Dear Members of Legal and Competition Working Group, 

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to join the upcoming Legal and Competition Working Group Kickoff Meeting and Chair Election 2022 at 10.00am-12.00pm, 9^th March 2022 at the European Chamber Shanghai Office and Beijing Office.

During the meeting, Ms. Sara Marchetta, National Chair of Legal and Competition Working Group will deliver the welcome remarks. Dr. Michael Tan, National Vice Chair of Legal and Competition Working Group, together with Ms. Summer Liu from Lundbeck, will share with you the overview of China Data Protection Regime as well as the best practice on building data and privacy protection. In addition, we will review the activities of the WG in 2021, and members are strongly encouraged to join the discussion and provide input on the WG’s 2022 advocacy and activity priorities, and Position Paper outline. With this occasion, the 2022 Legal and Competition Working Group Chair election will be held.

Agenda:

Chair Election:

Following the call for candidates, we are pleased to announce the members who have put their names forward for the 2022 Chair elections:

Chair Position Candidate:

·       Dr. Michael Tan, Partner of Taylor Wessing

Vice Chair Positions Candidates:

·       Ms. Sara Marchetta, Partner of Chiomenti

·       Mr. Henry Zhang, Legal & Compliance Director of Lundbeck China

·       Ms. Beijue Tang, Head of Legal &Tax of Würth China

The Working Group Chair and Vice Chairs play a crucial role in driving the Group. The responsibilities of Chairpersons include taking a leading role in the drafting of the Position Paper, communicating key messages to the Chinese and European governments and steering Working Group meetings. The duration of the term for both Chairs and Vice Chairs is one year.

We encourage as many of our members as possible to attend the meeting to have their say in the leadership and representation of the Working Group in the year ahead. 

Registration: If you would like to attend this meeting and haven’t signed up, please register here or contact us before 3pm, 8^th March, COB Beijing Time. For the members wishing to attend remotely, please note that you will receive a confirmation email containing the link to join the meeting via Zoom after registration closes on 8^th March.

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