Conference programme

Welcome address from the Conference Co-Chairs.

• Access to US capital markets for German tech companies
• Scaling up your business out from Berlin
• When the sky gets cloudy: dealing with financing challenges / down rounds
• Employee incentive schemes - providing for unexpected changes
• Representation and warranty insurance – challenges in tech transactions
• Exchange of information during transactions – competition law
• AI in M&A transactions (data, data protection and the AI Act)
• NFT and crypto challenges
• Product liability for automated or semi-automated systems
• Co-opetition licenses and arrangements
• Earnouts
• Merger control and FDI issues
• Data privacy: lessons learned and outlook
• Effective approaches to due diligence in technology M&A deals
• Data Transfer Impact Assessments and the US Executive Order
• Cloud computing and data protection
• The impact of the Digital Services Act
• Overlooked cyber security risks in M&A: best practices 2023
• Challenges of public clouds
   

The story of Michael Wax, co-founder and chief executive officer
(CEO) of Forto, Europe’s digital freight forwarding pioneer.

Welcome address from the Committee Chairs.

This session will repeat the previous hot topic roundtables session and attendees will have the opportunity to cover two further topics. 

This session will consider how to ensure deal success and risk management in a regulated industry, including special DFI requirements, public pricing law risks, defence joint ventures, special contracting risks and liabilities as well as intellectual property issues on cutting edge security.

A panel of leading general counsel will discuss the various current and cutting-edge issues faced by them. The counsel will discuss hot topic buttons on M&A deal management and technology law, their views and expectations of the changing regulatory landscape around the world and their experiences on dealing with external counsel around the world.