On March 31, at the invitation of Legal Culture Law Firm, Ming Zhong, partner of East & Concord Partners Shenzhen Office, gave a special lecture “On the legal practice in the operational mode of buyout fund” to over a hundred financial institution and enterprise representatives in Shenzhen.
View the detailsOn March 30, 2018, “Commercial Bribery Crime Seminar” jointly sponsored by East & Concord Partners and China In-house Counsel Alliance was held at Beijing Landmark Hotel as scheduled. Lianjun Du, partner of East & Concord Partners, and Rui Shi, former senior procurator, each delivered a keynote speech. The seminar attracted more than 40 general counsels, legal affairs managers, and friends from the media.
View the detailsOn March 29, 2018, the first university students’ “mass entrepreneurship and innovation” IP right safeguarding agency—Hubei University Students’ Innovation and Mass Entrepreneurship IP Right Safeguarding Assistance Center unveiling ceremony was held in the conference room of Wenhong Building, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law Nanhu Campus.
View the detailsOn March 29, the Central Enterprises Indigent Area Industry Investment Fund (Central Enterprises Poverty Alleviation Fund) successfully completed the second phase of fundraising. The scale of fundraising in two phases reached RMB 15.4 billion, and its shareholders have expanded to all central enterprises under the supervision of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council and certain central enterprises the Ministry of Finance perform the functions of invest
View the detailsOn March 19, Beijing Gas Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Beijing Gas”) together with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (hereinafter referred to as “AIIB”) and China Clean Development Mechanism Fund (China Public Private Partnerships Center) (hereinafter referred to as “CDMFUND”) held a signing ceremony at the headquarters of AIIB in Beijing to launch cooperation in promoting Beijing Gas’s consumption of clean energy and the transformation and upgrading of energy structure in Beij
View the detailsOn March 21, 2018, East & Concord Partners joined hands with China Corporate Legal Affairs Alliance and LexisNexis to hold “Disenchantment Blockchain” Legal Forum in the headquarters of East & Concord Partners at Beijing Landmark Hotel. The forum enabled online and offline participation, and attracted over 200 senior executives of enterprises, general legal directors, legal affairs managers, and media friends.
View the detailsOn March 16, 2018, Shan Song, partner of East & Concord Partners, at the invitation of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Wuhan Sub-council, gave a special lecture on legal practices under the title of “Legal practices in international trade in goods.” The lecture was attended by persons in charge of over 90 companies including Hubei Sibo Mai Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd., Wuhan Asia Europe Logistics Co., Ltd., Wuhan Huajin Co., Ltd., Wuhan Bomeifeng Trading Co., Ltd., Wuhan
View the detailsOn March 18, 2018, at the invitation of Beijing Power-Nation IP Institute, Charles Feng, partner of East & Concord Partners, gave a lecture on “Application of the Principle of Good Faith in Trademark Litigation” to Beijing Power-Nation IP Institute General Directors Class at China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (hereinafter referred to as “CAICT”).
View the detailsOn March 15, 2018, the first chairman meeting of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC was held in Beijing. The meeting deliberated before passing the list of members of special subcommittees of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC. Dajin Li, delegate to the 12th National People’s Congress, member of the 13th CPPCC National Committee and director of East & Concord Partners, will serve as a member of the Subcommittee of Social and Legal Affairs, the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC.
View the detailsOn March 16, Asian Legal Business announced the final list of candidates for ALB China Law Awards 2018. With tremendous strength and outstanding service, East & Concord Partners has won nominations for a number of awards over the years and three nominations this year.
View the detailsOn March 13, 2018, the IPO and listing program (hereinafter referred to as “this program”) of YAPP Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “YAPP”) passed the deliberation of China Securities Regulatory Commission for the Issuance Examination Committee at its 44th meeting in 2018. YAPP applied for IPO and was listed in Shanghai Stock Exchange Main-board Market. It proposed to issue 60 million A-shares in the IPO. East & Concord Partners was the counsel for this project and provide
View the detailsWith the launch and advancement of China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” and greater national supports for and emphasis on IP protection, the number of IP cases involving foreign elements has been growing in the recent years. Cases with significant compensation with international influence emerge one after another in the Chinese courts. Increasing number of international enterprises therefore choose to safeguard their IP in China.
View the detailsOn January 24, 2018, the 24th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC, after careful deliberation and democratic consultation, determined the list of 2,158 members of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC, of whom 68 are from the area of social sciences. Director of East and Concord Partners, Dajin Li, was named as one of the members.
View the detailsOn January 20, 2018, East & Concord Partners joined hands with China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Hubei Free Trade Zone Service Center and China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETA) Hubei Sub-commission to hold “Belt & Road Dispute Resolution and Free Trade Zone Construction Seminar” in China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Hubei Sub-commission.
View the detailsFor the past year, “East & Concord Partners Education Fund” organized many events in cooperation with Wuhan University School of Law and assisted the University in participating in the 14th Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot and becoming one of the top eight delegations. It was the best performance to date for Wuhan University delegation in a moot competition.
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