This elite group, comprised of experts in the field, personally nominates all invitees and develops the Agenda, which forms the basis of our discussions.
Forum Overview
Dates: June 2 - 4, 2027
Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
The Steering Committee welcomes up to 40 participants made up of senior in-house counsel from significant sovereign wealth funds, public and private pension plans and select fund sponsors as well as a curated group of private practice lawyers who advise them.
Using candid, seminar-style discussions participants share the most pressing issues they are facing, as well as, examine trends and developments across jurisdictions to learn how others address problems and work together to identify solutions.
2027 Steering Committee
Committee Chair
Committee Members
Mr. Stine represents private equity firms, as well as public and private companies, in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, restructurings and other corporate transactions. Mr. Stine has advised clients in stock and asset deals and other transactional matters in industries such as healthcare, telecommunications, gaming, grocery, real estate, power and energy and infrastructure. His practice focuses primarily on transactions involving renewable and clean energy assets, power generation and transmission assets, and other power, energy and infrastructure assets located in the United States and overseas.
Philippa specialises in equity and hybrid raisings and mergers and acquisitions. Philippa specialises in equity and hybrid raisings and mergers and acquisitions, including public company M&A, negotiated transactions and privatisation work, and corporate reconstructions for listed companies, as well as general corporate, structured financial products and corporate governance advice. Philippa won the Australian Deal Maker of the Year award at the ALB Australasian Law Awards in 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016, and is the only lawyer to have won this award 6 times. Philippa is the Joint Global Head of Herbert Smith Freehills’ award winning Equity Capital Markets team which has helped clients raise more capital via both IPOs and hybrid offerings from 1999–2014 than any other Australian law firm (Connect 4). The team was ranked No. 1 in 2014 in both major league tables in all Australian categories (Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg, both IPOs and hybrid/equity-linked securities, by value and deal count). Philippa has been involved in numerous major public company acquisition transactions, including many in the infrastructure, agribusiness, financial services and resources sectors.
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