12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Registration & Flying Networking Lunch
Location: Aldford & Albemarle Suites, 1st Floor
SETTING THE SCENE
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Welcome & Opening
Master of Ceremony: Michael Hayman
Location: Court Suite, Ground Floor
2:15 PM – 2:40 PM A macro economic view on 2020 and beyond
Speaker: Guy Miller, Chief Market Strategist, Zurich Insurance Group
Location: Court Suite, Ground Floor
2:40 PM – 3:10 PM Risks and Opportunities: M&A Trends and Market Outlook
Moderator: Alistair Lester, Aon
Panelists: Derek Shakespeare, Barclays
Iain Kennedy, Novalpina
Chris Hunt, Rentokil
Jannan Crozier, Baker & McKenzie
Justin Welstead, Eight Advisory
Location: Court Suite, Ground Floor
3:10 PM – 3:50 PM The arbitrage advantage: Leveraging non-traditional financial instruments to maximise deal value
Moderator: Karl Roquet, Aon
Panelists: Kenneth Barry, White & Case
Henry Capper, JP Morgan
Location: Court Suite, Ground Floor
3:50 PM – 4:20 PM Exhibition Hall and Networking
Location: Networking Zone, Ballroom Foyer
MAIN CONFERENCE – DAY 1
4:20 PM – 4:50 PM Buying the Intangible: Assessing and Valuing Technologies in an M&A Deal
Moderator: Christian Gordon-Pullar, EMEA Head of Intellectual Property Solutions, Aon
Panelists: Matthew Thumas, Eight Advisory
Julian Moore, Houlihan Lokey
Richard Dickinson, Bristows
Benoit Geurts, Aon
Location: Ballroom, Ground Floor
4:50 PM – 5:20PM KEYNOTE: Nils Jean-Mairet & Pontus Averstad, McKinsey
Location: Ballroom, Ground Floor
5:20 PM – 5:50 PM Cross Border M&A and the Transatlantic W&I Proposition
Moderator: Stephan Simon, Aon
Panelists: Lorenzo Corte, Skadden
Will Pearce, Davis Polk
Charles Inglis, Aon
Kit Westropp, Euclid Transactional
Location: Ballroom, Ground Floor
5:50 PM – 6:20 PM State of the Market – current trends and themes affecting M&A insurance
Moderator: Simon Tesselment, Aon
Panelists: Mark Storrie, Euclid Transactional
Mike Turnbull, AIG
Olena Vlasyuk-Laurent, Aon
Lisa Dybeck, Aon
Dr. Matthias Luettges, Aon
Location: Ballroom, Ground Floor
6:20 PM – 6:30 PM Day 1 Summary
Speaker: Alistair Lester, Aon
Location: Ballroom, Ground Floor
7:30 PM – 9.30 PM Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Giovanni Soldini, Maserati Sailing
Location: The Connaught
9:30 PM – 11.30 PM Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by VALE
Location: Mews at Mayfair
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast
Location: Ballroom Ground Floor
MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 2
9:00 AM – 09:45 AM Loss, Resolution and Outcomes: Examining the M&A insurance Claims Environment
Moderator: Natalie Graham, Aon
Panelists: Stephen Davidson, Aon
Gordon Hodgen, Quantuma
Jane Childs, Mayer Brown
Meg Gardiner, Euclid Transactional
Location: Ballroom Ground Floor
09:45 AM – 10:30 AM Dealing with tax uncertainties: developments in tax liability insurance
Moderator: David McCann, Aon
Panelists: Oliver Walker, Weil Gotshal Manges LLC
Mark Boyle, EY
Romain Tiffon, Atoz
Mark Hale, VALE Insurance
Gary Blitz, Aon
Location: Ballroom Ground Floor
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Insurance Carrier Exhibits & Networking
Location: Networking Zone, Ballroom Foyer
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Preserving value in a world of increased Cyber attacks
Moderator: Ian McCaw
Panelists: Allan Farrell, Dining Club Group
Hans Allnutt, DAC Beachcroft
John Hood, Civica
Location: Ballroom, Ground Floor
11:30 – 12:15 PM Keynote: Jonas Kjellberg, Co-Founder Skype & Venture Capital Investor
Location: Ballroom, Ground Floor
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch
Sponsored by AIG
Location: Ballroom, Ground Floor
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM Breakout Sessions
Breakout A
Day 1 - Identifying value in complex deals
Ballroom
Moderator: Nick Lupica, Aon
Panelists: Dennis Gan, Aon
Marcel Onclin, Upfield
Riccardo Basile, Permira
Breakout B
Cause and Effect: Due diligence and the interplay with M&A insurance solutions
Albemarle Suite
Moderator: Anka Taylor, Aon
Panelists: Bernd Dreier, AIG
Simon Ager, PwC
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM Breakout Sessions
Breakout A
Creative ways to unlock capital through credit insurance and surety solutions
Ballroom
Moderator: Ulf Cramer, Aon
Panelists: James Morrow, BRIT
Dr. Dietmar Helms, Hogan Lovells
Jens Lindner, NIBC Bank
Breakout B
Friend or foe? Funders vs. Insurers - use of alternative capital to de-risk litigation
Albemarle Suite
Moderator: Anka Taylor, Aon
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM Insurance Carrier Exhibits & Networking
Location: Networking Zone, Ballroom Foyer
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM What’s New, What’s Next: How Insurers are Thinking about the Future of M&A Insurance
Moderator: Simon Tesselment, Aon
Panelists: Tanya Nash, Riskpoint
Simon Price, AxaXL
Tim Allen, Beazley
Jeff Doran, Ambridge
Frederik von Barnekow, VALE
Mike Turnbull, AIG
Mark Storrie, Euclid
Location: Ballroom, Ground Floor
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM Closing Remarks
Alistair Lester, Aon
Location: Ballroom, Ground Floor
5:00 – 7:00 PM Drink Reception & Networking
Location: Court Suite, Ground Floor