Berg, Partner, White & Case LLP
- Ombline Ancelin, Partner, Head of Competition, Simmons & Simmons
- Dr Jérôme Philippe, Partner, Freshfields
- Marina Guérassimova, Co- Founder, FDI Control, Chief Editor — Fusions & Acquisitions Magazine
- Marc Lordonnois, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Claire Thomas-Daoulas, Partner, Brunswick Group
- Guillaume Granier, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
- Gregory Mailly, Executive Director, J.P. Morgan
- Clotilde Jolivet, Director of Policies, Advocacy & Governmental Affairs, CSL
- Sandrine Clavel, Professor of Law, Université Paris-Saclay UVSQ
- Vincent Netter, Partner, Jeantet
- Charles-Antoine Guelluy, Partner, Latham & Watkins (Paris)
- Alexis Coskun, Director, FGS Global
Speakers:
- Joffrey Célestin-Urbain, Former Head of Strategic Economic Security, French Ministry of Economy
- Rt.Hon. Sir Vince Cable, Economist — Former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Skills and Trade. — Former Leader of Liberal Democrat Party (UK), Professor in Practice LSE, Chair of Green Energy Companies
- Matthias Fekl, Former French Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Former French Minister for the home affairs & Partner, Audit Duprey Fekl
- Joachim Bitterlich, Ambassador (ret), Berlin - Paris
Moderator:
- Andrew Shagrin, Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School
