Shanghai In-House Community Congress 2025

Registration

Opening Remarks 

by Rahul Prakash of In-House Community

Panel Discussion on Future-Proof Counsel: Tackling AI, Geopolitics, and Legal Innovation Head-On

Panelists:

• Stephen Li of GE Vernova
• Tianfu Liu of Cabot
• Zheng Jin of C.H. Robinson

Moderated by:
Rahul Prakash of In-House Community

(this session will be in English)

Legal updates in India

by Vishal Gandhi of Gandhi & Associates

(this session will be in English)

Morning networking & refreshment break

Enterprise Foreign Business Development 企业涉外业务发展

by Ge Yan and Pinghui Sun of Joint-Win Partners

This session will cover:

• The analysis and prevention of risk in International trade and logistics
• Expanding Business Overseas: Cross-border Capital and Practical Path of SPAC Listing

(this session will be in English)

Malaysian Investment Climate

by Joan Ting of Zaid Ibrahim & Co.

This session will cover:

• New opportunities
• Major legislation updates

(this session will be in English)

Lunch Break

Managing international business in changing tariff landscape

by Jacob Harding of Winston & Strawn LLP

This session will cover:

• The Current Tariff Landscape
• How Companies are Approaching the Situation
• Understanding Country of Origin

(this session will be in English)

Foreign-related Commercial Dispute Resolution Clauses: Choice and Effect  涉外商事争议解决条款：选择与效果

by James Guan (Guan Feng) of King & Wood Mallesons

This session will cover:

• 诉讼与仲裁：如何选择 Litigation / Arbitration: How to Choose
• 如何挑选法院 How to Choose the Forum
• 不对称管辖协议（内涵、效力、起草）Asymmetric Jurisdiction Agreement (Connotation, Validity and Drafting)
• 跨境平行诉讼的处理 Handling of Cross-border Parallel Actions

Creditor and Shareholder Protection Mechanisms Under PRC New Legal Framework: How Creditors Can Utilize the Legal Toolkits under the Civil Code, Company Law, and Others  中国新法律格局下的债权人保护机制——债权人如何运用《民法典》《公司法》等法律项下工具箱

by Jane Wang (Wang Jianjian) of King & Wood Mallesons

This session will cover:

• Toolkit of Creditors’ Rights Under the Framework of the Civil Code 民法典》框架下的债权人权利工具箱
• Creditor Protection Mechanisms from the Company Law Perspective 《公司法》视角下的债权人保护机制
• Synergistic Effects of the Civil Code, Company Law, and Criminal Law 《民法典》《公司法》《刑法》的协同效应

(the sessions will be in Chinese)

Afternoon networking break

Personal Information Compliance Audit & Use of AI Tools in China: Key Considerations

by Gil Zhang of Fangda Partners

This session will cover:

• Personal Information Compliance Audit: dos and donts
• Use of AI tools in China: third-party tools contracting and assessment and dos and don’ts

(this session will be in English)

Vietnam legal update

by Huu Minh Nhut Nguyen of Russin & Vecchi LLP

(this session will be in English)

Legal Essentials for Managing Layoffs: Compliance, Risks, and Best Practices/如何处理大型裁员：合规要求、风险和最佳实操

by Lucy Lu of King & Wood Mallesons

This session will cover:

• Introduction to major layoff methods/主要裁员方式的解读
• Factors to be considered to establish the layoff plan/制定裁员方案的考虑因素
• How to design the severance package/如何设置经济补偿金方案

(this session will be in Chinese)

Closing Remarks & Prize Giveaway