diff --git a/src/components/crown/utils.js b/src/components/crown/utils.js
index 16bc84237..464af592f 100644
--- a/src/components/crown/utils.js
+++ b/src/components/crown/utils.js
@@ -62,15 +62,16 @@ export function removeNodeAssociations(node, modeler) {
 
 export function removeBoundaryEvents(graph, node, removeNode) {
   const nodeShape = graph.getCells().find(el => el.component && el.component.node === node);
-
-  nodeShape.getEmbeddedCells({ deep: true })
-    .filter(cell => {
-      return cell.component && cell.component.node.isBpmnType('bpmn:BoundaryEvent');
-    })
-    .forEach(boundaryEventShape => {
-      graph.getConnectedLinks(boundaryEventShape).forEach(shape => removeNode(shape.component.node));
-      removeNode(boundaryEventShape.component.node);
-    });
+  if (nodeShape) {
+    nodeShape.getEmbeddedCells({ deep: true })
+      .filter(cell => {
+        return cell.component && cell.component.node.isBpmnType('bpmn:BoundaryEvent');
+      })
+      .forEach(boundaryEventShape => {
+        graph.getConnectedLinks(boundaryEventShape).forEach(shape => removeNode(shape.component.node));
+        removeNode(boundaryEventShape.component.node);
+      });
+  }
 }
 
 export function removeOutgoingAndIncomingRefsToFlow(node){
diff --git a/src/components/nodes/pool/pool.vue b/src/components/nodes/pool/pool.vue
index bb6850617..89daaa83d 100644
--- a/src/components/nodes/pool/pool.vue
+++ b/src/components/nodes/pool/pool.vue
@@ -148,12 +148,13 @@ export default {
       /* Remove references to the element from the current process */
       pull(this.containingProcess.get('flowElements'), elementDefinition);
 
-      toPool.component.containingProcess.get('flowElements').push(elementDefinition);
-      this.moveEmbeddedElements(element, toPool);
-
       element.component.node.pool = toPool;
+    
       this.shape.unembed(element);
       toPool.component.shape.embed(element);
+      if (element.component.node.type !== laneId && toPool.component.laneSet) {
+        toPool.component.updateLaneChildren();
+      }
     },
 
     moveElement(element, toPool) {
diff --git a/src/multiplayer/multiplayer.js b/src/multiplayer/multiplayer.js
index 4776d6a5b..b49a555da 100644
--- a/src/multiplayer/multiplayer.js
+++ b/src/multiplayer/multiplayer.js
@@ -248,10 +248,6 @@ export default class Multiplayer {
     const { paper } = this.modeler;
     const element = this.modeler.getElementByNodeId(data.id);
     const newPool = this.modeler.getElementByNodeId(data.poolId);
-    // validate if the parent pool was updated
-    if (newPool && element.component.node.pool && element.component.node.pool.component.id !== data.poolId) {
-      element.component.node.pool.component.moveElementRemote(element, newPool);
-    }
     // Update the element's position attribute
     element.resize(
       /* Add labelWidth to ensure elements don't overlap with the pool label */
@@ -260,7 +256,13 @@ export default class Multiplayer {
     );
     element.set('position', { x: data.x, y: data.y });
     // Trigger a rendering of the element on the paper
-    paper.findViewByModel(element).update();
+    await paper.findViewByModel(element).update();
+    // validate if the parent pool was updated
+    await element.component.$nextTick();
+    await this.modeler.paperManager.awaitScheduledUpdates();
+    if (newPool && element.component.node.pool && element.component.node.pool.component.id !== data.poolId) {
+      element.component.node.pool.component.moveElementRemote(element, newPool);
+    }
   }
  
   addFlow(data) {