Thursday, October 23, 2014
8:00AM – 9:00AM
REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
9:00AM – 9:20AM
WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Cai Hongbin
Dean, Peking University Guanghua School of Management
Robin Panovka
Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
9:20AM – 9:50AM
MORNING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Gao Xiqing
Former Vice-Chairman & President, China Investment Corporation
9:50AM – 10:50AM
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
HOT ISSUES IN GLOBAL CROSS-BORDER M&A
- Inversions
- Choice of domicile
- Protecting nationsl champions and jobs
- Choice of governing law
GUEST SPEAKERS:
Nigel P.G. Boardman
Partner, Slaughter and May (Moderator)
Robert Partridge
Managing Partner, PE Leader, Asia Pacific, Ernst & Young
Tim Payne
Senior Partner, Brunswick Group LLC
10:50AM – 11:10AM
BREAK
11:10AM – 11:30AM
GLOBAL OVERVIEW OF THE MARKET FOR CORPORATE CONTROL
Richard Campbell-Breeden
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Asia
11:30AM – 12:30PM
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
ACQUISITIONS IN DEVELOPED MARKETS – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Structuring the deal
- Outright acquisitions vs. stepped transactions vs. JVs
- Strategies for winning the deal
- Auctions
- Hostiles
- Dealing with regulators, domestic and foreign
- Financing the deal
- Post-deal integration
GUEST SPEAKERS:
Adam O. Emmerich
Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (Moderator)
Javier Illescas
Head of Business Legal Department, Banco Santander, S.A.
Sean Moylan
Associate General Counsel, United Technologies Corporation
12:30PM – 2:00PM
LUNCH – LUNCH SPEAKER:
Ma Weihua
Chairman, Wing Lung Bank
Introduction by Franny Yao
Partner, Ernst & Young
2:00PM – 3:00PM
ACQUISITIONS IN AND OUT OF CHINA — CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Economic rebalancing
- Privatization of SOE operations
- Market and industry sector openings and barriers
- NDRC approval reform
- The negative list
GUEST SPEAKERS:
Wang Kejin
Vice Director, CBRC Supervisory Rules and Regulations Department
Wang Wei
Chairman, China M&A Association
Ian Woo
Managing Director, Lazard Asia (HK) Limited
Simon Meng
Partner, King & Wood Mallesons (Moderator)
3:00PM – 3:20PM
TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CHINESE ECONOMY
ADVISORS:
Cai Hongbin
Dean, Peking University Guanghua School of Management
3:20PM – 3:30PM
BREAK
3:30PM – 3:50PM
RMB CROSS-BORDER UTILIZATION AND FTZ PILOT POLICIES
Wang Changyuan
Vice Director, PBOC Shanghai Department of RMB Cross-border Transactions
3:50PM – 4:50PM
HOT ISSUES IN CHINA CROSS-BORDER M&A
- Anti-monopoly activism
- Third & fourth plenum impact
- Anti-corruption campaign
- SOE reform and emergence of the private enterprise
- Secrecy and security
GUEST SPEAKERS:
Victor Chu
Chairman/CEO, First Eastern Investments Group
Brent Irvin
Vice President and General Counsel, Tencent Holdings Limited
Zili Shao
Vice Chairman, JP Morgan Asia-Pacific
Andy Browne
Senior China Correspondent, Wall Street Journal
Handel Lee
Partner, King & Wood Mallesons (Moderator)
4:50PM – 5:30PM
THE ROAD TO A CROSS-BORDER IPO – RECIPE FOR SUCCESS; INVESTMENTS AND STRATEGY
Justin Chen
Managing Director,Strategic Investment Department, Vice President, Alibaba Group
Wang Liang
Vice President, Legal Department, Chief Transactions Counsel, Alibaba Group
5:30PM – 5:40PM
CLOSING REMARKS
Stuart Fuller
Global Managing Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
6:00PM – 7:00PM
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Three on the Bund – 7th Floor Rooftop
No.3 The Bund
7:00PM
DINNER
Jean-Georges, Three on the Bund
No.3 The Bund
XBMA Award to Outstanding Legal Department – Tencent Holdings Limited
XBMA Award to Outstanding Investment & M&A Team – Alibaba
XBMA Leadership Award – Wei Christianson, co-CEO, Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific
DINNER SPEAKER:
Wei Christianson
co-CEO, Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific