In Person

GCR Live: Foreign Investment Control

December 5, 2024
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Event details
December 5, 2024
9:00 am – 5:00 pm GMT Standard Time
87 Barts Close
87 Bartholomew Close
London EC1A 7EB, UK

Event summary

Cooley is a proud sponsor of Global Competition Review (GCR) Live’s fifth annual Foreign Investment Control conference. This program brought together international decision-makers, government officials, enforcers, in-house counsel, private practice lawyers, and economists to analyse and discuss the latest developments in foreign investment control.

Cooley partner Jonas Koponen was a co-chair of this event.


Featured agenda items

Tuesday, 5 December 2024 | 3:15 – 4:15 pm GMT

Recent Developments and Cross-Jurisdictional Trends

Cooley special counsel Dillon Martinson spoke on this panel to discuss:

  • Where do we stand on outbound controls?
  • What are the impacts for chips, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud investments?
  • Interaction between merger control and foreign investment control: What is the impact for cross-border M&A transactions?
  • How are jurisdictions learning from each other, and does this mean ever tougher global protectionism?

Tuesday, 5 December 2024 | 4:15 – 4:50 pm GMT

Fireside Chat

Cooley partner Jonas Koponen moderated this panel to discuss:

  • With new domestic political landscapes and shifting geopolitical sands, what changes, and what remains the same in practice?
  • What can we expect from the new European Commission on technology sovereignty?
  • What can we expect from the move to greater European Union (EU) coordination, and how will EU member states react?
  • What rules will the new US administration seek to legislate for?

For more information, please email Rebecca Lanz.

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