Law Committee is made up of lawyers or business personnel from diverse and varied backgrounds, companies/ firms, and countries, who are interested in legal development and issues in Hong Kong and the PRC. The committee’s mission is to promote the evolution of Hong Kong’s and the PRC’ s legal systems through dialogue, debate, analysis and research.

Committee Meeting:
Committee usually meets on the second Thursday of each month.

Committee Chair: Eric Szweda Managing Partner Troutman Sanders Solicitors

Committee Vice Chair: David Tiang

UPCOMING AMCHAM LAW COMMITTEE MEETING
With Guest Speaker: Gloria Leung, Tax Director, Asia EXPATax
Topic: Cross-Border Mobility, Session II - Tax Issues in Transferring Employees Between Hong Kong and the Mainland
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HOSTED BY: Eric Szweda, Law Committee Chair
WHEN: Thursday, March 11, 2010 from 8:00 to 9:30am
WHERE: AmCham Conference Room, 1904 Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road, Central

PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN BREAKFAST
AmCham will provide coffee and tea. There are convenient coffee shops in the ground floor lobby of the Bank of America Tower and Hutchison House.
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Dear Committee Members,

Please join our next meeting which will be held on Thursday, March 11 to welcome Gloria Leung, Tax Director at Asia EXPATax who will speak on Cross-Border Mobility, Session II -Tax Issues in Transferring Employees Between Hong Kong and the Mainland.

DETAILS
Cross-border mobility between China and Hong Kong has many potential tax issues that both multi-national corporations and their mobile executives need to be aware of. In this meeting we will discuss the key tax issues relevant to cross-border transfers to China, their significant cost impact to business, and suggestions to mitigate such tax risk and exposure.

ABOUT GLORIA LEUNG
Gloria is the Tax Director at Asia EXPATax. She has extensive experience advising international corporations and law firms on cross-border tax issues including transfer pricing documentation, secondment planning, strategic tax treaty planning, and remuneration structuring for senior executives. Before assuming the current role, Gloria has been the Asia Tax Manager of a law firm, Linklaters, for five years. Prior to moving to Asia, she practiced in the US and worked for listed corporations managing their international tax matters. Gloria graduated from University of California Santa Barbara with a B.A. degree in Economics and University of Southern California with a Masters degree in Business Taxation. She is a Certified Public Accountant licensed by the State of California, US.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Eric Szweda
AmCham Law Committee Chairman

Past Events:

Event Date	Title	Speaker(s)
Feb 11, 2010	Cross-Border Mobility: Employment and Immigration Issues in Transferring Employees between Hong Kong and the Mainland	Jennifer Van Dale, Partner, Employment Law Group; and Grace Shie, Head of Global Migration Practice for Greater China, Baker & McKenzie
Jan 14, 2010	Planning Meeting	-
Dec 10, 2009	U.S. M&A: Guidance for Foreign Acquirers	Stephen Lamb, Partner - Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Nov 12, 2009	Limited Liability Partnerships for Hong Kong Law Firms
Sept 10, 2009	Members Discussion Meeting	-
Jul 9, 2009	Recent Legal Developments - Hong Kong and the Mainland	Stephen Vogel, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP; Jie Zhang, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Jun 22, 2009	Anti-Corruption Challenges Facing In-House Counsel	Kelly S. Austin, Compliance & Litigation Counsel, General Electric International, Inc; Eric A. Szweda, Managing Partner, Troutman Sanders Solicitors; Yuet Ming Tham, Consultant, Hong Kong, DLA Piper Hong Kong
May 14, 2009	Overview of the Civil Justice Reforms in Hong Kong	John Budge, Partner, Wilkinson & Grist
Apr 23. 2009	Impact of the New Social Insurance Law in China	Apo Leong, Director, Asia Monitor Resource Center of Hong Kong ; Willy Lin, SBS, MBE, JP, Vice-Chairman, Textile Council of Hong Kong; Pattie Walsh, Partner, Minter Ellison Lawyers; Judith Mackay, Social Compliance Manager, New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc. (Moderator)
Apr 9, 2009	Key Issue of the Pharmaceutical Industry - Counterfeiting	Sabrina Chan, Exe Director, The Hong Kong Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Mar 24, 2009	Inside the U.S. Supreme Court	Dr. Steven Chanenson, Fulbright Distringuished Scholar in Law & Visiting Scholar in Law School, Xiamen University
Mar 12, 2009	Navigating Hong Kong and PRC Employment Law Through Economic Turbulence	Pattie Walsh, Head of Employment, Minter Ellison Lawyers
Feb 12, 2009	HK Law Society's Anti-Money Laundering and Know Your Client Rules	David Powers, Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P.
Jan 13, 2009	Land Reform & Rural China: An Update from Field	Roy Prosterman, Founder and Chair Emeritus, Rural Development Institute, and Professor Emeritus, University of Washington School of Law; Li Ping, Attorney and Beijing Office Chief Representative, Rural Development Institute
Jan 8, 2009	Planning Meeting	-