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