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Hyatt Hotels Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, is a leading global hospitality company with a portfolio of 19 premier brands. In 1969, Hyatt opened its first hotel outside the US in Hong Kong, which later became known as the Hyatt Regency Hong Kong. The award winning Hong Kong legal department of Hyatt is responsible for all legal related work and supports business units from hotel development to app formulation, focusing on the latest consumer trends as well as the Chinese market. The core job for the legal team is work related to new hotel developments, including signing up more hotel management contracts and penetration into other platforms where the company can expand distribution, such as franchise and portfolio venture arrangements. In May 2019, a Hyatt affiliate entered into an agreement with an affiliate of Sun Hung Kai Properties, to rebrand the 665-room Hotel VIC on the Harbour to Hyatt Centric Victoria Harbour Hong Kong by the third quarter of 2019. This will be the first Hyatt Centric hotel in the Greater China region.