Double Winter Seminar: Sector specific M&A on the rise // Surviving after death – how to avoid nightmare estate
Valbella , Switzerland
21 January 2018 - 24 January 2018
Sector specific M&A on the rise
Sunday 21 January 2018 | |
| 18:00 » 18:30 | Registration at the Valbella Inn Resort |
| 18:30 » 20:00 | Welcome Cocktail Reception at the Valbella Inn Resort |
| 20:00 » 22:00 | Dinner at the Valbella Inn’s Restaurant Fastatsch |
Monday 22 January 2018 | |
| 08:00 | Registration at the Valbella Inn Resort |
| 08:15 » 08:30 | Welcome and kick-off of academic programme Welcome addresses and introduction to the seminar by Wiebe de Vries, AIJA President, BloomTax B.V, the Netherlands and the Organising Committee |
| 08:30 » 09:00 | Keynote address Tobias Giesser, Co-Head Structuring Services, Partners Group Ltd. Zug, Switzerland |
| 09:00 » 10:00 | M&A in the financial industries – the regulatory and compliance minefield Moderator: Antti Säiläkivi, HPP Attorneys, Finland Speakers: Tarek Houdrouge, SW, Switzerland Andy Peterkin, Farrer & Co LLP, UK Natalie Bäck, Vinge, Sweden |
| 10:00 » 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 » 11:00 | Keynote address Philippe Leuenberger, Lazard, Switzerland |
| 11:00 » 11:45 | Tech M&A – the challenges of inter alia the cloud, SaaS, IoT, M2M Moderator: Jérôme Debras, JD Law, France Speakers: Gian-Andrea Caprez, Vischer, Switzerland Christian Sauer, Franklin, France Joni Painilainen, PwC, Finland |
| 11:45 » 12:45 | Lunch at the Valbella Inn Resort |
| 12:45 » 19:00 | Free programme |
| 19:00 | Fondue night on the slopes at Restaurant Tgantieni |
Tuesday 23 January 2018 | |
| 08:30 » 09:00 | Keynote address Manuela Bolch, Repower Ltd, Switzerland |
| 09:00 » 10:00 | Energy M&A – Where is the value and where is the risk? Moderator: Eoin Cassidy, MHC, Ireland Speakers: Anna Wyrzykowsk, WKB, Poland Michael Kariya, Blakes, UK Steven Callens, Simont Braun, Belgium |
| 10:00 » 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 » 11:00 | Keynote address David Meier, Head M&A Coop Cooperative, Switzerland |
| 11:00 » 11:45 | M&A in the retail and consumer products industry – How to deal with high costs, low margins, market power and third parties? Moderator: William Howard, Travers Smith, France Speakers: Moritz Maurer, Niederer Kraft & Frey Ltd, Switzerland Hugo Teixeira, Abreu Advogados, Portugal Pauline Waalkens , Loyens & Loeff N.V., the Netherlands |
| 11:45 » 12:45 | Lunch at the Valbella Inn Resort |
| 12:45 » 19:00 | Free programme |
| 19:00 | Farewell dinner at Kurhaus with a secret party venue |
Wednesday 24 January 2018 | |
| 09:30 » 10:30 | Life science M&A – asset deals, spin-offs, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and other collaborative arrangements Moderator: Nicolas Mosimann, Kellerhals Carrard, Switzerland Speakers: Pablo Vinageras, Garrigues, Spain Moritz Jäggy, VISCHER Ltd, Switzerland Axel Staudt, Franz Rechtsanwälte, Germany |
| 10:30 » 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 » 11:45 | Keynote address Michael Stewart, Novartis International AG, Switzerland |
| 11:45 » 12:00 | Closing remarks |
| 12:00 | Lunch at the Valbella Inn Resort |
Surviving after death - how to avoid nightmare estate
Sunday 21 January 2018 | |
| 18:00 » 18:30 | Registration at the Valbella Inn Resort |
| 18:30 » 20:00 | Welcome Cocktail Reception at the Valbella Inn Resort |
| 20:00 » 22:00 | Dinner at the Valbella Inn’s Restaurant Fastatsch |
Monday 22 January 2018 | |
| 08:00 | Registration at the Valbella Inn Resort |
| 08:15 » 08:30 | Welcome and kick-off of academic programme Welcome addresses and introduction to the seminar by Wiebe de Vries, AIJA President, BloomTax B.V, the Netherlands and the Organising Committee |
| 08:30 » 09:00 | Keynote address and panel introduction "I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden" - the international pre-nuptial agreement - myth or reality? Tina Wuestemann, Bär & Karrer, Switzerland |
| 09:00 » 10:00 | Preparing love and death: prenups and estate agreements Moderator: Johan Hartmann Stæger, Rovsing & Gammeljord, Denmark Speakers: Dr. Valentin Todorow, Raue LLP, Germany Caroline Ferrigan, Payne Hicks Beach, UK Will Johnson, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, USA |
| 10:00 » 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 » 11:45 | The EU Succession Regulation: exchanging experiences and practical pointers Moderator: Annabel Spearman, Farrer, UK Speakers: Victoire Dossin, Bassano Avocats, France Ingrid Iselin Zellweger, Python, Switzerland Nicola Saccardo, Maisto e Associati, Italy |
| 11:45 » 12:45 | Lunch at the Valbella Inn Resort |
| 12:45 » 19:00 | Free programme |
| 19:00 | Fondue Night on the slopes at Restaurant Tgantieni |
Tuesday 23 January 2018 | |
| 08:30 » 10:00 | Estate litigation: après moi le déluge Moderator: Aurélie Conrad Hari, Bär & Karrer, Switzerland Speakers: Emma McCall, Stewarts, UK Christian Presoly, Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Dr. Christian Presoly, Liechtenstein Chloé Gossart, Alexandre Boiché - Avocats, France |
| 10:00 » 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 » 11:45 | Make your heirs happy: how to mitigate inheritance tax Moderator: Gertjan Verachtert, Sansen, Belgium Speakers: Matthew Cullen, Sharp Partners (US international tax), Switzerland Guadelupe Diaz-Sunico, Cuatrecasas, Spain Benjamin Lister, TaylorWessing, UK |
| 11:45 » 12:45 | Lunch at the Valbella Inn Resort |
| 12:45 » 19:00 | Free programme |
| 19:00 | Farewell dinner at Kurhaus with a secret party venue |
Wednesday 24 January 2018 | |
| 09:30 » 10:30 | Conflict of interests traps in estate issues Moderator: Inbal Faibish Wassmer, ROSENBERG ABRAMOVICH SCHNELLER, Israel/Switzerland Speakers: Veronica Dindo, Dindo, Zorzi & Associati, Italy Michael Walbert, Dr. Michael Walbert LL.M, Austria Nicolas Duboille, Simmons & Simmons LLP, France |
| 10:30 » 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 » 12:00 | How to deal with executors/estate trustees? Moderator: Diane Nijkamp, Monterey Tax, the Netherlands Speakers: Eleni Skoufari, Zepos & Yannopoulos, Greece Andrea Doorje-Good, Schellenberg Wittmer, Switzerland Henrietta Mason, Penningtons Manches, UK |
| 12:00 | Lunch at the Valbella Inn Resort |
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