The Seventh Annual Berkeley Spring Forum
on M&A and Governance

Hosted by Ethan Klingsberg of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and
Steven Davidoff Solomon of the Berkeley Center for Law and Business

Day 1

March 4, 2021
9AM to Noon. All times Pacific

Dan Gallagher, CLO of Robinhood and former SEC Commissioner, in Conversation with Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz

Panelists:

Dan Gallagher, Chief Legal Officer Robinhood

Scott Kupor, Managing Partner Andreessen Horowitz

Delaware Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster in Conversation with Mary Eaton of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Panelists:

The Honorable J. Travis Laster, Vice Chancellor Delaware Court of Chancery

Mary Eaton, Partner Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Break

Panel Discussion – How Have Pandemic Era Caselaw and Market Practice Changed M&A Agreements?

Panelists:

Garth Bossow, Deputy General Counsel airbnb

Diana Chiu, Vice President, Agilent Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Agilent Technologies

Harry Demas, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary Cognizant

Steven Davidoff Solomon, Faculty Co-Director Berkeley Center for Law and Business

Dan Vaughn, Senior Director and Associate General Counsel M&A and Equity, PayPal

Peter Gassner, Founder and CEO of Veeva, in Conversation with Brian Patterson of Gunderson Dettmer, on Being the First Public Company to Become a Public Benefit Corporation

Panelists:

Peter Gassner, Founder and CEO Veeva Systems

Brian Patterson, Partner Gunderson Dettmer

Break

Panel Discussion – Should Your Company Convert to a Public Benefit Corporation?

Panelists:

Tilli Dias, Managing Director Morgan Stanley

Daniel Li, Head of Legal Allbirds

Josh Faddis, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Veeva Systems

Pamela Marcogliese, Partner Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Closing

Day 2

March 5, 2021
9AM to Noon. All times Pacific

Speech by Commissioner Christine S. Wilson of the Federal Trade Commission

Panelists:

The Honorable Christine S. Wilson, Commissioner Federal Trade Commission

Panel Discussion on Emerging Antitrust Issues

Panelists:

Mika Clark Tupy, Chief of Staff to the President United Airlines

Renata Hesse (JD ’90), Partner Sullivan & Cromwell

Mary Lehner, Partner Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Steven Tadelis, Professor of Economics University of California, Berkeley

Mitchell Baker, CEO of Mozilla Corporation and Chairwoman of Mozilla Foundation, in Conversation with Amelia Miazad of the Berkeley Center for Law and Business, on Platform Governance

Break

Panel Discussion on Emerging National Security Issues

Panelists:

Bruce Andrews, Senior Vice President, Managing Partner SoftBank Group International

Shannon Corless, Intelligence Community Executive and National Intelligence Manager for Economic Security and Financial Intelligence Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Brett Lambert, Managing Director Densmore Group

Aimen Mir, Partner Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Closing

Speakers

Bruce Andrews

Senior Vice President, Managing Partner, SoftBank Group International

Mitchell Baker (JD ’87)

CEO and Chairwoman, Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation

Garth Bossow

Deputy General Counsel, airbnb

Diana Chiu

Vice President, Agilent Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Agilent Technologies

Mika Clark Tupy

Chief of Staff to the President, United Airlines

Shannon Corless

Intelligence Community Executive and National Intelligence Manager for Economic Security and Financial Intelligence, Office of the Director of National Intelligence