February 19th-20th, 2012 (Dubai)
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube will be speaking at a conference organized by Marcus Evans (www.marcusevans.com) on “Doing business in China”. Caroline will be touching on the uniqueness of the Chinese market, organizations and social structure, how does the geography of China impact on the pricing of raw material and final products, cross-cultural management issues, the real meaning of “guangxi”, how to know about your Chinese partners, hints on how to gain bargaining power, negotiation skills to have when dealing with Chinese businessman, pitfalls to avoid when doing business in China, corporate structure in China, how to get paid by your Chinese clients, key clauses to protect you when purchasing goods in China, to be successful in human resources, practical ways to protect your intellectual property rights and case studies in this two (2) days conference!
November 30th, 2011 (Hong Kong)
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube will be speaking at an event organized by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (www.cancham.org).
November 14th-15th, 2011 (Singapore)
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube will be speaking at a conference organized by Marcus Evans (www.marcusevans.com) on “Doing business in China”. Caroline will be touching on the uniqueness of the Chinese market, organizations and social structure, how does the geography of China impact on the pricing of raw material and final products, cross-cultural management issues, the real meaning of “guangxi”, how to know about your Chinese partners, hints on how to gain bargaining power, negotiation skills to have when dealing with Chinese businessman, pitfalls to avoid when doing business in China, corporate structure in China, how to get paid by your Chinese clients, key clauses to protect you when purchasing goods in China, to be successful in human resources, practical ways to protect your intellectual property rights and case studies in this two (2) days conference!
November 3rd, 2011 (Dubai)
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube, as an officer of the Asia Pacific Regional Forum (www.ibanet.org/Asia_Pacific_Forum), will co-chair the talk on “Overcoming barriers to sales into exciting markets: Iraq, the U.A.E., India and China” organized by the International Bar Association (www.ibanet.org) during the Annual Conference. This session will explore the legal problems, hurdles and issues on a comparative basis and assessment of the relative strengths of each market.
October 2011 (China)
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube and Associate Bradley Alexander authored an article on “How to protect a trademark: China” published in the Volume 3, Issue 1, October 2011 of the International Bar Association Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee Newsletter. To read the article, please click here. (To be uploaded by Axon)
October 18th, 2011 (Milan, Italy)
Riccardo Cajola and Caroline Berube from HJM Asia & Cajola together with John Donohue from Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP (www.thorpreed.com) and Douglas Smith from Habib Al Mulla & Company (www.habibalmulla.com) will be speakers at a seminar organized by ANIE on “Manufacturing and distribution in the global market: what business need to know about contracts, taxation and intellectual property’. For more information, please click on www.anie.it
September 11th, 2011 (Washington, United States of America)
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube has been re-elected on the council for another two (2) years term during the International Business Law Consortium’s (www.iblc.com) annual meeting held in Washington, United States of America. HJM Asia Law is proud to organize the next meeting in Guangzhou in March 2012.
August 2011
Riccardo Cajola and Caroline Berube from HJM Asia & Cajola, wrote an article on “The distribution of commercial products in China: an analysis on possible strategies for entering the market” published in Telex Anie by the Federation of Electrotechnical and Electronic.
To read the article (in Italian), please click here. (To be uploaded by Axon)
July 29th, 2011 (Singapore)
HJM Asia Law Associate Bradley Alexander spoke at the Professionalism Course for experienced actuaries organized by the Singapore Actuarial Society (www.actuaries.org.sg).
July 20th, 2011 (Turin, Italy)
Riccardo Cajola and Caroline Berube from HJM Asia & Cajola were speaking at a seminar organized by the Meccatronica & Sistemi Avanzati di Produzione (www.mesapiemonte.it) and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (www.italchamber.org.sg) on corporate and tax aspects in Singapore.
June 25th, 2011 (Canada)
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube was interviewed about corporate legal structure in China by journalist Francois Normand from Les Affaires. To read the article, please click here. (To be uploaded by Axon)
June 23rd, 2011 (Chicago, United States of America)
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube, in association with Michelle J. Rozovics, partner at Rozovics Law Firm (www.rozovicslaw.com), spoke at a seminar organized by Dobbe Marketing & PR (www.dobbemarketing.com). Caroline touched on how to protect commercial and legal interests in China and Singapore.
