Shearman & Sterling partnered with Mergermarket to host the Mergermarket Germany Forum 2018 in Düsseldorf on March 21-22, 2018. The two-day event wasdesigned to provide finance leaders with the latest trends in capital raising and M&A. The conference attracted over 400 borrowers, acquirers, lenders and investors with 50+ speakers across two days for expert discussion and networking.

Our lawyers chaired both event days and participated in the following sessions and panels:

March 21, 2018:

• Esther Jansen chaired the “Debtwire Debt Financing Day”
• Jacques McChesney participated in a session on “Loans and bonds 2.0”

March 22, 2018:

• Aliresa Fatemi participated in a Breakfast Seminar on “Developments in transactional risk”
• Alfred Kossmann participated a session on “Cross-border opportunities and Outbound M&A”