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THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINESE LABOR LAW

Details: Category: Ningbo News; Published: Monday, 06 May 2013 12:56

EXPATS IN NINGBO

please register at http://www.europeanchamber.com.cn/events/registration/5536

Hereby we would like to invite you to the 1^st Coming Together - Event in Ningbo on

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | 6.30 pm

at

Ningbo Silk Trend Garment Co., Ltd.,

501 Dong Qing Road, Hi-Tech Park,

315 103 Ningbo, PR China

which is cooperatively organized by the BVMW - The German Association for Small and Medium-sized Businesses,

the European Union Chamber of Commerce, the German Chamber of Commerce and supported

by Pylon Ltd. and Ningbo Expat - The Expat site for Ningbo.

We have two well-known speakers who will talk about highly interesting topics

especially for expatriates - such as the latest law developments and talent management in China.

Ralph Koppitz

Lawyer and Partner of Taylor Wessing LLP in Shanghai, will speak on

the latest developments in Chinese labor law.

Michael Maeder

Managing Partner and Practice Leader Automotive & Industrial of Direct HR will speak on

talent management in a shark tank.

Please contact your inviting part for inquiries and participation.

The Event fee is 100 RMB per person (no fapiao) and includes drinks and finger-food.

AGENDA

6.30 pm - 7.00 pm Registration

7.00 pm - 8.30 pm Presentation

8.30 pm - 9.00 pm Q&A

9.00 pm – open Networking

RALPH KOPPITZ

Lawyer/ Partner |

Taylor Wessing LLP

Ralph advises German and international manufacturing and service companies on all legal aspects related to their business transactions in China. This includes the areas of foreign direct investment, M&A (share and asset deal acquisitions, mergers of foreign invested enterprises, equity transfers), restructuring and liquidation, technology transfer, and labour law.

Ralph has specific experience in the manufacturing (including medical devices, pharmaceutical, chemical), and service sectors (including logistics, trading and certification services). Increasingly important becomes the advice concerning China-outbound M&A and direct Chinese investments in Germany.

Ralph studied law at the University of Munich. In 1996/1997 he studied Chinese language at Beijing Normal University in China under a scholarship granted by the German Academic Exchange Service. In 1997, Ralph was admitted to the Munich bar.

From 1997 to 2002 he worked in the Beijing office of a major international law firm. In the year 2002, he joined Taylor Wessing as partner and head of the Shanghai office.

Due to his long term secondment to China, Ralph has established close contacts with relevant local and national authorities and institutions.

He served as Chairman of the EU Chamber's "Intellectual Property Rights Working Group" and member of the Boards of both the EU and the German Chamber of Commerce in China. Since 2010, he is elected as member to the board of the German School in Shanghai. He is also author of numerous publications on the Chinese legal environment.

Ralph, a native German speaker, is fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese and French.

For further information on Taylor Wessing, please visit their website at www.taylorwessing.com.

MICHAEL MAEDer

Practice Leader Automotive & Industrial |

Ward Howell and Direct HR

Michael mainly serves hidden champions with an industrial and technology background in Greater China by developing their organizations to become more competitive and by finding success critical talent for their operations.

Born in China, German by origin and with combined work and study experience in 6 countries spread over 2 continents, Michael is a true global citizen dedicated to cross-cultural understanding. After gaining a solid working record in supply chain development for automotive and machine building companies Michael has co-founded an award winning Specialist Recruitment Practice in China. He engages as Lead Consultant in executive searches since 2008.

Apart from working on client projects, Michael is also in charge of training Researchers and Consultants in talent management, profiling, client industry know-how, research process management, interviewing skills, and salary negotiations. You will find Michael constantly concerned about the perfect talent-opportunity fit and the integration of global best practices into our company’s services.

Michael is frequent key note speaker on panels, conferences and seminars on topics around Talent Management in China. For such occasions he is retained by organizations such as the German, European Union and Australian Chamber of Commerce. He has co-authored the reference work "Human Resources in China" (ISBN 978-3-642-18208-2) and published a variety of articles for publications on Human Resources in Greater China.

Michael holds a B.Sc. in International Business from Maastricht University and graduated with a M.Sc. CEMS with distinction in International Management from Rotterdam School of Management.

For further information on Direct HR and Ward Howell, please visit their websites