IYP Mondays are back!

Kick off the working week with the coolest after work in Hong Kong. This Monday 25th, February, don’t miss the reunion and the chance to mingle with old and new friends.

Spend an evening enjoying good cocktails and Piadinas while exchanging thoughts and experiences!

If that sounds like you, come by at Bella Lee and join us!

The Italian Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with The Dutch Chamber of Commerce and InterCham is delighted to invite you to attend the first InterSme seminar of the year.

Having the right talent will help start-ups and SME’s flourish and grow, while getting it wrong costs money, time and affects staff morale. However, SMEs face a number of challenges. They lack resources and a dedicated HR department, leaving these responsibilities to busy owners or senior managers.

During this breakfast seminar, our expert panel will discuss topics that are crucial for managing your employees:

* How to attract the right talent for your business.

* Visa, contracts and employment law in Hong Kong.

* How to motivate and thereby retain your employees, e.g. by using an employee stock ownership plan.

Join us at this breakfast seminar to receive practical HR advice to help ensure you understand your responsibilities.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Jeffrey Broer, Founder of Kohpy Ventures

Jeffrey is a Hong Kong-based Dutch entrepreneur, a strategist with focus on technology innovation. He (co-)founded multiple businesses, the latest be Recime.io (now SmartLoop.ai), a Palo Alto-based cloud-based platform for bot development, which he exited end of 2017. He’s been living in Hong Kong for 8+ years where he founded and exited Grayscale UX design agency in 2015. As co-director of the Founder Institute Hong Kong, he helps aspiring entrepreneurs to validate their business ideas in an intensive 14-week program. With his common sense and his Dutch direct no-nonsense attitude, he’s helped companies and startups prepare for investment, product launch and growth.

Susan Lavender, Consultant Solicitor at SM & Co in association with Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners

Prior to joining SM & Co, Susan worked as a Business Consultant for GOPHK and she continues to work closely with the firm through its formal association with SM & Co. Prior to joining GOPHK, Susan worked for several international law firms in Hong Kong, dealing predominantly with Italian clients. She assisted in setting up the first representative office of an Italian law firm in the PRC and has worked as Regional In-house Legal Counsel for a major Italian multi-national and as a Canadian Federal Adjudicator in immigration matters.

A member of the Hong Kong Law Society and past member of the Bar of Québec, Susan has common law and civil law degrees from McGill University, Montreal, a 1^st Class Honours degree in Italian and Rumanian from University College London and the Postgraduate Diploma in the Law of the PRC from the University of Hong Kong. Anglo-Italian by birth, Susan is bilingual in English and Italian and fluent in French.

Chiara Bertucco, Senior Business Development Manager, Adecco

After starting her career in HR industry as HR consultant in Italy, Chiara has been working in Asia for the past 5 years, mainly being focused on account management and business development of foreign companies in China. In the latest years, Chiara has been supporting international clients from all over the world, in establishing and developing their business in  China through FESCO Adecco’s solutions for then moving to Hong Kong and becoming directly responsible for the Key Accounts of The Adecco Group and the Business Development Department in  Adecco Hong Kong.

Linda Chan, Head of Product and Content, Zegal

Linda is a practising solicitor in Hong Kong qualified in 2008. Prior to joining Zegal, she advised listed companies in corporate finance transactions and worked in the listing policy division of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Her passion to explore a “new way of doing legal” brought her to Zegal, a dynamic tech business that connects small and medium-sized businesses with top-notch legal service with the use of technology. She completed her LLB and PCLL at the University of Hong Kong.

Ivan Wong, Enterprise Solutions Consultant, Linkedin

Enterprise Solutions Consultant, focus on partnering and identifying new business opportunities with public sector users. Lead engagements with key stakeholders include multiple HK Government Bureaus and key projects around conducting research to find out workforce/ talent/ skill insights for HK as an economy, as well as promoting open data adoption and LinkedIn as a hiring and branding platform to public sector users.

