Entering Into Business in China and
Terminating a Business Relationship in China

A virtual meeting on joint venture and intellectual property issues for American companies in doing business with Hong Kong and China

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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

5:00pm - 7:45pm

Location Morrison & Foerster LLP 555 West 5th Street, Suite 3500 Los Angeles, CA 90013

Satellite Location in San Diego Morrison & Foerster LLP 12531 High Bluff Drive, Suite 100 San Diego, California 92130

Learn what you should do to protect your intellectual property rights and conducting due diligence on your prospect partner, and find out the do's and don'ts of terminating a business relationship in China at a virtual meeting on joint venture and intellectual property issues for American companies in doing business with Hong Kong and China co-organized by the Association of Corporate Counsel, Hong Kong Corporate Counsel Association, Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Hong Kong Association of Southern California, and supported by the National U.S. Hong Kong Business Association . The event is also sponsored by Morrison & Foerster.

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PROGRAM
5:00pm - 5:30pm	Registration
5:30pm - 6:00pm	Reception and Networking
6:00pm - 6:15pm	Welcome Remarks: Association of Corporate Counsel Association Hong Kong Trade Development Council Morrison & Foerster
6:15pm - 7:15pm	Panel discussion with Hong Kong speakers Protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in China Due diligence on a prospective partner in China Termination on a business relationship between US and China Panelists: Mr Johnathan Ross (speaker) Transamerica Life Insurance Christopher To (speaker) Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Mr Ralph Ybema (moderator in Hong Kong & speaker) CSMC Technologies Corp.
7:15pm - 7:40pm	Q&A
7:40pm - 7:45pm	Closing Remarks Go Top

SPEAKERS

Ralph Ybema CSMC Technologies Corp. Ralph Ybema is a corporate-commercial lawyer based in Hong Kong. For 15 years, he has occupied senior advisory and managerial functions in the legal departments of such major multinational corporations as Computer Sciences Corporation of the US and Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands. He has been lead counsel in a full range of cross-border commercial transactions with an individual contract value of up to US$ 350 Million, including M&A, Joint Ventures and large-scale IT contracts. A Member of the Board of Hong Kong-listed CSMC Technologies Corp. based in Wuxi, Ralph has an inside perspective on the business affairs of a major player in the mainland Chinese semiconductor industry. Ralph has been voted one of Asia's "Hot 100" lawyers (not, to his knowledge, by virtue of his looks) by the Asian Legal Business magazine. This is in part due to his being founding -and current- President of the Hong Kong Corporate Counsel Association and founding Secretary of the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association. Ralph frequently speaks at high profile events in China and across the Asia-Pacific region. Past engagements include Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Auckland and Indonesia, besides Istanbul, The Hague and other locations in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe. Ralph's name is included in the list of mediators and arbitrators of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and he serves on the highly regarded Professional Services Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Although Ralph spent most of his professional career in Asia and speaks Mandarin Chinese, he has actual negotiation and drafting experience in Dutch, English, French, Italian and Spanish. Combined with his command of German he therefore provides a powerful set of legal language skills, rare if not unique in the Far East.

Jonathan Ross Transamerica Life Insurance Since March of 2007, Mr. Ross has been Regional Counsel and Head of Compliance - Asia Pacific for Transamerica Life Insurance and its parent, the Aegon Group of Companies. Previously, Jonathan was senior legal counsel at the Bank of China ( Hong Kong ), enjoying the perverse distinction of being the only guailo in the bank. At the bank he worked on listing and listing-related matters and on major transactions (such as the HK Government Bond and the sale of NPLs) and has worked closely with all the departments in the bank to help with their legal inquiries. Recently he has played a central role in developing the legal framework for RMB business. Prior to working at the bank, he spent 10 years at Skadden Arps, a major American law firm specializing in large scale international capital markets and M&A transactions, many of which were in China . These included IPOs for, among others, Shanghai Petrochemical, Huaneng Power and Shanghai Industrial. He also worked on many acquisitions and deals for private equity funds. After Skadden, he spent a year as a partner at another major US law firm. Prior to becoming a lawyer Jonathan earned a Ph.D. degree in cultural anthropology, doing his fieldwork in a village next to Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan .

Christopher To Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Christopher To is currently the Secretary General of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. He is a Panel Member (Arbitrator) of International Arbitrators of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, a Panel Member (Arbitrator) of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, a Panel Member (Arbitrator) of the China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission, a Panel Member (Arbitrator) of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Arbitration Centre and a Panel Member (Arbitrator) of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators. He is a Council Member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, a Committee Member of the Hong Kong Mediation Council, a Committee Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, a Committee Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - East Asia Branch and Chairman of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee. Go Top

CONTACT US

For enquiries, please contact: Hong Kong Association of Southern California 350 South Figueroa Street, Suite 139 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Tel: (213) 622-9446; Fax: (213) 622-9558 Email: info@hkasc.org Ranee Ma or Maggie Chu Go Top