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On June 17, 2021<\/strong>, the online conference “Cross Border M&A – Current Topics in International M&A Practice<\/strong>” took place, hosted by the German M&A Association and Hogan Lovells International LLP (“Hogan Lovells”). The “Current Topics” were presented by four partners from Hogan Lovells. <\/p>\n The approximately 75 participants of the online conference came from corporations, large medium-sized companies, banks and other financial institutions or were lawyers from large commercial law firms. After Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Lucks<\/strong> welcomed the online participants, lawyers from Hogan Lovells spoke on selected topics about the latest developments on the M&A market under the moderation of Jens Uhlendorf<\/strong>, Partner at Hogan Lovells, D\u00fcsseldorf office. <\/p>\n The online conference kicked off with a presentation by Prof. Dr. Michael Schlitt<\/strong>, Partner at Hogan Lovells, Frankfurt office, on the topic of “SPACs”. He familiarized the participants with the vehicle of a SPAC and discussed, among other things, the question of whether a SPAC can be an alternative to a traditional IPO. Matthias Hirschmann<\/strong>, Partner at Hogan Lovells, Hamburg office, then introduced the participants to “Sustainable Investments” and their increasing importance for the M&A market. In addition, Dr. Falk Sch\u00f6ning<\/strong>, Partner at Hogan Lovells, Brussels office, spoke about the “Importance of foreign trade law in M&A” and commented on the latest developments in this area. The last topic “Distressed M&A” was presented by Dr. Christian Herweg<\/strong>, Partner at Hogan Lovells, Munich office. He addressed current developments in the purchase of a company out of insolvency as well as the new procedure for avoiding insolvency under the StaRUG. <\/p>\n Jens Uhlendorf moderated the questions posed by the participants after each presentation. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Lucks concluded the online conference after two hours with the wish to repeat a similar event next year.<\/p>\n Summary<\/strong>: The “Cross Border M&A” lunch talk was a great success. The variety of topics and the questions posed by the participants following the individual presentations highlighted the challenges currently facing market participants in the area of M&A from different perspectives. The practical presentations enabled the participants of the online conference to quickly familiarize themselves with the latest market developments and benefit from the practical solutions presented. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On June 17, 2021, the online conference “Cross Border M&A – Current Topics in International M&A Practice” took place, hosted by the German M&A Association and Hogan Lovells International LLP (“Hogan Lovells”). The “Current Topics” were presented by four partners from Hogan Lovells. The approximately 75 participants of the online conference came from corporations, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nicht-kategorisiert"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n