La Camera di Commercio Italiana a Hong Kong e Macao ha l’onore di presentare: TRUE ITALIAN TASTE – Cheese Tasting, Wine Pairing & Networking, un evento organizzato nell’ambito del progetto TRUE ITALIAN TASTE, parte del programma “The Extraordinary Italian Taste”, promosso e finanziato dal Ministro dello Sviluppo Economico e realizzato da Assocamerestero in collaborazione con le Camere di Commercio Italiane all’estero per valorizzare e salvaguardare il prodotto agroalimentare autentico italiano.

True Italian Taste è un’iniziativa che ha come scopo l’incremento della consapevolezza sull’autenticità dei prodotti italiani  con marchio DOP e IGP e l’espansione del loro consumo nei mercati stranieri.

Mercoledì 27 febbraio a Conrad Hong Kong, avrete l’opportunità di assaggiare deliziosi formaggi italiani accompagnati da una pregiata selezione di vini.

Imparerete a riconoscere gli autentici formaggi italiani (DOP, DOPG, IGP) e ad abbinarli con differenti tipologie di vini.

Avrete anche la possibilità di visitare l’esclusiva Biblioteca del Formaggio del Conrad Hong Kong, in cui potrete scattare foto, incontrare Ronal Massink, il curatore della biblioteca, e scoprire tutti i segreti dell’abbinamento dei vini con Concetta Centanni dal Watson’s Wine.

Inoltre, lo Specialty Chef del ristorante, Riccardo Catarsi, e l’Executive Chef, Claudio Rossi, prepareranno per voi un delizioso risotto al gorgonzola, pere e noci e i rinomati cavatelli cacio e pepe perchè, siamo sinceri, non sarebbe un vero viaggio alla scoperta delle prelibatezze italiane senza pasta e risotto.

A questo evento è possibile partecipare solo su invito.

As fashion weeks are over, let’s kick-start the year of the pig with a toast.

Join the Retail Mixer, one of the best networking cocktails in town, and gather together with the retail players in Hong Kong.

Spend an evening enjoying good cocktails and the company of professionals working around the retail industry while exchanging ideas and experience.

The Italian Chamber of Commerce is delighted to invite you to attend this refresher seminar about the origins, current practice, and future direction of tax law in Hong Kong.

In response to the international community’s measures to counter money laundering and tax base erosion and profit shifting, the Hong Kong Government has taken steps to complement these global efforts. The focus of the lecture will be mainly on the commercial implications of recent developments in Hong Kong taxation, and the impact these will have on both domestic and international enterprises operating in or through the region.

The audience will have the opportunity to acquire a grounding in Hong Kong tax law’s essential principles and evolution trends, therefore becoming aware of the risks and opportunities associated with the city’s rapidly evolving fiscal landscape.

The Italian Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to invite you to attend this unique event that will see the participation of the craftsman of Gin made in Italy, Roby Marton.

Roby Marton Gin is the Italian and artisanal representation of the classic English distillate, obtained through the infusion of an unusual bouquet of 11 classic and exotic botanicals in pure neutral grain pot-stilled alcohol.

Let yourself be guided through a tasting journey which will reveal Marton’s Gin personality, discovering how its softness will fill your mouth, with flavors of red berries, licorice, and horseradish.

The cocktail selection will include:

– Divinorum (Gin, Sage’s Butter Fat Washed, Citrus and topped up with Ginger Beer);

– Kedro (Gin, Fresh Grapefruit Juice, Citrus and topped up with Cedrata).

It is an extraordinary opportunity to taste the only Italian Premium Dry Gin surrounded by the contemporary Greek atmosphere of Estiatorio Keia. Don’t miss it!

Lo sviluppo di nuove tecnologie dell’informazione e l’infrastruttura globale hanno contribuito alla creazione di nuove figure professionali, i Nomadi Digitali.

