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ASIA PACIFIC CONSUMER GOODS & RETAIL CONFERENCE

Retail:ity ASIA PACIFIC CG&R ROUNDTABLE Navigating the realities of consumer goods

and retail in the digital ageDecember 3, 2019 | Hong Kong

Retail:ityASIA PACIFIC CONSUMER GOODS

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About the Event

Navigating the realities of CG&R in the digital ageCompanies within the consumer goods and retail industry are no strangers to trends and challenges that affect the way they do business in the digital age. Transformations in the sector happen on a daily basis, impacting businesses with issues suchas the rise of protectionism, tech disruption, retail network digitalization and consumer deal considerations.

This is the new reality of retail.

In this interactive conference, we will bring together senior business leaders in the CG&R industry as we discuss the latest trends, developments and challenges most relevant to your business as well as share insights around emerging legal, regulatory and practical solutions in the CG&R sector. During the event, we encourage the candid exchange of information,views and experiences.

This event will give you the opportunity to:

� Understand the impact of digitalization in the industry

� Discuss the challenges and implications of the US-China trade wars on supply chains

� Focus on advancing growth strategies through investments

� Network with industry peers and interact with Baker McKenzie partners from across the region




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Time Item

9:00 am - 9:30 am Arrival and registration

9:30 am - 9:45 am Welcome address

9:45 am - 10:25 am

Business transformation in a digital world: How retailers and consumer goods leaders re-invent themselves to win within the new retail renaissanceCustomers around the world expect shopping to be equal parts physical and digital, with convenience and personalization now as important as price and product. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Asia, where retailers and consumer goods leaders are leading the world in delivering breakthrough convenience and continuous innovation. This session will focus on how retailers and brands re-invent themselves to be more digital and data-driven to thrive in this new world with a focus on e-commerce, in-store digitalization, and personalization.

10:25 am - 11:25 am

Rise of protectionism — US/China trade warsThe dramatically changing economic and political environment poses uncharted challenges for brands. Rise in protectionism spells hard times for retailers — protectionist measures can drive up the costs of goods and can lead to more delays and disruptions to retail operations.

11:25 am - 11:40 am Morning break

11:40 am - 12:40 pm

Advancing growth strategies: Invest or restructure?Keeping up with the pace of innovation and responding to current market challenges may mean that companies need to rethink how they organize themselves to be future-ready. This session will discuss trends and related legal and regulatory issues that companies must consider when implementing growth and investment strategies.

12:40 pm - 1:30 pm Networking lunch

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

DigitalizationThe digital economy has changed how people select, buy and pay for goods and services. These digital technologies are also having an impact on various other retail trends, including personalized services, social media marketing and the use of blockchain and AI. This session will cover these key trends and the legal and regulatory implications of such innovations.

Agenda




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Welcome addressLokeKhoon Tan Partner, Baker McKenzie, Hong Kong

Business transformation in a digital worldJordan Berke Founder, Tomorrow Retail Consulting

Rise of protectionism — US/China trade warsModerator: Adeline Wong Partner, Wong & Partners, Kuala Lumpur

Panelists: Kana Itabashi Partner, Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise), Tokyo

Tina Li Associate, Baker McKenzie, Shanghai

Keerati Saneewong Na Ayudthaya Senior Associate, Baker McKenzie, Bangkok

Ivy Tan Associate, Wong & Partners, Kuala Lumpur

Advancing growth strategies: Invest or restructure?Moderator: Tracy Wut Partner, Baker McKenzie, Hong Kong

Panelists: Cahyani Endahayu Partner, Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners, Jakarta

Lan Phuong Nguyen Partner, Baker McKenzie, Ho Chi Minh City

Grace Tso Partner, Baker McKenzie, Hong Kong

Stewart Whitney Vice President & Managing Director (APAC), Wolverine Worldwide

DigitalizationModerator: Paolo Sbuttoni Partner, Baker McKenzie, Hong Kong

Panelists: Kherk Ying Chew Partner, Wong & Partners, Kuala Lumpur

Dominic Edmondson Senior Associate, Baker McKenzie, Hong Kong

Ren Jun Lim Associate Principal, Baker McKenzie, Singapore

Manh Hung Tran Partner, Baker McKenzie, Vietnam




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Dominic EdmondsonSenior Associate, Baker McKenzie, Hong Kong

