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On June 30, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China passed the Law of the People's Republic of China...

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Thomas So, senior associate Liang Pu and registered foreign lawyer Evan Zhou share their insights on Hong Kong's National Security Law.

The Implementation Rules of the National Security Law and their latest amendments were the focus of a recent Ming Pao news feature, where Felix Ng, Partner of Head of our Criminal Defence and Securities & Regulatory practice, provided expert insight drawing on his two decades of experience in criminal investigations.

The Trade Unions (Amendment) Bill 2025 (the "Bill") was passed by the Legislative Council on 25 June 2025 and will come into operation on 5 January 2026.

On 17 February 2023, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued its first regular follow-up report on Hong Kong's compliance with the FATF Recommendations.

The Situation: On July 14, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Hong Kong Autonomy Act (the "HKAA"), the U.S. government's response to China's new National Security Law for Hong Kong.

His reprimand and suspension underlines his responsibility to supervise regulated activities of a licensed corporation.

The European Parliament rejected, on 23 April, the European Commission's proposal to remove the United Arab Emirates, Gibraltar and other countries from its list of ‘high-risk third country jurisdictions' with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and combating the terrorist financing regimes.

On 15 August 2023, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) imposed a penalty of HK$16 million on a Hong Kong bank (the "Bank") for breaching five provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering...

In Tam Sze Leung & Ors v Commissioner of Police [2021] HKCFI 3118, a judicial review case, the Court of First Instance found the longstanding practice of the Hong Kong Police in effecting an ...

This Legal Update follows up on our previous Legal Update.

This blog's Christmas message reflected on what has happened to Hong Kong over the last couple of years. That subject dovetails well with my most recent blog post, The China Thrill Is Gone.

The Hong Kong national security law was passed on 30 June 2020 with the purpose of safeguarding national security and preventing, suppressing and imposing punishment...

Following the decision taken by China's National People's Congress to adopt a new national security law (the "Security Law") for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("Hong Kong") on May 28...

The Hong Kong government, via Acting Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Dr Bernard Chan and in response to a query from lawmaker, the Hon. Kenneth Leung, issued a press release

The Hong Kong government is trying to support the growth of virtual asset and other Web3 industries. One of the first key steps they've taken is to put virtual asset trading platforms...

On October 14, 2020, the US State Department released its report required under Section 5(a) of the Hong Kong Autonomy Act ("HKAA"). As detailed in our prior Legal Update,...