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Deal or no Deal? The ABC and XYZ of Negotiating an M&A Transaction

Mallorca, Spain

14 June 2018 - 16 June 2018

Deal or no Deal? The ABC and XYZ of Negotiating an M&A Transaction


Thursday 14 June 2018

17:00 » 19:00 Registration at the Hotel Formentor
19:00 » 21:00 Welcome cocktail and walking dinner in the garden of Restaurant Platja Mar (Hotel Formentor)

Friday 15 June 2018

08:00 » 09:00 Registration at the Hotel Formentor
09:00 » 09:15 Welcome address and introduction to the seminar
Xavier Costa, AIJA Vice-President, Roca Junyent, Spain
Horacio Bernardes Neto, IBA Vice-President, Motta Fernandes Advogados, Brazil
Moritz Maurer, Niederer Kraft Frey, Switzerland
Rainer Kaspar, PHH Prochaska Havranek Rechtsanwälte, Austria

The seminar will be organized in a "world café" style format, meaning that at 7 tables, each chaired by two moderators, 7 participants discuss the key M&A negotiating techniques, tactics and issues. After every 60 minutes the participants switch tables. The moderators switch tables twice.

Topics to be discussed at each table:

• Negotiating in a weak vs strong position
• SPA battlegrounds (de Minimis, threshold, cap etc.) or Turkish bazar?
• Level of detail when negotiating preliminary agreements (NDA, LOI, etc.)
• Negotiation tactics
• Top 10 issues in M&A transactions
• Culture aspects/differences of negotiating
• Auction vs Privately Negotiated Transactions

Moderators from AIJA:

Moritz Maurer, Niederer Kraft Frey, Switzerland
Sjoerd Mol, Benvalor Advocaten, the Netherlands
Manuela Cavallo, Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale, Italy
Jennifer Maxwell, Blake, Cassels & Graydon, UK
Kadri Kallas, Advokaadibüroo TGS Baltic, Estonia
Anthony Macpherson, Kingsley Napley, UK
Nils Krause, DLA Piper, Germany

Moderators from IBA:

Hans Witteveen, Stibbe, UK
Hans-Joerg Ziegenhain, Hengeler-Mueller, Germany
Ralf Morshäuser, Gleiss Lutz, Germany
Sergio Sánchez Solé, Garrigues, Spain
Rainer Kaspar, PHH Prochaska Havranek Rechtsanwälte, Austria
Marco Rizzi, Bratschi, Switzerland
Joan Roca, Roca Junyent, Spain
09:15 » 10:00 Keynote address
René Pfromm, Pfromm Negotiations, Germany
10:00 » 11:00 Table discussions
11:00 » 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 » 12:15 Table discussions
12:15 » 14:15 Lunch break
14:15 » 15:15 Table discussions
15:15 » 16:15 Table discussions
16:15 » 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 » 17:30 Table discussions
19:30 Bus departure from the Hotel Formentor
20:00 » 23:00 Dinner at the Restaurant La Llonja
23:00 Optional evening programme
Not included in the registration fees, payable locally

Saturday 16 June 2018

10:00 » 11:00 Table discussions
11:00 » 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 » 12:15 Table discussions
12:15 » 12:30 Closing remarks
13:15 Departure from the Hotel Formentor
13:30 » 18:30 Lunch and drinks while sailing in the Bay of Pollença
Included in the registration fee
20:00 Optional dinner at the Restaurant La Terrassa (Hotel Illa D'Or)
Not included in the registration fees, payable locally