Dominic Edmondson is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie’s Hong Kong office. His practice focuses on information technology advisory work, IT sourcing and transactions, cybersecurity, e-commerce, telecommunications, privacy and data protection, as well as contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters. Dominic has a keen interest in AI, big data and distributed ledger technology and their impact on business in the Greater China region.

Jordan BerkeFounder, Tomorrow Retail Consulting

Jordan Berke is the founder and lead consultant at Tomorrow, a strategic retail consulting firm. It advises top-tier retailers on accelerating digital transformation with a focus on e-commerce, personalization, andomni-channel fulfilment. With over 20 years of digital, retail and marketing experience, Berke was an early leader in online marketing in the United States before moving to lead Walmart’s e-commerce and in-store digital efforts in China, where he spent the past10 years.

Kherk Ying ChewPartner, Wong & Partners, Kuala Lumpur

Kherk Ying Chew heads the Intellectual Property & Technology and Dispute Resolution Practice Groups, with more than 30 years of experience in the areaof intellectual property (IP), technology, dataprivacy, commercial litigation, corporate compliance, pharmaceutical and internet regulatory matters. The World IP Review Influential Women in IP directory listed Kherk Ying as one of the 80 world’s most influential female IP lawyers for 2019.

Cahyani EndahayuPartner, Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners, Jakarta

Cahyani Endahayu is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group. Her work includes handling the corporate/licensing, compliance and day-to-day work of major clients and providing corporate, compliance and advisory support services to other clients in relation to corporate/commercial issues. She has advised a wide range of domestic and international clients across various industry sectors, including consumer goods and retail/trading and healthcare.





Kana Itabashi Partner, Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise), Tokyo

Kana Itabashi is the head of the Asia Pacific International Commercial & Trade Practice Group and a member of the Corporate/M&A, Environment and Labor/Employment practice groups at Baker McKenzie’s Tokyo office. Kana has over seventeen years of legal experience. From 2007 to 2009, she was seconded to the principal investment department of a Japanese securities company where she engaged in a variety of investment-related matters, including corporate rehabilitation, private equity investment, emissions trading and non-performing loan investments.

Tina Li Associate, Baker McKenzie, Shanghai

Tina Li’s practice involves a wide range of legal services in international trade and commerce, including advising on tax and customs and other PRC regulatory issues in relation to supply chain optimization, export controls, trade compliance and customs dispute resolution.

Ren Jun LimAssociate Principal, Baker McKenzie, Singapore

Ren Jun Lim represents local and international intellectual property-intensive clients in contentious and non- contentious matters. These matters include civil and criminal litigation for all forms of intellectual property infringement; local and international filing and prosecution strategies; domain name disputes;trademark opposition and revocation; general litigation;and anti-corruption issues. In addition, Ren Jun plans and executes anti-counterfeiting operations for various clients in Singapore and around Asia Pacific. He also advises on various IP-related and non-intellectual property-related commercial issues arising from mergers and acquisitions, licensing, franchising, data protection, due diligence and valuation.

Lan Phuong NguyenPartner, Baker McKenzie, Ho Chi Minh City

Lan Phuong Nguyen specializes in M&A, corporate and commercial laws, and has extensive experience in real estate matters. She advises domestic and international strategic and private equity investors on major private and public M&A transactions in Vietnam across a wide spectrum of industries – consumer goods and retail, real estate, logistics, pharmaceutical and renewable energy.





Paolo SbuttoniPartner, Baker McKenzie, Hong Kong

Paolo Sbuttoni is a technology and privacy partner based in the Hong Kong office. He advises data privacy/cybersecurity clients in a broad range of sectors on IT contracts and outsourcing, communications, e-commerce, internet regulatory issues, general commercial agreements and consumer protection. His most recent focus has been on cloud services, digital transformation projects, and assisting Asia-based clients with data privacy compliance and the impact of GDPR. He is also currently the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) KnowledgeNet Chapter co chair in Hong Kong.

