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What Every SME Needs To Know About Chinese Law. February 22, Beijing’s Kerry Center

By Dan Harris on Posted in Events, Legal News

On Tuesday, February 22, 2011, China Law Blog’s own Steve Dickinson will be giving a talk to the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (in Beijing) on “What every SME needs to know about Chinese Law.” The EU Chamber describes it as follows: 

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to invite you to a special SME Focus seminar to introduce “What every SME needs to know about Chinese Law”. As small and medium enterprises develop in China, they face a variety of issues, particularly within the scope of dealing with Chinese law. At this seminar:

Steve Dickinson (bio) a partner with the HarrisMoure law firm and a co-editor of the China Law Blog, will provide insight into China’s attitude towards the legal system and introduce the FIVE things every foreign business must know in order to effectively deal with the Chinese legal system.

This program will be at the Kerry Center and it will start at 4:00 p.m. In addition to Steve, Horace Lam from Hogan Lovells will speak “on developing a strong strategy for managing your intellectual property that takes into account the limitations / risks for European SMEs in China.” For more information regarding this program and to register online, please click here.

  • EM

    I saw Steve give this talk at the American Chamber and it was excellent. If you get the chance, go.

  • Volker Müller

    will FIVE points really be sufficient?
    May be a its a starting point.
    The issue is that SME can not set-up a legal department und also can’t regularly consult expensive lawyers.
    What is necessary for SME is to develop a cost-efficient strategy to get familiar with the most important laws and regulations (and keep trace of the rapidly changing regulatory environment).

  • Fanch

    Was really interesting, Steve’s ability to get straight to the point is amazing (btw what was this amazing Washington State lawyer thing about ?). Of course, five points can never be sufficient, all the more that yesterday only 3 of them were developed, but this is a very good introduction to avoid certain prejudices as well as clues to avoid some mistakes.