Date

19 April 2022 (Tuesday)

Time

4.00 pm to 6.00 pm (China Time) /10.00 am to 12.00 am (France Paris Time)

Venue

Offline: 3A Conference Room, 3/F, Yue Shang Plaza, 1 Wu Ning Road South, Jing An District, Shanghai, China

Online: Zoom Webinar (conference ID and password to be provided).

Event Agenda

1.       Investing in France: Market Access Policies, Legal Requirements and  Labor Compliance Requirements

2.       Tea Break

3.       Investing in China- Market Access Policies, Legal Requirements and  Labor Compliance Requirements

4.       Q & A Session

5.       End and Group Photo-Taking

Speakers’ Profile

Lionel Lesur

Partner, Corporate - M & A and Private Equity Departments

Chair, Antitrust Competition Department

Head of Italian Desk, Franklin Law Firm

Lawyer Admitted in France (Paris) and Italy (Rome)

Lionel Lesur mainly advises international companies across a board range of industries, including Life Sciences and Fashion & Luxury, as well as investment funds and top managers. He has substantial experience negotiating corporate/private M&A transactions (mergers and acquisitions, joint-ventures, minority investments, strategic alliances, etc.) and complex commercial contract, as well as advising foreign companies seeking to establish and strategically expand their presence in France.  Lionel also has significant experience in French and EU antitrust and competition law, and routinely advises on multi-jurisdictional merger control filings, as well as cartel and abuse of dominance investigations. Lionel’s breadth of experience also includes private enforcement, distribution, and compliance issues. Lionel regularly lectures on M&A and competition law at the universities of Aix-Marseille and Pairs II Panthéon-Assas, as well as HEC and ESCP Business Schools.

Patrick Thiébart

Co-Head of Labor and Employment Law Department, Franklin Law Firm

Lawyer Admitted in France（Paris）

Member of the American Bar Association 

Member of the International Bar Association

Member of the European Employment Lawyers Association

Patrick advises French and international companies on virtually all labor, employment and HR issues. He routinely assists clients in the preparation and implementation of workforce reduction plans or corporate restructurings, and in handling all workforce issues in acquisitions, transfers or mergers of listed or unlisted companies. He represents employers in labor and employment law disputes, including class actions and actions challenging workforce reduction plans. Patrick is a member of the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, and European Employment Lawyers Association.

Ellen Xie

Founder and Managing Director of Shanghai Hui Xiao Law Group

Lawyer Admitted in China and US (California)

Member of CPA Australia

Professional Member of ATTA

Ellen Xie, is Founder and Managing Director of Shanghai Hui Xiao Law Group, Lawyer Admitted in China and California (US), Member of CPA Australia and Professional Member of ATTA.  She has 20 years’ work experience with several leading international and domestic law firms and multi-national companies (including Fortune Global 500s) as mergers & acquisitions, corporate and commercial transactions, intellectual property as well as labor legal consultant. She has good experience in providing effective legal and compliance solutions to multinational companies in various industries, wealth creators and riches in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, corporate governance, compliance, labor and employment, data protection, intellectual property and dispute resolution, etc., and with the industries of clients served including but not limited to Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Consumer Healthcare, Contract Research Organizations, Foods & Nutrition, Agricultural Products, Conventional Energy, E-Commerce, Commercial & Retails, Purchasing/Buyer, Chemical Products, Automobile Parts, Mechanical Manufacturing, Civil & Commercial Aviation, Global Sourcing, Bank, Insurance, Hi-Tech, Renewable Energy, Tobacco, Woods, Luxury Goods, Property Management and Leasing, Cruise Tourism, Logistics, Sportswear, Architecture & Construction, Testing, Advertisement & Media, Human Resources, Consulting Services and Charity.

Working Languages: Mandarin, Taiwanese, English and Basic Korean.

Di Zhu

Lawyer Admitted in China

Shanghai Hui Xiao Law Group

Di Zhu, is an associate of Shanghai Hui Xiao Law Group and a lawyer Admitted in China, with practice areas focusing on investment, labor and employment, intellectual property and dispute resolution, etc.

Working Languages: Mandarin and English.

Terms & Conditions

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Event Contact

Hui Xiao

Tel：021 6299 9152
Email：event@huixiaolaw.com