Double Winter Seminar - The future of M&A: Challenges for M&A professionals resulting from AI and Legal Tech // Competition (law) in Sports
St Anton, Austria
10 February 2019 - 13 February 2019
The future of M&A: Challenges for M&A professionals resulting from AI and Legal Tech
Sunday 10 February 2019 | |
| 18:00 » 20:00 | Registration at St Antoner’s Hof (Raffl's Tyrol Hotel) |
| 18:30 » 20:00 | Welcome cocktail at St Antoner’s Hof (Raffl's Tyrol Hotel) |
| 20:00 » 22:00 | Optional dinner at St Antoner’s Hof (Raffl's Tyrol Hotel) Not included in the registration fees, payabla locally |
Monday 11 February 2019 | |
| 08:00 | Registration at Raffl's Tyrol Hotel |
| 08:15 » 08:30 | Welcome address by the AIJA President Xavier Costa Arnau, AIJA President, Roca Junyent, Spain Introduction to the seminar by the Organising Committee |
| 08:30 » 10:00 | Keynote address: Legal Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Machine Learning, Machine Perception, Deep Learning… what is out there! Katrin Shahroozi, Founder of the Austrian Legal Tech Initiative |
| 10:00 » 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 » 11:45 | Advantages and risks of the recent Legal Tech and AI innovations on the M&A sector Moderator: Pablo Vinageras, Garrigues, Spain Speakers: Gian-Andrea Caprez, Vischer, Switzerland Anne Toupenay-Schueller, Jeantet, France Rabbe Sittnikow, Hannes Snellmann, Finland |
| 11:45 » 13:00 | Lunch at Raffl's Tyrol Hotel |
| 13:00 » 18:00 | Optional afternoon programme (skiing) |
| 18:30 » 19:30 | Torch walk to the Bifang Alm mountain restuarant |
| 19:30 » 22:00 | Dinner at the Bifang Alm restaurant |
Tuesday 12 February 2019 | |
| 08:30 » 10:00 | Impact of Legal Tech and AI in the due diligence process – the death of data room work as we know it Moderator: Yan Pecoraro, Portolano Cavallo, Italy Speakers: Marielle Bade-Landell, Castrén & Snellman, Finland Emily Foges, Luminance, UK Nils Krause, DLA Piper, Germany |
| 10:00 » 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 » 11:45 | Going beyond due diligence – the future of Legal Tech and AI in the deal making process Moderator: Hugo Teixeira, Abreu Advogados, Portugal Speakers: Maike Sauter, Gleiss Lutz, Germany Christoffer Mangelus, Delphi, Sweden Joachim Kundert, DLA Piper, Denmark |
| 11:45 » 13:00 | Lunch at Raffl's Tyrol Hotel |
| 13:00 » 17:30 | Optional afternoon programme (skiing) |
| 17:30 » 19:30 | Optional sledging |
| 20:00 » 22:30 | Fondue night at the Sticky Fingers |
Wednesday 13 February 2019 | |
| 08:30 » 10:00 | The impact of the development of Legal Tech and AI on the role of inhouse departments – responsibility, work, fees, relationship to external counsel Moderator: Rainer Kaspar, PHH, Austria Speakers: Kasper Kiilsholm, Aumento, Denmark Philippe Harles, Arendt & Medernach, Luxemburg Lucas Hänni, Ringier Digital Ventures, Switzerland |
| 10:00 » 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 » 12:00 | Client expectations as regards their M&A lawyer – will the classic M&A lawyer disappear? Moderator: Christian Sauer, Franklin, France Speakers: Riet Steiger, Switzerland Peter Simon, Crédit Suisse, Switzerland Sameer Sah, Khaitan & Co, India |
| 12:00 » 12:15 | Closing remarks |
| 12:15 » 13:30 | Lunch at Raffl's Tyrol Hotel |
Competition (law) in Sports
Sunday 10 February 2019 | |
| 18:00 » 20:00 | Registration at St Antoner’s Hof (Raffl's Tyrol Hotel) |
| 18:30 » 20:00 | Welcome cocktail at St Antoner’s Hof (Raffl's Tyrol Hotel) |
| 20:00 » 22:00 | Optional dinner at St Antoner’s Hof (Raffl's Tyrol Hotel) Not included in the registration fees, payabla locally |
Monday 11 February 2019 | |
| 08:00 | Registration at Raffl's Tyrol Hotel |
| 08:15 » 08:30 | Introduction to the seminar by the Organising Committee Welcome address by the AIJA President Xavier Costa Arnau, AIJA President, Roca Junyent, Spain |
| 08:30 » 10:00 | Sports Associations under observation: Private autonomy vs. competition law rules Competition Authorities have shown increased interest in the activities of the sports sector in general and the sports associations in particular. The aim of the seminar is to discuss the application of the competition law rules to sports and how to find the balance between the right of sports associations to autonomously set their rules and the obligations to respect competition law rules. This session provides a general introduction to the topic as well as an overview as to what extent competition law rules apply to sports or to what extent must specificity in sports be taken into account in competition law assessment. Moderator: Alfonso Rincon, MLAB, Spain Speakers: Sophie Gilliam, DLA Piper, Netherlands David Henry, McDermott Will & Emery, Belgium Dr. Daniel Emch, Kellerhals Carrard, Switzerland |
