How Regulators are affecting M&A transactions in 2024.
A livestream for founders, investors, and bankers.
Streamed live below:
Panel Discussion with Expert Attorneys.
Wednesday, February 7, 11am Pacific Time
Last year saw Adobe/Figma, Microsoft/Activision, and several other M&A deals scuttled or modified by the regulators. FTC commissioner Lina Khan has been on a mission to suppress monopoly power, as her agency has blocked several large M&A transactions. The CMA in the EU and UK also are increasingly uncomfortable with the market power of the global tech companies. How should founders and investors think about this in 2024? Register now.
Hosts:
Natasha Allen
Natasha Allen is a business lawyer, supporting companies in all stages of growth in complex decision making across a broad range of corporate matters. She is a partner with the firm, serving as Co-Chair for Artificial Intelligence within the Innovative Technology sector, Co-Chair of the Venture Capital Committee, and a member of the Venture Capital, M&A, and Transactions Practices. She also serves as Pro Bono chair for the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Learn more.
Bret Waters, Moderator
Bret Waters has been in Silicon Valley his entire life as an entrepreneur, executive, and investor. Today he teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford and coaches startup CEO’s at Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship. He’s successfully raised capital multiple times in his career, and the entrepreneurs he has worked with have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in capital. He received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Greg Neppl
He is a partner in Foley’s Antitrust & Competition, Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations, and Trade Association Practices. His antitrust practice focuses on antitrust counseling, merger analysis and HSR notification preparation, government investigation response, antitrust compliance program development, and litigating antitrust and intellectual property matters. He also counsels numerous hedge funds and other institutional investors pursuing event-driven and risk arbitrage investment strategies. Greg has significant jury and bench trial experience from his private and government practices. Read more.
Louis Lehot
Louis Lehot is a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, based in the firm’s Silicon Valley offices, where he is a member of the Private Equity & Venture Capital, M&A and Transactions Practices as well as the Technology, Health Care, Life Sciences and Energy Industry Teams. Louis focuses his practice on advising entrepreneurs and their management teams, investors and financial advisors at all stages of growth, from garage to global. Louis especially enjoys being able to help his clients achieve hyper-growth, go public and to successfully obtain optimal liquidity events. Learn more.
