Welcome to the Guangzhou In house legal summit

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Where:  Guangzhou Marriot Hotel, Tianhe, 228 Tiahne Road, Guangzhou, 510260, China
When:   March 20, 2014
Time:     8:30 am - 5:00 pm

A unique platform for the frank exchange of views, sharing of best practices and formulation of strategies to deal with opportunities in 2014 and beyond.

Asia's most respected legal industry publication, Asian Legal Business Magazine, is proud to present it's inaugural Guangzhou In House Legal Summit. This special event is tailored to bring together leading senior-level corporate counsel, business leaders and private practice lawyers of the region. The summit represents a unique opportunity to interact with some of the most active and influential lawyers from Guangzhou, Asia and the rest of the world. The event will focus on:

  • Plenary sessions and panel discussions
  • Focused practice area workshops
  • Networking sessions

Why you should attend:

  • FREE* to in-house counsel and business leaders
  • In-depth workshops focusing on the latest legal issues presented by top domestic and international law firms
  • Opportunities to network and meet leading legal experts and peers
  • Panel discussion on the vital role of in-house counsel by some of the world's most distinguished and dynamic corporate counsel
  • VIP networking luncheon and refreshments
  • Speaker notes

* Non sponsor law firms and vendor suppliers are exempt from free passes

Agenda

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8:30             Registration

8:45             Chair`s Opening Remarks
 
9:00             Optimising legal support for HR process reengineering initiatives in the post Labour Contract Law era
  •             Recruitment and employment process improvement: insights on case studies
  •             From penalty to reward: mitigating risks to penalty prohibition
  •             Analysing the key points in termination process reforms
  •             The impact of Labor Dispatch provisions on HR and risk management
  •             Other key legal issues in HR management
 Liu Jicheng, Deputy Director, and Senior Partner, Sino-Win Law Firm
 Mr. XIAO Shengfang, Director and Senior Partner, Sino-Win Law Firm
 Mr. Zeng Yue, Division Chief of Labor & Employment Department, Sino-Win Law Firm
 
10:30            Refreshment Break
 
10:45            New Green Town: urban development strategies in China
  •             Overview of “New Urbanisation”: origin, background, and implications
  •              Increased opportunity for urbanisation after the issuing of the No. 1 CPC document
  •              Relevant policies and operation procedures for the successful urbanisation of Guangdong province
  •              Land acquisition, financing and dispute resolution in urbanisation projects
  •              New urbanisation objectives: green, ecological and sustainable cities
 Sam Wong, Director, GuangdongGrand & Holders Law Firm 
 
12:15            Networking Luncheon
 
13:15            Reserved for sponsors
 
14:45            Refreshment Break
 
15:00            Panel session: Creating a culture of compliance and ethics in an era of severe regulatory demands
  •              Strategies in implementing a sound compliance programme throughout the company
  •              Understanding extra-territorial legislation and facing the challenges of stringent foreign regulations
  •              Impact of the increasing focus on ethics and good governance to the role of the in-house counsel today
 Panellists:
 Richard Pu, Deputy General Counsel, Tencent Legal
 Tina Min, Associate General Counsel – Asia Pacific, Law Department, Wrigley
 He Jingsheng, Deputy Director, Law Affairs Deparment, China Southern Power Grid Company Ltd.
 Zhu Guangping, Legal Manager, ZTE Corporation
 
16:30              End of the Guangzhou In-House Legal Summit

Speakers at the ALB Guangzhou In-House Summit 2014

 
 
 
Liu Jicheng
Senior Partner,
Guangdong Sino-Win Law Firm 
 
Mr. LIU Jicheng, a senior partner and the Supervisor of Labor & Employment Department of Sino-Win Law Firm, is the first Top 10 Right-Safeguarding Lawyers of Guangdong, one of the first Guangzhou Top Young Lawyers, member of Labor Law Committee of ACLA, Director of Labor Law Committee of GDLA, part-time professor of Lawyers Academy of Renmin University, member of the Guangdong Labor Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Expert Consultative Committee, executive member of the Social Law Institute of Guangdong Law Society, member Expert Consultative Committee of Guangdong Employers Joint Conference and expert consultant of Guangzhou Federations of Trade Unions.
Dedicated to the theory study and law practice of labor laws for years, Mr. LIU possesses not only in-depth knowledge but also rich practical experience in labor law. He has published several books and dozens of theses on labor law and regularly lectures on labor law theory and practice to counterparts, listed companies, foreign invested enterprises, large state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, labor unions and social organizations. In addition, Mr. LIU has won the awards of Theoretical Achievement, Best Case and Stability Safeguard of GZLA for many years.
 
