On 22 July 2016, one of the series lecture "Listen to Guantao" - Interpretation of the New Regulations about State-owned Assets in Enterprises -, led to a successful ending at Guantao Beijing Office. This lecture was conducted by lawyer Li Zhen, partner of the Domestic Corporation Securities Department. More than 70 personages from large-scale central and local state-owned enterprises, such as CHALCO, CPECC, Finance Street etc., attended the lecture.
Ms. Li explained key points and highlights of the “Supervision and Management Measures of State-owned Assets in Enterprises” one by one, then had a deep discussion about opportunities and challenges brought by the new regulations during practices, such as property rights transfer, capital increase, asset disposal etc. A clearer definition of the state-owned enterprises may cause structural adjustment of the state-owned assets investment funds. She also exchanged and shared ideas about these problems and was highly praised by the participants.
This is the third one of the series lectures. The interpretation of the fourth judicial explanation of Corporation Law, which was co-hosted by Guantao Law Firm and Wolters Kluwer, also got a warm response. 68 well-known companies, such as Nissan Group of China, Letv, Sohu, Disney China, CNOOC etc. participated in the forum. Lawyer Chen Siyu, partner of Litigation and Arbitration Department of Guantao, made a full interpretation on resolution efficacy of the shareholders' general meeting and directorate, shareholders' rights to know, claim for profit distribution, right of preemption, direct suit and shareholder's derivative action.
On 13 May, "Exchange of Private Investment Fund" salon was held at the juncture of outburst of relevant laws and regulations. The activity was hosted by Lawyer Tan Weihong, who serves at Finance Department of Guantao. Lawyer Chen Zhongye, partner of Domestic Corporation Securities Department, particularly introduced supervision organization, supervisory rules, self-regulation of the private equity investment and interpreted the relevant policies. Lawyer Xiao Fei shared and talked about definition, history, relevant law and regulation, set-up, fund-raising, investment, management and withdrawal of PE, as well as registration and filling of private equity fund. More than 40 lawyers, who attended the activity, agreed that, the referred lawyers get help in time and this activity builds a communication platform for peers from legal circles, and provides a good opportunity for exchange.