PEOPLE

2022 CFIS - The Emerging Law of Investment Control in Europe

CFIS HOST

Anna Singer

Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law
Uppsala University
Uppsala

CFIS CONVENERS

Steffen Hindelang

Director
CELIS Institute

J. Hillebrand Pohl

Director
CELIS Institute

CFIS SPEAKERS AND DELEGATES

(Confirmed delegates in the forseen order of appearance)

CFIS High-Level Panelists and Honorary Invitees

Laura Black

Director, Policy and International Relations
Office of Investment Security (CFIUS)
Washington, D.C

Damien Levie

Head of Unit, Technology, Security &
Investment Screening, DG Trade
European Commission
Brussels

Tobias Pierlings

CELIS International Board of Advisors (CIBA)

Denis Redonnet

Deputy Director-General, DG Trade
Chief Trade Enforcement Officer
European Commission
Brussels

Léa Berthiau-Jézéquel

Référendaire
Court of Justice of the European Union
Luxembourg

Daniel Fiott

Senior Fellow, Security and Defence Editor
EU Institute for Security Studies
Brussels

Maria-Chiara Malaguti

Professor, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore
President of UNIDROIT
Rome

Peter Muchlinski

Emeritus Professor in International Commercial Law
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London

Lars-Göran Larsson

Acting Head of Section for Foreign Direct Investments, Senior Adviser,
ISP – Swedish Inspectorate of Strategic Products
Stockholm

CFIS Key Delegates

Carolina Dackö

Partner
Mannheimer Swartling
Gothenburg

Carlos Esplugues Mota

Professor
University of Valencia
Valencia

Christoph Herrmann

Professor
University of Passau
Passau

Naboth van den Broek

Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
London | Geneva | Washington, D.C.

Jaap van Etten

CEO and Co-Founder
Datenna
Eindhoven

Claus Zimmermann

Associated Partner
Noerr LLP
Brussels

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Kim R. Holmes

Vice Chairman
CIPE
Washington, D.C.

Sofia Bournou

Senior Advisor
BusinessEurope
Brussels

Jonas Parello-Plesner

Executive Director
Alliance of Democracies Foundation
Copenhagen

Ruslan Stefanov

Program Director and Chief Economist
Center for the Study of Democracy
Sofia

Teoman Hagemeyer-Witzleb

Judge
Berlin Administrative Court
Berlin

Leonard von Rummel

Senior Associate
Blomstein
Berlin

Clémence Largé

Deputy Head of Unit - Foreign Investments in France
French Treasury
Paris

Angelika Milger

Policy Officer - Investment Screening, EU and International Relations
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Berlin

Eric Hontz

Deputy Regional Director – Europe and Asia
CIPE
Washington, D.C.

Ivana Gardasevic

Senior Expert on Competitiveness
Regional Cooperation Council
Sarajevo

Damir Asceric

Expert Associate for Risk Assessment, Development Bank of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Expert, Centre for Civilian Initiatives
Sarajevo

Zoran Nechev

Head of Center for EU Integration
Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” Skopje - IDSCS
Skopje

Dragan Tilev

State Counselor at the Secretariat for European Affairs
Government of the Republic of North Macedonia
Brussels

Jovana Marovic

Deputy Prime Minister
Government of Montenegro
Podgorica

Julia Kern

China Analyst
Datenna
Leiden

Gareth Heywood

Government Relations
Datenna
Eindhoven

Jonathan Hackenbroich

Policy Fellow for Economic Statecraft
European Council on Foreign Relations
Brussels

Lena Hornkohl

Senior Research Fellow
Max Planck Institute Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Jeffrey Lightfoot

Program Director - Europe
CIPE
Washington, D.C.

Joachim Pohl

Head, International Investment Governance Team, OECD Investment Division
Paris

Adam Dixon

Associate Professor
Maastricht University
Maastricht

Alexandr Svetlicinii

Associate Professor
University of Macau
Macau SAR

Sophie Meunier

Senior Research Scholar
Princeton University
Princeton

Robert Basedow

Assistant Professor
London School of Economics
London

Henrique Choer Moraes

Deputy Head of Mission
Brazilian Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand
Wellington

Caitríona Heinl

Executive Director
Azure Forum
Dublin

Alejandra Torres Camprubí

Associate
Foley Hoag LLP
Paris

Athanasios Drougkas

Cybersecurity Expert
European Union Agency for Cybersecurity
Iraklio

Alessandro Lazari

Senior Key Account Manager
F24 AG
Munich

John Lash

Founder
Darkhorse Global
Pittsburgh

Rafael Coloma Ojeda

Deputy Head
Foregin Investment Unit,
Spanish Ministry for Industry, Trade and Tourism
Madrid

