Made in China 2025

Caroline, together with 30 Young Global Leaders (YGLs) from around the world met in Johannesburg for a special education module organised by the WITS Business School (WBS). Under the theme ‘Leading for Transformation’, the module introduced 30 dynamic YGLs to the concept of leadership in the African political and economic context.  It also aims to offer YGLs an intense, immersive personal development experience with regard to African societal and leadership opportunities, and practical networks for developing links between African and Rest-of-World leadership projects.

The young leaders began their tour with a visit to the Cradle of Humankind followed by a welcome dinner hosted by Wits Vice-chancellor Professor Adam Habib at his official residence, Savernake. The group also visited Johannesburg’s Maboneng District, the Origins Centre and the Tshimologong Innovation Hub at WITS University, and the Kliptown Youth Programme (KYP).  The full programme of the event can be viewed here.

Primerus, society of world’s top independent boutique law firms, held its Global Conference 2016 in Washington D.C.. Caroline Berube, the Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law, was a panellist at a session titled “Commercial Leasing – Cross Border Pitfalls to Avoid”.  Caroline covered risks arising when negotiating a commercial lease when setting up a factory or warehouse in various countries in Asia. The conference programme can be viewed here .

As Co- Chair of Asia Pacific Regional Forum of the International Bar Association, Caroline Berube, the Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law moderated a session on “Talent management: best practices for keeping your people happy” at Law Firm Management Conference held in Tokyo. The session focussed on retaining the best talents and creating a better place to work in boutique and international law firm in India, Hong Kong, Japan and China. There were speakers from renowned law firms from all over Asia. For more information about the event, click here.

Caroline Berube, the Managing Partner of HJM Asia Law, was selected as a Young Global Leader  by the World Economic Forum which recognizes the most distinguished leaders under the age of 40. She attended the Young Global Leaders Annual Summit 2016 in Tokyo. The WEF is an international institution committed to improving the state of the world through public-private cooperation and engages political, business, academic and other leaders of society in collaborative efforts to shape global, regional and industry agendas. More details on YGL events can be viewed here.

Given the strong commitment of the IBA (International Bar Association) to increasing membership and engagement in China, the 19^th Annual IBA International Arbitration day was held in China. Additionally, David Rivkin, the President of the IBA jointly with the IBA China Working Group (which Caroline Berube co-chairs), organized exclusive lunch events in Beijing and Shanghai ahead of the conference which were attended by local legal experts and leaders. All of the events, the lunches and the conference, were a huge success. Caroline looks forward to chairing the China Working Group in the year ahead and increasing IBA’s awareness and presence in China. You can view the conference programme here: Shanghai Arbitration 2016 programme

The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, in collaboration with Export Development Canada, has organized another “Intellectual Property in China” or “Propriété intellectuelle en Chine” webinar for its members, this time conducted in French. The webinar helped to demystify the myths and realities of intellectual property in a business context and allowed participants to understand their intellectual property rights, and thereby protect themselves and their company, particularly in a constantly evolving new environment. Caroline Berube is passionate about IP in Asia and its fast constant development and loves sharing her insight on topics such as particularities of IP in China, trademark conventions, challenges of IP litigation, and pre-emptive measures of IP protection. You can view the event information here.