Per la maggior parte liberi professionisti, lavoratori da remoto, imprenditori, blogger, influencer o designer, i Nomadi Digitali sono tutti caratterizzati da professioni itineranti che devono conformarsi alle normative aziendali e fiscali a livello globale. Ecco perchè essi considerano di vitale importanza selezionare un ordinamento vantaggioso in cui avviare la propria impresa e stabilire la residenza fiscale, con il fine di massimizzare i benefici del loro stato di viaggiatori.

Ad ogni modo, il fatto di essere una nuova figura professionale costituisce un interessante caso di studio da diverse prospettive e, sicuramente, la tassazione è un tema caldo. Se volete saperne di più riguardo alla modalità in cui questi professionisti gestiscono la tassazione conformemente a differenti giurisdizioni, non lasciatevi scappare questa opportunità! Unitevi a noi per avere maggiori informazioni riguardo a questi nuovi e cruciali profili professionali!

For the International Women’s day, The Italian Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with The Italian Women’s Association, cordially invite you to attend a significant Apericena Night, on Friday, March 8th, with delicious snacks and canapés.

During the evening we will have the opportunity to celebrate empowering women all around the world while supporting them with a personal donation to “Home Care for Girls”.

Home Care for Girls is a charity organisation that is now sponsoring a Counseling Adventure Camp for the girls hosted at their Family Home, who were victims of abuse or come from dysfunctional families.

If you are willing to contribute to this important cause,  join us and support with meaningful action.

R.S.V.P by Monday, March 4th,  by sending an email to Cristina Carusillo at secretary@iwa.org.hk 

Al giorno d’oggi, in un contesto normativo sempre più complesso, le aziende devono far fronte a molteplici disposizioni riguardo l’attività di Know Your Customer, contro il riciclaggio di denaro e contro la corruzione. Le informazioni aziendali sono uno strumento efficiente in termini di costo che aiuta a ridurre il rischio di credito e il rischio di (non) conformità normativa.

Durante il seminario, avrete la possibilità di comprendere meglio questo processo grazie ai nostri relatori, la Sig.ra Fion Fok da CRIF, che racconterà di come la loro business intelligence sta aiutando le imprese ad individuare il credito di rischio occulto, e il Sig. Douglas Wolfson da Lexis Nexis, che illustrerà come individuare problemi di conformità finanziaria in modo efficiente.

Partecipa al nostro seminario per saperne di più riguardo la scelta di imprese partner qualificate e l’uso di informazioni aziendali per soddisafare i requisiti di conformità aziendale.

La Camera di Commercio Italiana è profondamente onorata di invitarvi al Joint Business Community Luncheon: Budget 2019-2020, che si terrà il 19 marzo. L’Onorevole Paul MP Chan, GBM, GBS, MH, JP, attuale Segretario Finanziario del governo dell’HKSAR, si rivolgerà alla comunità imprenditoriale di Hong Kong con un discorso riguardo al suo bilancio preventivo. È un’opportunità ideale per conoscere meglio la sua opinione e analisi riguardanti il nuovo bilancio preventivo. In particolare, il Segretario Finanziario presenterà il piano governativo per condurre la politica fiscale, aumentare la competitività di Hong Kong e favorire la crescita nei settori dell’innovazione, tecnologia e R&S con lo scopo di sostenere la crescita economica della regione.

Le aziende che desiderano sponsorizzare un tavolo avranno la priorità di posizione privilegiata per i propri clienti e ospiti.

Sono disponibili tavoli in numero limitato, prenotate ora per non rimanere delusi.

Cosa rappresenta per il mondo aziendale l’aumento di piattaforme e di consumatori esperti di tecnologia?

Oggi è fondamentale che le aziende del settore della vendita al dettaglio prendano  maggiormente in considerazione la trasformazione digitale per creare un’impresa realmente connessa che consenta loro di sfruttare appieno il potere dei dati. Inoltre, le aziende hanno la necessità di pensare al modo in cui utilizzare i dati in modo responsabile allo scopo di realizzare analisi più dettagliate e instaurare relazioni con la clientela. Pertanto esse devono coinvolgere i clienti in un dialogo aperto e onesto riguardo a questo uso.

