December 2009, Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
The Nominating Committee of IPBA (www.ipba.org) has officially recommended Caroline Berube as Publications Committee Vice-Chair for a term of two years effective at the end of the 2010 Singapore Conference in May. Caroline’s nomination was approved by the Council at its Mid-Year Meeting in Hong Kong on November 1st, 2009.

January 27th, 2010, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Guangzhou (China)
Caroline Berube, the managing partner of HJM Asia Law, and Riccardo Cajola, partner at Cajola & Associati,  will speak at a seminar organised by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Guangzhou. The seminar will be held in Guangzhou, at the Chamber’s office (Unit 1401, International Financial Place, No. 8, Huaxia Lu, Pearl River New City, 510623 Guangzhou) between 6pm and 7.30pm. The topic will be “How can you benefit of the stimulus package, tax rebate and subsidies put in place by the Chinese authorities?”. For more information, please click on www.cameraitacina.com

January 29th, 2010, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Guangzhou (China)
Caroline Berube, the managing partner of HJM Asia Law, and Riccardo Cajola, partner at Cajola & Associati, will speak at a seminar organized by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore. The seminar will be held in Singapore at the ESSEC Campus, from 2.30 to 4.00pm. The topic will be : “Rules and Statutory Regulations : Products labeling made in Singapore, China and Italy” . For more information, please click on www.italchamber.org.sg

January 29th, 2010, Singapore
Caroline Berube, the managing partner of HJM Asia Law, is proud to announce that HJM will be one of the main sponsors of the Canada@the race. The event will be held on January 29th 2010 by the Canadian five pillars (The High Commission of Canada, the Canadian Alumni, the Canadian International School, the Canadian Association and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce). For more information on the event, please click on www.cancham.org.sg.

February 18th, 2010, Brödermann & Jahn, Hamburg (Germany)
Caroline Berube will speak at a Luncheon organized in Hamburg (Germany) by Brödermann & Jahn Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH on the topic : “Pitfalls to avoid when doing business in China” . The Luncheon will be held in Hamburg, Neuer Wall 71, at 12.30pm. For more information, please click on www.german-law.com.

February 18th, 2010, INSEAD Hamburg, Harvard Club Hamburg and Brödermann & Jahn, Hamburg (Germany)
Caroline Berube will speak at a dinner organized in Hamburg (Germany) by INSEAD Hamburg, Harvard Club Hamburg and Brödermann & Jahn Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH on the topics : “Pitfalls to avoid when doing business in China”; “are contracts enforceable in China” and “how to protect your IP rights in China” . The dinner will be held in Hamburg, Neuer Wall 19 (Hanse Lounge), at 6.00pm. For more information, please click on www.german-law.com.

March, 9th and 10th , 2010, Carrefour Quebec International (Canada)
Caroline Berube, the managing partner of HJM Asia Law, and Maxime Berube, general manager of Jade&Co, will speak at a seminar organized by Carrefour Quebec International (March 9th : morning in  Sherbrooke ;  5.pm to 7.pm : Drummondville – March 10th : morning in  Shawinigan). The topics will be “Various strategies to improve your supplying in Asia” and  on the legal side “How to protect you business and avoid pitfalls when doing business in China ?”. For more information, please click on www.cqinternational.org

March 10th, 2010, Law Faculty, Laval University (Canada)
Caroline Berube, the managing partner of HJM Asia Law, will speak at a conference organized by the Faculty of Law (www.fd.ulaval.ca ) on "Commercial agreements and the analysis of three types of legal structure in China”.

March 16th, 2010, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce (USA)
Caroline Berube, managing partner of HJM Asia Law, and Louise Kern, managing Director of Globis, will speak at a seminar organised by the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. The seminar will be held in Chicago, at the Chamber’s office (Burnham Room) on March 16th between 5pm and 7pm. The topic of the seminar will be “How to Protect Your Interests in Doing Business in China?”. Caroline will talk about “Do you need to set up a company structure to protect your interests in China? 4 ways to do business in China and the pitfalls to avoid”. Louise Kern will talk about “Protecting against fraud when doing business in and with China: background investigations and other techniques for risk mitigation.” For more information, please click on www.chicagolandchamber.org.

March 16th, 2010, Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal (Canada)
Caroline Berube will speak at a conference organized by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal on "Practical aspects of intellectual property in China". For more information, please click on www.ccmm.qc.ca.

March 17th, 2010, the International Trade Association of Greater Chicago (USA)
Caroline Berube , managing partner of HJM Asia Law, in association with Michelle J. Rozovics, partner at Rozovics Law Firm, will speak at a seminar organized by the International Trade Association of Greater Chicago. The topic will be “Maximize your profits and minimize your risks in China by Understanding Your Sourcing Contracts”. For more information, please click on www.itagc.org

April , 15th and 16th , 2010, 4th World Women Lawyers Conference (London)
Caroline Berube, the managing partner of HJM Asia Law, is proud to announce that HJM Asia Law will be one of the Associate social event sponsors for the 4th World Women Lawyers Conference, taking place from 15–16 April 2010 at the Grand Connaught Rooms, London, England. The conference is presented by the IBA Women Lawyers Interest Group (WIG) and supported by the IBA European Regional Forum. For more information, please click here

May 5th 2010, IPBA (Singapore)
Caroline Berube will speak at the IP Committee session. The panel will discuss the following topic “Case study of the impact of updated IP Laws on IP litigation in China”. For more information, please click on www.ipba.com. 

June 10-13th, 2010, CILS International Arbitration Symposium (Salzbourg)
Caroline Berube will speak at a seminar organized by the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS), on "Arbitration in Asia : a cultural approach of this legal way of solving conflict in China and in Singapore". For more information, please click on www.cils.org.  

June 17th, 2010, Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal (Canada)
Caroline Berube will speak at a conference organized by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal (www.ccmm.qc.ca) on "How to set up your company in China".