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| Quasi-judicial/judicial
offices : |
| Appointment by PRC National
Government |
| Arbitrator |
CIETAC (the China International Economic
and Trade Arbitration Commission) |
| Arbitrator |
Arbitrator, South China Arbitration
Commission
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Appointment by Hong Kong SAR
Government Advisory Boards and Statutory Bodies
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| Chairman |
Advisory Committee on Travel Agents |
| Second Deputy Chairman |
Appeal Board on Closure Orders (Immediate Health Hazard) |
| Member |
Independent Police Complaints Council |
| Member |
Fight Crime Committee |
| Member |
Hong Kong Tourism Board |
| Member |
Hong Kong Hospital Authority |
| Member |
Air Transport Licensing Authority |
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| International
professional/legal membership and offices : |
| Past President |
Inter Pacific Bar Association |
| Member |
Publications Committee of INTA, IBA,
INTA, AIPPI, MARQUES, APAA, AIPLA |
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| Recent
Publications and Speeches : |
| Hong Kong – Canada Business
Association, 2002, Canada |
| Intellectual Property Protection in
China – Post WTO |
| International Bar Association,
Annual Meeting, 2002, Durban |
| Customary v. Statutory Succession
in Hong Kong and the PRC |
| International Trademark Association,
Leadership Meeting, 2002, Scottsdale |
| Strategies for Licensing Success Worldwide |
| International Bar Association,
Annual Meeting, 2003, San Francisco |
| International Franchising |
| Hong Kong Trade Development
Council, Hong Kong Forum 2003, Hong Kong |
| Practical Guide for Doing Business
in China |
| Osaka Chamber of Commerce,
Osaka Conference 2003, Osaka |
| Your New Competitive Edge in Doing
Business in Greater China |
| German Anti-Piracy Association,
2004, Munich |
| An Overall Strategy for Fighting Counterfeiting
in China beyond the Raids and the Miserly Fines |
| International Bar Association, Annual Meeting, 2004, Auckland |
| Changes and Transformation in Corporate Structuring for M&A in PRC |
| International Bar Association, Annual Meeting, 2005, Prague |
| New Incentives for Private Equity Managers |
| Trafficking in Human in PRC |
| FICPI, 9th Open Forum, 2005, Lisbon |
| Trademark Enforcement in China |
| International Trademark Association, Annual Meeting, 2007, Chicago |
| Counterfeiting Issues in Asia |
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| Community
Service : |
| Chairman |
Council of Hong Kong Adventure Corps.
(Hong Kong Registered Charity) |
| Member |
Hong Kong Committee of Unicef (Hong
Kong Registered Charity) |
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Vivien Chan is the senior partner
of Vivien Chan & Co., a greater China law firm with offices
in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. She has more than 20 years'
experience in M&A, technology transfers and information technology,
and related tax issues.
Vivien has been identified by the AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers surveys
as one of Asia's Leading Lawyers for China Practice in year 2002
and 2003; for Intellectual Property from year 2003 to 2007; and for Mergers & Acquisitions and General Corporate Practice from year 2006 to 2007.
She has also been named as one of the World's Leading Project
Finance and Trademark Lawyers by Euromoney Legal Media Group in
year 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Vivien is a Justice of Peace, and President of the Inter Pacific
Bar Association 2002/2003. She is a Notary Public, a notarial
Attesting Officer in PRC, and has been appointed Arbitrator of
CIETAC, South China Arbitration Commission. She serves on a number of appeal boards, to
include chairing the Advisory Committee
on Travel Agents. She also serves as a member of
Hong Kong Tourism Board, Hong Kong Hospital Authority and Air Transport Licensing Authority.
Vivien has served as independent director to listed concerns,
and led noteable Corporate Finance and M&A projects in Hong
Kong and China. The firm has acted for both underwriters and listed
applicants in IPOs, and was counsel to the first company listed
on Hong Kong's GEM in its listing exercise.
Vivien is fluent in English, Mandarin, French and Cantonese.
As of May 2005, Vivien has been awarded the Outstanding Woman Professional & Entrepreneur Award 2005.
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