2024 Shanxi Foreign Legal Services Professional Seminar Ends
The 2024 Shanxi Foreign-related Legal Services Seminar, themed "Promoting the Shanxi Foreign-related Legal Services Development, and Helping to Build a New Highland of Opening Up in the Inland Region", was held on the afternoon of May 18, 2024, with 160 guests and representatives of the legal profession, academia, business associations and law firms as well as representatives from export-oriented enterprises in attendance.
Opening speeches:
Li Jing, Director of Shanxi Provincial Committee, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
Wang Zhiping, Vice President of Shanxi Bar Association
Wang Qingzhu, Secretary General of Shanxi Foreign Investment and Foreign Trade Development Association
Sun Shaosong, Deputy Director of Guantao Law Firm
Keynote Speech:
For the keynote speech session of the seminar, many domestic and foreign legal celebrities were invited, and they had an in-depth discussion of the issues in their respective areas of expertise, such as energy transformation, international notarization, capital markets, commercial compliance, and foreign-related legal services. These wonderful keynote speeches not only provided valuable knowledge wealth for the participants, but also provided strong intellectual support for the foreign-related legal construction of Shanxi.
Mr. Fan Zhibin, Senior Consultant in Ashurst Beijing Office, analyzed the new trends and investment strategies in the current international energy market from the perspective of energy transformation and overseas investment by Chinese-funded enterprises.
Mr. Philip Wong, the managing partner of Gallant, took the Convention on Abolishing the Requirements on Legalization of Foreign Official Documents as a starting point, and made in-depth analysis of the far-reaching impact of the Convention on the "One Belt, One Road" initiative.
Mr. Gorge Lee, Partner of Guantao Hong Kong Office, based on his background as a China-appointed attesting officer and an attorney in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, explained in detail the ways of entering Hong Kong's capital market and the new trends.
Ms. Guan Yue, Guantao partner, shared her experience and insight on legal services focusing on commercial compliance and risk management.
Ms. Xia Xia, Director of the US Branch of European and American Lawyers Association, spoke about the opportunities and challenges of foreign-related legal services in inland area.
Ms. Li Wen, Director of the All China Lawyers Association, Vice President of Tianjin Bar Association, and Guantao Tianjin-based partner, analyzed the current situation and future trends of Chinese legal profession from the perspective of foreign-related lawyers.
The successful holding of the 2024 Shanxi Foreign-related Legal Services Seminar is an important promotion for the construction of Shanxi's foreign-related legal service system, which has injected new vitality and momentum into the construction of Shanxi's foreign-related legal service system.
