5th Mergers and Acquisitions in the Technology Sector Conference
17 Mar - 18 Mar 2022
Session information
Description
1 Going public, staying private or selling
2 Selling technology deals to investors and shareholders
3 Mistakes founders make selling their companies: special issues in start-up acquisitions
4 Differences between venture capital and strategic partners: what they look for in a deal
5 Incentivising employees: retaining people in the deal
6 Data ownership
7 Data as an asset in M&A transactions
8 Cryptocurrencies and how blockchain has changed our world
9 Data privacy: lessons learned and future outlook
10 Beacons, honeypots and sinkholes: the latest trends in cybersecurity
11 Challenges in acquisitions of dual use companies
12 Sellers’ liability in M&A transactions: recent trends
13 Challenges in managing interim periods in start-up acquisitions
14 Representation and warranty insurance in technology M&A deals
15 Effective approaches to due diligence in technology M&A deals
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Yuval Horn | Gornitzky & Co, Tel Aviv, Israel; Member, Technology Law Committee Advisory Board |
Speakers
| Belén Arribas Sánchez | Belén Arribas Abogados, Barcelona, Spain |
| Naomi Assia | Naomi Assia & Co Law Office, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Rolf Auf der Maur | VISCHER AG, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Claire Bernier | ADSTO, Paris, France |
| Gabriella Covino | Gianni & Origoni, Rome, Italy; Chair, Corporate Governance and Activism Subcommittee |
| Pierre Davis | Chief Legal Officer - S&P Global Platts, London, England |
| Dagmar Dubecka | Kocian Solc Balastik, Prague, Czech Republic; Deputy Membership Officer, Corporate and M&A Law Committee |
| Alexander Edmondson | Macfarlanes LLP, London, England |
| Xavier Foz | RocaJunyent, Barcelona, Spain |
| Norman Heckh | Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain |
| Johan Hübner | Advokatfirman Delphi, Stockholm, Sweden; Chair, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Subcommittee |
| Anna Jonsson | Vinge, Malmo, Sweden |
| Miguel Kindelán | GP Bullhound, Madrid, Spain |
| Evy Marques | Felsberg Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Moritz Maurer | Niederer Kraft Frey AG, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Shivpriya Nanda | JSA, Gurgaon, Haryana, India |
| Laurence Naughton | Mintz, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Monika Eva Obal | Morrison Foerster, Berlin, Germany |
| Karin Oberlin | MLL Legal, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Harry Rubin | Kramer Levin, New York, New York, USA |
| Barbara Sartori | CBA Studio Legale e Tributario, Milan, Italy |
| Søren Skibsted | Kromann Reumert, Copenhagen, Denmark; Member, Technology Law Committee Advisory Board |
| Jose Soria Sorjus | Uria Menendez, Barcelona, Spain |
| Emanuel P Strehle | Hengeler Mueller, Munich, Germany |
| Erik Valgaeren | Stibbe, Brussels, Belgium |
| Elisabeth Vestin | Snellman, Stockholm, Sweden; Chair, Outsourcing and Managed Services Subcommittee |
| Astrid Wagner | Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
| Andrew Zammit | GVZH Advocates, Valletta, Malta |