Deals and Deal Teams of the Future:
Monday 15 June 2026
8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
The new Travers Smith office
3 Stonecutter St, London EC4A 4AW
Stuart Bristow
Associate Director
M&A, Gallagher
Rob Cant
Co-Founder and CEO,
SingleSource Technologies
Jeremy Dennison
Partner, Private Equity and
Financial Sponsor,
Travers Smith LLP
Juliet Astbury
Senior Legal Counsel,
Clarksons
Alistair Lester
CEO, Private Equity and
M&A EMEA, Gallagher
Grace Kelly
Legal Transformation Specialist,
Travers Smith
Tanya Nash
Chief Underwriting Officer,
Transactional Risk,
RiskPoint Group
Richard Rollinshaw
Partner,
Unity Advisory
Robyn Smith
Managing Partner and
Founder,
FourLeaf Capital
About the Event
AI is giving M&A deal teams capabilities they didn't have before.
This is raising critical questions about the new M&A operating model.
What does the next generation of M&A deal process and due diligence actually look like when humans and machines work side by side?
What can — or should — deal teams handle in-house, and what still belongs with advisors?
Who bears the risk in a world where AI is doing more of the work?
And what role can insurance play?
This event brings together deal teams, M&A technologists, advisors and insurance professionals to explore how AI is changing the role of humans, machines and insurance in M&A.
It is an invitation-only breakfast and networking session for deal team members and in-house counsel working in private equity and in-house M&A teams.
Programme
8:00 AM
Arrival and networking
8:30 AM
Welcome and opening remarks
8:35 AM
Panel I: The role of technology in due diligence
And the M&A process
9:45 AM
Live interactive pulse check
10:00 AM
Panel II: The future shape of deal teams
And the dynamic amongst investors, advisors and insurers
10:45 AM
Wrap-up and key takeaways
11:00 AM
Networking and refreshments
More cities under consideration
The series is designed to go where the conversations are happening. We are currently in discussion about additional cities for 2026 and beyond. If you have a market in mind, we'd like to hear from you.
Forward-thinking organisations interested in bringing NextGen M&A to their city or region are welcome to get in touch.