• David Chekroun
  Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School

• Marina Guérassimova
  Chief Editor, Fusions & Acquisitions Magazine

• Pascal Dupeyrat
  Strategic Advisor, Relians

Olivier Becht
Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, Economic Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs

Moderators

• Joachim Pohl
  Head, International Investment Governance team, Investment Division, OECD

• David Chekroun;
  Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School

Regulators

• Marie-Anne Lavergne
  Head of the Office in Charge of Controlling Foreign Investment at the Treasury Department (Multicom 4), France

• Friederike Wenkel
  Policy Officer at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Germany

• Damien Levie
  Head of the Technology & Security, FDI Screening Unit at the Directorate General for Trade, European Commission

• Brian Reissaus
  Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security Operations at the Department of Treasury, former CFIUS Chair, United States of America

• Michael S. Considine
  CFIUS, Assistant Secretary for Foreign Investment at the Department of Energy, United States of America

• Jessica Lehman
  Foreign Direct Investment Senior Advisor at U.S. Department of Energy

• Eloise Evans
  Committee Specialist on China Policy, International Affairs Unit, United Kingdom Parliament

WORKSHOP 1:
What team for a successful FDI Process?

Moderator:

• Sandrine Clavel
  Professor of Private Law and Criminal Sciences, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, DANTE

Speakers:

• Pascal Bine
  Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

• Gauthier Le Milon
  Managing Director, Head of M&A France, Belgium & Luxembourg, Barclays

• Alex Deane
  Senior Managing Director & Partner, FTI Consulting

WORKSHOP 2:
FDI Screening of Tech sector deals: a regime fit for purpose?

Moderator:

• Ioannis Kokkoris
  Professor of Competition Law and Economics, Director of Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London

Speakers:

• Stephen Walters
  Corporate Partner, Jeantet

• Julien Lestrade
  Managing Director, Lazard

• Christine Graham
  Special Counsel, Antitrust and Competition, Cooley

• Bruno Bezard
  Managing Partner, Cathay Capital

WORKSHOP 3:
Are Healthcare and Life Science Assets the New Goldmine to Protect?

Moderator:

• Duncan Fairgrieve
  Senior Research Fellow, British Institute of International & Comparative Law, Professor of Comparative Law, Université de Paris Dauphine

Speakers:

• Simonetta Giordano
  Partner, M&A and Commercial, Simmons & Simmons

• Renaud Dutreil
  Former Minister, Senior Adviser, FTI Consulting

• Alexandre Loupy
  University Professor-Hospital Practitioner (PU-PH) at Necker Hospital, Paris, Head of INSERM unit Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation; Adjunct Professor Transplant Department, Cedars Sinai L.A,USA

• Gregory Mailly
  Executive Director, M&A, JP Morgan

WORKSHOP 4:
CFIUS Recent Developments and Policy Trends

Moderator:

• Pascal Dupeyrat
  Strategic Advisor, Relians

Speakers:

• Michael S. Considine
  Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Foreign Investment and National Security, U.S. Department of Energy

• Jessica Lehman
  Foreign Direct Investment Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy

• Farhad Jalinous
  Global Head of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Reviews & US National Security/CFIUS Practice, White & Case LLP

• Brian Reissaus
  Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security Operations at the Department of Treasury, former CFIUS Chair, United States of America

WORKSHOP 5
FDI Control Forum - Navigating the M&A process: Interplay of FDI on Transactions

Moderator

• Andrew Shagrin
  Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School

Speakers

• Gilles Lebreton
  Partner, Clifford Chance

• Emily Xueref-Poviac
  Counsel, Clifford Chance

• Martin Bresson
  Public Affairs Director, Invest Europe

• Arnaud de Cheffontaines
  Managing Director, Financial Communications, FTI Consulting

• Sophie Javary
  Vice-Chairman CIB EMEA, BNP Paribas

WORKSHOP 6
FDI and merger filings: leveraging on similarities and managing differences

Moderator

• Gilles Pillet
  Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School

Speakers

• Ombline Ancelin
  Partner, Head of Competition, Simmons & Simmons

• Delphine Prioux
  Legal Manager, Individual Customers Division, EDF

• Étienne Chantrel
  Head of the Merger Department, French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence)

WORKSHOP 7
Coordinating CFIUS and Global FDI Multifilings and Clearances

Moderator

• Vincent Smith
  Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School

Speakers

• Orion Berg
  Partner, White & Case

• Bertrand Milhiet
  Vice President, Head of Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions and Real Estate, Airbus

• Mélanie d'Anglejan-Chatillon
  Head of Antitrust & Regulatory, Forvia

WORKSHOP 8
Nationality Matters: understanding the impact of nationality on FDI regulations and deal strategy

Moderators

• Maxime Lefebvre
  Former Ambassador, Professor of International Relations, ESCP Business School

• Claire Campbell
  Solicitor, ICG Fellow, ESCP Business School

Speakers

• Hubert Segain
  Head of Corporate, M&A practice, Herbert Smith Freehills

• Alexandre Courbon
  Managing Director, Head of M&A France, HSBC

• Pablo López-Alvarez
  Senior Managing Director, Head of EU Competition, Trade and International Litigation, FTI Consulting

Joffrey Célestin Urbain
Head of the Strategic Information and Economic Security Department (SISSE)