9th Global Entrepreneurship Conference
18 May - 20 May 2025
Session information
Interactive workshop one - M&A hot topics in negotiating a deal
Monday 19 May (1415 - 1515)
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. Material adverse change
2. Due diligence by the purchaser and disclosures by the seller/founders
3. Earnout, escrow and deal security
4. Deferred purchase price
5. Purchase price adjustment
6. Role of founders as the sellers//founders
7. Role of founders as employees post closing
8. Indemnity and limitation of liability for seller/founders
9. WI insurance
10. Event of defaults/termination events-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 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 , Köln, Germany |
| David Shaw | Dale & Lessmann LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Craig Thompson | Forsters LLP, London, England |
| Pablo Vinageras Cobielles | Fieldfisher, Barcelona, Spain |