The task of cultivating a newly formed association during extraordinary times was not a simple task. The Board were required to adapt to pandemic related challenges. Nonetheless, the foundations of the association were successfully set forth. And despite the travel restrictions, several members completed cross-border transactions in Central America, Europe and Asia.

November 15 2022 marked another milestone for the association. The three-year mandatory term of the Board members ended and a new board was elected at the fourth CCG General Assembly. The new Board includes Roberto GILARDINO as President, Cengiz SÖYLEMEZOGLU (the Managing Partner of UNITEDKS, Turkey) as the Treasurer of the CCG; and Lucia Myriam Gisa NETTI (EMEA Regional Partner at Horizons, Italy) as the Secretary of the CCG, effective immediately. Roberto as the CCG President also sincerely thanked Martin and Bas’s dedication to the association during the three years.

With a newly elected board, a new chapter begins. The second term will generate new synergies and advance the work of the first Board members. To do this, the Board will strategically focus on these objectives:

• strengthening active collaboration between members
• fostering an unified association that represents the members’ interests
• facilitating business opportunities for the benefit of members

The vision remains that together the CCG navigates global companies to seize cross-border opportunities. Whether it is China inbound or outbound investments, our international team, holding extensive expertise, serve stakeholders in the comfort of their home country or region. And erase the geographical, language and cultural barrier that can make or break transnational transactions.

Equally, the new CCG chapter shall instigate new energy, actions, and dedication to further the association. Whilst no one can correctly predict the future, CCG remains confident that its diverse practices and global span can steer companies through adversity. This is the CCG spirit and CCG way.

Roberto GILARDINO

CCG President signed on behalf of the CCG Association

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Ritz Attorneys at Law is an innovative and leading commercial and corporate law firm in Malawi. The firm is at the forefront of the local and international market delivering high-quality transactional, advisory, and dispute resolution legal services.

The firm delivers specialized services in a manner that is both efficient and cost-effective. From international banking, finance, tax, energy, mining, oil, telecommunications, insurance, construction, procurement, competition to international trade, the Lawyers are specialists in their fields to match clients’ specific needs.

Ahmed Mussa, Head of Legal Department 

‘Our firm is pleased to join CCG. China and Malawi established diplomatic relations in 2008 and strongly contributed to many developments including the Bingu National Stadium, the Karonga-Chitipa road in northern Malawi, and the University of Science and Technology. We are pleased to join CCG and confident the move will develop and facilitate China outbound investments to Malawi.’

If you would like to discuss more about investments in Malawi, please can email us directly at ccg@theccgway.com and we’ll have a CCG professional contact you to begin meeting your cross-border needs.

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Last month the CCG Association held its ordinary general assembly meeting in Bordeaux, France to address a number of important intra-group initiatives to be launched during the 2020 calendar year. As a multicountry association of legal, labour and tax advisors, we provide companies and executive-level decision-makers with cross-border professional solutions that help businesses thrive worldwide. 

The GA also brought about the approval of four new member firms to the association. They include Velloza Advogados Associados of Brasil, Dimitrov and Partners Law Firm of Bulgaria, Kosic Law Office of Serbia and Equitas Legal Practitioners of Zambia, all who will represent their respective countries in CCG. 

Chief among CCG’s forward initiatives is our  2020 Action Plan for enhancing the group’s profile via an energetic marketing and communications program. Having officially launched in November of 2018, this year will bring an aggressive push to further to position our group as an emerging global professional services association.

The action plan involves both online and in-the-field marketing activities, largely driven by expanded content marketing created and published to provide investors with valuable, relevant and consistent information addressing both global and local corporate matters. 

The latter will include working to grow CCG’s social media presence, both to inform and highlight the group’s mission. More than this, we will expand our involvement in international fairs and exhibitions, trade shows, knowledge seminars and local member-hosted ad hoc gatherings. 

CCG is a believer in the unique value of locally hosted gatherings. These events are solely intended to inform and educate decision-makers about the current state of cross-border investment and its related corporate aspects, particularly in relation to the China and the Belt & Road initiative and China inbound and outbound investment opportunities.

Our small-scale gatherings allow for a more intimate discussion on across-the-board global business matters. Client comfort is paramount to CCG’s mission, and the association believes this to be one of the true touch-points that make a difference in successful outcomes for clients.

With its fundamentally unique service model, CCG caters to large, medium and small clients with a full range of custom-tailored services. As a CCG client, you enjoy timely, first-hand knowledge from your local advisor that includes key information from the parts of the world that your business touches. Such knowledge allows you to stay ahead of the game in decision-making matters that affect your company. 

More than just legal know-how from country-to-country, the key to CCG’s success is providing local clients with expert global advice in their native language from those with an understanding of both their culture and that of their business counterparts. This ensures a level of clarity and comfort across all our services – both at home and abroad – that smooths decisions along. 

To serve our mission, CCG is committed to a genuinely collaborative effort, one driven by proactive solutions that employ a dedicated, culturally-aware approach where we work locally to achieve global results.

RG

The China Collaborative Group (CCG association) is a multicountry association of business, legal and tax advisors. The group provides entrepreneurs and other corporate decision-makers with cross-border solutions that help businesses thrive worldwide. Please visit our homepage at www.theccgway.com.

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