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6th IBA Global Entrepreneurship Conference: The Netherlands – sailing the seas of global innovation

16 May - 17 May 2022

Session information

Interactive workshop one: selected corporate topics connected to developments and consequences of the global pandemic - part one

Monday 16 May (1430 - 1530)

Committee(s)

Closely Held Companies Committee (Lead)

Description

In the first part of this workshop, delegates will work in roundtable groups to discuss corporate governance and M&A topics, including:

Duties of the board in M&A transactions as a buyer and seller, and the management of a takeover target
How does the role of the board, management and founders evolve as the company progresses from a start-up to a scale-up, and finally, to a growth company?
Due diligence and warranty and indemnity insurance revisited
State control of foreign investments – how to deal with new regulations from the European Union and other states in the context of M&A transactions
What are the governance challenges and missteps often encountered in respect to growth companies? How can they be avoided? How can they be remedied?
Ethics, diversity and social responsibility: do corporate directors have a duty to shareholders, or are they permitted to look beyond to other stakeholders in the business?
Covid-19 two years later – are there any lasting consequences in this area?

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Alessandro Maria Barzaghi	COCUZZA, Milan, Italy; Programme Officer, International Commerce and Distribution Committee
Jack Berk	Cleber NV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marie Brasseur	Altius, Brussels, Belgium; Co-Chair, Young Lawyers' Committee
Arthur Davis	Addisons, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Chair, Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee
Peter De Ryck	Lydian, Brussels, Belgium
Tom Ensink	Ploum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Martin Imhof	HEUKING, Düsseldorf, Germany
Florian Jorg	Bratschi Ltd, Zürich, Switzerland; Scholarship Officer, Closely Held Companies Committee
Andreas Kloyer	Luther, Frankfurt, Germany; Conference Quality Officer, Closely Held Companies Committee
Ralf Morshäuser	Gleiss Lutz, Munich, Germany
Elke Napokoj	bpv Hügel , Vienna, Austria
Alessandra Nascimento S F Mourão	Nascimento e Mourão Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; SPPI Council Member
Mariana Norton dos Reis	Cuatrecasas Goncalves Pereira SLP, Lisbon, Portugal; Membership Officer, Women Lawyers' Committee
Michael Schmidt	Schmidt Tax Law, Frankfurt, Germany
Sven Von Mensenkampff	Legance, Milan, Italy
Noreen Weiss	Gunnercooke US LLP, New York, New York, USA; Treasurer, Closely Held Companies Committee

Session presentations

M&A Working Session

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