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Time2019-04-18 | 14:00 - 18:00
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Venue:Regal International East Asia Hotel, Emerald Ballroom
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Fee:Members: 300 |
Non Members: 600
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Despite macroeconomic uncertainties and increased trade tensions among the world’s major economies, the global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape remained strong throughout 2018, with transaction volumes closing in at $3.5 trillion, according to figures by media company Mergermarket.
At the M&A Conference 2019, we will look at what some of the motivations of Chinese and foreign companies are in pursuing deals. The M&A Conference is the European Chamber’s annual benchmark event for practitioners to meet their peers to discuss where deal activity this year is headed.
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to host the M&A Conference this year for the ninth time, and we are again looking forward to welcoming a diverse set of experts that will provide a comprehensive, practical perspective of M&A in China and globally.
Agenda:
13:30-14:00 Registration
14:00-14:10 Opening Words by Mr Carlo Diego D'Andrea, Vice President of the European Chamber, Shanghai Chapter
Chairman
14:10-14:40 What is Wrong with Europe: New Investment Screening Mechanism, Dropping Chinese investment
in the EU by Mr Jörg Wuttke, Chief Representative, BASF China
14:40-15:10 Fireside Chat with Mr Erik Carlius, Business Development APAC, Industrial Air Division, Atlas Copco and
moderated by by Mr Carlo Diego D'Andrea, Vice President of the European Chamber, Shanghai Chapter
Chairman
15:10-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-16:20 Panel Discussion: Engineering access the Chinese financial and consumer markets through a strategic disposal
to a Chinese Company
Moderator: Mr Peter Corne Managing Partner, Dorsey & Whitney Shanghai Office
Panellists confirmed:
Mr Eduardo Morcillo Managing Partner, InterChina
Mr Ning Zhou of Freitag & Co. GmbH
Mr David Wan of Long’an Law Firm
Mr Erik Carlius, Business Development APAC, Industrial Air Division, Atlas Copco
16:20-16:50 Future of the Deal: Winds of Change by Mr Owen Huang, Partner, Financial Advisory, Deloitte China
16:50-17:00 Closing Remarks by Mr Carlo Diego D'Andrea, Vice President of the European Chamber, Shanghai Chapter
Chairman
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Speakers
Mr. Carlo Diego D’Andrea
Mr. Carlo Diego D’Andrea
Founder and Managing Partner of D’Andrea & Partners Legal Counsel, and Founder of DP Group.
Graduated in Law at the University of Teramo (Italy), he then subsequently obtained a Masters’ degree in Corporate Advisor at LUISS University in Rome and a Diploma in Chinese Studies at Nanjing Normal University and is a member of the Italian Bar Association.
Mr. D’Andrea arrived in China in 2005 and is fluent in Italian (mother tongue), English, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. He mainly deals with cross-border mergers and acquisitions, assistance in ODI/FDI and intellectual property rights.
He is also acting as Vice President of the European Chamber and Chair of the Shanghai Chapter.
Mr. Jörg Wuttke
Mr. Jörg Wuttke
Jörg Wuttke is Vice President and Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing. Since joining BASF in 1997, Mr. Wuttke has been responsible for helping guide the company’s investment strategies for China, negotiation of large projects and government relations.
Previous to joining BASF, Mr. Wuttke worked with ABB for 11 years; in fact his first professional encounter with China was in 1988 as the Finance and Administration Manager of ABB Beijing. In 1990, he returned to Germany as Sales Manager of ABB Power Plants Division, responsible for gas turbine sales to Africa and Russia. In 1993, he became Chief Representative ABB China in Shanghai and in 1994 moved to the President's Office of ABB China in Beijing, where he was responsible for the development and financing of large projects.
From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China. From 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017, and since May 2019 again he is the President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
From 2011 to 2019, Mr. Wuttke was Chairman of the BIAC China Task Force of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), a Paris based body of major business associations that lobbies the OECD.
From 2013 to 2016, and again since 2019 Mr. Wuttke is Vice Chairman of the CPCIF International Cooperation Committee, a group representing Multinational Companies in China’s Chemical Association.
