Event occurred on: 4-17-2024
10th Annual Spring Forum on M&A and the Boardroom
Time: 12:00 PM PST
Ethan Klingsberg, Co-Head of US Corporate/M&A at Freshfields, and the Berkeley Center for Law & Business, invite you to attend the 10th Annual M&A and the Boardroom Conference in-person in downtown San Francisco (or by livestream).
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Confirmed topics and speakers include:
- The latest on antitrust and M&A from:
- Olivier Guersent, Director-General, European Commission – DG Competition
- Henry Liu, Director of the Bureau of Competition, FTC
- Colin Raftery (formerly Senior Director of Mergers at the UK CMA), Freshfields
- David Altschuler, Salesforce (formerly of DOJ-Antitrust Division); Kevin Yingling, Director of Competition at Google; and Freshfields’ Julie Elmer (formerly of DOJ-Antitrust Division) and Jenn Mellott
- Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr. in conversation with Mary Eaton, Freshfields’ Co-Head of Securities and Shareholder Litigation
- TPG Growth and Tech Adjacencies General Counsel Michael Guo, Blackstone General Counsel of Private Equity Natasha Gopaul, Sixth Street General Counsel Joshua Peck and Morgan Stanley Head of Global Technology M&A Mike Wyatt discussing the future of LBOs
- Cybersecurity insights featuring:
- Spencer Fisher, Chief Counsel, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, US Department of Homeland Security; Jorge Tenreiro, Deputy Chief, Crypto Asset and Cyber Unit, SEC Enforcement Division; and Sean Newell, Chief, NatSec Cyber Section, DOJ; in conversation with Freshfields’ Beth George, formerly General Counsel of the US Department of Defense
- Pulitzer Prize finalist and WSJ reporter, Dana Mattioli, discussing her new book, The Everything War: Amazon's Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power, with NY Times’ Diana Henriques, another Pulitzer Prize finalist
For those attending the conference in-person at the Julia Morgan Ballroom, the legendary post-conference reception returns to celebrate a decade of the spring M&A and the Boardroom Forum!
To register for virtual attendance, please visit the event website. Space is limited for in-person attendance. Contact Freshfields US Events for an in-person registration code.