2023 Speakers
Conference Co-Chairs
Michele Davis
Partner
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, United Kingdom
Dr. Roland M. Stein
Partner
BLOMSTEIN, Germany
Government Speakers
Michael S. Considine
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Foreign Investment and National Security, Office of International Science and Technology Collaboration, Office of Research, Technology, and Economic Security
U.S. Department of Energy, United States
Ana-Maria Popa
Case Handler, Foreign Investment Department
Romanian Competition Authority, Romania
Jani Ringborg
Member of the Legal Service
European Commission
Jacqui Ward
Director of National Security and International
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), United Kingdom
Pierre Marie Voegeli
Deputy Head – Foreign Direct Investments Screening, French Treasury (DG Trésor)
Ministère de l’Économie, FRANCE
Distinguished Faculty
Alasdair Balfour
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, United Kingdom
Vincent Brenot
Partner
August Debouzy, France
Laura Black
Senior Counsel
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, United States
Former Director of Investment Security and International Relations (CFIUS), U.S. Department of the Treasury
Alec Burnside
Partner
Dechert LLP, Belgium/United Kingdom
Pedro Callol
Partner
Callol, Coca & Asociados, Spain
Marcus Clark
Partner
Johnson Winter & Slattery, Australia
John Davies
Senior Advisor
Brunswick Group, United Kingdom
Pablo Figueroa
Partner
Pérez-Llorca Law Firm, Spain
Nancy Fischer
Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, United States
Robert A. Friedman
Partner
Holland & Knight LLP, United States
Christopher Graf
Partner
Dentons LLP, United Kingdom
Christine Graham
Special Counsel
Cooley LLP, United Kingdom
Jason Hewitt
European Counsel
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP, United Kingdom
Steven Klemencic
Managing Director
Berkeley Research Group, United States
Peter J. Komorowski
Vice President, Senior Counsel, Legal
SoftBank Group International
Bruno Lebrun
Partner
Janson Law Firm, Belgium
Hans-Jörg Niemeyer
Partner
Hengeler Mueller, Belgium
Dr. Andrea Pomana
Partner
Mayer Brown, Germany
Veronica Roberts
Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, United Kingdom
Ivan A. Schlager, P.C.
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis, United States
Dr. Ansgar Schönborn, LL.M.
Corporate & Antitrust, M&A Legal
Axel Springer SE, Germany
Julie Soloway
Partner
Blakes Cassels & Graydon LLP, Canada
Antonia Tzinova
Partner
Holland & Knight LLP, United States
Sarah Ward
Partner
Walker Morris LLP, United Kingdom
Dr. Christian von Wistinghausen
Partner
ADVANT Beiten, Germany
Rebecca Vikjær-Andresen
Partner, Attorney
Poul Schmith/Kammeradvokaten, Denmark
