On January 11, 2015 AllBright hosted the joint annual meeting of its domestic capital markets committee and finance committee in Shanghai. The event was so popular that the venue was fully attended by 323 AllBright members from the Shanghai headquarters and other offices around China.

AllBright managing director Wu Mingde delivered the opening speech and briefed the audience about the updates of the Department of Public Offering Supervision, China Securities Regulatory Commission and the latest development of the firm’s finance practice area, with a focus on due diligence, risk control and the standardized management of the firm’s business.

AllBright managing director Wu Mingde delivers the opening speech.

Then, partners Shen Guoquan and Li Xianying, as conveners of the joint meeting, made a summary of the firm’s business in the two practice areas of domestic capital market and finance.

AllBright partner Li Xianying made an overview of AllBright’s business in the practice area of finance.

AllBright partner Shen Guoquan briefs participants about AllBright’s domestic capital markets business.

The meeting offered an effective way for AllBright members to communicate with and learn from each other.

The following AllBright partners delivered insightful speeches during the meeting. Shen Guoquan delivered a speech entitled Impact of the Public Offering Registration Mechanism on Legal Services. Shawn Zhang gave a projection of the 2015 capital market outlook. Wang Rui delivered a speech entitled IPOs and Legal Practices of Affairs Involving More than 300 Shareholders on the New OTC BB. Li Xianming delivered a speech entitled Assets Management Market Legal Services and Innovations. James Miao delivered a speech entitled China’s Foreign Exchange Policy Updates and Trends. Zhang Lili delivered a speech entitled Asset Securitization and other Asset Management Product Legal Practices. Jeen Li delivered a speech on Thoughts on New OTC BB Standards Feedback and Relevant Legal Practices. Zong Shicai delivered a speech entitled Internet Financing Basics, Trends, Supervision and Cases. Victor Wu delivered a speech entitled Overview of P2P and Quasi-Securitization. Daniel Xu delivered a speech entitled Commercial Bank’s Investment Banking Business – A Case Study. Maggie Chen delivered a speech entitled Domestic Companies’ Overseas Bond Issuances. Liu Feng shared updates on China’s stock exchanges with the audience.

Shawn Zhang delivers a speech.                Li Xianming delivers a speech.

Wang Rui delivers a speech.                         Xu Jun delivers a speech.

James Miao delivers a speech.                        Zhang Lili delivers a speech.

Jeen Li delivers a speech.                       Zong Shicai delivers a speech.

Victor Wu delivers a speech.                      Daniel Xu delivers a speech.

Ark Bao speaks at the event.                 Maggie Chen delivers a speech.

Shen Guoquan delivers a speech.                Liu Feng speaks at the event.

The above-mentioned partners covered a wide range of topics, sharing their extensive experience in their respective practice areas with the audience. The intriguing, humorous and insightful speeches, delivered with illustrative cases, received praise from the audience.

Finance and capital markets in China are set to witness wider changes in 2015 against the backdrop of the IPO registration mechanism, large-scale asset management and internet financing. The meeting offered an excellent platform for AllBright members to share with each other their experiences and to discuss the latest market trends. AllBright lawyers are confident in their ability to make more achievements in the coming year.