 
  
Xiao Shengfang,
Director,
Guangdong Sino-Win Law Firm 
 
Mr. XIAO Shengfang, Director of Guangdong Sino-Win Law Firm, Jinan University MBA, Postgraduate in civil and commercial law of Renmin University, Deputy Director of the Labor and Social Security Law Committee of ACLA (All China Lawyers Association), Vice Chairman of GDLA (Guangdong Lawyers Association), Vice Chairman of GZLA (Guangzhou Lawyers Association), Deputy Director of Employment Relationship Institute of Guangdong Law Society, member of the Guangdong Labor Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Expert Consultative Committee, member of Labor and Social Security Law Institute of Renmin University, part-time professor of Lawyers Academy of Renmin University, Vice Chairman and legal counsel of Guangdong Employers Joint Conference. Previously Mr. XIAO was the Director of Labor Law Committee of both GDLA and GZLA.
Mr. XIAO has been awarded the Top 10 Right-Safeguarding Lawyers of China, May 1st Labor Medal, Guangzhou Top 10 Prominent Youths, Guangdong Outstanding Lawyers, Guangzhou Top 10 Lawyers, and under the leadership of Mr. XIAO, Sino-Win is rated as the National Outstanding Law Firm and Guangzhou Law Firm of Compliance and Standardization.
Mr. XIAO has engaged in the theory study and practice of labor law for many years. He is the chief editor of HR Management Process Reengineering under PRC Labor Contract Law and Implementation Regulation and Frequent Asked Legal Questions on HR Management among other books on labor law and has published dozens of theses. On behalf of GDLA and GZLA, Mr. XIAO has proposed legislative advices for the legislation of Labor Contract Law and quite a few of them were adopted. Ever since practicing law, Mr. XIAO has delivered over three hundred of lectures on labor law to audiences of more than 30 thousand people. 
 
 
ZENG Yue,
Division Chief of Labor & Employment 
Department of Sino-Win Law Firm
Mr. ZENG Yue, Division Chief of Labor & Employment Department of Sino-Win Law Firm, specializes in labor law and has represented a large number of clients, comprising state-owned enterprises, multinationals and private enterprises, in hundreds of litigation and non-litigation cases involving labor disputes or labor law compliance planning. Mr. Zeng is especially good at dealing with difficult and complicated group labor disputes. By successfully settling such disputes, Mr. Zeng has not only won himself a good reputation, but also made a contribution to maintain social stability, for which, he was awarded Stability Safeguard of GZLA.
Besides his dedication to law practice, Mr. Zeng lays equal emphasis on legal theory study. He has participated in editing books on labor law such as HR Management Process Reengineering under PRC Labor Contract Law and Implementation Regulation andFrequent Asked Legal Questions on HR Management and has issued dozens of essays on labor law.

 

Sam Wong,

Director,
Guangdong Grand & Holders Law Firm
 
Lawyer Sam Wong now serves as the director of Guangdong Grand & Holders Law Firm and also holds concurrent posts including deputy director of Young Lawyers Working Committee of Guangdong Lawyers Association, director of Civil Law Committee of Guangzhou Lawyers Association and member of the 8th National People’s Congress of Tianhe District, Guangzhou. In 2012, he was evaluated as “Guangdong Youth Post Expert” and became the only lawyer who enjoyed such honor in Guangdong Province.

 

 

Richard Pu,

Deputy General Counsel
Tencent Legal
Richard looks after Tencent’s compliance, corporate, capital market, financing and international legal matters. He started his legal career as a Corporate/M&A solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques before moving to Slaughter and May to gain further exposure in various areas. Richard had a career in investment business before he finished his Juris Doctor at the Melbourne Law School.
 
  
Tina Min,
Associate General Counsel - Asia Pacific, 
Law Department,
Wrigley
 
He Jingsheng
Deputy Director, Law Affairs Department,
China Southern Power Grid Company Ltd.

Contact us

Any queries on the event, please contact:

Logistics and operations - Tracy Li: tracy.li@thomsonreuters.com / +852 3762 3262

Speaker enquiries - Prince Gregorio: prince.gregorio@thomsonreuters.com / +632 789 5328

Sponsorship enquiries - Yvonne Cheung: yvonne@thomsonreuters.com / +852 3762 3266

 

Register for the Guanghou In house legal summit

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The event will take place at the Guangzhou Marriot Hotel, Tianhe, 228 Tiahne Road, Guangzhou, 510260, China

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Any representatives from law firms, related legal service provider companies and vendor companies are welcome to contact our sponsorship team for information on how to register for the event.

PLUS:

  • Includes VIP Networking Luncheons
  • Refreshments
  • Speaker Notes

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