Chambers Virtual Forum: Greater China Region 2022
About this event
While we cannot meet in person for the Chambers Forum: Greater China Region, we are delighted to invite you to a virtual prequel of the event with leading lawyers from the Greater China Region. Dennis Li (Head of Research, Greater China Region) will be joined by leading practitioners to deep dive into key topics affecting the market and discover what the leading law firms are doing to the lead the way in the legal industry.
The virtual Forum will take place between 04:00PM – 05:30PM China Standard Time and will include two expert panel discussions:
04:00PM – 04:45PM – Han Kun Law
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04:45PM – 05:30 PM – GEN Law Firm
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We understand that you may not be able to join the full session but do feel free to join individual sessions if your diary permits.
This forum will be held in Mandarin.
Event Details:
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Dennis Li, Head of Research, Greater China Region - Chambers and Partners
Dennis joined Chambers as a researcher on the Asia-Pacific team, before being promoted to Asia-Pacific Deputy Editor and later taking the role of Editor to head the Greater China Region. Having worked in China and the UK, he has considerable researching, editing and project management experience in media and publishing. He graduated with an MA in Publishing from UCL before completing the Graduate Diploma in Law at BPP. Dennis speaks fluent Mandarin and German.
Jessica Li/ 雷路, Partner/ 合伙人, Gen Law Firm
雷路合伙人是主管跨境并购交易、外商直接投资和一般性公司业务的顾问律师，专长于公司跨境合并与收购项目，曾代表多家海外买方和卖方参与跨境交易中交易结构的设计、交易文件的起草、协议的谈判以及与政府部门的沟通。此外，雷律师在为跨国公司（尤其是石油和天然气、化工、机械领域）的中国子公司解决法律问题上经验丰富。 Jessica Lei is a partner supervising cross-border M&A transactions, foreign direct investment and general corporate practices of GEN Law Firm. She specializes in cross-border merger and acquisition transactions and represented overseas purchasers and sellers in designing transaction structure, drafting transactional documents, negotiating definitive agreements, and communicating with governmental authorities. Jessica also has extensive experiences in helping MNCs (especially in oil and gas, chemical and machinery industries) solve legal issues engaged by their Chinese subsidiaries in corporate formation and dissolution, licensing and regulatory, foreign exchange control, environmental protection, labor and employment, import and export control, cross-border E-commerce, contract review etc. Prior to joining GEN, Jessica worked for a prestigious US law firm for more than 8 years.
Caidan Cao/ 曹彩丹, Partner/ 合伙人, Gen Law Firm/ 己任律师事务所
曹彩丹合伙人擅长EHS（环境、职业健康与安全生产）、新能源及企业涉外合规领域的法律事务，于斯坦福大学获得法学硕士学位（LLM）。在环境保护、安全生产和能源产业的法律政策合规、政府监管、能源项目开发、建设与投融资、气候变化与绿色金融、环境与能源诉讼、国际能源合作、企业跨国投资经营的涉外合规等方面有着丰富经验。 Ms.Cao's practice mainly focuses on EHS (Environment, Health and Safety),energy and legal compliance for corporations’ overseas business operation. She graduated from Stanford Law School with LLM Degree in environmental law, energy law and nature resources law. She has extensive experience in legal compliance and regulatory matters concerning environmental protection, work safety and energy issues. She is also experienced in energy projects development and financing, climate change and green finance, environmental and energy litigation, international energy cooperation, and legal compliance for corporations’ overseas business operation. Ms. Cao has solid legal expertise, lawyering skills and work experience on dealing with complex environmental and energy law issues. Furthermore, she is a good legal solution provider and capable of cooperating and communicating with different stakeholders: government departments, international organizations, think tanks, academic institutions and multinational corporations.
Michelle Gon/ 龚雅玲, Senior Compliance Adviser/ 资深合规顾问, Han Kun Law Offices/ 汉坤律师事务所
龚雅玲 汉坤律师事务所 龚雅玲女士是一名资深律师，她在大中华区拥有超过30年的执业经验。龚律师帮助跨国客户处理复杂且具有挑战性的法律问题，特别是跨境合规和监管业务备受业界推崇。龚雅玲女士长期在中国耕耘，对中国、美国和欧洲跨境交易领域有着丰富的经验。龚律师近年来专注于公司治理、反垄断、反腐败、反欺诈、供应链管理等合规业务。她对知识产权的保护、取得、制度建立、攻击防御策略、诉讼谈判等也有多年经验及心得。她熟悉的企业涵盖半导体、信息技术、制药业、医疗器械、保健品、汽车、零部件、房地产、金融、食品、酒类及连锁餐饮等。龚律师能为客户在国内外遇到战略发展、合规及其他复杂法律问题时，迅速为客户提供务实的建议。在加入汉坤之前，龚女士曾担任三家国际顶级事务所的资深合伙人。此外，龚女士曾担任中芯国际集成电路制造（上海）有限公司（“SMIC”）法务长/副总裁，以及位于伊利诺伊州麦当劳公司总部的国际部律师。 Michelle Gon is a senior compliance adviser with more than three decades of experience in the Greater China markets. Michelle focuses her practice on representing clients in complicated and challenging compliance and regulatory matters, including anti- corruption, unfair competition, anti-monopoly, anti-fraud, corporate governance, export control and trade sanction areas. Well respected for her ability to provide clients with her personal devotion and offering practical advice on solving complex legal issues. Most of Michelle’s clients are leading MNCs doing business in China, or large, China-based MNCs doing business globally, across a wide range of sectors, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing, IT and high-tech, semi-conductor, automobile and parts, agriculture, food-related products, wine and spirits, hospitality, and cruise lines. Before joining Han Kun, Michelle held senior roles at other leading international law firms. She also formerly served as the Chief Legal Officer/Vice President of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (“SMIC”), and an International Attorney for McDonald’s Corporation, headquartered in Illinois.
