Hot topics roundtables
- Recent developments in AI and M&A
- The EU Commission's Omnibus Directive (digital package on simplification)
- Negotiating with angel investors
- New business models for data sharing under the Data Act
- Recent developments in FDI regulation around the world
- Navigating ownership, liability and value in the age of generative AI
- Crafting optimal earn-out and milestone payment provisions
- Unlocking value (and avoiding traps) in SaaS, cloud and open-source contracts
- Non-competes and non-solicits in tech deals
- Patent management in M&A transactions
- Recent developments in R&W insurance for tech deals
- Recent developments in China's data protection and cybersecurity
- Navigating complexities in tech carve-outs and asset deals
- Cyber resilience and incident response in M&A transactions
- Negotiating successful exits: IPOs, drags/tags and rights of first refusal
- Regulating AI
- Addressing working capital: closing accounts vs locked boxes
- AI-driven due diligence tools: promise and pitfalls
- Due diligence and disclosure expectations in tech M&A deals
- Legal and regulatory challenges in quantum computing companies
Hot topics roundtables
Topic one – Recent developments in AI and M&A
Moderators
Elizabeth Kreuzer Hengeler, Munich
Francisco Morales Barron Vinson & Elkins, New York
Larry Naughton Mintz, Boston
Topic two – The EU Commission's Omnibus Directive (digital package on simplification)
Moderators
Daniela de Pasquale Ughi e Nunziante, Milan; Vice Chair, IBA Technology Law Committee
Johan Hubner Delphi, Stockholm; Vice Chair, IBA Technology Law Committee
Martin Schirmbacker HÄRTING Rechtsanwälte, Berlin; Member, IBA Technology Law Committee Advisory Board
Topic three – Negotiating with angel investors
Moderators
Adhunika Premkumar Trilegal, Bangalore, Karnataka
Jerome Vermeylen Altius, Brussels
Topic four – New business models for data sharing under the Data Act
Moderators
Elisa Henry WSP, The Hague; Senior Vice Chair, IBA Technology Law Committee
Erik Valgaeren Stibbe, Brussels
Topic five – Recent developments in FDI regulation around the world
Moderators
Ileana Glodeanu Wolf Theiss, Bucharest
Olivia Lê Horovitz Rimon, Paris
Karine Montagut Norton Rose, Paris
Topic six – Navigating ownership, liability and value in the age of generative AI
Moderators
Raphael Dana Dana, Paris
Barbara Sartoria CBA, Milan
Aarthi Sivanandh AZB, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Topic seven – Crafting optimal earn-out and milestone payment provisions
Moderators
Yuki Oi Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo; Young Lawyers' Committee Liaison Officer, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee
Topic eight – Unlocking value (and avoiding traps) in SaaS, cloud and open-source contracts
Moderators
Norman Heckh Ramón y Cajal, Madrid; Vice Chair, IBA Outsourcing and Managed Services Subcommittee
Paulina Silva Bitlaw, Santiago; Vice Chair, IBA Technology Law Committee
Topic nine – Non-competes and non-solicits in tech deals
Moderators
Rabindra Jhunjhunwala Kaithan, Mumbai; Membership Officer, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee
Koraphot Jirachocksubsin Chandler Mori Hamada, Bangkok
Henrik Laursen Plesner, Copenhagen
Topic ten – Recent developments in R&W insurance for tech deals
Moderators
Rita Sobral Cooley, London
Stephen Tallon McCann FitzGerald, London
Topic eleven – Recent developments in China's data protection and cybersecurity
Moderators
Carol Sun JunHe, Beijing; Scholarship Officer, IBA Criminal Law Committee
Topic twelve – Navigating complexities in tech carve-outs and asset deals
Moderators
Nicoletta Kouvara Aptus Legal/Nicoletta Kouvara & Partners LLC, Nicosia
Topic thirteen – Cyber resilience and incident response in M&A transactions
Moderators
Joacim Johannesson Setterwalls, Stockholm
Christian Kunz Baer & Karrer, Zurich; Vice Chair, IBA Cybersecurity subcommmittee
Topic fourteen – Negotiating successful exits: IPOs, drags/tags and rights of first refusal
Moderators
Darran Nangle A&L Goodbody, Dublin
Topic fifteen – Regulating AI
Moderators
Roland Mathys Schellenberg Wittmer, Zurich; Co-Chair, IBA Technology Law Committee
Elisabeth Vestin Snellman, Stockholm; Scholarship Officer, IBA Technology Law Committee
Topic sixteen – Addressing working capital: closing accounts vs locked boxes
Moderators
Jakub Lerner Wardynski, Warsaw
Gisèle Rosselle Strelia, Brussels; Member, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee Advisory Board
Topic seventeen – AI-driven due diligence tools: promise and pitfalls
Moderators
Rick Liu Harvey, New York
Michel Jaccard id est, Lausanne
Topic eighteen – Due diligence and disclosure expectations in tech M&A deals
Moderators
Matthew Kittay Fox Rothschild, New York
Katharina Prasuhn Heuking, Munich
Alexander Zharskiy Alrud, Moscow; Conference Coordinator Europe, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee
Topic nineteen – Legal and regulatory challenges in quantum computing companies
Moderators
Andy Ramos Pérez-Llorca, Madrid
Sajai Singh J. Sagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka; LPD Council Member