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Speakers
Max Jiang, Senior Intellectual Property Officer - UK Intellectual Property Office
Max (Xinyun) Jiang is Senior Intellectual Property Officer based in British Consulate-General Shanghai. He is a part of the China IP Attaché team of the UK Intellectual Property Office, and leads on providing IP support to the UK businesses operating in or trading with China. Before joining the China IP Attache team in 2018, Max was Senior Trade and Investment Officer, Retail and Consumer Goods, of Department for International Trade (DIT), with abundant experiences in supporting SME newly entering the China market.
Mark Schaub, International Partner - King & Wood Mallesons
Mark Schaub specializes in foreign direct investment, cross border M&A, intellectual property, and private equity investment in China. He has advised investment projects in a wide variety of sectors including retail, automotive, autonomous cars, blockchain，fintech and manufacturing. Transaction sizes have varied from USD 500,000 to over USD 1 billion. He is familiar with China issues faced by companies of all sizes. He has advised on foreign investment projects in all major sectors across China with a cumulative value exceeding US$ 20 billion. Mark has been lead counsel for clients in acquisitions, M&A projects, outsourcing, OEM contract manufacturing, technology licensing, compliance, restructuring, joint venture disputes, fraud, distribution, as well as day-to-day corporate advice. Mark has been living full time in Shanghai from 1993. He joined King & Wood Mallesons in 2000. He was the first foreign lawyer to join our firm. Prior to this, he worked in the Shanghai offices of well-known German and US law firms. Mark has been consistently awarded Asia Law's “Lawyer of the Year” for corporate work. Since August 2018 Mark has been splitting his time between London and Shanghai. Mark speaks English, German, and Mandarin.
