China and Europe: current challenges and future changes of investments, IBA China Working Group (CWG) webinar on September 15th, 2021

Caroline Berube, Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law, was happy to moderate the webinar together with her co-Chair of the IBA CWG, David Dali Liu (JunHe Law Offices, Shanghai), joined by an engaging panel of insightful speakers: Riccardo Cajola (Cajola & Associati, Milan), Stéphane Coulaux (CMG Legal & Associés, Paris), David Du (Bosch, Shanghai), Vladimíra Glatzová (Glatzova & Co, Prague) and Patrick Schleiffer (Lenz & Staehelin, Zurich).  Discussions began on the current trends of Chinese investments into Europe, and European investments into China, based on statistics from 2018 to 2021, including regard given to the Covid-19 impact. The panel provided useful advice on compliance issues and various legal requirements. shared about the Europe merger control procedure, gave negotiation tips for investors and discussed about future challenges for investments on both directions.  Special thanks to Maria Chew (Conference & Marketing Administrator, IBA Asia) for her active coordination and assistance.