M&A Conference: Marry in Haste, Repent at Leisure Go back »
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Time2014-07-16 | 14:30 - 18:00
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Venue:Marriott Hotel City Centre
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Address:555 Xizang Middle Road
555 西藏中路 -
Fee:Members: 400 |
Non Members: 600
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The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to invite you to the annual M&A Conference.
President Xi Jinping’s current campaign against political corruption is growing into one of the broadest in modern Chinese history, ensnaring dozens of businessmen and government officials, as well as positioning Xi as the country’s most powerful leader in decades.
Against this backdrop, we have invited several experts on how to be compliant and abide by anti-bribery laws when carrying out M&A deals. Several aspects will be covered including what types of compliance are critical in China, how to do better compliance reviews and when to use compliance reviews in an M&A deal as well as a focus on new anti-bribery measures launched by the Chinese government.
The conference is sponsored by Control Risks.
Agenda
14.00 - 14.30 Registration
14.30 - 14.35 Welcome Remarks, European Chamber
14.35 - 14.55 Current trends in M&A in China, Thorsten Zwiener, Partner, Transactions & Restructuring, KPMG
14.55 - 15.15 Anti-Corruption Due Diligence in Cross-Border M&A, Liming Yuan, Partner, Jones Day
15.15 - 15.35 Using Compliance to do Better Deals in China, Kent D. Kedl, Managing Director Greater China & North Asia, Control Risks
15.35 - 16.05 Coffee Break
16.05 - 16.25 HR challenges during Mergers & Acquisitions, Michele Lee, Global Partner, Head of Greater China, Mergers and Acquisitions, Aon Hewitt
16.25 - 16.55 Best Practice, Peter Neumann, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and General Counsel Asia Pacific, Celanese (China) Holding Co., Ltd.
16.55 - 17.45 Panel Discussion incl. Q&A
17.45 - 18.00 Closing Remarks, European Chamber
Speakers
Mr. Kent Kedl
Kent Kedl is a Partner in Control Risks, Greater China and North Asia. He is responsible for Control Risks’ practices across mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, the Koreas and Mongolia. He has worked in Asia since the early 1980s.
Kent has consulted with multi-national and Asian corporations on a range of risk and strategy issues, such as M&A and organic growth strategy, crisis management and operational business controls, and strategic and organisational development programs. Kent has particular expertise in the Asia-Pacific healthcare, food and beverage, and consumer products sectors.
Formerly, Kent was responsible for the Compliance, Forensics and Intelligence practice throughout Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Control Risks, Kent was general manager and co-owner of Technomic Asia, a market strategy consulting firm.
Mr. Liming Yuan
Liming Yuan's practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, and commercial transactions in China. In addition, he assists multinationals in investigations and trainings in China regarding FCPA and PRC anti-bribery law issues. He also has experience serving foreign companies on PRC tax-related matters involving mergers and acquisitions and other general corporate transactions.
Liming has represented clients in the manufacturing, software, technology, real estate, and automotive components sectors in a wide range of projects. Recent representative matters include assisting foreign investors in acquisition of equity and assets of PRC companies, assisting multinationals in setting up joint ventures in China, and advising several multinationals on optimal restructuring plans in China.
Prior to moving to Jones Day's Shanghai Office, Liming worked in the Firm's office in Dallas, Texas for three years, where his practice concentrated on state and local taxation, including multistate tax planning relating to the acquisition, reorganization, and disposition of businesses.
Liming is fluent in English and is a native speaker of Mandarin Chinese.
Mr. Thorsten Zwiener
Thorsten commenced his career with KPMG in Germany in 1999 where he specialised in transaction work and gained a variety of experiences in core transaction services, reorganisations, and valuation services. Thorsten joined KPMG in China in November 2007. Since then he advises MNCs (in particular in the diversified industrial and consumer markets) as well as Chinese clients investing abroad on M&A related matters throughout the acquisition process, with particular focus on providing assistance in the fields of financial and tax due diligence, closing assistance, corporate reorganisation and integrated cross-functional solutions combining audit, tax and advisory expertise. Key clients in the automotive, manufacturing, chemical, and energy and health care sectors include Allianz, Bayer, BMW, CIC, China Grid, Daimler, Fresenius, Lufthansa, MAN, Merck, Sandvik, Shell, Siemens, and VW. Thorsten is a frequent speaker at conferences and roundtable events in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich. He was co-author of the KPMG M&A handbook “Transaktionen erfolgreich managen – Ein M&A-Handbuch für die Praxis”, focusing on transactions in Russia and China.
Ms. Michele Lee
Michele is the Head of Greater China M&A based in Aon Hewitt Shanghai Office. She is responsible for all domestic, inbound and outbound Merger and Acquisition activities for the China market. Her experiences include providing advisory services to companies on human resources, operational and financial issues.
Michele has extensive knowledge of local Chinese rules and regulations. She advises numerous multi-national clients in setting up their presence in China. She also assists Chinese companies with domestic and overseas acquisitions. Michele advises on merger and integration issues including corporate structure, strategic human resource (HR) considerations, broader HR implications of operational improvements, synergy effects, back office integration savings and potential opportunities to broaden the base of core competencies. She has also performed operational and financial due diligence. Michele assists companies in maximizing value and minimizing risk during both pre- and post-merger acquisition processes and validated deal assumptions, identified potential issues and suggested amendments to agreements.
Mr. Peter A. Neumann
Peter joined Celanese in August 2011 and oversees all legal affairs for the Asia Pacific region. For the prior three and a half years, Peter was the managing shareholder in the Shanghai office of Greenberg Traurig LLP, where he was responsible for the opening and oversight of that office. For the previous six years, he was office executive partner in Faegre & Benson LLP’s Shanghai office. Since relocating to China in 1993, he hasfocused on foreign direct investment, M&A, general commercial and IP/technology practice matters. Peter received his J.D. from the UCLA
School of Law (1989), and graduated with honors from Dartmouth College with a bachelor’s degree in Chinese Language & Literature(1984). Peter is fluent in spoken and written Chinese.