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Corporate and M&A Commission Seminar // Annual Labour Law Conference

Take a jumbo, across the water…

The M&A Corporate and the Labour and Immigration Law Commissions are proud to invite you to a truly transatlantic double seminar in New York City, the US capital for business.

We will not only have breakfast but discuss the challenges of transatlantic M&A deals as well as labour law responses to an evolving global community in the workplace. Together we will also address new approaches to client management on both sides of the Atlantic. The event is scheduled immediately following the International Bar Association’s annual M&A Conference to allow M&A practitioners to attend the two conferences in the same week.

The M&A seminar will address the most important aspects of the life cycle of a transaction, with a particular focus on identifying and navigating transatlantic differences:
During the two-day seminar, we will look at the first steps of a deal, structuring questions, legal due diligence and the importance to understand differences when reviewing potential liabilities (what are the top ten main risks?), address regulatory constraints in the US and Europe (CIFIUS/ FDI Screening/ Antitrust) and explore post-closing liabilities and related market practices.The panels will include a healthy mix of AIJA and external speakers such as investment bankers and general counsels, to allow you to benefit both from external input and insight from fellow M&A colleagues.

The Labour Law track will take you through the real-life impact of Labour law: What influence do diversity and inclusion initiatives have, what about religious expression in the workplace? The panels will focus both on these current and highly sensitive issues, the rights and boundaries as well as on employment alternative dispute resolution (mediation and arbitration strategies) and innovative HR policies around the globe.

Our two joint panels will notably discuss general counsels’ selection criteria for their cross-border lawyers, best practices of client-relationship management both from a lawyer and an in-house perspective, how to address conflict rules (watch your compliance and KYC issues!) and market trends regarding fee arrangements – AIJA at its best! 

Sponsors are welcome! Please feel free to approach any of the below OC members if you want to become involved as a speaker/moderator or sponsor.

Stay tuned for updates and block your agenda for 14 - 16  June 2023: New York, we are coming!

 

AIJA Commissions involved
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Labour Law (+ Immigration Law)

Programme

Labour Law Track

18:00 - 20:00

Address: 70 W 45th St, New York, NY
18:00 - 20:00

Address: 70 W 45th St, New York, NY 
20:00

Address: 70 W 45th St, New York, NY

08:15 - 08:45

08:45 - 09:00

09:00 - 10:30

  • Impact of crisis migration on local labour markets
  • Challenges of ensuring labour rights and guarantees in the context of illegal migration

Moderator:
  • Malini Skandachanmugarasan, Doyle Clayton Ospelt, UK 
Speakers:
  • Julie Devillers, Cabinet Me Hugues Langlais, Canada
  • Torsten Gross, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Germany
  • Pieter Krop, Kroes Advocaten Immigration Lawyers, The Netherlands
  • Katie Newbury, Kingsley Napley, UK
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:30

  • The success story of labour dispute mediation in the United States
  • Features of European law limiting the use of alternative means of labour disputes resolution
  • Pros and Cons of Alternative Methods of Settlement of Labour Disputes
Moderator:
  • Sanne van Ruitenbeek, Pallas, The Netherlands
Speakers:
  • Delia Castaños Domínguez, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo Abogados, S.L.P., Spain
  • Johannes Bammer, Binder Grösswang, Austria
  • Anu Vuori, Magnussen, Finland
  • Casey T. Yamasaki, Miller Shah LLP, USA
  • Jason Marsili, Marsili Mediation Inc., USA
12:30 - 14:00

14:00 - 15:30

  • How existing laws treat gender identity issues in the workplace
  • What are the limitations of current laws?
  • How can other employees and co-workers assist?
  • What training may be required
Moderator:
  • Elina Girne, Noventiq, Latvia
Speakers:
  • Sarah Baker, Travers Smith, UK
  • Jaclyn M. Reinhart, Jackson Lewis P.C., USA
  • Lukas Wieser, Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich , Austria
  • Pauline Van Parys, Strelia, Belgium
15:30 - 16:00

16:00 - 17:30

  • Employee Rights and Responsibilities
  • Recommendations for Employer policies
  • New Developments in the Law
Moderator:
  • Pia Padfield, NBCUniversal, UK
Speakers:
  • Nazanin Afshar, Fisher Philips, USA
  • Astrid Caporali, ALTIUS, Belgium          
  • Clémence Colin, JP Karsenty & Associés, France
  • Marco Tesoro, Tesoro & Partners, Italia
20:00

08:15 - 09:00

09:00 - 10:30

  • Main differences between US and EU labour law that are relevant in an M&A process (individual and collective labour law aspects)
  • Main differences in M&A deals between US and EU style that each labour lawyer needs to be aware of
Moderator:
  • Alisa Burkhard, FlyingLawyers, Switzerland
Speakers:
  • Jonathan Bench, Harris Bricken, USA
  • Daniela Flores, EC Rubio, Mexico
  • Caroline Fort, Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg
  • Ketlin Peterson, Magnusson, Estonia
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:30

