Transaction Advisors Institute M&A Conference
Freshfields partners Max Sanders and Kevin Yingling will participate as session chairs at Transaction Advisors Institute M&A Conference in New York on September 16-17, 2026.
Aligning with the Regulatory Landscape
Wednesday, September 16 | 4:20 PM - 5:10 PM
Kevin Yingling will chair the panel entitled “Aligning with the Regulatory Landscape,” alongside Jeremy Cline, Senior Director and Head of Antitrust & Competition at Salesforce, Saralisa Brau, Managing Chief Counsel - Antitrust, at McKesson Corporation, and Rob Friedman, Executive Counsel - Antitrust, at ExxonMobil.
Panelists will examine how increased politicization has shifted the traditional antitrust decision-making framework, current best practices for engaging with antitrust agencies and the jurisdictions that are significantly expanding their merger review processes.
Streamlining Negotiations and Risk Allocation
Thursday, September 17 | 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Max Sanders will chair the panel entitled “Streamlining Negotiations and Risk Allocation,” alongside Marci Weinga Fabrega, Chief M&A Counsel at Exolum, Victor Moura, Associate General Counsel and Head of M&A Legal at CBRE, and Nick Hoffman, Associate General Counsel, M&A and Venture Capital, at Koch.
Panelists will discuss how to optimize the balance of warranties, indemnities and other risk allocation mechanisms, the current market standard for closing conditions and how break fees and other dispute resolution provisions are evolving in today's deal environment.
More information on the agenda and registration can be found here.
