Dr. Ulrike Glueck is Managing Partner of CMS, China Shanghai Office and head of Corporate Practice Area Group of CMS, China. She is a renowned China expert and one of the leading lawyers advising international companies on M&A transactions, investments and restructuring projects in China. After practicing law in Germany for several years, Ulrike has been working on-site in China since 1998 and has over 20 years experience in China-related work. She has advised a large number of companies in various industry sectors in projects relating to M&A, FDI, and restructuring. Ulrike also led the team in China to win a series of awards. These include Leading Firm for Corporate and M&A in China: Foreign Firms by Legal 500 in 2017-2020, Notable Firm for M&A: Foreign Firms by IFLR 1000 in 2017-2019.Ulrike has been recognised as one of China’s Top 100 Lawyers by CBLJ in 2016, 2017 and 2019.

Mrs. Jeanette Yu is Partner and head of Employment & Pensions Practice Area Group of CMS, China. She has more than 18 years experience in advising clients on Chinese labour law and compliance issues of Chinese companies. She has been involved in a number of significant projects and has advised clients on a wide range of employment law issues such as conclusion of employment contract, formulating and implementing the employee handbook, code of conduct, advising on employee dismissal, mass lay-off, relocation and restructuring, non-competition, social security, work permit, secondment and visa issues of expatriates as well as handling various labour disputes and internal investigation on compliance matters. Starting from 2017, Jeanette acted as the Vice Chair of HR Working Group of European Chamber of Commerce in China, and the Chair in 2019. Jeanette is also a member of Shanghai Law Society Labour and Social Security Law Research Branch.

Mr. Michael Munzinger is Counsel at CMS, China and focuses on the corporate and commercial practice areas. He mainly advises clients on cross-border transactions, Chinese corporate law, especially foreign direct investment, as well as on international and Chinese commercial law and related dispute resolution matters.

In October 2016, Dr. Sigrid Winkler was appointed Executive Chamber Manager at the German Chamber of Commerce in China | Shanghai and is in charge of the membership organization at the Chamber. Dr. Winkler joined the German Chamber earlier in spring 2016, initially as Project Manager Social Responsibility where she was responsible for the More than a Market initiative. Dr. Winkler holds a PhD in Political Science from Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and a bachelor’s degree in Chinese Studies from Vienna University. Before joining the German Chamber, she was Head of Office of the Austrian Academic Exchange Agency (OeAD) in Shanghai. Previously, Dr. Winkler managed international business development projects in China and Eastern Europe for Business Upper Austria, the economic agency of the regional government of Upper Austria. She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles on EU-China relations, and since 2002, she has been regularly coming back to China for shorter and longer-term stays.