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China announces policies to stabilise foreign investment and trade

Our new AI-backed job matching service has been live for a week, so far so good. Thank you to those early adopters. We hope to build on this success. This week we have added new jobs, also so far 5 candidates that have made unprompted matches have been sent out to our...

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed immense strain across the whole of the economy and raises the issue of how company directors should balance their obligations to shareholders and creditors while ensuring that they protect themselves from any personal liability....

On 20 March 2020, the Hong Kong government published the Limited Partnership Fund Bill (Bill). The Bill will be subject to Hong Kong’s usual legislative process. The government’s aim is for it be enacted by 31 August 2020. Background The main purpose of the...

In recent years the Hong Kong Companies Court has dealt with a large number of applications for recognition and assistance from the Courts of various overseas jurisdictions in relation to cross border insolvency matters. The Court will now routinely grant orders of...

After a several high profile and large data breach incidents in Hong Kong, including involving companies such as Cathay Pacific, long-anticipated data privacy law reform has commenced in Hong Kong. On 20 January 2020, the Hong Kong Legislative Council Panel on...

2019 saw a number of significant developments in competition law in Hong Kong. The year started off with the Hong Kong Competition Commission’s (HKCC) announcement of its investigation of the Seaport Alliance, a joint venture among four of the largest container...

Has The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“SEHK”) or the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) made any special arrangements for SEHK listed companies which are unable to comply with relevant financial reporting obligations under the Rules Governing the Listing...

What a year! Protests in the streets, trade wars, global uncertainty – how was legal hiring affected? After a very busy hiring market in 2018, the first half of the year started comparably more slowly, with the IPO market’s 25% drop on last year’s listing activity...

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) conducts regular routine inspections on all licensed corporations to check their compliance with the Securities and Futures Ordinance, its subsidiary legislation, SFC codes and guidelines and the firm’s own policies and...