M&A and Employee Mobility: Avoiding the Loss of Trade Secrets During Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisition bring about profound risk for the loss or theft of proprietary information, with he added complications of uncatalogued trade secrets and departing employees with deep process knowledge only increasing these risks. This session will discuss practical strategies that in-house teams are implementing to mitigate these risks and allow for smooth M&A proceedings.

• Integration of M&A systems to prevent risk during acquisition, and balance restrictive covenants.
• How to mitigate the risk posed by departing employees with deep process knowledge.
• Balancing enforcement with workforce mobility and ensuring that morale and professionality is maintained.
• Strategies for joint development M&A.