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Professor Jean du Plessis addresses several prominent institutions.

From 21-24 September 2015, Deakin Law School Professor Jean du Plessis, presented seminars and delivered addresses to several prominent and influential institutions in Hong Kong and in Beijing:

  • 21 September 2015: Professor du Plessis presented a staff seminar, attended by 42 academics, at the Faculty of Law, Hong Kong University. This was a seminar held jointly with the Asian Institute of International Finance Law (AIIFL) and the Centre for Financial Regulation & Economic Development (CFRED) on the topic 'New Trends Regarding Sustainability and Integrated Reporting for Companies: What Protection Do Directors Have?'
  • 21 September 2015: Professor du Plessis addressed the Hong Kong Companies Registry, on the topic 'Proposal for Law Reform: The Honest and Reasonable Director Defence and other Proposals for Wider Protection against Personal Liability'. The audience consisted of Hong Kong’s Registrar of Companies, Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, JP and 18 of the senior staff of the Hong Kong Companies Registry
  • 22 September 2015: Professor du Plessis presented the keynote address at a joint seminar of the Hong Kong Institute of Company Secretaries (HKICS), CPA Hong Kong and the Law Society Hong Kong on the topic 'New Trends Regarding Sustainability and Integrated Reporting for Companies: What Protection Do Directors Have?'. Over 150 members of these organisations attended the seminar
  • 22 September 2015: Professor du Plessis presented to the Hong Kong Institute of Directors (HKIoD) at their Annual Directors’ Conference, attended by 120 delegates, on the topic 'World Trends in Corporate Governance'
  • 24 September 2015: Professor du Plessis delivered an 2-hour guest lecture to a group of 32 postgraduate students at the Faculty of Law, Renmin University, Beijing on 'Recent Developments regarding Directors’ Duties, Liabilities and Defences against Liability'.

Photo captions:

Photo 1 (left to right): Ms Ada CHUNG Lai-ling, Hong Kong’s Registrar of Companies and Professor Jean du Plessis, Professor of Law, Deakin Law School

Photo 2 (left to rigth): Professor James Lee, Chair Professor of History and Sociology, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technolog, Dr Carlye Tsui, Chief Executive Officer, The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, Ms Ada Chung, Registrar of Companies, Companies Registry, Mr Henry Lai, Chairman, The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, Professor Jean du Plessis, Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, Dr David Y K Wong, Deputy Chairman, The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, Dr Kelvin Wong, Immediate Past Chairman, The Hong Kong Institute of Directors

Photo 3 (left to right): Professor Jean du Plessis, Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, Professor Junhai LIU, Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Renmin University, Beijing

Photo 4 (left to right): Mr Mohan Datwani, President of the Hong Kong Institute of Company Secretaries (Chaired the Seminar),Mr Brian CK HO, EY (Presenter), Prof Jean du Plessis, Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, Ms April Chan, Company Secretary, CLP Holdings Limited

Photo 5 (left to right): Nigel Davis, Faculty of Law, Hong Kong University, Jean du Plessis, Professor of Law, Deakin Law School

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