Thought Leaders

Our network of past and present FDI Control Forum contributors —
experts, thought leaders and industry drivers shaping the future of global investment.

  • Pascale Accaoui Lorfing

    Affiliate Professor - ESCP Business School
    PhD in International Law & Investment Contracts

  • Géraline Amiel

    Senior Managing Director
    FTI Consulting

  • Ombline Ancelin

    Partner, Head of Competition, Simmons & Simmons

  • Mathias Audit

    Law Professor at Sorbonne Law School
    Partner,
    Audit Duprey Fekl

  • Olivier Becht

    Former Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade,
    Economic Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad (2022-2024), current Député du Haut-Rhin

  • Orion Berg

    Partner - Leading coordinator of global FDI reviews outside the US White & Case LLP

  • Pierre Berlioz

    Professor of Law
    Université Paris Cité
    Former Director, UIMM

  • Bruno Bezard

    Managing Partner,
    Cathay Capital Private Equity

  • Pascal Bine

    Of Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate,
    Meagher & Flom

  • Joachim Bitterlich

    Former diplomat
    Affiliate Professor, ESCP Business School

  • Martin Bresson

    Public Affairs Director,
    Invest Europe

  • Josh Cameron

    Managing Director,
    FTI Consulting

  • Claire Campbell

    Special Counsel
    PiperAlderman - ICG Fellow

  • Joffrey Célestin Urbain

    Head of the Strategic Information &
    Economic Security Department (SISSE)

  • Etienne Chantrel

    Partner, Eight Advisory
    Former Head of the Merger Department, French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence)

  • Wissam Charbel

    Partner, Farallon Capital Management

  • Grégoire Chauvière Le Drian

    Head of EIB Group Office, France chez European Investment Bank (EIB)

  • Arnaud de Cheffontaines

    Managing Director
    FTI Consulting

  • David Chekroun

    Co-Founder, FDI Control
    Professor of Business Law,
    ESCP Business School

  • Pierre-Olivier Chotard

    Secrétaire Général du CIRI, sous-directeur adjoint en charge du financement
    des entreprises

  • Sandrine Clavel

    Professor of law, Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ

  • Michael S. Considine

    CFIUS, Assistant Secretary for Foreign Investment at the Department of Energy, United States of America

  • Alexandre Courbon

    Managing Director,
    Head of M&A France, HSBC

  • Mélanie d'Anglejan-Chatillon

    Group Senior Legal Antitrust Counsel
    Novartis

  • Alex Deane

    Senior Managing Director (Partner),
    Head of UK Public Affairs
    FTI Consulting

  • Pierre-Antoine Degrolard

    Counsel M&A/Corporate
    Gide Loyrette Nouel

  • Pascal Dupeyrat

    Strategic Advisor
    Relians

  • Renaud Dutreil

    Former Minister, Senior Adviser,
    FTI Consulting

  • Thomas Ernoult

    Head of the Unit for Foreign Investment Screening at the French Treasury

  • Duncan Fairgrieve

    Professor of Comparative Law,
    Université Paris-Dauphine

  • Nicoletta Giordani

    Principal Director of Global Investment
    and Economic Security (GIES), US Office
    of the Secretary of Defense

  • Simonetta Giordano

    Corporate Partner,
    Simmons & Simmons

  • Lars Goubet-Wolff

    FDI Control Forum Conselor, Chief of Staff to the Executive Vice-President & Dean of ESCP

  • Christine Graham

    Special Counsel - Antitrust and
    Competition, Cooley

  • Guillaume Granier

    Senior Managing Director,
    FTI Consulting

  • Marina Guérassimova

    Co-Founder, FDI Control
    Chief Editor, Fusions & Acquisitions Magazine

  • Steffen Hindelang

    Professor Int'l Investment & Trade Law Uppsala University | ICSID arbitrator | Legal expert advisor on investment disputes and regulation |
    Director CELIS Institute

  • Farhad Jalinous

    Partner - Global Head of FDI Reviews & US National Security/CFIUS Practice,
    White & Case LLP

  • Sophie Javary

    Vice-Chairman CIB EMEA,
    BNP Paribas

  • Clotilde Jolivet

    Former Head of Government &
    Public Affairs, Sanofi

  • Arnaud Joubert

    Partner - Debt Advisory & Restructuring
    Rothschild & Co

  • Ioannis Kokkoris

    Professor of Competition Law and Economics, Director of Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London

