Hong Kong - UK Shipping Forum: Managing Intervention in Global Shipping

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Neil Peacey

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Join us at the The Hong Kong - UK Shipping Forum.  This forum is co-organised by the UK Shipping Concierge and Maritime London in partnership with the British Consulate General Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Maritime Port Board.

The seminar will explore the complexities of counterparty compliance and how the industry is managing that risk, and the advantages of operating assets from mature maritime jurisdictions.

The welcome Address will be delivered by Mable Chan, JP, Permanent Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Transport and Logistics Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Speakers will include:

  • Alexander Brandt, Partner, Transportation, Reed Smith
  • William Fairclough, Managing Director, Wah Kwong Maritime Services (UK) Company Ltd
  • Vineet Puri, Director, Head of Shipping, Asia North and Asia South, Corporate Banking, Citi
  • Sandra Rosignoli, Group General Counsel and Head of Compliance, Clarksons
  • Mike Salthouse, Head of External Affairs, NorthStandard
  • Lars Lippuner, Director of UK Customer Maritime Services, Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
  • Jos Standerwick, Chief Executive, Maritime London
  • Benjamin Wong, Head of Transport and Logistics, InvestHK

Dress Code: Smart Casual

Date: Tuesday, 19th November 2024

Time: 14:30 – 19:30 HKT
        
Where: Hong Kong Maritime Museum

 

Agenda for the Seminar

1430 Registration/Refreshments on Arrival

1500 Organisers’Welcome

1510 Keynote Address
Mable Chan, JP, Permanent Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Transport and Logistics Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

1530 Session 1 - Counterparty compliance in a complex trading environment
This panel will explore how counterparties can ensure compliance, in a world of regional and international decarbonisation regulation, increasingly onerous ESG requirements from stakeholders in the shipping value chain and ambitious, complex sanctions regimes. Speakers will include:

  • Alexander Brandt, Partner, Transportation, Reed Smith
  • Vineet Puri, Director, Head of Shipping, Asia North and Asia South, Corporate Banking, Citi
  • Sandra Rosignoli, Group General Counsel and Head of Compliance, Clarksons
  • Martin Rowe, Vice President, Anglo-Eastern Univan Group
  • Mike Salthouse, Head of External Affairs, NorthStandard (Moderator)

1630 Refreshments break

1700 Session 2 - The advantages of operating assets from a mature maritime jurisdiction
This panel will explore role of mature maritime jurisdictions in the current geopolitical context. Whether the need for enhanced transparency requirements and the changes in global tax norms are leading shipping interests to consider their corporate structures, and how shipping clusters can capitalise on these trends in the market. Speakers will include:

  • William Fairclough, Managing Director, Wah Kwong Maritime Services (UK) Company Ltd
  • Lars Lippuner, Director of UK Customer Maritime Services, Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
  • Sandra Rosignoli, Diector, Maritime London & Group General Counsel and Head of Compliance, Clarksons
  • Jos Standerwick, Chief Executive, Maritime London (Moderator)
  • Benjamin Wong, Head of Transport and Logistics, InvestHK

1800 Networking Drinks Reception

1930 Event Ends