U.S.-China Tensions, Trade Compliance, and Emerging Successor Liability Risks in M&A Deals

Dec. 17, 2020
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

About This Event

Successor liability around regulatory compliance can derail otherwise great deals and create major post-acquisition headaches that can undermine the value of a business. Heightened geopolitical, technological, and trade tensions with China, combined with a tighter U.S. regulatory environment around export controls and trade sanctions, have dramatically increased successor liability risks. The potential impact on a deal cuts right to a company’s core business, posing far greater risks than before, and the trends on the horizon only exacerbate the issues. Avoiding these new emerging potential landmines will be critical to a deal’s success.

This panel of experts will discuss these issues and what companies, venture capital and private equity sponsors, and dealmakers can do to address them.

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Speakers

Join our panel of leading experts who will discuss insights into critical questions including:

 

● Have China and the U.S. indeed entered into a new “Cold War II”? What does this mean and how will it play out? How will this impact businesses and deal-making?

 

● What makes trade compliance issues especially risky in the new emerging environment? What is driving the regulatory and enforcement activity? How can these potentially slash valuations and even derail a deal?

 

● What can deal-makers do to avoid the increasing landmines and pitfalls all these issues may bring?

Wendy Wysong
Partner, Steptoe & Johnson
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Nicholas Turner
Of Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson
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Brent Carlson
Director, AlixPartners
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James Bucknam
Managing Director, AlixPartners
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