  • Zornitsa Kutlina-Dimitrova

    Senior Analyst of Tech & Security, FDI Screening Unit at DG TRADE -
    European Commission

  • Marie-Anne Lavergne

    Former Head of the Office in Charge of Controlling Foreign Investment at the French Treasury Department (2020-2023), current Financial Services and International Economic Affairs Advisor, French Prime Minister’s Office

  • Gilles Lebreton

    Partner
    Clifford Chance

  • Maxime Lefebvre

    Former Ambassador, Professor of
    International relations, ESCP Business School

  • Jessica Lehman

    Foreign Direct Investment Senior Advisor,
    U.S. Department of Energy

  • Gauthier Le Milon

    Head of M&A France, Belgium & Luxembourg
    Barclays

  • Damien Levie

    Head of Technology & Security, FDI Screening Unit, Directorate General for Trade,
    European Commission

  • Alexandre Loupy

    University Professor-Hospital Practitioner
    (PU-PH) at Necker Hospital, Paris,
    Head of INSERM unit Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation; Adjunct Professor Transplant Department,
    Cedars Sinai L.A,USA

  • Julien Lestrade

    Managing Director, Lazard

  • Pablo López-Alvarez

    Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting

  • Nicolas Machtou

    Directeur de programme nouveau
    nucléaire, EDF

  • Gregory Mailly

    Executive Director, J.P. Morgan

  • Reza Malekzadeh

    General Partner, Partech

  • Bertrand Milhiet

    Head of M&A and Company Development, Airbus Helicopters

  • Nicolas Naillon

    Managing Director - Head Healthcare
    EMEA at Nomura

  • Vincent Netter

    Partner, Jeantet

  • Anne-Sophie Noury

    Partner, Head of Restructuring,
    White & Case LLP

  • Dr Jérôme Philippe

    Partner, Freshfields

  • Delphine Prioux

    Legal Manager, Individual Customers
    Division, EDF

  • Cosme Julien Madoni

    Senior Director, FTI Consulting

  • Gilles Pillet

    Professor of Business Law,
    ESCP Business School

  • Brian Reissaus

    Senior Advisor of National Security, Freshfields
    Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security Operations, USA Department of Treasury, former CFIUS Chair

  • Dr Frank Röhling

    Partner, Freshfields

  • Olivier Taffin de Tilques

    Group Head of Legal Corporate Finance and M&A, SCOR SE

  • Vincenzo Salvatore

    Corporate Partner, Simmons & Simmons

  • Edmond Schlumberger

    Professeur de Droit privé - Université Paris 1 - Ecole de Droit de la Sorbonne -
    Conseil scientifique Gide

  • Hubert Segain

    Partner, Co-Head of Corporate, Linklaters

  • Joy Sioufi

    Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey

  • Andrew Shagrin

    Professor of Business Law,
    ESCP Business School

  • Dimitri Slobodenjuk

    Partner, Antitrust, Global Head of FDI,
    Clifford Chance Düsseldorf

  • Vincent Smith

    Professor of Business Law,
    ESCP Business School

  • Irina Von Wiese

    Lawyer, Academic, former MEP and
    Councillor in the London Borough
    of Southwark

  • Stephen Walters

    Senior Vice President and Group General Counsel, Constellium

  • Friederike Wenkel

    Policy Officer at the German Federal
    Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Germany

  • Emily Xueref-Poviac

    FDI & Antitrust Lawyer

  • Florent Barbu

    Counsel, Simmons & Simmons

  • Marion Chulia

    Case Handler, Technology & Security, FDI Screening Unit at the Directorate General for Trade, European Commission

  • Margaret Kyle

    Professor of Economics, MINES ParisTech

  • Mathias Forteau

    Professor of Public Law, University Paris Nanterre

  • Jonathan Marsh

    General Counsel, Art Consortium - Former Vice President and International General Counsel, TotalEnergies

  • Alexis Coskun

    Director, FGS Global

  • Charles-Antoine Guelluy

    Partner, Latham & Watkins

  • Geneviève Helleringer

    Professor of Law, Oxford University & ESSEC Business School

  • Yarik Kryvoi

    Professor of Law - Director of the Investment Treaty Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law -
    Of Counsel, Keidan Harrison - Co-Chair, Expert Group on Corruption in the Context of Foreign Direct Investments, United Nations

