Since 1992,Mr Han·s legal specialty lies in the fields of corporate, and mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and listings, restructuring, investment funds, etc, for which he has abundant execution skill and experience. In the areas of corporate, and mergers and acquisitions, he has offered legal advice for mergers and acquisitions between many multinational companies, foreign invested companies and domestic enterprises. He has also provided legal services for the restructuring and corporatisation of state-owned, collective and private enterprises.

Mr. Han was elected to serve as a committee member at the Seventh and Eighth Review Committee for the offering of equities at the China Securities Regulatory Commission. In June 2005, he was engaged by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, PRC to serve as an appraisal committee member for the first corporate annuity fund (China·s corporate pension fund scheme).

Hansom Ma, Llinks Law Offices · Senior Associate

Mr. Hansom Ma graduated from Renmin University of China with a Bachelor·s degree in Economics and a Master in Laws (LL.M.); he is also an associate of the China Institute of Certified Public Accountants.He later pursued a PhD in venture capital under the tutelage of Mr Siwei Cheng at the public administration and policy faculty of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Graduate School..Mr. Ma has held a position as a researcher with Peking University Venture Capital Research Institute.

Mr. Ma·s areas of specialty are private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring of state-owned enterprises, etc.

- Tu Hong, General Manager of the Bank of Communications in New York
- Llinks Law Office
- KPMG Hong Kong

Mark Schaub, Partner, King & Wood (click here for more information):

DIANE E. AMBLER is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP (K&LNG). She has been practicing corporate and securities law in the Washington, D.C. area since 1979. Her practice involves counseling financial institutions, including investment companies, investment advisers, broker-dealers, investment banks, insurance companies, and depository institutions, in a variety of registration and compliance issues. She has extensive experience representing financial institutions in governance issues, director independence and the development of internal compliance programs.

LORRAINE MASSARO is a partner in the New York office of K&LNG. She has been practicing in the corporate and finance law areas since 1977. Her practice involves representing investment banks, commercial banks, issuers, venture capital investors, institutional lenders and borrowers, as well as public and private companies as general outside counsel, with respect to governance, securities laws compliance, general corporate matters, disclosure issues, financings and mergers and acquisitions.

KRISTEN LARKIN STEWART is a partner in the Pittsburgh office of K&LNG and has been practicing in the corporate, transactional and securities areas since 1986. Her transactional practice involves matters for public companies, including securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, as well as matters for privately held companies. She has advised corporate clients with respect to securities compliance matters, corporate governance, business planning, and defensive planning and structuring.

KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART NICHOLSON & GRAHAM LLP
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Jim Hamilton     (J.D)  (LL.M)

Jim Hamilton is a Principal Analyst at Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of corporate and securities information. Hamilton has written and spoken extensively on  federal securities law and has been cited as an authority by federal courts and by other authors. His analysis of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Manual: A Handbook for the Act and SEC Rules, is considered a definitive explanation and is often used in professional conferences and seminars.

Ted Trautmann     (J.D)

Ted Trautmann is Managing Editor of the CCH securities editorial group of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of securities and business law information. He has co-authored many books in the area of federal securities regulation, including: Informal Corporate Disclosure under Federal Securities Law; Responsibilities of Corporate Officers and Directors under Federal Securities Law; and U.S. Master Federal Securities Law Guide. He has also contributed analyses for the CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter, a comprehensive resource for federal securities laws, regulations, and related information.

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