Workshop A – Inside the Most Complex, High Stakes Challenges Affecting Multi-Jurisdictional Scope Analyses and Filings: Practitioners Discuss the LesserKnown Considerations that Can Delay or Derail the Processes

Jun 12, 2024 2:00pm – 05:30 PM

Sven De Knop
Partner
Sidley Austin (Belgium)

Ross Ferguson
Partner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (UK)

Florian Wessel
Counsel
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (Germany)

* Workshops are available In-Person only.

Join practitioners for this highly anticipated post-conference interactive strategy session to gain “behind the scenes” insights and best practices for multi-jurisdictional reviews. Delegates will convene in a small working group to compare notes and work through the most complex, pressing decisions coming across practitioners’ desks. We will take a closer look at the how outside counsel across jurisdictions can coordinate, and the aftermath arising from the most recent, significant transactions and what they reveal for future transaction filings, timelines and deal approvals. Topics to be addressed include:

  • Determining where, when and how to file and navigate simultaneous reviews and timelines
  • Reviewing the most critical missteps to avoid when conducting a scope analysis to determine a multi jurisdictional filing
  • Navigating overlapping, conflicting filing requirements and timelines
  • Optimising coordination with counsel in other jurisdictions
  • Executing a multi-jurisdictional review, adhering to the wording of the law and examining how nuanced wording might differ in different jurisdictions
  • Knowing when to rely on external local counsel to assist with filing and how much research can be handled internally
  • Coordinating with legal experts and government departments across jurisdictions
  • Challenging an FDI Review Decision: Determining the Available Legal Recourse
    • What types of challenges are being brought forward through the court system and on what grounds
    • Considering possible outcomes and how will they affect investors