14th IBA European Corporate and Private M&A Conference
5 Feb - 6 Feb 2026
Session information
Description
Keynote address: State of the European M&A market
Keynote speaker
Marcus Schenck Managing Director, Lazard, Munich
Leading at the edge: technology, AI and the transformation of business - a fireside chat with a global business leader
The pace of technological change is redefining competition, risk and value. In this fireside chat, Capgemini CEO Aiman Ezzat shares how leaders bet on emerging tech, scale innovation and turn breakthroughs into measurable outcomes. They will examine what rapid advances in technology, like the emergence of AI, mean for strategy, operating models, governance, the pressures on boards and institutions, and how the business of law may be transformed. The discussion will focus on how to build durable advantage in a world that refuses to stand still.
Speaker
Aiman Ezzat CEO, Capgemini, Paris
Introduction
Maria Pernas Group General Counsel and Commercial and Contract Management, Capgemini, Paris
Moderators
Bertrand Cardi Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, Paris; Co-Chair, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee
Gabriella Covino Gianni & Origoni, Rome; Vice Chair, IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee
Emanuel P Strehle Hengeler Mueller, Munich
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Bertrand Cardi | Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier , Paris, France; Co-Chair, Corporate and M&A Law Committee |
| Gabriella Covino | Gianni & Origoni, Rome, Italy; Senior Vice Chair, Corporate and M&A Law Committee |
| Emanuel Strehle | Hengeler Mueller, Munich, Germany |
Keynote Speakers
| Aiman Ezzat | Capgemini, Paris, France |
| Marcus Schenck | Lazard, München, Germany |
Speakers
| Maria Pernas | Capgemini , Paris, France |