{"id":275034,"date":"2026-09-09T14:10:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/?page_id=275034"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:41:17","slug":"agenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/gc-summit-premier-switzerland-2027\/agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>8.15am-9.00am Registration &amp; breakfast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9.00am-9.05am Opening remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9.05am-9.20am Opening keynote<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9.20am-10.05am<\/strong> <strong>Data privacy and AI, in association with MLL Legal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ewa-rteLine\">This session will look at the key legal issues arising at the intersection of data privacy and AI, including the use of personal data in AI systems, regulatory requirements and some of the practical challenges for businesses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.05am-10.50am<\/strong> <strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Competition, in association with Lenz &amp; Staehelin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ewa-rteLine\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">An overview of current developments in competition law, including key areas of regulatory focus and what these developments mean for businesses in practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>10.50am-11.20am Coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>11.20am-12.00pm<\/strong> <strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Insurance, in association with KLEIN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ewa-rteLine\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Looking at current developments and practical issues in insurance law, including some of the key challenges facing insurers and businesses in the current market.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>12.00pm-12.40pm <\/strong><strong>Practical issues in international M&amp;A deals with a focus on remedies, risk allocation, and call-in powers<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">, in association with Wenger Plattner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An interactive panel to discuss practical issues in M&amp;A deals, focusing in particular on remedies that may be required to get the deal through across multiple authorities around the world and how to negotiate risk allocation. The panel will also cover situations of increasing uncertainty that complicate negotiations, such as timelines getting longer and the emerging use of call-in powers by regulators to scrutinise smaller deals.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Oliver K\u00fcnzler, partner, Wenger Plattner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">\n<p><strong>12.40pm-1.20pm<\/strong> <strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Real Estate and Construction, in association with Niederer Kraft Frey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ewa-rteLine\">This session will examine current legal issues affecting real estate and construction, including key developments and practical issues arising in projects and transactions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>1.20pm-2.20pm Networking lunch\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>2.20pm-3.10pm Roundtable sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u2022 3 parallel sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Insolvency and restructuring, in association with Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ewa-rteLine\">This session will consider current tax developments and their relevance for businesses, including key areas of change and issues that businesses should be considering.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\"><strong>Strategic dispute management for general counsel<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ewa-rteLine\">For General Counsel, managing a significant dispute is as much a business decision as a legal one. This panel will explore how GCs assess risk and leverage, and navigate the choice between litigation, arbitration, mediation and settlement. It will also consider cross-border disputes, stakeholder management and how to protect value while keeping the wider business strategy in focus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>3.10pm-3.30pm Coffee break \/ room change<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>3.30pm-4.15pm <\/strong><strong>Tax risks: trends &amp; developments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This panel will explore key tax risks facing businesses, focusing on the binding effect of tax rulings, recent case law in Swiss tax criminal law, and tax clauses in SPAs and M&amp;A transactions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Monika Bieri, partner, Tax Partners<\/li>\n<li>Alberto Lissi, partner, Tax Partners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ewa-rteLine\"><strong>4.15pm-5.00pm<\/strong> <strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Investigations and compliance, in association with Barandun<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">\n<p class=\"ewa-rteLine\">We will examine current issues in corporate investigations and compliance, including regulatory expectations, internal investigations and some of the practical challenges for businesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>5.00pm-5.05pm Closing Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.05pm-6.00pm Networking drinks &amp; transition to gala dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8.15am-9.00am Registration &amp; breakfast 9.00am-9.05am Opening remarks 9.05am-9.20am Opening keynote 9.20am-10.05am Data privacy and AI, in association with MLL Legal This session will look at the key legal issues arising at the intersection of data privacy and AI, including the use of personal data in AI systems, regulatory requirements and some of the practical challenges &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/gc-summit-premier-switzerland-2027\/agenda\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Agenda&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71440,"featured_media":0,"parent":275028,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-275034","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71440"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282262,"href":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275034\/revisions\/282262"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}