Hong Kong now has attractive tax arrangements, coupled with modern and flexible fund structures.

Directors of Hong Kong companies operate in an environment of personal liability – a liability that is brought into sharp focus where companies face financial difficulties or even insolvency.

Given the global nature of the financial markets, it is not uncommon for international banks, asset managers and other financial intermediaries to transfer senior staff from one office in one country to another office in another country.

The Inland Revenue Department ("IRD") however, has traditionally viewed carried interest as an incentive reward which supplements management fees for the provision of management services.

A prohibition order is a powerful tool in the enforcement of judgments. It enables a judgment creditor to prevent a judgment debtor from leaving Hong Kong for the purpose of facilitating the enforcement of a judgment against the judgment debtor.

With the introduction of the Open-ended Fund cCompanies grant scheme, OFCs will enjoy an even greater advantage.

The legislation amends the Insurance Ordinance, with a new class of insurance business called "special purpose business".

The collapse of Bear Sterns, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch globally and the collapse of Opes within the Asia Pacific Region have brought to the forefront the risk of prime broker default. In the aftermath of these collapses, what steps can hedge funds take to manage the risk of this important counterparty relationship?

Under this regulatory framework, money service operators must have a license to operate a money service.in Hong Kong.

The HK Government has proposed legislation to permit success fees and other outcome related fee structures for arbitration.

What happens when there are allegations of wrongdoing? Due process. Suspension from employment.

In a soft touch provisional liquidation in Hong Kong, a provisional liquidator is appointed to pursue a corporate restructuring

Explore the scope of powers of the court & discusses two common types of interim measures which the court may grant.

Asset managers and their legal advisers generally assume that investment funds (e.g. unit trusts) that are intended to be marketed to the investing retail public in Hong Kong must be authorized by the Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") pursuant to one of the applicable codes issued by the SFC. Our research shows that this may not be so.

Allegations of share splitting in the proposed privatization of PCCW have raised an important question as to how the statutory majority to approve a scheme of arrangement should be determined.

Employers may no longer be allowed to use MPF or ORSO contributions to offset severance payments or long service payments.

Hong Kong is one of the few jurisdictions to set out a statutory basis for privacy and confidentiality in arbitration.

Directors and officers liability insurance ("D&O insurance") can help to ensure that directors and other officers of companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Stock...

Proceedings currently before Hong Kong courts will determine whether and how regulators can use anti-fraud provisions of section 300 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance ("SFC")...

Anti-suit injunctions restrain legal proceedings in Hong Kong as well as in foreign jurisdictions, meaning they prohibit a litigant from moving forward with court or arbitral proceedings...