The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce and the Province of East-Flanders have the pleasure to invite you to the Seminar: Corporate compliance in China: why is your management in China not sleeping so well anymore at night? This event will take place at 15h30 on Wednesday 24 September 2014 at the House of the Province of East Flanders, Seminariestraat 2, 9000 Gent.

Philippe Snel, lawyer and chief representative of De Wolf & Partners Shanghai Office has been advising foreign companies in China for over 10 years.
He will share his insights and update us on the current concerns of foreign investors in China, in particular with regard to corporate legal compliance.

Corporate compliance has indeed become the main topic of concern for foreign businesses in China in recent months. More and more companies (including a few Belgian companies) are confronted with compliance issues and some are finding out “the hard way” what the consequences of compliance breaches can be. At the same time, it still remains quite challenging to maintain and monitor corporate compliance programs in China.

Find out why compliance is becoming such a priority for business in China. Learn what you can do to help prevent managers and employees in China from engaging in illegal practices and how to best monitor compliance in your own China operations.   What happens if a breach occurs ? How to react and respond to official investigations. Who is responsible for what in a Chinese company and what to expect if a foreign manager becomes involved.

These and many more issues will be discussed by the speaker who will also be on hand to answer your questions.

The programme:

15h30     Registration
16h00     Welcome by Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director, Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce

Corporate compliance in China: why is your management in China not sleeping so well anymore at night? by Mr Philippe Snel, Lawyer and Chief Representative at the Dewolf & Partners Shanghai Office

17h30     Networking reception

During this conference you will receive the publication “FCCC Members’ Portraits in China’. The booklet includes 17 portraits of member companies active in China. The China-based managers of those companies talk about how their firms became active in the country and the difficulties and pitfalls they faced to on their way to success in the largest and most challenging market on earth.

This event is organized with the support of Flanders Investment & Trade.

If you are interested in attending this event and have a free clinic, please register online before 18 September 2014 via this link.