Angus Xie/ 解石坡, Senior Compliance Adviser/ 资深合规顾问, Han Kun Law Offices/ 汉坤律师事务所
解石坡律师有十余年的公司合规执业经验，协助各类领先的跨国公司和中国企业处理数据安全、个人信息保护、反垄断、国家安全审查等合规相关的法律事项。解律师在协助全球和中国客户进行合规尽调、制度建设、实施落地和效果评估方面拥有丰富的经验，也曾代表多家客户处理和应对重大的行政调查。Mr. Xie has over ten years of corporate compliance practice experience, having assisted a number of leading Chinese and international companies in data compliance, antitrust and competition, national security review and export control. Mr. Xie has extensive experience in handling compliance matters for clients in their daily operation and high profile cross-border transactions. He has advised a number of prestigious companies in Chinese administrative investigations, internal audit, establishment of compliance system and management of whistleblowing hotlines.
Kiara Xu/ 徐振坤, Vice President/Corporate Country Compliance Officer/ 副总裁兼大中华区合规总监, Siemens, China/ 西门子（中国）有限公司
教育背景 2019 MBA（法商管理） 中国政法大学 2004 电信工程学士 北京邮电大学 西门子职业经历 2020 – 至今 副总裁 & 大中华区合规总监 西门子（中国）有限公司 2019 – 2020 智能基础设施集团合规官 西门子（中国）有限公司 职能部门合规官 2015 – 2019 楼宇科技集团合规官 西门子（中国）有限公司 能源管理集团合规官 2014 – 2015 楼宇科技集团合规官 西门子（中国）有限公司 交通集团合规官 2013 – 2014 隐私数据保密官 2010 – 2013 西门子督察官团队合规顾问 西门子股份公司 2006 – 2010 合规项目经理 西门子（中国）有限公司. Education Background 2019 MBA（Law and Business Administration） China University of Political Science and Law 2004 Bachelor of Telecommunications Engineering Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Professional Experience at Siemens 2020 – now VP & Corporate Country Compliance Officer China Siemens Ltd., China 2019 – 2020 Smart Infrastructures Compliance Officer Corporate Functional Compliance Officer Siemens Ltd., China 2015 – 2019 Building Technology Division Compliance Officer Energy Management Division Compliance Officer Siemens Ltd., China 2014 – 2015 Building Technology Division Compliance Officer Mobility Division Compliance Officer Siemens Ltd., China 2013 – 2014 Data Privacy Officer Siemens Ltd., China 2010 – 2013 Legal Project Manager Siemens AG 2006 – 2010 Compliance Project Manager Siemens Ltd., China
Yue Li/ 李月, Partner/合伙人, String Capital/ 开弦资本
李月女士是开弦资本合伙人，同时兼任中关村储能联盟投融资专委会的副主任，开弦资本是国内领先的民营新能源资产投资运营商，最近四年已经投资持有了800多MW的风电项目，并自2021年开始投资持有工商业分布式光伏电站。在加入开弦资本之前，李月女士于2014年负责筹建了国内最早的新能源融资租赁团队。在赴美国留学之前，李月女士在2005-2007年间参与了全球第一批碳市场的创业。李月女士本科毕业于中国人民大学环境经济学专业，硕士毕业于斯坦福大学国际政策研究专业 / Yue Li, Partner of String Capital, CEO of EnetF. She co-founded EnetF in 2015 and has helped finance a few dozen solar, environmental, and heating projects. Before that, she was vice president of Dragon Leasing in 2014 and organized the first solar project leasing team in China. She worked on distributed solar project finance in California from 2009 to 2012 and ran a startup on Clean Development Mechnism (CDM) project development and carbon finance from 2005-2008. She obtained a Master's degree in international policy studies from Stanford University in 2009 and a bachelor's degree in environmental economics from Renmin University of China in 2005.
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