Conference Co-Chairs

Dr. Andrea Pomana

Partner Simmons & Simmons (Germany)

Olivia Lê Horovitz

Partner Rimon, P.C. (France)

Davina Garrod

Partner Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (UK)

Government Speakers

Ana Belancurencu

Case Handler, Foreign Direct Investment Department Romanian Competition Council Foreign Direct Investment Commission (Romania)

Michael S. Considine

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Foreign Investment and National Security U.S. Department of Energy (USA)

Thomas Ernoult

Head of the Foreign Direct Investments Screening French Treasury (France)

Dr. Thorsten Käseberg

Head of Competition Policy BMWK (Germany)

Lars-Göran Larsson

Head of Department, Department for Foreign Direct Investments Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP) (Sweden)

Damien Levie

Head of Tech & Security, FDI Screening Unit, DG Trade European Commission

Kathryn Roe

Deputy Director, Investment Security Unit UK Cabinet Office (UK)

Speaker Faculty

Sarah Blazek

Partner Noerr (Germany)

Pedro Callol

Partner Callol, Coca & Asociados (Spain)

Olivier Chambord

Partner Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (France)

John Davies

Senior Advisor Brunswick Group, United Kingdom

Pierre-Antoine Degrolard

Counsel Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. (France)

Jacopo Figus Diaz

Senior Counsel Legance – Avvocati Associati (Italy)

Pascal Dupeyrat

Strategic Advisor Relians (France)

Ross Evans

Special Counsel Covington (UK)

Robert Friedman

Partner Holland & Knight LLP (USA)

Christine Graham

Special Counsel Cooley (UK)

Dr. Moritz Holm Hadulla

Partner Gleiss Lutz (Germany)

Petr Kadlec

Partner Havel Partners (Czechia)

John Messent

Counsel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (UK)

Bernd Meyring

Partner Linklaters (Belgium)

Jens-Olrik Murach

Partner Alston & Bird (Belgium)

Vincent Mussche

Partner Liedekerke (Belgium)

Malin Persson

Partner Kastell (Sweden)

Stephan Purps

Legal Director BASF SE (Germany)

Dr. Kurt Retter

Partner Wolf Theiss (Austria)

Fernando Sebastian Íscar Rüland

Senior Legal Counsel, Merger Control & FDI thyssenkrupp (Germany)

Dr. Roland M. Stein

Partner BLOMSTEIN, Germany

Philip Studt

Counsel Latham & Watkins LLP (Belgium)

Stephanie The

Partner De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (The Netherlands)

Antonia Tzinova

Partner Holland & Knight LLP (USA)

Sarah Ward

Partner Walker Morris LLP, United Kingdom

Marc Wiggers

Partner Loyens & Loeff (The Netherlands)

Daniel Wendelsson

Partner Vinge (Sweden)

Dr. Christian von Wistinghausen

Partner ADVANT Beiten, Germany