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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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