The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to invite you to an exclusive seminar on EU China Mergers Review: Policy Trends and its Implications on Business, with a key note speech of Deputy Director-General Mergers of European Commission, Mr. Bernd Langeheine, on 21st March 2013, from 17:00 to 19:00 at the Hilton Hotel Beijing . 

The event will be moderated by  Ms. Ninette Dodoo, Counsel of Clifford Chance LLP and Vice Chair of the Competition/Legal WG of the European Chamber and will count with a panel discussion joined by Mr. André Loesekrug-Pietri, CEO & Founding Managing Partner, A Capital Asia and Head of the Private Equity/M&A WG of the European Chamber and by a third panelist from KPMG to be announced shortly. 

The event will introduce an overview on EU - China merger policy, an analysis of the two prohibition decisions happened this year so far, amarket analysis for both China and Europe specially on national security issues, market access barriers and  transparency, including an update on inbound investment into the EU from China and the latest on what the EU is doing against "subsidies" complementing actions. 

Seating is limited due to room capacity, so please register as soon as possible to secure your attendance to this event. 

Speakers, Panelists and Moderator

Mr. Bernd Langeheine has been Deputy Director-General for mergers since 1 June 2011. He is responsible for the Commission's merger cases and policy. Before that he was the Director for e-Communications Policy at the EC’s Information Society and Media DG for almost 9 years. From 1999 to 2002, he headed the General Policy unit in the Competition DG, and from 1996 to 1999 he was in charge of the Trade Section in the Washington Delegation of the European Commission.

Mr. André Loesekrug-Pietri, CEO & Founding Managing Partner, A Capital Asia and Head of the Private Equity/M&A WG of the EUCCC. Holding both French and German nationalities, he is a graduate of HEC School of Management, International MBA Program of the Michigan Business School (Ann Arbor, USA), Global Leadership and Public Policy Program from the Harvard Kennedy School and attended Sup-Aéro aerospace engineering school (Toulouse, France).

David Xu is Partner at the Transactions and Restructuring and Head of Private Equity, KPMG China and Hong Kong.David joined KPMG Shanghai in 1997. Over the past eight years, David has successfully helped many foreign private equity and venture capital enterprises in investing in China , many of which have been successfully listed in both the A-share market in China and the overseas stock markets.David has also assisted various Chinese companies in investing abroad

Ms. Ninette Dodoo, Vice Chair of the Competition/Legal WG of the European Chamber. She is a Barrister of the Bar of England and Wales and an Avocat at the Brussels Bar. Ninette joined Clifford Chance in 1999 and is Counsel in its European Competition and Regulation Group in Brussels.

Agenda

17:00 – 17:30 Registration
17:30 – 18:00 Key note speech by Mr. Bernd Langeheine
18:00 – 19:00 Presentations, Panel Discussion and Q&A 
19:00 – 20:00 Cocktail Reception & Networking