  • General counsels’ insight on choosing your lawyer for cross-border work;
  • AFAs (fixed fee/ caps/ flat fee/ pay as much as you like etc.)
  • cultural differences transatlantic / Europe
  • conflict issues: different concepts in the US (client based) and in Europe (matter based) – ways to navigate waiver requests and KYC issues with transatlantic clients
  • client’s sensitivity for conflict issues
Moderator:
  • Milena Charnitzky, RITTERSHAUS Rechtsanwälte, Germany
Speakers:
  • Alexander Bork, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Germany
  • Jochem Dousi, Wijn & Stael, The Netherlands & USA
  • Manuel Ferreira Mendes, Paramount Legal, Portugal
  • Aldiana Perezic, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Switzerland
12:30 - 12:45

13:00 - 14:00

17:00 - 19:00

19:00

M&A Track

18:00 - 20:00

Address: 70 W 45th St, New York, NY
18:00 - 20:00

Address: 70 W 45th St, New York, NY
20:00

Address: 70 W 45th St, New York, NY

08:15 - 08:45

08:45 - 09:00

09:00 - 10:30


Moderator:
  • Katja E. Garvey, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, USA
Speakers:
  • David Ehrlich, BCLP Law, USA
  • Nick Atkins, Stevens & Bolton LLP, UK
  • Tomás Kubick, Cuatrecasas, Chile
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:30


Moderator:
  • Matthias Fucik, PHH, Austria
Speakers:
  • Gianluca Albè, A&A Studio Legale, Italy
  • Eduardo Bonis, Deloitte Legal, Argentina
  • Roberta Draper, Kingsley Napley, USA
12:30 - 14:00

14:00 - 15:30


Moderator:
  •  Jeanine Evertse, 9Corporate, The Netherlands
Speakers:
  • Sophie Brenard, Stibbe, Belgium
  • Alejandro Canelas Fernandez, Blackstone, USA
  • Alexander Göbel, NKF, Switzerland
15:30 - 16:00

16:00 - 17:30


Moderator:
  • Luke van de Laar, Kemperink Maarschalkerweerd Wouters, The Netherlands
Speakers:
  • Francisco Martins Ceatano, Cuatrecasas, Portugal
  • Carla Munt Feixas, Roca Junyent, Spain
  • William Johnson, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., USA
20:00

08:15 - 09:00

09:00 - 10:30

  • Main differences between US and EU labour law that are relevant in an M&A process (individual and collective labour law aspects)
  • Main differences in M&A deals between US and EU style that each labour lawyer needs to be aware of
Moderator:
  • Alisa Burkhard, FlyingLawyers, Switzerland
Speakers:
  • Jonathan Bench, Harris Bricken, USA
  • Daniela Flores, EC Rubio, Mexico
  • Caroline Fort, Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg
  • Ketlin Peterson, Magnusson, Estonia
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:30

  • General counsels’ insight on choosing your lawyer for cross-border work;
  • AFAs (fixed fee/ caps/ flat fee/ pay as much as you like etc.)
  • cultural differences transatlantic / Europe
  • conflict issues: different concepts in the US (client based) and in Europe (matter based) – ways to navigate waiver requests and KYC issues with transatlantic clients
  • client’s sensitivity for conflict issues
Moderator:
  • Milena Charnitzky, RITTERSHAUS Rechtsanwälte, Germany
Speakers:
  • Alexander Bork, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Germany
  • Jochem Dousi, Wijn & Stael, The Netherlands & USA
  • Manuel Ferreira Mendes, Paramount Legal, Portugal
  • Aldiana Perezic, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Switzerland
12:30 - 12:45

13:00 - 14:00

17:00 - 19:00

19:00

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Seminar Venue

We are glad to have secured the conference rooms at New York City Bar Association in Midtown for our event, next to the Rockefeller Center and right in the heart of the Big Apple.

Organising Committee

Milena CHARNITZKY
Milena CHARNITZKY Rittershaus Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB (GERMANY)
Margarita EGIAZAROVA
Margarita EGIAZAROVA CJSC “ALRUD” (RUSSIA)
Philipp HAYMANN
Philipp HAYMANN Staiger Attorneys at Law Ltd. (SWITZERLAND)
Perry MACLENNAN
Perry MACLENNAN Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. (UNITED STATES)
Yan PECORARO
Yan PECORARO Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale (ITALY)
Nicholas RUETER
Nicholas RUETER Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP (UNITED STATES)
Christian SAUER
Christian SAUER BCLP (FRANCE)
Daphne VAN BOXTEL
Daphne VAN BOXTEL 9corporate (NETHERLANDS)

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