8:00-8:20 | Check-in |
8:20-8:30 | Opening address Wunan Xiao Executive vice chairman Asia Pacific Exchange & Cooperation Foundation Yi Ma Deputy secretary-general, Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shanghai; Deputy director and secretary general, Shanghai International Arbitration Center Yunfeng Zhang Secretary of the party committee, general manager Shanghai Equity Exchange |
8:30-9:00 | Keynote speech: Compliance issues in uncertain geopolitical times Qin Shuo: Humanities and Finance Observer, Founder of the Commercial Civilization Research Center of China and “Chin@ Moments” |
9:00-10:00 | Coping with the trade war: Smart strategies for cross-border business Host: Kaiming Cai, Jianlin Ni, Junjie Wu (Dentons) Panelist: Yunfeng Zhang, Secretary of the party committee, general manager Shanghai Equity Exchange Peter Su, General Counsel, Tsinghua Tongfang Guangzhong Fan, General Manager of Planning and Management Department, CCTC Yan Su, General Counsel, Coca-Cola |
10:00-11:00 | Financing the deal: Fundraising for investment Host: Victor Wang, James Wang (Jingtian & Gongcheng) Panelist: Li Shen, Chief Legal Officer, Noah Holding Group Limited Zhen Yang, General Counsel, Zhenro Group Lori Yao, General Counsel, Cainiao Chunhong Wang, Legal Director, V-Capital |
11:00-11:10 | Morning Tea Break |
11:10-12:10 | Playing Safe: Risk management and dispute resolution strategies for outbound investment Host: Hongshan Shen, David Chen, Junqi Wang, Keliang Zhu (Deheng Law Offices) Panelist: Leslie Zhang, GP General counsel, United Energy Group Victor Shen, General Counsel (Greater China & Korea), Henkel Xinglei Wang, Director of legal affairs, State Grid International Development |
12:10-13:10 | Belt and Road: The projects so far – the opportunities ahead Host: Jihong Wang, Ting Yuan (Zhong Lun Law Firm) Panelist: Min Li, Executive director, Asia Investment Fund Management Haifeng Xu, General manager of management department and director of legal department, Shanghai Construction Group Li Shao, General counsel/secretary of board of directors, Capital Group Liping Tong, Chief legal officer, Shanghai Electric Group Wenlu Jiang, General manager of legal department, Sinochem International Shawn Zhao, VP & general counsel, Greater China, Schneider Electric (China) Zhao Liu, General manager of legal department, Golden Concord Holdings |
13:10-14:30 | Lunch |
| Workshop 1 |
14:30-15:30 | Cross-border mergers and acquisitions Host: Gordon Yang, Dong Wu, Jiyu Yuan, Zhicheng Pan (Hui Ye Law Firm) Panelist: Dongxia Hang, General Counsel, JuneYao Group Leslie Zhang, GP General counsel, United Energy Group Leiming Liang, Division chief of legal department, Dongfeng Group |
15:40-16:40 | Overseas listing strategies Host: Junji Ni, Yongping Yue, Jingjiao Cheng (Grandall Law Firm) Panelist: Yang Chen, Legal Director, China Renaissance Wei Qiao, Managing Director/Director (Investment Banking), Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. Jie Hou, Partner, Ernst & Young |
16:50-17:50 | Resolving shareholder disputes Host: Lin Qiu (LongAn Law Firm) Panelist: Zhen Yang, General Counsel, ZHENRO GROUP Yanan Su, Legal Director, China Life Capital Investment Company Limited Lingbin Hu, Deputy General Manager / Deputy Director of Party Committee Office, The People’s Insurance Company (Group) of China Kun Qian, Managing director of compliance and risk management department, Pacific Asset Management |
| Workshop 2 |
14:30-15:30 | Financing strategies for growth enterprises Host: Xiaoliang Wu, Qin Li, Geng Dong (CM Law) Panelist: Yusheng Hao, China Chief Representative, Nasdaq Xing Jin, Founder, Soyoung Pan Pan, Managing Partner, Tiantu Capital Jean Xu, Legal Director, Qiming Venture Partners Ling Fan, Founder and CEO of Tezign, Founding chair of Tongji University Design Artificial Intelligence Lab |
15:40-16:40 | Data compliance and GDPR Host: Ken Dai, Zhisong Deng, Jianmin Zhang (Dentons) Panelist: Michael Chen, Founder and CEO, BIPO Service Jenny Shi, Chief Legal Counsel, Asia, KaVo Qin Yang, General Counsel / Compliance Officer / Group Vice President / Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Ctrip |
16:50-17:50 | Contemporary issues and challenges facing in-house counsel Host: Mike Margolis (Blank Rome) Panelist: Junkan Shi, Senior consultant, Benchmark Chambers International, Former Managing Director of Asia-Pacific Legal Services and GC of Greater China Legal Department of Accenture Yuping Lu, Legal Director, TOTO Victor Shen, General Counsel (Greater China & Korea), Henkel Ruby Zhou, CEO, LAWPLUS Helen Gu, General Counsel, SINA Group |
| Workshop 3: Lex Mundi workshop |
14:30-14:50 | Outbound investment: Insights and issues Keynote speaker: Xiaohong Xi, Mediator/legal expert, Benchmark Chambers International & Benchmark International Mediation Center |
15:00-16:20 | Regional focus: Eastern Europe Moderator: Qin Liu, Legal director, GlobalFoundries Panelist: Mirella Lechna (Wardyński & Partners, Poland) Olga Khoroshylova (Asters, Ukraine) Jan Kohout (PRK Partners, Czech Republic) Jelena Gazivoda (Jankovic Popovic Mitic, Serbia) Chunyang Shao, Partner, JunHe |
16:30-17:50 | Regional focus: Southeast Asia Moderator: Niao Jiang, Group General Counsel / Managing Director, Cathay Fortune Capital Investment Panelist: Giffy Pardede (ABNR, Indonesia) Alan Adcock (Tilleke & Gibbins, Thailand) Addy Herg (Skrine, Malaysia) Carrie Bee Hao (Romulo Law Office, Philippines) |
18:30-20:30 | Gala dinner |