Since its establishment in 2013, Mr. Wuttke is member of the Advisory Board of Germany’s foremost Think Tank on China, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), in Berlin.
In January 2019 Mr. Wuttke joined the International Board of the Stars Foundation, in Switzerland. stars - for Leaders of the Next Generation.
Mr. Peter Corne
Mr. Peter Corne
Peter Corne is head of law firm Dorsey & Whitney’s Shanghai office and co-head of Dorsey’s Cleantech Business Group. He is a panelist in several Chinese arbitration and commercial mediation commissions. He conducted as presiding arbitrator the first arbitration between foreign companies in the Shanghai FTZ under SHIAC’s then revolutionary new rules and similarly as mediator conducted the first mediation in the FTZ between foreign companies in the FTZ Court. He is also Adjunct Professor at NYU Shanghai teaching International Mediation and Arbitration.
Mr. Eduardo Morcillo
Mr. Eduardo Morcillo
With 26 years of China corporate development and investment banking experience, Eduardo is Managing Partner of ICP (InterChina Partners). ICP ranks among China’s top 5 mid-market Investment banks with more than 200 M&A and Divestment transactions successfully closed. The company employs 60 people and has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and London. InterChina is member of Clearwater International, one of Europe’s leading investment banking firms. Eduardo is a member of several board of directors in China and APAC, a member of YPO and an associate professor in Cheung Kong Business School and IE for MBA executive education. Prior work experience with Credit Suisse Asset Management (Madrid) and Sinclair Roche & Temperley (London).
Mr. David Wan
Mr. David Wan
Mr. David Wan specializes in M & A, international investment, litigation and arbitration with 26 years experiences. He is the Senior partner of Beijing Long An Law Firm, one of leading firms in China;Director of China Foundation for Development of Financial Education; Chinese Legal Expert of the UNIDO;
Visiting Attorney of the training scheme co-sponsored by the PRC Ministry of Justice, the Bar Council and the Law Society of the England and Wales; Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators;Qualified independent director for listing companies in China;Part-time Mentor for graduates of School of Lawyers, the Renmin University;Visiting scholar, Law School, University of Washington.
Mr. Ning Zhou
Mr. Ning Zhou
Ning has worked with Freitag & Co. to initiate and execute cross-border merger and acquisitions between China and Europe, focusing on healthcare, automobile and machinery segments.
Prior to Freitag & Co., Ning was M&A Director for DaVita Healthcare Partners, and held various leadership positions in boutique investment banks in China and South East Asia.
Ning graduated from University of Illinois with master degrees in Economics and Physics, as well as a BS degree in Physics from Peking University.
During his career, Ning has been leading projects for blue chip MNC clients including Philips, SHV Group, ICBC, Bank of China, as well as middle-stand clients from DACH regions.
Mr. Erik Carlius
Mr. Erik Carlius
Erik Carlius has a Master of Science in Business Administration from Lund University in Sweden, and has undertaken Asian studies and Chinese language studies in Sydney, Taipei and Sweden.
After 2 years as Financial Controller for Atlas Copco Construction and Mining Technique in Sweden, Erik moved to Shanghai in 2000 to develop Atlas Copco’s Compressor Technique business in China. Based in Shanghai since then he has held various positions within Atlas Copco, working with Marketing, Communication, CRM systems, Business Intelligence, Acquisitions, Integration, Product Development Business Development etc all over Asia.
Erik Carlius has held his current position as Business Development Manager at Atlas Copco Industrial Air Technique since 2010. Current focus is to grow 5 compressor brands in the Chinese market and find new acquisitions.
Mr. Owen Huang
Mr. Owen Huang
Owen is a Financial Advisory partner in Deloitte. He started his career with Deloitte, and has 17 years financial advisory and audit experience, among which, 12 years of M&A transaction services.
His current major responsibilities are to provide M&A transaction services to our clients with a focus on financial due diligence, SPA review, negotiation support, structuring advisory and valuation support.
His experience encompasses both local and cross border assignments. He has served PE funds and strategic investors in a wide range of industries, including financial services, Fintech, technology & internet, automobile, consumer products, energy and resources, chemicals, education, life science and medical services etc.
Owen is a member of CPA Australia.