Comparative discussion between representatives on FDI Control 

Moderators

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

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

Speakers

• Thomas Ernoult;
  CIEF (Bureau du contrôle des investissements étrangers) France

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

• Nicoletta Giordani;
  Principal Director of Global Investment and Economic Security (GIES) in the Office of the Secretary of Defense

WORKSHOP 1:
Foreign direct investment in the context of a screening

Moderator:

• Andrew Shagrin
  Professor of Business Law, ESCP Business School

Speakers:

• Vincent Netter
  Principal Director of Global Investment and Economic Security (GIES) in the Office of the Secretary of Defense

• Gregory Mailly
  Coverage Banker, J.P. Morgan

• Reza Malekadeh
  General Partner, Partech

• Géraldine Amiel
  Partner, FGS Global Paris

• Marie-Anne Lavergne
  Rapporteure, Comité Interministériel de Restructuration Industrielle (CIRI)

WORKSHOP 2:
Global trends in FDI control

Moderator:

• Mathias Audit
  Law Professor at Sorbonne Law School - Partner at Audit Duprey Fekl

Speakers:

• Giles Lebreton
  Partner, Clifford Chance

• Zornitsa Kutlina-Dimitrova
  Senior analyst of Tech & Security, FDI Screening Unit at DG TRADE - European Commission

• Dimitri Slobodenjuk
  Partner, Antitrust, Global Head of FDI, Clifford Chance Düsseldorf

• Nicolas Rosselot
  Legal/Policy Analyst, OECD-OCDE

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

WORKSHOP 3:
Defence

Moderator:

• Irina Von Wiese
  Lawyer, Academic, former MEP and Councillor in the London Borough of Southwark

Speakers:

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

• Josh Cameron
  Managing Director at FTI Consulting

• Maxime Lefebvre
  Former ambassador, Professor of International relations, ESCP Business School

• Joachim Bitterlich
  Former diplomat, Professor, ESCP Business School

WORKSHOP 4
Economic Sovereignty - outbound investments

Moderator

• Sandrine Clavel
  Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting Strategic Communications

Speakers

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

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

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

• Guillaume Granier
  Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting Strategic Communications

WORKSHOP 5
Energy

Moderator

• Pascale Accaoui Lorfing
  Ph.D in International Law - International Contracts - Investment Contracts

Speakers

• Pierre-Antoine Degrolard
  Counsel M&A/Corporate chez Gide Loyrette Nouel

• Grégoire Chauvière Le Drian
  Head of EIB Group Office in France chez European Investment Bank (EIB)

• Pablo López-Alvarez
  Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting

• Nicolas Machtou
  Directeur de programme nouveau nucléaire, EDF

WORKSHOP 6
Restructuring

Moderator

• Edmond Schlumberg
  Professeur de Droit privé - Université Paris 1 - Ecole de Droit de la Sorbonne - Conseil scientifique Gide

Speakers

• Anne-Sophie Noury
  Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

• Pierre-Oliver Chotard
  Secrétaire Général du CIRI, sous-directeur adjoint en charge du financement des entreprises

• Arnaud Joubert
  Partner - Debt Advisory & Restructuring chez Rothschild & Co

• Brian Reissaus
  Former career lead for CFIUS, Acting Assistant Secretary for Investment Security, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security Operations

• Wissam Charbel
  Partner, Farallon Capital Europe

WORKSHOP 7
Health

Moderator

• Claire Campbell
  Special Counsel, Fusions & Acquisitions Magazine

Speakers

• Simonetta Giordano
  Corporate Partner at Simmons & Simmons

• Nicolas Naillon
  Managing Director - Head Healthcare EMEA at Nomura

• Vincenzo Salvatore
  Corporate Partner at Simmons & Simmons

• Clotilde Jolivet
  Former Head of Government & Public Affairs chez Sanofi

WORKSHOP 8
Technology

Moderator

• Steffen Hindelang
  Int'l Investment and Trade Law, EU Law, German Public Law | Professor | ICSID arbitrator | Legal expert advisor on investment disputes and regulation | Director CELIS Institute

Speakers

• Jérôme Philippe
  Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, IHEDN

• Brian Reissaus
  Former career lead for CFIUS, Acting Assistant Secretary for Investment Security, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security Operations

• Frank Röhling
  Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

• Joy Sioufi
  Partner at GP Bullhound

WORKSHOP 9
FDI filings in multiple jurisdictions

Moderator

• Pierre Berlioz
  Private law Dir Europe international, UIMM Pdt / Sustainable Finance and ESG reporting Committee, Medef former Advisor, Min. Justice

Speakers

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

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

• Orion Berg
  Partner, White & Case