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MayCham China in Shanghai, in association with Shanghai Veritas Law Corporation, will hold a talk on 24 Feb at Veritas office as its first Cakap-cakap series in 2022.
The talk will cover the following topics:
- Trade in Goods - Tariff Reduction, Rules of Origin, Customs Procedures and Cooperation
- Trade in Investment & Services - Market Access Opportunities for Investment & Services in China
- Intellectual Property Protection Under RCEP Agreement
- Notary Services for Enterprises and Individuals during the period of COVID-19
- Investment Opportunities in Malaysia
Seats are limited, please register early if you are interested. We look forward to seeing you in this informative session at Veritas office.
(Do take note that a simple meal will be provided from 6:30 - 7:00pm. The talk will commence at 7:00pm)
Agenda
- Registration • Simple meal
- Topic Sharing by 1st Speaker
Vicky Wei
Vicky Wei
Director, Accounting & Business Advisory of SBA Stone ForestIn 2012, Vicky joined SBA Stone Forest, she is good at developing integrated financial management solutions in line with business growth logic for international well-known brand companies entering the Chinese market:
- Establishment and operation of financial sharing center
- Enterprise financial system upgrade and digital transformation
- Cross-regional fiscal and tax system deployment
- Achievement of the combination of industry and finance, management upgrade
- Clients covering manufacturing, catering, retail, trading and service industries
- Topic Sharing by 2nd and 3rd Speaker
Lijuan He•Thomas Yeh
Lijuan He
Managing Partner at SHANGHAI VERITAS LAW CORPORATIONMadam Lijuan He is a permanent resident of Singapore where she resided and worked as a PRC counsel for several reputable law firms and as a foreign lawyer advising on PRC law for almost 10 years. Prior to her migration to Singapore, Lijuan worked for the Legal Department of Heilongjiang Press and Publication Bureau/Copyright Bureau and the Intermediate People's Court of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. In 2007, she left the Singapore Law firm which she served in both their Singapore and China office, and founded Shanghai Veritas Law Corporation.
Lijuan focuses on foreign-related legal matters, her principal practice includes litigation and arbitration, domestic investment (establishment of companies and mergers and acquisitions) by foreign invested enterprises, overseas investment, mergers and acquisitions and IPO financing by domestic enterprises, compliance operation of enterprises and intellectual property protection of technology enterprises.
During Lijuan’s professional career, she has assisted several domestic companies in their restructuring and listings in Hong Kong and Singapore; listings on the New Third Board in Beijing; provided “one stop” comprehensive legal services for enterprises from America, Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia to set up companies and/or to acquire equity interests or assets in China; represented foreign clients in litigation and arbitration matters in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, etc. Lijuan also represents large domestic clients in arbitration matters in Singapore International Arbitration Centre.
Under the Lijuan’s coordination, Shanghai Veritas Law Corporation has had established close association and cooperation with a number of reputable and sizable law firms and accounting firms in the US, Germany, France and Singapore and built up an extensive international service network.
Thomas Yeh
SENIOR CONSULTANT at SHANGHAI VERITAS LAW CORPORATIONThomas is a Taiwan citizen who received his cross discipline higher education in legal studies, business administration, marketing studies and development economics & law. He commenced his professional career by practicing as a solicitor in the area of banking and finance with top international law firms in the City of London. In the 90's, Thomas left the legal profession and moved to the business sector and has since then been holding various senior management positions for Fortune 500 companies and listed companies in Asia. Thomas has since 2013 been engaging in capital market related work and had served as CEO of an asset management company in Beijing, China, Regional CEO of a private equity firm in China based in Beijing & Wuhan. Currently, he is partner of a global accountancy firm responsible for investment banking & transaction related works, and a senior consultant of Shanghai Veritas Law Corporation. During his legal and business management career, he has completed numerous financing, cross border M & A transactions, pre-IPO & IPO advisory works, compliance, corporate re-structuring, corporate planning assignment and marketing strategy assignment.
Thomas is well familiar with government economic & trade policy as he had been a member of the advisory panel of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan Government on matters relating to WTO, OECD and other international governmental organizations, assisting the Ministry in drafting position paper, third party submission, as well as attending negotiation on behalf of the Taiwan Government at various committee meetings of these international organizations and FTA negotiations. Other government related advisory works include: advisor of the Investment Bureau, Barbados Government; project advisor of the Spain Carbon Fund; senior advisor of Ulaan Bataar City Development Corporation of Mongolia. In 2018, Thomas was appointed by the Human Resources & Social Security Bureau of the Beijing Municipality Government as tutor for entrepreneurship.
Thomas is admitted to practice as a solicitor in England & Wales; Hong Kong SAR; barrister and solicitor in Australia, and an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
- Topic Sharing by 4th Speaker
Philip K. Yu
Philip K. Yu
PARTNER at DUANE MORRIS LLPPhilip K. Yu practices in the area of intellectual property law, and has diverse on-the-ground experience in innovation management, IP enforcement, brand protection and IP risk mitigation in China, Asia Pacific and the U.S. Mr. Yu spent more than a decade as lead IP counsel, Asia Pacific for DuPont China. In this position, he was responsible for providing IP services to business teams in China and Asia Pacific while collaborating with U.S. IP colleagues on matters involving IP portfolio and organization management, IP strategy, IP enforcement, transactional matters and risk management.
Mr. Yu is a graduate of The George Washington University Law School and the University of California, Irvine. He is fluent in English and Mandarin.
- Topic Sharing by 5th Speaker
Zheng Zhang
Zheng Zhang
NOTARY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR of SHANGHAI JINGAN NOTARY PUBLIC OFFICEMember of International Notary Cooperation Committee “International Notary Union”;
Member of China Notary Association "Foreign Affairs Committee related to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan" ；
Member of Shanghai Notary Association "Cultural Construction and Publicity Committee" ；
Arbitrator of Shanghai Arbitration Commission；
Arbitrator of Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (Shanghai International Arbitration Center)；
Deputy Director of E-sports Legal Committee of Shanghai E-sports Association；
Invited tutor of Fudan University Alumni Association；
Vice president of Alumni Association of Legal Circles, Fudan University
- Topic Sharing by 6th Speaker
Steven Cheng
Steven Cheng
CONSUL (INVESTMENT) at MIDA SHANGHAIMr. Steven Cheng joined the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) in 2007.
During his tenure at MIDA, he had served at various capacities starting from promotion division (Europe & Asia Oceania) and 3 years stint (2013 – 2015) as deputy director at MIDA Dubai, UAE.
This was followed by promotion and marketing function attached to the Foreign Investment Promotion Division covering ASEAN region (2016), China (2017 – 2018) and USA (until August 2019).
Posted to Shanghai, P.R.China in August 2019 and currently covering 11 Provinces - middle of P.R.China, from Shanghai up to Qinghai with a mission to promote investment into Malaysia.
- Q&A
- Group Photo and End of Event
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