8th Mergers and Acquisitions in the Technology Sector Conference
13 Mar - 14 Mar 2025
Session information
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 Herbert Albert 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 | IBA, London, England |
| 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; Member, Healthcare and Life Sciences Law Committee Advisory Board |
| 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 |