Cambridge Forum on Investment Screening in Global M&A

Jared Roscoe is Partner, Deputy General Counsel at SoftBank Group International, where he is head of SoftBank’s global disputes, investigations and regulatory teams, leads complex cross border M&A transactions, provides policy and government affairs advice and manages SoftBank’s CFIUS/FDI program. Mr. Roscoe is also a board member and General Counsel of Stack AV, an autonomous trucking company, and a board member of Graphcore, a AI chip developer. Before joining SoftBank, Mr. Roscoe served as Senator Mark R. Warner’s Senior Banking Counsel, advising the Senator on financial services and economic policy, CFIUS and the China–U.S. relationship. Previously, he served as Senior Advisor for Domestic Finance at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Before joining the Treasury Department, he was an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. After graduating from New York University School of Law, Mr. Roscoe clerked for Judge Roger L. Gregory of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Mr. Roscoe received his B.A. from Pomona College.

Kathy Sarpash is a Managing Director in Brookfield’s Legal & Regulatory group. In this role, she is responsible for corporate legal, governance and regulatory functions for Brookfield’s asset management activities.   Prior to joining Brookfield in 2018, she held a number of positions including General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at another asset management firm and Senior Legal Counsel in the Global Wealth and Distribution group of a Canadian Schedule I bank.   Ms. Sarpash holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Sheffield School of Law in the U.K. and Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree from the University of Toronto. Ms. Sarpash is called to the bar of Ontario.