Se volete disporre di una visione d’insieme riguardo l’argomento esplorando alcune delle tendenze tecnologiche e innovative che stanno avendo un impatto sulle aziende e conoscere le prospettive per il 2019 in avanti, partecipate al nostro seminario che avrà luogo il 21 marzo.

Understanding of tax and accounting implications is crucial for multinational companies investing in Hong Kong.

This interesting seminar will start with a discussion on the general aspects of the Italian anti-tax haven provisions and the recent changes in the Italian tax regulations that may have an impact on Italian and European companies investing in Hong Kong. A few examples will be analyzed that more frequently affects companies and individuals doing cross-border business.

The lecture will then move on to the accounting, financial reporting and intercompany transactions complexities for companies operating in multiple countries with a special focus on local regulations.

We are glad to invite you to attend this business seminar helpful to figure out how to manage the risks of non-compliance with regulatory bodies.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Marzio Morgante, Managing Partner, Asian Tax Advisory

Marzio is a member of the Tax Consultants Register of Milan and of the Italian Register of Statutory Auditors and he has been practising in Hong Kong since 2009 when he received an LL.M. in International Tax Law from Leiden University. His experience includes tax treaties, EC tax law, Italian tax law, Hong Kong tax law, corporate reorganizations, tax planning for corporations and individuals.

Erika Mingrino, Head of Finance, Accounting & Reporting, Asian Tax Advisory

Erika graduated in Economics and Management at Luigi Bocconi University (Milan, Italy) in 2011, and before joining ATA in Hong Kong, she worked as Senior Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Milan. Her area of expertise includes an operational and financial audit, understanding of business processes, general accounting, Italian GAAP, international Accounting standards and financial controlling.

MIECF is the international gala and high-powered business matching platform in the environmental industry in East Asia. It will devote itself to the theme of “Promoting ecological civilization and green development” in 2019, to influentially promote solutions for a low carbon future. Key information about MIECF 2019 are listed below.

– Leading trade fair: one of the most influential exhibition and exchange forum for environmental industry in Asia with 12 years of history

– Visitors: around 8,000 professionals in 2018

– Industries: Renewable energy, energy efficiency, waste management, green building, green mobility, air quality, environmentally friendly products and services, soil recovery and old site decontamination, etc.

– Highlights: International focus in the “Belt & Road”, Pan-Pearl River Delta Region, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

– Business matching: Industry-specific networking and green matching platforms

EuroCham is organizing the European Pavilion at MIECF 2019. Participants will benefit from an exclusive package of booth and accommodation, speaking slots at the exhibition, round table discussions, and a strong presence under the collective image of European Pavilion.

Registrations are handled on a first-come, first served basis – so register early! Please contact Yanqing Jia at fsbc@eurocham.com.hk for registration and more Information.

La Camera di Commercio Italiana ha il piacere di invitarvi ad un seminario chiarificante riguardo al cambaimento di significato del termine Permanent Establishment ad Hong Kong e le sue implicazioni in termini di tasse.

Il concetto di Permanent Establishment (“PE”) ha iniziato ad essere utilizzato più frequentemente ad Hong Kong, e in generale in tutto il mondo, dopo il lancio del progetto Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) dall’OCSE nel 2015, nonostante fosse inizialmente introdotto negli anni ’40. L’obiettivo di questo programma era quello di contrastare l’evasione fiscale internazionale da parte delle multinazionali di rilievo. Inoltre, l’entrata in vigore del Decreto 2018 dell’Agenzia delle Entrate (Emendamento n. 6) ha portato ad un grande cambiamento soprattutto perchè implementa gli standard internazionali del BEPS e codifica i principi dei prezzi di trasferimento nell’Ordinanza dell’Agenzia delle Entrate.

Questa nuova definizione di Permanent Establishment porterà a maggiori controversie o risoluzioni riguardo alle questioni fiscali? Questo è il tema principale che verrà approfondito durante il seminario.