Sarah Bauerle Danzmann

Assistant Professor
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington

Naoise McDonagh

University Lecturer
University of Adelaide
Adelaide

Yulia Levashova

Assistant Professor
Nyenrode Business University
Breukelen

Francesca Ghiretti

EU-China Analyst
Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
London

Dominik Eisenhut

Senior Legal Counsel
Airbus Defence
Munich

Joanna Warchol

Legal and Political Adviser
European Parliament
Brussels/Strasbourg

Pascale Accaoui Lorfing

Associated Member, CREDIMI, University of Burgundy
Lecturer, ESCP Business School, Paris
Paris | Dijon

Tamás Szabados

Associate Professor
Eötvös Loránd University
Budapest

Georgios Dimitropoulos

Associate Professor of Law
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Qatar

Hannes Lenk

Assistant Professor
Aarhus University
Aarhus

Marek Jaśkowski

Assistant Professor
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
Warsaw

Yarik Kryvoi

Director
BIICL Investment Treaty Forum
London

Jochem de Kok

Associate, Allen & Overy
PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam

Bärbel Sachs

Partner
Noerr
Berlin

Jacques Bourgeois

Senior Advisor, Sidley Austin
Professor, College of Europe
Brussels

Alessandra Moroni

Associate
Sidley Austin
Brussels

Christoph Arhold

Counsel
White & Case
Berlin/Brussels

Henning Berger

Partner
White & Case
Berlin

Sabrina Robert-Cuendet

Professor
Université du Maine - Le Mans
Le Mans

Fabien Gehl

Deputy Head of Unit - Technology, Security & Investment Screening
European Commission
Brussels

Gerd Morgenthaler

Professor
University of Siegen
Siegen

Prabhash Ranjan

Professor and Vice Dean (Continuing Education)
Jindal Global Law School, O P Jindal Global University,
Delhi

Wolf Zwartkruis

PhD Candidate
University of Leiden
Leiden

Jonas Hallberg

Trade Policy Advisor
Kommerskollegium / National Board of Trade Sweden
Stockholm

Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall

Chief Economist
Kommerskollegium / National Board of Trade Sweden
Stockholm

Csaba M. Rusznak

President
Sovereign Arbitration Advisors
Washington, D.C.

Pim Jansen

Associate Professor
Erasmus School of Law Rotterdam
Rotterdam

Robyn Briese

Senior General Counsel
Australian Government Solicitor
Canberra

Roland Stein

Partner
Blomstein
Berlin

Tatiana O. Sullivan

Associate
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Washington, D.C.

James M. Brower

Of Counsel
Morrison & Foerster
Washington, D.C.

Kilian Wagner

Research Assistant
University of Vienna
Vienna

Dini Sejko

Research Associate
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Sara Pugliese

Associate Professor
University of Naples "Parthenope"
Naples

CFIS NATIONAL DELEGATES

Phil Baumann

Senior Academic Assistant
University of Lucerne
Lucerne

Patricia Bendlin Spür

Associate
Bird & Bird
Munich

Cheng Bian

Academic Researcher
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rotterdam

Pantelis Christofides

Partner
L Papaphilippou & Co
Nicosia

Thijs De Cuyper

PhD Researcher/Teaching Assistant
KU Leuven
Leuven

Alexia Nefeli Douma

Legal Adviser
HM Treasury
London

Maria Fanou

Research Fellow
Queen Mary University London
London

Mohammad Faruque

Additional District and Sessions Judge
Ministry of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs, Dhaka

Rinat Gareev

Case Counsel
Russian Arbitration Center
Moscow

Wessel Geursen

Senior Legal Adviser
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Amsterdam

Argha Kumar Jena

Research Assistant
Prof. Dr. Steffen Hindelang
Berlin

Maria Kalinowska

Associate
LegalKraft
Warsaw

Rahmi Kopar

Assistant Professor
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University
Ankara

Bálint Kovács

Researcher,
Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law
Budapest

Regina Kröll

Attorney
Binder Groesswang Attorneys
Vienna

Linda Lorenzon

Associate
ADVANT Nctm
Milan

Jaanus Mägi

Attorney & Manager
Magnusson Law
Tallinn

Gaurav Majumdar

Researcher
Uppsala University
Uppsala

Charles Ho Wang Mak

PhD Candidate/Teaching Assistant
University of Glasgow
Glasgow

Claudia Gladys Manrique Carpio

Research Associate
University of Barcelona
Barcelona

Csongor István Nagy

Professor
University of Szeged
Szeged

Agnieszka Nosowicz

Associate
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Brussels

Thomas Papadopoulos

Assistant Professor
University of Cyprus
Nicosia

Hussain Raja

Jurist
University of Copenhagen

Federico Riganti

Research Associate
University of Turin
Turin

Andrea Sacco Ginevri

Partner
Legance
Rome

Safar Safarli

Researcher
Uppsala University
Uppsala

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Matej Šimalčík

Executive Director
Central European Institute of Asian Studies
Bratislava

Ondřej Svoboda

Deputy Head Political and Economic Section,
Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo

Eish Taneja

Professor of Law
Lal Baldur Institute of Management
New Delhi

Suzana Tavares

Judge
Portuguese Supreme Administrative Court
Lisbon

Anton Tugushev

Lawyer
Russia
Moscow

Rebecca Vikjær-Andresen

Attorney
Poul Schmidt Kammeradvokaten
Copenhagen

Marta Nunes Vincente

Assistant Professor
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Porto

Tania Voon

Professor
University of Melbourne
Melbourne

Volker Weiss

Office Managing Partner
Schoenherr
Brussels

Elvis Zerva

Legal & Regulatory Expert
Albania Investment Council
Tirana

CFIS INDIVIDUAL DELEGATES

Vanessa Kassem

Associate
Blomstein
Berlin

Floor Doppen

PhD Student
University of Antwerp
Antwerp

Ellen Harte

Senior Associate
Finsbury Glover Hering Europe
Berlin

Alexander Ehrle

Associate
Baker McKenzie
Berlin

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Roman Vakulchuk

Senior Researcher | Head of Climate Team
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
Oslo

Justin Witkowski

Program Associate
CIPE
Washington, D.C.

John Kay

Program Officer
CIPE
Washington, D.C.

Rikke Sonne

Attorney
Accura
Copenhagen

Julia Voermans

China Analyst & Junior Account Manager
Datenna
Eindhoven

Audinga Galubickiene

Policy Officer
Government of the Republic of Lithuania
Vilnius

Josef S. Mühne

Research Assistant
Prof. Dr. Steffen Hindelang
Leipzig

Bethany Magro

Chief Operations Officer
National FDI Screening Office
Valetta

Elif Cemre Besgur

Doctoral Researcher
University of Trento
Trento

Yao Yuan

PhD Candidate
Leiden Law School
Leiden

Philipp Studt

Senior Associate
Latham & Watkins
Brussels

Marko Troshanovski

President
Institute for Democracy "Societas Civilis" Skopje
Skopje

Viktor Mizo

Managing Director
KOSTAL Group
Skopje

Zoran Jovanovski

Vice President
Economic Chamber of North Macedonia
Skopje

Anamarija Velinovska

Project Manager
Institute for Democracy "Societas Civilis" Skopje
Skopje

Joanna Kristine Thomsen

Head of Event and Sponsor Relations
CELIS Institute
Berlin

Calvin Chang

Program Associate
CIPE
Washington, D.C.

Juan Ignacio Gonzalez Bastero

Principal Manager
European Court of Auditors
Luxembourg

Jacques Sciberras

Principal Auditor
European Court of Auditors
Luxembourg

Georgios Karakatsanis

Senior Auditor
European Court of Auditors
Luxembourg

Jörg Genner

Senior Auditor
European Court of Auditors
Luxembourg

Jonas Fechter

PhD Candidate and Research Assistant
University of Münster
Münster

Manu Misra

Senior Research Fellow
Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law
São Paulo

Bianca Nalbandian

Research Fellow
Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International Procedural Law
Luxembourg

Inge Getkate

Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
Amsterdam

Vanja Banovic

Independent Advisor
Ministry of European Affairs of Montenegro
Podgorica

Dario Jovanovic

Project Manager
Center for Civic Initiatives (CCI)
Sarajevo

Pranvera Kastrati

Senior Expert on Economic and Digital Connectivity
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)
Tirana

Rexhep Bllaca

Policy Officer
Government of Kosovo
Pristina

Samira Sulejmanovic

Head of Department for Bilateral Trade Relations
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BIH
Sarajevo

Anna Vlasiuk Nibe

Ph.D. Research Fellow
University of Southern Denmark
Odense

Célia Chausse

Deputy Head Of Department, Investment Screening
Austrian Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs
Vienna

Lisa Maria Schnetzer

Austrian Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs
Vienna

Ilia Rachkov

Partner
Nektorov, Saveliev & Partners
Moscow

Olle Mårsäter

Director of Studies, Senior Lecturer in Public International Law
Uppsala University
Uppsala

Ivona Savicevic

Senior Advisor for International Economic Cooperation
Ministry of Economic Development
Podgorica

Marko Petrović

Ministry of Economic Development
Podgorica

Thomasz Dolny

Deputy Head of Unit Free Movement of Capital and Application of EU law
European Commission
Brussels

Alice Frost

Law Student
Uppsala University
Uppsala

Ömer Büreyde Erdal

Student, Uppsala University
Intern, CELIS Institute
Uppsala

Oliver Frese

Airbus Defence

Andrea Gemmi

Associate
BonelliErede Law Firm
Milan

Sylvia Chen

Associate
Blomstein
Berlin

Mohamed Gomaa

Pre-Trial Judge
State Commissioner Authority at the Egyptian Council of State
Cairo

Andrea Giorgi

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa

CFIS Offical Key Sponsors | Supporting CELIS Patrons

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