June 22nd, 2011 (Singapore)
HJM Asia Law Associate Bradley Alexander presented the topic on “Are IP rights a myth or a reality in China – how to protect your trademark and patent” organized by the International Enterprise Singapore (www.iesingapore.com). Bradley covered practical ways to protect trademarks, domains, patents and copyrights with a focus on the provinces in Central China such as Anhui, Henan, Hubei and Hunan.
June 15th, 2011 (Montréal, Canada)
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube was conducting a workshop on “How to get paid by your PRC clients” organized by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montréal (www.ccmm.qc.ca). Caroline shared her business and legal experience on doing business in China by maximizing the benefits while minimizing the risks and getting paid by Chinese clients.
June 1st, 2011 (Québec, Canada)
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube was invited for the second year to teach a forty-five (45) hours course on Chinese Law at University Laval (www.ulaval.ca).
April 13th, 2011 (Singapore)
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube was admitted to Singapore Bar as one of the first few foreign qualified lawyers.
March 21st, 2011 (Shenzhen, China)
HJM Asia Law Associate Eric Barrieu was a speaker together with Kevin Wennekes, Gabriel Lee and Chris Liu at the Invest in Canada Hi-tech Industry Conference organized by the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (www.cata.ca) on the legal issues to pay attention to when investing in Canada. Eric focused on the issues relating to the legal system, intellectual property and employment in Canada.
March 16th, 2011 (Singapore)
HJM Asia Law invited a group of twenty-five (25) leading women in Singapore to a luncheon at the Tower Club for the occasion of the Women Day (which was on March 8th, 2011). This luncheon was a good occasion for the group to exchange about business, finance and challenges.
March 4th, 2011 (Singapore)
HJM Asia Law & Cajola Managing Partner Caroline Berube was speaking at the Missione Padova Promex organized by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (www.italchamber.org.sg) on practical aspects of doing business in Singapore in relation to taxes, labour, corporate and IP.
February 25th, 2011 (Singapore)
HJM Asia Law was one of the sponsors of a most anticipated and awaiting event, the Canada Night at the Races 2011 hosted by the Five Pillars of Canada in Singapore (the High Commission of Canada, the Canadian Alumni, the Canadian International School, the Canadian Association and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce) to meet, mingle and make new contacts and friends while taking a gamble and having fun! For more information, please click on www.cancham.org.sg.
February 25th, 2011 (Singapore)
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube as an officer of the Asia Pacific Forum of the International Bar Association co-organized the Asia Pacific Energy Breakfast during the joint AMPLA / IBA Resources and Energy Law Conference in South East Asia (www.int-bar.org/conferences/conf360). For more information of AMPLA, please click on www.ampla.org.
February 15th, 2011 (Singapore)
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube was one of the speakers at the conference on “China: market entry, distribution & franchising” organized by the SFIC Institute (www.sficinstitute.com). Caroline talked on how to set up business in China and also the important elements of IP Law when setting up distribution channels and franchises in China. Other guest speakers were Ms. Ong Lay Bin, Senior Consultant of O&L Consultancy Services Pte Ltd (for more information, please click on www.oandlconsultancy.com) and Mr. Tony Lin, President of Eurosa Furniture Co Pte Ltd (for more information, please click on www.eurosafurniture.com).
February 9th, 2011 (Montréal,Canada)
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube was one of the speakers at the conference “Discover the emerging economies of the Southeast Asian nations (Asean)” organized by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montréal (www.ccmm.qc.ca). Caroline shared her business and legal views on business opportunities in Singapore and Malaysia.
January 2011
HJM Asia Law Managing Partner Caroline Berube and her colleagues Justin Ter and Shelly Chen authored a chapter on China in the “Legal aspects of doing business in Asia” published by Juris Publishing, Inc. To read the chapter, please click here. (To be uploaded by Axon).
Please click http://www.jurispub.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=6820 if you would like to purchase a copy of the book.
January 2011
HJM Asia Law was proud to participate and author two (2) chapters on private equity transaction and fund formation in China published by GettingtheDealThrough. To read the chapters, please click here. (To be uploaded by Axon)