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In PI 1 and PI 2 v MR, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance ("Court") dismissed the plaintiffs' application to set aside an arbitral tribunal's decision...

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On 17 December 2020, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong ("HKEX") published its conclusions to the consultation paper on the new listing regime for Special Purpose Acquisition Companies ("SPACs").

In its latest consultation paper on special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange) has proposed to adopt a prudent approach on ...

Parties seeking to use a scheme of arrangement to privatise a Hong Kong incorporated company under the Takeovers Code should note the High Court of Hong Kong SAR judgment regarding Chong Hing Bank Limited ...

Si quiere hacer negocios en la región de Asia Pacífico, Hong Kong es internacionalmente reconocida como uno de las mejores ciudades para hacerlo.

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales ("EWCA") recently handed down its decision in Servis-Terminal LLC v Valeriy Ernestovich Drelle...

Redemption rights have increasingly been under the spotlight in the past year, as more and more investors contemplate an exit from under-performing investments.

Imagine this: An employee director, who owns 50% of a business, and his employee-son secretly set up a rival business.

Many Hong Kong businesses have come to see corporate giving as an important activity, and as a key component of their corporate social responsibility activities.

This edition provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed.

The new CO requires at least one natural person as director for every private company but it allows a grace period of 6 months after the commencement of the new CO for an existing company to make changes to its board for satisfying the new requirement.

The Inland Revenue (Profits Tax Exemption Amendment) Bill aims to amend the Inland Revenue Ordinance to create a tax exemption for hedge funds and private equity funds.

The Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2004 in Hong Kong ("Amendment Ordinance") was enacted in July 2004 to improve the prospectus regime for facilitating market development (Schedule 1), modernize the registration regime for oversea companies (Schedule 2) and enhance the corporate governance regime by strengthening remedies for shareholders (Schedule 3).

Directors of Hong Kong companies under cashflow pressure or financial distress should be aware that as their companies approach insolvency...

In today's interconnected global economy, it is paramount for systems to be in place to address the complexities associated with insolvency processes spanning multiple jurisdictions.

In the past, only arbitration awards were mutually enforceable between Hong Kong and the PRC pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Reciprocal Enforcement of Arbitration signed in February 2000. There were no laws or treaties concerning the reciprocal enforcement of court judgments between Hong Kong and the PRC.

In December 2023, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), nearly 200 countries committed to transition away from fossil fuels, to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 and to achieve net-zero carbon...