Mourant

9th Global Entrepreneurship Conference

18 May - 20 May 2025

Session information

Interactive workshop one - M&A hot topics in negotiating a deal

Description

In the first part of the workshop, delegates will discuss, in round table groups, a selection of the below topics in the context of a transaction involving a closely held company:

1. Due diligence by the purchaser and disclosures by the seller/founders


2. Deferred Purchase Price; Purchase Price Adjustment; and Earnout 


3. Role of “founders” as the “sellers//founders” and or as “employees” post closing 


4. Indemnity, Limitation of liability for seller/founders, Escrow, W&I Insurance- Deal security 


5. Event of defaults/termination events including Material Adverse Change-Deal certainty

 

Each group will prepare to negotiate the topic, either from “seller//founder’s” or “purchaser’s” perspective.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Marion Anzinger SKW Schwarz Rechtsanwälte, Munich, Germany
Alessandro Barzaghi COCUZZA, Milan, Italy; Treasurer, International Commerce and Distribution Committee
Carlo Cannizzo Cannizzo Ortiz y Asociados, Mexico City, Mexico
Manuela Cavallo Portolano Cavallo, Rome, Italy
Frédéric Cohen Foley Hoag, Paris, France
Caroline Conrad-Behr Conrad & Partner Advokatur AG, Baden, Switzerland
Natalie K Klara Daghles Noerr, Düsseldorf, Germany
Dominic Davis Burges Salmon, Bristol, England
Peter De Ryck Lydian, Brussels, Belgium
Tom Ensink Ploum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sam Jalaei Magnusson, Copenhagen, Denmark
Malgorzata Kacperska Drzewiecki Tomaszek & Partners, Warsaw, Poland
Kathleen Lemmens Gianni & Origoni, Milan, Italy
Nicoleta Lupea Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, London, England
Sandeep Mehta JSA, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Corporate Law Section Liaison Officer , Closely Held Companies Committee
Nirav Patel Bates Wells, London, England
Toomas Prangli Sorainen, Tallinn, Estonia; Projects Officer, Closely Held Companies Committee
Stan Robbers HEUSSEN, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Carolin Roßkothen Oppenhoff , Cologne, Germany
David Shaw Dale & Lessmann LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Craig Thompson Forsters LLP, London, England
Pablo Vinageras Cobielles Fieldfisher, Barcelona, Spain