Overview
Dates: October 6 - 8, 2021
Location: Versailles, France
The Forum is an annual gathering of 44 senior in-house counsel from the largest institutional investors and preeminent lawyers from across the globe, to address emerging risks and challenges in direct investments in major infrastructure projects around the world.
Using candid, peer-driven discussion, this Forum explores trends and developments in foreign infrastructure investments, to discern best practices for successfully completing transactions and address the long term risks facing investors.
2021 Steering Committee
This advisory group of leading practitioners drafted the Agenda and personally nominated all invitees to the Forum.
Committee Co-Chairs
Committee Members
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Selin Bastin Vice President and Divisional General Counsel PSP Investments Montréal, Canada
Selin Bastin is Vice President and Divisional General Counsel at the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). With over 20 years’ experience as a corporate lawyer, Selin has extensive expertise in Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities law. Since joining PSP Investments in 2006, she has played a key role in ensuring continued effectiveness of deal execution on the legal side.
Selin is currently responsible for legal matters in the Private Equity, Infrastructure and Credit Investments asset classes.
Prior to joining PSP Investments, Selin worked at Stikeman Elliott in the Corporate Law department, where she specialized in M&A.
She holds a BCL and an LLB from McGill Law School and a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University.
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Krista F. Hill Partner and Co-Head of Infrastructure and Energy Practice Torys LLP Toronto, Canada
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Michael Honan Partner Linklaters LLP London, United Kingdom
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Michael Kunstler Partner Baker McKenzie Sydney, Australia
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Jorge Montaño Partner Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enriquez, S.C. Mexico City, Mexico
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Jarlath Pratt Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel GIC Private Limited London, United Kingdom
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Angola Russell Executive Director (General Counsel for the Americas) IFM Investors New York, United States
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Melissa Sawyer Partner Sullivan & Cromwell LLP New York, United States
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Jim Stoner Senior Counsel, 3i Infrastructure 3i London, United Kingdom
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Thomas Young Counsel Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Forum Director
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Emma Phillips Senior Forum Director Cambridge Forums Toronto, Canada ephillips@cambridgeforums.com M: +1 437 216 3119
With over 25 years of experience, Emma is a dedicated experiential marketing leader with the ability to manage the entire project lifecycle, from conception and budgeting to execution and post-event analysis. Emma has demonstrated success in planning and orchestrating high-visibility events across target markets including clients, stakeholders, executives, and employees. Emma’s areas of expertise include managing the customer experience, client retention, and relationship management, meeting logistics, organization and execution as well as cost and budget control, contract negotiations and vendor relations.
The Forum offers a private environment for leading legal practitioners to share insights on market practices and build valuable connections with key players from around the world.
"A very rare opportunity to discuss topical material issues with others in similar positions globally. It was interesting to hear that we have similar issues but other different approaches. I will take the discussions and learning away with me and consider other approaches I learnt."
Mandeep Mundae General Counsel, Head of Commercial IFM Investors London"In a beautiful setting it has been an absolute privilege to discuss real life issues with a group of seasoned legal professionals with deep experience of the infrastructure space. The format (2 evenings/2 days) is perfect and the size plus the fact that everyone attends the same sessions allowed honest and informed discussion on very relevant topics."
Sophie Kaine Roy Senior Director, Legal Affairs PSP Investments Montreal"Very interesting and unique. Topics we discussed were very practical. The format enables open and in-depth discussion."
Marcin Bejm Partner, Head of Infrastructure & Project Finance CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Warsaw
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