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Agenda

Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in BST.

8:30 AM
Registration, networking & morning coffee
 
9:10 AM
Chairman’s introduction

Will Pearce, Partner, Davis Polk

9:15 AM
Keynote address I
 
9:35 AM
Panel: Panel Session: The M&A outlook for the next 12 months: key drivers and deal trends, including cross-border activity, the energy transition and the role of private equity

Panellists:

Chris Emmerson, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

David Petrie, Head of Corporate Finance ICAEW

Michael Nicholson, Head of M&A, Peel Hunt

Julie Shacklady, Director, Primary Markets, UK Finance

10:25 AM
Keynote Address II: An update on the application of the Takeover Code to public M&A

James Arculus, Deputy Director General, The Takeover Panel

10:45 AM
Panel: Future prospects for public to private transactions

Moderator:

tbc

Panellists tbc

11:25 AM
Networking & coffee break
 
11:45 AM
Keynote Address III: The potential impact of “carried interest” reform on the sale of portfolio companies by private equity firms
 
12:05 PM
Panel: The use of private credit as an alternative (or complementary) financing option

Moderator:

Nick Benham, Partner, Davis Polk

12:45 PM
Interview: The role of AI in the dealmaking process and on the attractiveness of companies
 
1:10 PM
Networking and lunch break
 
2:10 PM
Keynote address: The objectives of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act in relation to merger control in digital/tech companies

Joel Bamford, Executive Director, Mergers, Competition and Markets Authority

2:30 PM
Presentation: Presentation: Merger control and national security enforcement – what to expect under the Labour Government

Nicholas Levy, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb

2:50 PM
Fireside chat: A corporate perspective on the likely implications of the DMCC Act
 
3:10 PM
Fireside chat: Successful deal execution: Handling “too close to call” deals
Patrick Sarch, Partner, Head of UK Public M&A, White & Case

In conversation with

Sonica Tolani, Partner, White & Case
 
3:40 PM
Afternoon break and networking
 
4:00 PM
Fireside chat: ESG considerations in M&A
 
4:20 PM
Panel: Best practice valuation and due diligence in M&A transactions
 
4:50 PM
Chair's closing remarks
 
4:55 PM
Close of proceedings
 

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