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The IBA’s response to the situation in Ukraine
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Sandeep Mehta
J Sagar Associates, Mumbai
sandeep.mehta@jsalaw.com
Tuesday 23 March 2021
Presented by the IBA Closely Held and Growing Business Enterprises Committee and the IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee.
Session Co-Chairs
Marie Caroline Brasseur ALTIUS, Brussels; Co-Chair, IBA Young Lawyers’ Committee
Iván Delgado Pérez-Llorca, New York, Conference Quality Officer, IBA Closely Held and Growing Business Enterprises Committee
Moderators
Adriana Castro BLP, San Jose; Co-Vice Chair, IBA Young Lawyers’ Committee
Robrecht Coppens Loyens & Loeff, Brussels; Vice Chair, Western Regional Group, IBA European Regional Forum
Paulo Coelho da Rocha Demarest, São Paulo; Assistant Outreach and Education Officer, IBA Law Firm Management Committee
Arthur Davis Addisons, Sydney, New South Wales; Chair, Underwriting and Distribution Subcommittee, IBA Securities Law Committee
Pierre-Alexandre Degehet Bonn Steichen & Partners, Luxembourg
Kosturi Ghosh Trilegal, Bangalore; Vice Chair, Current Legal Developments Subcommittee, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee
Rasem Kamal & Associates West Bank and Gaza; Officer, IBA Arab Regional Forum
Pavla Kopeckova Prikrylová Peterka Partners, Prague
Oliver Künzler Wenger Plattner, Küsnacht-Zurich ; Vice Chair, Communications Group, IBA European Regional Forum
Sandeep Mehta J Sagar Associates, Mumbai
Andrea Metz Luther, Frankfurt
Mariana Norton dos Reis Cuatrecasas, Lisbon; Secretary, IBA Women Lawyers’ Interest Group
Federico Piano Guyer & Regules, Montevideo
Richard Spink Burges Salmon, Bristol
Cameron Taylor Minter Ellison, Auckland; Vice Chair, IBA Closely Held and Growing Business Enterprises Committee
Luciana Tornovsky Demarest Advogados, São Paulo; Secretary, IBA Closely Held and Growing Business Enterprises Committee
Gisèle Rosselle Strelia, Brussels
Cornelia Topf Gleiss Lutz, Frankfurt; European Regional Forum Liaison Officer, IBA Women Lawyers’ Interest Group
Erika Villarreal Anzola Robles & Asociados, Panama City; Membership Officer, IBA Young Lawyers’ Committee
Helge-Torsten Wöhlert Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Munich
During this session, the co-chairs gave introduction about the topic of virtual M&A transactions, negotiations to be discussed, and how travel restrictions are affecting M&A transactions.
Virtual transactions require very good IT infrastructure as a pre-requisite. The key questions are how we negotiate M&A transaction virtually and how does the closing of such transaction occur against physical negotiations and closing?
The moderators and participants discussed following:
The session co-chairs unanimously concluded that while technology is working for M&A transactions, not being able to meet physically is unideal. This is the new normal and few things will stay forever. The investment in IT infrastructure is key for virtually executing and completing M&A transactions.
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