The CIIM – Cyprus International Institute of Management organizes an online masterclass powered by CIBA – Cyprus International Businesses Association and the International Law Association (Cypriot Branch) in regards to:

“The new world of investment screening”

Wednesday, 9th of December, 2020

Key speaker: Christopher Bovis, Professor of International Business Law at the University of Hull, Visiting Professor in MSc in Financial Law and International Taxation at CIIM, advisor for the UN, European and national governments.

EU foreign direct investments Directive (FDI)

The impact on:

• Takeovers and M&A transactions
• Ownership due diligence for purposes of foreign investment control

And influences from:

• EU Communication on new requirements governing in particular financing and investment operations
• EU white paper on foreign subsidiaries

Debaters:

Nikitas E. Hatzimihail, S.J.D. (Harvard) Professor of Commercial Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law; Director, Dispute Resolution Laboratory; Department of Law, University of Cyprus

Eleni Apostolidou, S.J.D. (Sorbonne) Assistant Professor of Tax Law, Programme Director of MSc in Financial Law and International Taxation.

Special contribution of Pantelis Christofides, Advocate-Partner L Papaphilippou & CO LLC:

• Concerns and suggestions from a practitioner’s point of view regarding the implementation of the EU FDIS Regulation in the Republic of Cyprus

Venue: Zoom Online Platform
For registrations: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdaV7XSgsAkF2x90Qn3W8_UsM5ScZTX605Bx37hdqYQRRxXA/viewform

Programme

Wednesday, 9th of December, 2020.

16: 00- 16:05:
Welcoming message to MSc in Financial Law and International Taxation

16:05-17:10:
EU foreign direct investments Directive presentation,
Key speaker, CIIM Visiting Professor Christopher Bovis, University of Hull.

17:10-17:30:
Debate on influences, interactions and further developments
Nikitas E. Hatzimihail, S.J.D. (Harvard) Professor of Commercial Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law; University of Cyprus

Eleni Apostolidou, S.J.D. (Sorbonne) Assistant Professor of Tax Law, Programme Director of MSc in Financial Law and International Taxation

17:30-17:45:
Concerns and suggestions the EU FDIS Regulation’s implementation in Cyprus
Pantelis Christofides, Advocate-Partner L Papaphilippou & CO LLC.

17:45-18:00:
Q&As session.