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The Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal (SFAT) has affirmed the decision of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to sanction a former managing director (MD) of a financial institution...

Geopolitical tensions have risen in recent years in several countries, including Russia, Azerbaijan and Lebanon.

2024年2月8日，Paul Webster KC法官驳回了Angola Group Holdings Limited（下称"该公司"）申请撤销百浚天成有限公司（下称"百浚"）发出的法定要求偿债书。康德明代表答辩人百浚ࡡ

Following the Hong Kong Court of Appeal's decision in Tam Sze Leung & Ors v Commissioner of Police [2023] HKCA 537 (discussed in our previous blog post here), the constitutionality...

Mayer Brown represented the appellants in the long-running case of Zhang Hong Li & Ors v DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd & Ors, which has been closely followed by the trust and private wealth industry around the world ...

In Re CIFI Holdings (Group) Co Ltd [2025] HKCFI 3250, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance sanctioned a scheme of arrangement under section 673 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622)...

In two brief recorded presentations, counsel Xiaoyan Zhang (Hong Kong) of Mayer Brown JSM's Intellectual Property and Technology, Media & Telecommunications practices provides practical advice on patent litigation in China and discusses common issues that arise in technology licensing transfer into China.

In the recent judgment of 中国民生信托有限公司 v 傅军 (FU KWAN) [2025] HKCA 462, 21 May 2025, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal held that certain enforcement rulings issued by the Mainland courts do not constitute a judgment for "payment of money"...

By way of an update to the series of recent Court of First Instance decisions on whether a winding up petition ought to be stayed where the underlying dispute is governed by an arbitration clause...

In the recent decision of Armstead v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company Ltd [2024] UKSC 6, the UK Supreme Court examined where the burden of proof lies...

On 24 October 2017, Hong Kong's Court of First Instance handed down its judgment in Wong Tak Man Stephen and Osman Mohammed Arab, The Joint and Several Liquidators of the Incorporated Owners...

Given the nature of their businesses, shipping companies may be involved as respondents in arbitration proceedings in different jurisdictions.

Section 633(1) of the Companies Ordinance allows a person or a member of the company to apply to the Court to request a rectification of the register of members if a name is entered...

In our recent blog post, we discussed the English High Court's decision to block the shareholder derivative action commenced by an activist shareholder, ClientEarth, against Shell's directors.

On 6 March 2018, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal handed down judgment in an appeal brought by Shanda, holding that a "minority discount" should be applied in assessing the fair value....

In Chan Chi Wai v Chan Sau Wah [2019] HKCFI 1662 an application was made to vary a costs order nisi granted by the Hong Kong High Court regarding a dispute between five brothers.