12:00 pm–2:00 pm ET

Navigating Legal and Geopolitical Aspects of Cross-Border Transactions

Enhance your capabilities to handle cross-border transactions amid a landscape riddled with geopolitical complexities. As globalization intensifies, lawyers are frequently called upon to navigate not only the legal but also the geopolitical, cultural, and regulatory challenges that come with transactions involving multiple jurisdictions. Gain in-depth insights and practical tools to tackle these challenges effectively and:

• Learn to identify potential risks from a geopolitical perspective, including economic sanctions, expropriation risks, and cultural barriers.
• Review best practices for structuring a transaction that integrates legal and geopolitical insights, while optimizing transaction terms and mitigate risks.
• Review case studies of successful and challenging cross-border transactions: lessons for future dealings.
• Analyze how to develop communication strategies and risk assessment tools tailored to the geopolitical nuances of specific regions.

Speakers

Dominique Babin, Partner, Lawyer BCF Business Law (Montreal)
Kashif Zaman, VP Legal, M&A and Treasury, TD Bank Group (Toronto, ON)
Alison G. FitzGerald, Partner, Bennett Jones (Ottawa, ON)
Clifford Sosnow, Partner, Fasken (Toronto, ON) 

Moderator

TBA