Speakers
Conference Co-Chairs

Dr. Andrea Pomana
Partner Simmons & Simmons (Germany)
Olivia Lê Horovitz
Partner Rimon, P.C. (France)
Davina Garrod
Partner Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (UK)Government Speakers

Ana Belancurencu
Case Handler, Foreign Direct Investment Department Romanian Competition Council Foreign Direct Investment Commission (Romania)
Thomas Ernoult
Head of the Foreign Direct Investments Screening French Treasury (France)
Dr. Thorsten Käseberg
Head of Competition Policy BMWK (Germany)
Lars-Göran Larsson
Head of Department, Department for Foreign Direct Investments Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP) (Sweden)
Jessica Lehman
Senior AdvisorOffice of Foreign Investment and National Security U.S. Department of Energy

Damien Levie
Head of Tech & Security, FDI Screening Unit, DG Trade European Commission
Marie Eve Roy Marcoux
Senior Director for Investment Review Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Government of Canada
Kathryn Roe
Deputy Director, Investment Security Unit UK Cabinet Office (UK)Speaker Faculty

Dr. Jacob Von Andreae
Partner Gliess Lutz (Germany)
Sarah Blazek
Partner Noerr (Germany)
Pedro Callol
Partner Callol, Coca & Asociados (Spain)
Olivier Chambord
Partner Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (France)
John Davies
Senior Advisor Brunswick Group, United Kingdom
Jacopo Figus Diaz
Partner Legance – Avvocati Associati (Italy)
Pierre-Antoine Degrolard
Counsel Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. (France)
Pascal Dupeyrat
Strategic Advisor Relians (France)
Ross Evans
Special Counsel Covington (UK)
Robert Friedman
Partner Holland & Knight LLP (USA)
Christine Graham
Special Counsel Cooley (UK)
Dr. Moritz Holm Hadulla
Partner Gleiss Lutz (Germany)
Petr Kadlec
Partner Havel Partners (Czechia)
John Messent
Partner Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (UK)
Bernd Meyring
Partner Linklaters (Belgium)
Jens-Olrik Murach
Partner Alston & Bird (Belgium)
Vincent Mussche
Partner Liedekerke (Belgium)
Malin Persson
Partner Kastell (Sweden)
Stephan Purps
Legal Director BASF SE (Germany)
Anthony Rapa
Partner Blank Rome
Fernando Sebastian Íscar Rüland
Senior Legal Counsel, Merger Control & FDI thyssenkrupp (Germany)
Dr. Roland M. Stein
Partner BLOMSTEIN, Germany
Philip Studt
Counsel Latham & Watkins LLP (Belgium)
Stephanie The
Partner De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (The Netherlands)
Antonia Tzinova
Partner Holland & Knight LLP (USA)
Sarah Ward
Partner Walker Morris (United Kingdom)
Marc Wiggers
Partner Loyens & Loeff (The Netherlands)
Daniel Wendelsson
Partner Vinge (Sweden)