| 10:00 » 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 » 11:45 | Sports federations/associations vs. clubs Clubs, and their equivalents in other sports, spend more and more money in order to increase their competitiveness in championships and tournaments, and engage in other [independent?] activities to seek to increase their value. On the other hand Sports Associations have rules which set certain restrictive measures in terms of structure, finances and other aspects of club’s activities, by way of example Financial Fair Play rules, 50+1 rule, and rules around promotion and relegation. In this context how do sports federations, courts and regulators seek to strike a balance between the rights and obligations of economic entities to act autonomously under EU competition law, and the rights of federations and associations to act in the perceived interest of the sport? Moderator: Isabel Oest, Commeo LLP, Germany Speakers: Gustav Duhs, Stevens&Bolton, UK Dr. Oliver Kaufmann, Streichenberg und Partner, Switzerland Roberto Vallina Hoset, Roca Junyent, Spain |
| 11:45 » 13:00 | Lunch at Raffl's Tyrol Hotel |
| 13:00 » 18:00 | Optional afternoon programme (skiing) |
| 18:30 » 19:30 | Torch walk to the Bifang Alm mountain restuarant |
| 19:30 » 22:00 | Dinner at the Bifang Alm restaurant |
Tuesday 12 February 2019 | |
| 08:30 » 10:00 | Associations vs. athletes Sports associations apply strict rules for athletes participating in national and international competitions. This includes rules on marketing themselves, rules on dispute settlement, bans on participation in leagues not organized by the federations, etc. In recent years, athletes (or their advisors) are more and more challenging such rules with varying outcomes. Moderator: Christina Toth, CT law, Austria Speakers: Johanna Svantesson, DLA Piper, Sweden Bernhard Campara-Kopeinig, PHH, Austria |
| 10:00 » 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 » 11:45 | Joint selling of sports media rights The Sale of Sports Media Rights has become one of the most lucrative sources of income for Sports Federations and Associations. The European Commission has issued several decisions on the joint selling of media rights already more than 15 years ago. Now, with every new players like Facebook, Dazn and others starting to overtake traditional broadcasting stations, what does this mean in terms of competition law? Moderator : Dr. Sebastian Hack, Osborne Clarke, Germany Speakers: Aleksandra Dziurkowska, Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr Sp. K, Poland Andreas Schüssel, Gleiss Lutz, Germany Axel Staudt, Franz Rechtsanwalte, Germany Stephan Dittl, Friedrich Graf von Westphalen, Germany |
| 11:45 » 13:00 | Lunch at Raffl's Tyrol Hotel |
| 13:00 » 17:30 | Optional afternoon programme (skiing) |
| 17:30 » 19:30 | Optional sledging |
| 20:00 » 22:30 | Fondue night at the Sticky Fingers |
Wednesday 13 February 2019 | |
| 09:30 » 10:30 | Associations vs. sports industry Various associations and event organizers have exclusive agreements with industry partners to promote their products. For instance in Austria, athletes of the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) may only race with skiing equipment of suppliers who are members of the Austrian Ski Pool, and in Germany, Championships of some Tennis or Soccer Federations have to be played with a certain match ball, which all clubs have to play with. These exclusivity agreements exclude various industry players from the market, at least for a certain time. The panel will discuss to what extent (and on which contractual terms) this approach is necessary to meet legitimate objectives of sports associations (e.g. for obtaining sponsoring money for financing of youth development) and which measures and contractual arrangements have to be considered a breach of competition law. It will also be touched upon forms of so-called guerilla marketing. Moderator: Dr. Sebastian Janka, Noerr LLP, Germany Speakers: Tim Bagger, Lentze Stopper Rechtsanwälte, Germany Radovan Kubáč, Nedelka Kubáč advokáti, Czech Republic Dr. Alexander Hiersche, HASLINGER / NAGELE & PARTNER, Austria |
| 10:30 » 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 » 11:45 | Good governance in sports In recent years, corruption and other integrity-related scandals in sport have tainted the image of sport. More and more stakeholders (sponsors, media, public authorities and even the general public) have raised questions on the current way in which federations and sport organisations are run in their countries and around the world, especially as the sport organisations have a monopoly position (e.g. IOC, FIFA). This panel discusses the problems of missing governance and potential practices of governance in Sport Associations. Moderator: Thilo Pachmann, Pachmann Law, Switzerland Speakers: Sofia Silva e Sousa, Abreu Advogados, Lisbon, Portugal Peter Marx, MVVP Advocaten, Brussels, Belgium Loïc Pfister, LPPV avocats, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 11:45 » 12:00 | Closing remarks |
| 12:00 » 13:30 | Lunch at Raffl's Tyrol Hotel |
Sponsors
We thank the Federal Ministry for the Civil Service and Sport for their support.
