Conference programme

NYX Hotel London Holborn, 50 - 60 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4AR 

The local law firm Host Committee will host all registered attendees to a drinks reception

London Host Committee

Cooley
Burges Salmon
Farrer
Fladgate
Goodwin
Gowling WLG
Marriott Harrison
Orrick
Shoosmiths
Stevens Bolton
Traver Smith
Taylor Wessing
Wilson Sonsini
Withers

This session will hear from a prominent financier on how investment and M&A activity in the world of startup and fast growth companies has been impacted by market turbulence.

This session will look at the emerging trends in the Fintech market and the challenges and opportunities for this market.

This session will take a bird’s eye view of how foreign direct investment screening is impacting on equity funding and M&A transactions in the European startup and growth capital markets.  Has FDI screening gone too far and slowed the flow of capital, slowing down investment, and even scuppering transactions?  

This discussion will focus on the future of artificial intelligence (AI) where visionary startup founders will share valuable insights into the current capabilities of AI and its potential to streamline and enhance legal processes.
Additionally, the panellists will also touch upon the practical applications of AI in the present, specifically highlighting how it can already assist with contract negotiations. This discussion will provide valuable insights into the current capabilities of AI and its potential to streamline and enhance legal processes.
 

Venture capital investments can be exposed to a range of ESG risks with significant consequences. The SFDR and Taxonomy regulations have been impacting more and more the investment strategy and the VC transactions, however the lack of “ESG friendly” framework for start-ups is making hard the implementation of sustainability into start-ups business model and corporate structure.
Only the open debate among stakeholders can lead to the synthesis of the perspectives of investors, start-ups.

Let the lawyers have their say! This session will focus on how market turbulence is impacting on deal terms in both investment and M&A.
 

You will have an opportunity to participate in two interactive round table sessions (30 minutes each session) on two of the below topics. Share your experience within the various sectors or take the opportunity to improve your knowledge in some new fields. We will learn some key take away points from each sector

1 Clean tech
2 Deep tech and spin-off universities
3 Education
4 Mobility
5 Legal Tech
6 Healthcare
7 Fintech
8 ESG
9 Artificial Intelligence

This session will report on the work of the Lean Documents Working Group which is focused on finding efficiencies in transactional documentation for European targets/ investee companies.
 

This session will focus on the growth in Europe of emerging disruptive technologies in the defence sector, the journey it has to travel to match other major global powers, the awareness of the critical importance of defence technology with the challenges that Europe is facing, how regulators will seek to regulate this growing sector, the availability of funding for companies and the potential for Soonicorns to emerge.