On 16 June 2009, the Meeting for Foreign-Oriented Legal Service in Jiangsu was held at Nanjing Parkview Dingshan Hotel. More than 100 representatives from Hong Kong Law Society, Jiangsu Bar Association and Jiangsu Sub-Council, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade attended the meeting.

 

Justin Ma, Senior Partner at JC Master and Vice President of Jiangsu Bar Association, delivered speech entitled “Developing Hand in Hand, Jointly Creating A Bright Future.” Justin Ma, in his speech, introduced to the delegation of Hong Kong lawyers the position of Jiangsu economy, the developing strategy and the investment environment of Jiangsu, compared the status of legal service industries in Jiangsu and Hong Kong, demonstrated potential fields of cooperation, and made suggestions regarding cooperation between lawyers from Jiangsu and Hong Kong. The Vice President of Hong Kong Law Society delivered speech at the meeting. Five representatives of the delegation of Hong Kong lawyers delivered speeches regarding issues such as M&A and litigation.

 

Lawyers from Jiangsu and Hong Kong discussed issues regarding the current economic situation, prospect of cooperation and etc. Justin Ma exchanged views with representatives of Hong Kong lawyers regarding potential fields of future cooperation in finance, IPO, M&A, anti-dumping, etc.