18th Annual International Mergers & Acquisitions Conference
4 Jun - 5 Jun 2019
Session information
Public company M&A contractual provisions and legal enforcement
Tuesday 4 June (1430 - 1545)
Committee(s)
Corporate Law Section
(Lead)
Corporate and M&A Law Committee
(Lead)
Legal Practice Division
(Lead)
Description
Uncertainty is the word of the day. For M&A, that means even greater focus on the contractual and legal framework for deal certainty. The panellists will discuss key developments in this regard, including the first Delaware court decision finding a MAC, dealing with uncertainty in financing markets and how regulators and practitioners around the world are addressing risk allocation and conditionality
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Scott Barshay | Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, New York, USA |
| Robert Boyle | Scholarship Officer, Securities Law Committee |
Speakers
| Benjamin Burman | Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, Paris, France |
| Christina Chalk | US Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Pedro Perez-Llorca | PEREZ-LLORCA, Madrid, Spain |
| Franziska Ruf | Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| Hon Hon Karen L Valihura | Delaware Supreme Court, Wilmington, Delaware, USA |
| John Williamson-Noble | Gilbert + Tobin, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Co-opted Member, Online Services Committee |