Vanessa G. Jacobsen, Partner, Co-chair, Antitrust Group, Eimer Stahl LLP to Speak at KC Webcast

Nov. 23, 2015 - PRLog -- Vanessa G. Jacobsen, Partner, Co-chair, Antitrust Group, Eimer Stahl LLP to Speak at Knowledge Congress’ LIVE Webcast

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Vanessa G. Jacobsen, Partner, Co-chair, Antitrust Group, Eimer Stahl LLP will speak at a 2-hour webcast entitled “Identifying and Mitigating Antitrust 'Red Flags' in Business Transactions in 2015 and Beyond LIVE Webcast” This two-hour event is scheduled on December 1, 2015 from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (ET).

For further details and updated list of speakers, please visit:

http://theknowledgegroup.org/event_name/identifying-and-mitigating-antitrust-red-flags-in-business-transactions-in-2015-and-beyond-live-webcast/

Event Summary:

Business transactions between competitors, or suppliers and customers frequently raise antitrust issues. Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, IP licenses, and supply agreements all may present antitrust concerns. Often these issues are obvious to the parties before negotiations begin. In other cases they may not become apparent until late in the deal process or even after the transaction has closed. Early identification and management of deal related antitrust issues is often critical to the completion and success of the transaction, as well as the protection of the parties. The failure to identify and manage these issues can have serious and costly repercussions.

This program addresses red flags for corporate, in-house, and antitrust counsel to look for in deals that may be antitrust-sensitive.  The panel will examine methods for identifying antitrust concerns early in the deal process; the preventive lawyering that corporate and antitrust counsel should practice to ensure that the deal’s antitrust issues do not become antitrust show stoppers; and examples of the fallout that can occur when the parties to a transaction fail to follow antitrust precautions.

About Vanessa G. Jacobsen

Vanessa G. Jacobsen is a partner at Eimer Stahl LLP and co-chairs the firm’s Antitrust Group. She has experience in a wide variety of commercial litigation and arbitration matters, with a particular focus on antitrust litigation, class action defense and agricultural cooperative law. She also has substantial experience prosecuting and defending breach of contract, fraud and business tort cases.

Competition Law360 recently selected Vanessa to serve on its Editorial Advisory Board. She also was appointed to the Legal, Tax and Accounting Committee of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives and is a member of its Antitrust Subcommittee. Vanessa also is a member of the Antitrust and Litigation sections and the Business Torts Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association. In addition, she recently completed an appointment by the Supreme Court of Illinois to serve on the Special Supreme Court Committee on E-Business. She also is a member of the Seventh Circuit’s Electronic Discovery Committee.

About Eimer Stahl LLP

Eimer Stahl LLP is a boutique litigation firm that focuses on antitrust law and represents major clients in large, complex antitrust lawsuits. Eimer Stahl’s clients include leading national and international corporations in a variety of industries, including chemicals, agriculture, industrial goods, insurance, electronics, energy, consumer products, and technology.

About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series

The Knowledge Congress is a series of live webcasts produced by The Knowledge Group, LLC, which examine trends, regulatory, and technology changes across a variety of industries. Its mission is to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webcasts that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format.

The organization brings together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour webcasts to study the impact of changes and emerging trends. Hear from leading government officials/regulators, key thought leaders, and industry experts objectively analyze the latest trends and issues and their impact on industries.