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As explained in our previous Legal Update "New Companies Ordinance Expected to Take Effect in 2014", the new Companies Ordinance (CO) was gazetted on 10 August 2012 and is expected to take effect in 2014.

Do you offer loans or quasi-loans to your directors in your service contracts?

Until recently the question of sustainable or ESG investing was not on the agenda of the vast majority of asset managers in Asia.

Where a winding up petition is based on a debt arising from a contract with a non-Hong Kong exclusive jurisdiction clause, the court will tend to dismiss or stay...

Following the enactment of the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Minimum Tax for Multinational Enterprise Groups) Ordinance 2025 (the Ordinance)1 in June 2025, the Income Inclusion Rule (IIR) under BEPS Pillar Two and Hong Kong Minimum Top-up Tax (HKMTT) take effect retrospectively in the Hong Kong SAR (Hong Kong) for fiscal years beginning on or after 1 January 2025

The almost daily prevalence of cyber-attacks has brought the issue of cybersecurity as a core governance responsibility to the front of mind of company boards.

Hong Kong has become one of the world’s leading destinations for initial public offerings and has recently experienced record years in terms of the number of listings and overall deal value.

In High Fashion New Media Corp Ltd v Leong Ma Li [2026] HKCFA 18, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (the "CFA") provides important guidance on the interpretation and enforcement of injunctions and the circumstances...

In a recent judgment Re Cradle Holdings Inc. (FSD 318 of 2022, unreported, 4 September 2023), the Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands ruled on the novel issue as to whether and by what route...

Approximately 1,000 companies are listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) now and many of these companies are family controlled or government/state owned enterprises.

The Hong Kong Legislative Council's recent passage of the Companies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024 marks a significant milestone in the jurisdiction's evolution as Asia's premier business hub.

今後を見据えると、シンガポール拠点の特に中小企業のIPOのパイプラインが安定して増加しており、香港やシンガポールより適したアクセス&

As businesses are busy adjusting and adapting to the "new normal" brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") extended the deadline for...

In Hong Kong, if a company is dissolved following compulsory or voluntary liquidation, the court may declare the dissolution void on the application of any person interested within two years of the date of dissolution

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies ("SPACs") have taken Wall Street by storm this year. 2021 has seen an unprecedented number being used as an alternative route for companies to go public.

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal has taken a practical approach in interpreting the second core requirement, out of three needed, for a Hong Kong Court to exercise its discretion to ...

A recent publication by the Head of Conduct Supervision and General Counsel of the Hong Kong Insurance Authority (IA) highlights the alarming rise of unlicensed insurance sales in Hong Kong and its detrimental impact on consumers.