Keerati Saneewong Na Ayudthaya Senior Associate, Baker McKenzie, Bangkok

Keerati Saneewong Na Ayudthaya joined Baker McKenzie in 2013 and is currently active in the Tax Practice Group and the International Commercial & Trade Practice Group. Prior to joining the Firm, he worked as an in-house lawyer at a leading automotive company, at which his areas of practice were general corporate matters, labor law, intellectual property law and customs law.

Ivy TanAssociate, Wong & Partners, Kuala Lumpur

Ivy Tan is a trade and customs lawyer of the Tax, Trade and Wealth Management practice group atWong & Partners. She assist and advises clients on a broad range of trade customs matters, includingcross-border supply chain strategies, customs valuation and classification, use of free trade agreement and special customs areas, import and export restrictions, export control and sanction, trade remedies, customs audit and controversies, and other domesticregulatory issues.

LokeKhoon TanPartner, Baker McKenzie, Hong Kong

LokeKhoon Tan leads Baker McKenzie’s Asia Pacific Consumer Goods & Retail Industry Group. He is also the head of the IP Group in Hong Kong and China. His practice focuses on intellectual property law in the People’s Republic of China, with particular emphasis on the structuring of intellectual property rights andanti-counterfeiting planning in the area of trademarks, patents, copyright, trade names, computer software, passing off, unfair competition, designs, labelling laws, food, drug and health regulations, consumer, mediaand advertising laws.





Manh Hung Tran Partner, Baker McKenzie, Vietnam

Manh Hung Tran is the managing lawyer of BMVN International LLC, a licensed law firm and intellectual property agency that is in alliance with Baker McKenzie Vietnam offices. He has represented various multinational and Vietnamese companies in different M&A transactions in respect of different industries, including infrastructure, foodstuff, telecommunications, port, retail and distribution. He also assisted internationally famous brands to establish their investment projects in Vietnam.

Grace Tso Partner, Baker McKenzie, Hong Kong

Grace Tso is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Hong Kong office. Her practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions for foreign investors and foreign direct investment into China and Hong Kong. She also advises multinational companies on the planning and implementation of multi-country corporate restructuring projects.

Stewart Whitney Vice President & Managing Director (APAC), Wolverine Worldwide

Stewart Whitney is the vice president and managing director of Wolverine Worldwide (APAC). In his role, Stewart is responsible for implementing the company’s strategic direction for Asia Pacific and driving region-specific initiatives to achieve targeted and long-term growth for Wolverine’s portfolio of brands. The brand portfolio includes Merrell, Sperry, Saucony, Hush Puppies, Keds and Caterpillar.

Adeline Wong Partner, Wong & Partners, Kuala Lumpur

Adeline Wong is a partner and heads the Tax, Trade and Wealth Management practice. She has close to 30 years of experience spanning a broad category of tax work. Her scope and depth of knowledge covers transfer pricing, corporate tax planning and advisory, tax audits and investigations, tax controversies, foreign trade and WTO matters, and wealth and trust management, for both local and international clients. She is a frequent contributor to publications such as Bloomberg BNA, Lexology, International Tax Review, International Law Office and the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation.





Tracy Wut Partner, Baker McKenzie, Hong Kong

Tracy Wut is a partner in the Hong Kong office and heads our HK/China M&A team. She is experienced in mergers and acquisitions and foreign direct investments in China and regularly acts for clients in complex cross-border transactions and navigates them through various issues relating to investments in China, including in the Consumer Goods & Retail sector. She has been recommended as a leading lawyer in Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global and Chambers Asia and in M&A and Private Equity by IFLR1000.




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Date:

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Time:

9:00 am - 2:30 pm

Lunch and refreshments will be served.

Venue:

The Murray

22 Cotton Tree Drive, Central

Hong Kong

Program:

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Logistics:

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