Speakers

Conference Co-Chairs

Dr. Petra Linsmeier

Partner
Gleiss Lutz (Germany)

Alastair Mordaunt

Partner
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (UK)

Government Speakers

Thomas Ernoult

Head of the Foreign Direct Investments Screening Unit
Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty (France)

Martin Farley

Legal Services
European Commission

Damien Levie

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

Jacqui Ward

Director Investment Security Unit
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (UK)

Speaker Faculty

Dr. Jan Bonhage

Partner
Hengeler Mueller (Germany)

Scott Boylan

Partner
StoneTurn (USA)

Pedro Callol

Partner
Callol, Coca & Asociados (Spain)

Andrea Carreri

Partner
LCA (Italy)

Dr Jana Dammann de Chapto

Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP (Germany)

Dr. Adina Claici

Managing Director
Berkeley Research Group (Belgium)

Pierre-Antoine Degrolard

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

Sven De Knop

Partner
Sidley Austin (Belgium)

Pascal Dupeyrat

Strategic Advisor
Relians (France)

Laurent Eymard

Managing Director
Berkley Research Group (Belgium/France)

Ross Ferguson

Partner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (UK)

Pablo Figueroa

Partner
Pérez-Llorca Law Firm (Spain)

Robert Friedman

Partner
Holland & Knight LLP (USA)

Christopher Graf

Partner
Dentons LLP (UK)

Christine Graham

Special Counsel
Cooley (UK)

Ellen Harte

Director
FGS Global (Germany)

Dr. Johannes Hertfelder

Partner
Gleiss Lutz (Germany)

Jason Hewitt

European Counsel
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP

Paul Johnson

Partner
Baker McKenzie (Belgium)

Nicole Kar

Specialist Adviser BEIS Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment
Department of Business and Trade (UK)

John Messent

Counsel
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (UK)

Anna Mitchell

Partner
Linklaters (UK)

Kristina Nordlander

Partner
Allen & Overy LLP (UK/Belgium)

Vincent Power

Partner
A&L Goodbody LLP (Ireland)

Maria Anais Rossi

Head of Economic Sanctions Compliance
Eni SpA (Italy)

Dr Leonard von Rummel

Counsel
Blomstein (Germany)

Dr. Falk Schöning

Partner
Hogan Lovells (Belgium)

Nigel Seay

Partner
Travers Smith LLP (UK)

Allison Soilihi

Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (France)

Julie A. Soloway

Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Canada)

Rikke Sonne

Director, attorney-at-law
Accura Law Firm (Denmark)

Stephanie The

Partner
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (The Netherlands)

Antonia Tzinova

Partner
Holland & Knight LLP (USA)

Florian Wessel

Counsel
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (Germany)

Marc Wiggers

Partner
Loyens & Loeff (The Netherlands)