  • Sébastien Ouvry

    Sébastien Ouvry

    Director — Investment Legal
    Eurazeo

  • Les P. Carnegie

    Partner, Co-lead of CFIUS and National Security Practice & Co-lead of Export Controls and Sanctions Practice
    Latham & Watkins (Washington)

  • Xavier Mas

    Head of Communications and Public Relations France — Latham & Watkins (Paris)

  • Olivier Job

    Legal Director — PAI Partners (Paris)

  • Ana Muñoz Garcia

    Senior Policy Advisor
    Deputy Directorate for Foreign Investment
    Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business of Spain

  • John Davies

    Senior Advisor
    Brunswick Group

  • New List ItemJose Antonio Zamora de L'Hôtellerie-Fallois

    General Sub-Directorate
    Foreign Investments
    Spanish State Secretariat for Trade

  • Christoph Heusgen

    Former German Ambassador to
    the United Nations
    Senior Advisor
    FGS Global

  • Vanessa Strauss-Kahn

    Professor of Economics
    ESCP Business School

  • Arnaud de Nanteuil

    Professor of Law
    Université Paris Est Créteil

  • Wesley Lainé

    Associate
    Skadden, Arps, Slate,
    Meagher & Flom

  • Orion Berg

    Partner - Leading coordinator of global FDI reviews outside the US
    White & Case LLP

  • Fanny Mahler

    Partner, Public Law / Energy & Infrastructure
    Linklaters (Paris)

  • Florentine Kessler-Grobe

    Head of Unit
    Foreign Investment Screening
    German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

  • Anna Mitchell

    Antitrust & Foreign Investment Partner
    Linklaters (London)

  • David López

    Partner, M&A and FDI Law
    Uría Menéndez

  • Marc Lordonnois

    Partner
    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

  • Céline Domenget-Morin

    Partner, Restructuring
    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

  • Nicolas Bouvier

    Partner
    Brunswick Group

  • Gaël Couturier

    Partner
    FHB

  • Gilles Cuniberti

    Professor of Private International & Comparative Law
    University of Luxembourg

  • Lucy Winnington-Ingram

    Partner
    Reed Smith

  • Marc Scheer

    Economic Security Advisor
    Minister’s Office
    Luxembourg Ministry of Economy

  • Dr Hélène Van Lith

    Secretary - Associate Professor
    ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR - Paris Dauphine University

  • Claire Thomas-Daoulas

    Partner
    Brunswick Group

  • Gustave Gauquelin

    Head of the Strategic Information and Economic Security Department France (SISSE)
    Direction Générale des Entreprises

  • Michael Considine

    Senior Advisor (former CFIUS)
    FGS Global

  • Thomas Argall

    Director — Investment Review
    United States Department of Defence

  • Jarlath Pratt

    Managing Director & Assistant General Counsel
    GIC

  • Jared Hollett

    Practice Area Lead, International Trade Compliance
    Saudi Aramco

  • François Rosenfeld

    Partner, Innovation Team
    Mérieux Equity Partners

  • Aiste Slezeviciute

    Head of FDI Screening Sector
    European Commission

  • Emmanuelle Vaudoyer

    General Counsel & Board Secretary
    Imerys

  • Eric Thomas

    General Counsel
    Former Lagardère Group,
    EADS (Airbus), Thales and EDF

  • Rt.Hon. Sir Vince Cable

    Economist — Former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Skills and Trade. — Former Leader of Liberal Democrat Party (UK)
    Professor in Practice LSE
    Chair of Green Energy Companies

  • Matthias Fekl

    Former French Minister for the Interior & Administrative Judge
    Audit Duprey Fekl

  • Paddy McGuinness

    Senior Advisor
    Brunswick Group

  • Dr Sara Razai

    Research Fellow and International Projects Lead
    British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)

  • Paul Csiszár

    Senior Advisor
    Brunswick Group

  • Guillaume Nataf

    Partner
    Baker & McKenzie
    (Paris)

  • Yas Banifatemi

    Founding Partner — Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes

  • Caroline Ruellan

    Présidente - Board Services, Governance Advisory, Stakeholder Relationship
    SONJ CONSEIL

  • Aimen Mir

    Partner
    Freshfields

  • Guillaume Primot

    Secrétaire Général
    CIRI