Stephan Feldgoise, Global Head of M&A, Goldman Sachs

Stephan is co-head of Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). He serves as a member of the Global Banking and Markets Operating and Executive Committees and the Firmwide Client Franchise Committee. Previously, he was global head of the Consumer and Retail Group, co-head of Americas M&A and held leadership roles in Global Natural Resources and Financial Sponsors, where he was head of the Financial Sponsors Execution Group.
He joined Goldman Sachs as an associate in the M&A Department in 1997. Stephan became a vice president in 2001, was named managing director in 2005 and partner in 2008. Prior to joining the firm, Stephan worked for the General Electric Company and McKinsey & Company.

Chris Blane, Partner, Allens

Chris is a leading M&A and corporate advisory specialist.

Chris has extensive experience advising clients on public takeovers and schemes of arrangement, private M&A transactions (including competitive sales processes) and corporate governance. He has advised on numerous recent high-profile public and private M&A transactions across a broad range of sectors, with particular expertise in the infrastructure, financial services and property sectors.

He is recognised as a leading lawyer in Chambers Asia Pacific, where clients have praised his ‘strategic mindset’ and described him as ‘very well respected in the market and technically strong’.

Nicola Charlston, Partner, KWM

Nicola Charlston advises clients on complex transactions across a broad range of sectors, including financial services, infrastructure, health, pharmaceutical, resources and technology. With over 22 years’ experience, Nicola is equally proficient at public M&A and private treaty transactions, and her technical expertise, combined with her practical approach, has seen clients seek her out to assist with some of Australia’s most high profile transactions over the past few years.

As well as transactional M&A, Nicola provides strategic advice to her clients on a broad range of corporate issues, including capital raisings, governance matters, cyber issues and joint venture arrangements. Nicola sits on the firm’s health sector leadership team and is Chair of the International Bar Association’s esteemed M&A Committee.

Kam Jamshidi, Partner, HSF Kramer

Kam specialises in private equity, public and private mergers and acquisitions, founder M&A, providing strategic advice for takeover defence, managing demergers and spin-outs, as well as facilitating US inbound M&A transactions.

Kam is a leading mergers & acquisitions expert focussing on private equity, public M&A and private M&A. He is trusted by some of the most sophisticated clients for their most important transactions, including takeover defence, take privates and complex and novel structures.