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5th Mergers and Acquisitions in the Technology Sector Conference

17 Mar - 18 Mar 2022

Session information

Hot topic roundtables

Thursday 17 March (0910 - 1040)

Description

1 Going public, staying private or selling
2 Selling technology deals to investors and shareholders
3 Mistakes founders make selling their companies: special issues in start-up acquisitions
4 Differences between venture capital and strategic partners: what they look for in a deal
5 Incentivising employees: retaining people in the deal
6 Data ownership
7 Data as an asset in M&A transactions
8 Cryptocurrencies and how blockchain has changed our world
9 Data privacy: lessons learned and future outlook
10 Beacons, honeypots and sinkholes: the latest trends in cybersecurity
11 Challenges in acquisitions of dual use companies
12 Sellers’ liability in M&A transactions: recent trends
13 Challenges in managing interim periods in start-up acquisitions
14 Representation and warranty insurance in technology M&A deals
15 Effective approaches to due diligence in technology M&A deals

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Yuval Horn	Gornitzky & Co, Tel Aviv, Israel; Member, Technology Law Committee Advisory Board

Speakers

Belén Arribas Sánchez	Belén Arribas Abogados, Barcelona, Spain
Naomi Assia	Naomi Assia & Co Law Office, Tel Aviv, Israel
Rolf Auf der Maur	VISCHER AG, Zürich, Switzerland
Claire Bernier	ADSTO, Paris, France
Gabriella Covino	Gianni & Origoni, Rome, Italy; Chair, Corporate Governance and Activism Subcommittee
Pierre Davis	Chief Legal Officer - S&P Global Platts, London, England
Dagmar Dubecka	Kocian Solc Balastik advokatni kancelar sro, Prague, Czech Republic; Deputy Membership Officer, Corporate and M&A Law Committee
Alexander Edmondson	Macfarlanes LLP, London, England
Xavier Foz	RocaJunyent, Barcelona, Spain
Norman Heckh	Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Johan Hübner	Advokatfirman Delphi, Stockholm, Sweden; Chair, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Subcommittee
Anna Jonsson	Vinge, Malmo, Sweden
Miguel Kindelán	GP Bullhound, Madrid, Spain
Evy Marques	Felsberg Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil
Moritz Maurer	Niederer Kraft Frey AG, Zürich, Switzerland
Shivpriya Nanda	JSA, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Larry Naughton	Mintz, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Monika Eva Obal	Morrison Foerster, Berlin, Germany
Karin Oberlin	MLL Legal, Zürich, Switzerland
Harry Rubin	Kramer Levin, New York, New York, USA
Barbara Sartori	CBA Studio Legale e Tributario, Milan, Italy
Søren Skibsted	Kromann Reumert, Copenhagen, Denmark; Member, Technology Law Committee Advisory Board
Jose Soria Sorjus	Uria Menendez, Barcelona, Spain
Emanuel Strehle	Hengeler Mueller, Munich, Germany
Erik Valgaeren	Stibbe, Brussels, Belgium
Elisabeth Vestin	Snellman, Stockholm, Sweden; Chair, Outsourcing and Managed Services Subcommittee
Astrid Wagner	Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Andrew Zammit	GVZH Advocates, Valletta, Malta

Session presentations

Beacons, honeypots and sinkholes: the latest trends in cybersecurity
Incentivising employees: retaining people in the deal

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