8th Mergers and Acquisitions in the Technology Sector Conference

13 Mar - 14 Mar 2025

Session information

Hot topic round tables

Description

1. Pitfalls in carveouts in tech transactions

2. Data privacy management and M&A

3. Open source software compliance in M&A (DD and tech DD streams coordinated with legal)

4. Price adjustments and earn-outs

5. Cybersecurity due diligence

6. Updating product liability regimes to cope with AI-systems

7. Crypto currencies

8. Antitrust/FDI scrutiny in tech industry consolidation

9. Best practices for due diligence on providers or deployers of AI

10. Impact of space data on investments and technological advancements in the new space realm

11. M&A and military technology

12. AI governance

13. Data mining: is it legal, how to balance the rights of data owners and new uses of data

14. Sale and leaseback strategies in M&A and outsourcing

15. M&A and tech deals negotiation in emerging markets

16. EU Digital Services Act

17. Regulation of tech related M&A transactions (including notification duties, investment protection, AI aspects)

18. Startup acquisitions

19. W&I latest developments

20. Directors’ liability in M&A transactions

21. Security in tech M&A (escrows, guarantees, holdbacks)

22. Share deals v. asset deals

23. Employee issues in tech M&A deals

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Ott Aava Cobalt Law, Tallinn, Estonia
Dr Juliana Abrusio Machado Meyer, São Paulo, Brazil
Martina Arioli Arioli Law, Zürich, Switzerland
William Barry Miller & Chevalier Chartered, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Ariel Ben Hattar Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva, Switzerland
Caroline Berube HJM Asia Law & Co, Guangzhou, China; Co-Chair, China Working Group
Anthony Boogert King & Wood Mallesons, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Aleksandr Bosch Shoosmiths, London, England
Lukas Bühlmann MLL Legal Ltd, Zürich, Switzerland; Member, Technology Law Committee Advisory Board
Audrey Chen JunHe LLP, Beijing, China; Publications Officer, Corporate and M&A Law Committee
Rhamsey Croes BarentsKrans, The Hague, Netherlands
Daniela De Pasquale Ughi e Nunziante, Milan, Italy; Secretary-Treasurer, Technology Law Committee
Alexander Edmondson Macfarlanes LLP, London, England
Pat English Matheson, Dublin, Ireland
Isabel Gandoy Cuatrecasas, Barcelona, Spain; Chair, Western Regional Group, European Regional Forum
Kosturi Ghosh Trilegal, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Membership Officer, Corporate and M&A Law Committee
Norman Heckh Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain; Vice Chair, Outsourcing and Managed Services Subcommittee
Yuval Horn Gornitzky & Co, Tel Aviv, Israel; Member, Technology Law Committee Advisory Board
Johan Hübner Advokatfirman Delphi, Stockholm, Sweden; Membership Officer, Technology Law Committee
Michel Jaccard id est avocats sàrl, Lausanne, Switzerland
Thomas Jefferson Troutman Pepper Locke, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Rabindra Jhunjhunwala Khaitan & Co, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Conference Coordinator Asia Pacific, Corporate and M&A Law Committee
Thomas Kulnigg Schoenherr, Vienna, Austria
Christian Kunz Baer & Karrer, Zürich, Switzerland
Oliver Künzler Wenger Plattner, Zürich, Switzerland; Vice Chair, European Regional Forum
Jay Lefton Fasken, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Andreas Lenz HEUKING, Cologne, Germany
Jakub Lerner Wardynski & Partners, Warsaw, Poland
Michael Lukashenko AEQUO, Kyiv, Ukraine
Francisco Morales Barron Vinson & Elkins, New York, New York, USA
Laura Muñoz J&A Garrigues, Madrid, Spain
Elias Mühlemann VISCHER AG, Zürich, Switzerland
Darran Nangle A&L Goodbody, Dublin, Ireland
Patrik Peyer Niederer Kraft Frey AG, Zürich, Switzerland
Dr Arnaud Philippe Kellerhals Carrard, Geneva, Switzerland
Katharina Prasuhn HEUKING, Munich, Germany
Anthony Rapa Blank Rome LLP, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Annalisa Reale Chiomenti Studio Legale, Milan, Italy; Treasurer, Women Lawyers' Committee
Lucy Robinson , Rabat, Morocco
Lea Ruckstuhl Kellerhals Carrard, Zürich, Switzerland
Tim Ryan DAC Beachcroft LLP, London, England
Annika Schauman Krogerus, Helsinki, Finland
Martin Schirmbacher HÄRTING Rechtsanwälte, Berlin, Germany; Member, Technology Law Committee Advisory Board
Marlene Schreiber HÄRTING Rechtsanwälte, Berlin, Germany; Vice Chair, Technology Law Committee
Adina Shapiro Herzog Fox & Neeman, Tel Aviv, Israel; Scholarship Officer, Corporate and M&A Law Committee
Paulina Silva Bitlaw, Santiago, Chile; Vice Chair, Technology Law Committee
Sajai Singh JSA, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; LPD Council Member
Søren Skibsted Kromann Reumert, Copenhagen, Denmark; Member, Technology Law Committee Advisory Board
Dr Dirk Spacek CMS von Erlach Partners, Zürich, Switzerland
Lukas Staub Lenz & Staehelin, Zürich, Switzerland
Raz Tepper Fischer, Tel Aviv, Israel
Cecile Theard-Jallu De Gaulle Fleurance, Paris, France
Erik Valgaeren Stibbe, Brussels, Belgium
Jerome Vermeylen Altius, Brussels, Belgium
Elisabeth Vestin Snellman, Stockholm, Sweden; Scholarship Officer, Technology Law Committee
Martin Viciano Gofferje Gleiss Lutz, Berlin, Germany; Corporate Counsel Forum Liaison Officer, Closely Held Companies Committee
Jens Wenzel Hengeler Mueller, Berlin, Germany
Markus Winkler Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law Ltd, Zürich, Switzerland
Laura Ziferman WALLESS, Vilnius, Lithuania; Vice Chair, Data Law Subcommittee
Ady van Nieuwenhuizen Fieldfisher, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Per Åsbrink Mannheimer Swartling, Malmo, Sweden