The seminar will focus on the landscape over the coming year for international investors in assessing and investing in opportunities in the Energy Sector in Western, Central and Eastern Europe. Our speakers will focus on the opportunities arising in renewable energy and network projects.

With major initiatives such as the Belt & Road driving inbound investment into Europe, and the recent visit of UK Prime Minister to China during which deals worth more than £9.3 billion were announced, and the seminar will put special emphasis on the issues for Chinese investments into Europe.

Grant Thornton’s aim is to bridge between investors and projects responding to Belt & Road Initiative and to share the experience and challenge of dealing with far east investors and showcase some of the success cases from the past.

In addition to the speakers, there will be a number of other invited guests contributing on a range of topics on the themes of the drivers for investment in European Energy and Asian investment into Europe’s energy sector.

We would like to invite you to our morning Seminar on 13 July 2018.

Agenda08:30 Registration with tea & coffee

09:00 Introduction Simon Bevan, Head of China Britain Services Group, Grant Thornton UK

09:15 One Belt One Road and Energy Investment Jin Xu Economic & Commercial Minister Counsellor, Embassy of P.R.China in the UK

09:30 Legal and regulatory considerations for Energy Investments Munir Hassan, Head of Clean Energy, CMS UK

10:10 Coffee Break

10:30 The landscape for UK Renewable energy sector investments and key considerations Mike Read, Director, Head of Energy & Environment, Grant Thornton UK

11:00 Factors to consider in inward investment in Europe Tom Wang, Director, CIRI UK Kun Li, CEO CIRI China

11:45 Q&A

Invitation

Date13 July 2018

Time08:30-11:45

Venue30 Finsbury Square London EC2A 1AG

Limited places are available, please register your interest RSVP to Alicia

alicia.e.peirano@uk.gt.com or 0116 2575 145

Jin XuMinister Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in UK

Education 1979–1984 Major in International Trade of Foreign Economics and Trade University

1985 Undertaken the training under EU Export Promotion Program

1998 Study Senior Management Project at Business College, Harvard University

Experience 1984–1987 Officer at West Europe Division, Europe America Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economics

1987–1991 Third secretary at Commercial Section of Chinese Embassy in Turkey

1991–1992 Chief Staff at Import Export Division of Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics

1993–1999 Division Chief, Foreign Trade and Transportation Division, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economics

1993–1999 Chief of HK & Macau three fastest trains office

2000–2002 Minister Counsellor of Commercial Section, Chinese Consulate in San Francisco

2002–2009 Vice Director of Oceania & American Division of Ministry of Commerce

2009–2014 The Dean of Research and Training College for officials of International Business

Speakers

Munir HassanPartner | Head of Clean Energy CMS UK

Munir is a partner in the Energy & Utilities team and is Head of Clean Energy at CMS in London, helping to determine the Firm’s strategy on renewables, carbon capture and emissions trading matters as well as advising more broadly across the electricity sector. Over the past seventeen years, Munir has advised on independent power projects, renewables projects and transactions, market reform, regulatory and commercial arrangements, M&A transactions, sector restructurings, fuel supply arrangements, PPAs, price-regulated energy networks, regional trading arrangements and wholesale/retail supply issues and has drafted or advised on power sector legislation, contracts, licences, rules and codes in a number of jurisdictions.

Munir advises on all aspects of electricity power generation, particularly in the renewables sector, including the securing of the project opportunity (whether merchant or government procured), permitting, dealing with the challenges of a constantly changing commercial and regulatory environment on a national and international level, the commercial arrangements for projects, the subsidy arrangements, the project contracts and construction arrangements. The team provides the sectoral expertise on M&A transactions, project financings and disputes. Munir is the editor of “Wind: Projects & Transactions” and also of the forthcoming “Power: A Practical Handbook”, both published by Globe Law & Publishing.

Mike ReadHead of Energy and Environment | Grant Thornton UK

Mike specialises in providing financial and commercial advice, as well as fundraising for energy and environmental infrastructure contracts in the UK and internationally. His client base covers procuring authorities, contractors and funders; he also provides strategic advice and other support to governmental bodies.

Mike’s background includes being a mining engineer as well as an accountant, and he completed his first energy Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract in 2001 in the UK. Since then, he has led or is leading more than 30 municipal energy and environment projects both in the UK and internationally. Mike also provides support around commercial fundraisings and M&A activity in the waste and energy sectors.

Outside of transactions, he managed the high-profile evaluation of the roll-out of the Electricity Market Reform policy, undertaken jointly by Grant Thornton and Poyry on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change 2015 – present Minister Counsellor of Chinese Embassy.

Tom WangDirector CIRI UK

Tom Wang is a dynamic and ambitious entrepreneur with over 10 years consulting experience in international cross-border business & investment which covered wide range sectors including Foreign Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, Agriculture, Energy and Real Estate.

Wise Li CEO CIRI China

Wise graduated from Beijing University and worked in Siemens as Key Account Manager, where he mainly dealt with state-owned energy and nature resources enterprises. He has more than 12 years overseas project experience with contracts value over 1 billion US dollars. Wise is the creator of ‘Industry C2C’ module, strategic partnership with major players in China energy sector, such as ChinaPower, China Datang, Znshine Solar etc.

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