Thursday, April 10, 2008

18:30

WELCOME RECEPTION Jolly Hotel President
Largo Augusto 10,
Milan

Friday, April 11, 2008

8:30 – 9:00

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
Palazzo dei Giureconsulti,
Piazza  Mercanti 2, Milan

9:00 – 9:15

WELCOME AND OPENING

Hector DIAZ-BASTIEN, President of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), Madrid, Spain
Hongjiu ZHANG, Chair of Finance and Securities Law Committee and member of Foreign Affairs Committee of All China Lawyers Association (ACLA), Jingtian & Gongcheng, Beijing, China
Paolo GIUGGIOLI, President of the Milan Bar, Milan, Italy

Moderator: Bernd REINMULLER, UIA Vice-President, Buse Heberer Fromm, Frankfurt, Germany

9:15 – 10:00

Direct Foreign Investment
Mr. Song HUANG, Partner, Jun He Law Offices, Shanghai, China

10:00 – 10:15

Discussion

10:15 – 10:45

COFFEE BREAK

10:45 – 11:30

Company Law
Ms. Audrey CHEN, member of Foreign Affairs Committee, Jun He Law Firm, Beijing, China

11:30 – 11:45

Discussion

11:45 – 12:30

Agency and Distribution
Mr. Jianping SHANG, Partner of Representative Office of P.C. Woo & Co., Shanghai, China

12:30 – 12:45

Discussion

12:45 – 14:00

LUNCH

Moderator: Jacques SAGOT, UIA Regional Secretary for Asia, Anthemis, Paris, France

14:00 – 14:45

Competition Law
Mr. Hongjiu ZHANG, Chair of Finance and Securities Law Committee and member of Foreign Affairs Committee, Jingtian & Gongcheng, Beijing, China

14:45 – 15:00

Discussion

15:00 – 15:45

Labour Law
Mr. Junlu JIANG, Chair of Labor and Social Security Law Committee, member of Foreign Affairs Committee and partner of King & Wood Law Firm, Beijing, China

15:45 – 16:00

Discussion

16:00 – 16:30

COFFEE BREAK

16:30 - 17:15

Industrial and Intellectual Property
Mr. Fengchang TIAN, Partner, Longan Law Firm, Beijing, China

17:15 – 17:30

Discussion
End of Seminar Day One

19:30

GALA DINNER

Saturday, April 12, 2008

8:30 – 9:00

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
Palazzo dei Giureconsulti,
Piazza  Mercanti 2, Milan

9:00 – 10:30

Workshop:  Setting up business in China

Moderator: Antonia MARSAGLIA, UIA Milan Bar Representative, Studio Legale – P.L.G., Milan, Italy
This workshop will see the discussion of specific aspects of the themes dealt  with on the previous day, between the Chinese speakers and the UIA panellists:
Mr David WU, Senior Partner, Boss & Young PRC Lawyers, Shanghai, China
Durval DE NORONHA GOYOS Jr.,  Noronha Advogados, São Paulo, BrasilJosep A. HERRERO Nicolás, Roca Junyent, Barcelona, Spain

    
10:30 – 11:00

COFFEE BREAK

11:00 – 12:30

Workshop: International Dispute Resolution

Moderator: Giovanni DE BERTI, UIA Regional Secretary for Asia – Designated, De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani, Milan, Italy

This workshop will see the discussion of problems relating to the resolution of disputes, with the intervention of the Chinese speakers and the UIA panellists:
Mr. Song HUANG, Partner, Jun He Law Offices, Shanghai, China
Durval DE NORONHA GOYOS Jr.,  Noronha Advogados, São Paulo, Brasil
Peter J. TURNER, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris, France
Antony CONNERTY, Barrister, London, England
End of the Seminar

12:30 – 14:00

LUNCH