Programme

 Course Details
Date   16 August 2010, Monday
Time   9:30 am - 5:45 pm
Level   Standard
Points   CPD Law: 6.0 CPD points
    CPT Hours: 6.0 CPT Hours
    CFA CE: 6.0 CE Credits
Fee   HK $4,800 per person
Discount   Please click here
Language   Mandarin
(with course materials in English and/or Chinese, as appropriate)
Venue   Courses & Seminars Limited
22/F
100 Queen's Road Central
Hong Kong
   
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* Please note that the programme, time and speakers are subject to change.

Speakers
Catherine Miao, Chief Partner, C & I Partners (Guangdong) & Associate, Li and Partners
Margaret Li, Senior Partner, C & I Partners (Guangdong)

Course Programme
09:30
Overview of different company structures when foreign investors setup business in China
09:45
Establishment of various FIEs:
  • Advantages and disadvantages of forms of FIEs
  • Most popular business models in China
  • Setting-up procedures and post approval formalities
Catherine Miao, Chief Partner, C & I Partners (Guangdong) & Associate, Li and Partners
11:00
Tea / Coffee Break
11:15
Acquisition:  e.g.
  • Changes in equity interest
  • FIE re-investment
  • Merger
  • Acquisition of domestic enterprises
Catherine Miao, Chief Partner, C & I Partners (Guangdong) & Associate, Li and Partners
12:15
Lunch
13:45
Business Operation Issues:
  • Capital contribution and verification
  • Foreign trade rights and distribution
  • Dividends and distributions
  • RMB loans and foreign exchange debts
  • Land-use right
  • Establishment or dissolution of branches
  • Taxation and possible tax preferential treatments
Catherine Miao, Chief Partner, C & I Partners (Guangdong) & Associate, Li and Partners
14:45
Recent developments:
  • Revised Company Law and its impact on limited liability companies
  • New rules regarding foreign-invested partnerships
  • Revised real estate policy and its impact on FIEs
  • Recent Labour Law and its impact on FIEs
Catherine Miao, Chief Partner, C & I Partners (Guangdong) & Associate, Li and Partners
15:15
Tea / Coffee Break
15:30
Employment Issues:
  • Recruitment and labour contract
  • Wages, insurance, benefits and leave
  • Training, performance assessment, internal rules and regulations, and punishment
  • Amendment, termination, ending and renewal of labour contract
  • Labour-related dispute resolution in China
Margaret Li, Senior Partner, C & I Partners (Guangdong)
17:00
Case Study
17:30
Q&A
17:45
End of Course