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Time2013-01-22 | 08:30 - 11:30
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Venue:The Westin Beijing Chaoyang
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Address:7 North Dongsanhuan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
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Fee:Members: 400 RMB |
Non Members: 600 RMB
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to invite you to a half day seminar on Anti-Corruption & Compliance from 08:30 to 11:30 on Tuesday, 22nd January 2013 at the Westin Beijing Chaoyang Hotel.
Global anticorruption enforcement is at an all-time high and likely to increase. In China, with Vice-Premier Wang Qishan appointment to head anti-corruption agency it is expected amid a broader push to stamp out corruption as wew leader Xi sees corruption as a threat to the Party's legitimacy. The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is the center stage in this enforcement effort, and it is increasingly paralleled by a number of anticorruption laws in other countries, such as the U.K. Bribery Act that went into effect in year 2011.
Agenda:
08:30-09:00 Registration and Buffet Breakfast
09:00-10:30 Presentations
10:30-11:30 Panel Discussion and Q&A
Speakers
Ms. Susan Munro
Susan Munro is a partner of law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP and head of the firm’s Beijing office. She has advised financial institutions, multinational companies and investment funds on China-related business and investment matters for more than 18 years. She regularly assists clients with China market entry and exit strategies, mergers and acquisitions and strategic investments.
Mr. Patrick M. Norton
Patrick M. Norton, Partner in the London and Washington offices of Steptoe & Johnson LLP and Co-Chair of the firm's International Arbitration Practice Group (Global TRENDS – U.S. Regulatory Environment)
Mr. Gangliang Qiao
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Mr. Ronan Diot
Ronan Diot, Associate at Norton Rose LLP and Chair of the European Chamber Legal Working Group (Practical steps for an efficient anti-bribery programme)
Dr. Jiahong He
Dr. He Jiahong is one of China’s leading experts on criminal evidence, evidential investigation and criminal procedure, from Renmin University of China. He is also one of the most renowned personalities fighting corruption in China.
His research interests include evidence law, criminal investigation, criminal procedure and comparative study of criminal justice systems. In 2006, Professor He was appointed as Deputy Director-General for the Department of Dereliction of Duties and Infringements on Human Rights, the Supreme People's Procuratorate of China.