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Hong Kong strengthens its personal data privacy laws and imposes criminal penalties on direct marketing

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • May 15 2013

In 2012 Hong Kong introduced the Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance i (the "Amendments" ) to, amongst other things, strengthen

Agency law in Hong Kong and people’s Republic of China

  • RPC
  • -
  • China, Hong Kong
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The law of agency and distribution in Hong Kong is governed by common law principles of equity and contract. These principles govern the rights and

Proposed amendments to Hong Kong’s arbitration ordinanceMacao: the missing piece

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • Hong Kong, Macau
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2013 (the "Bill") was gazetted by the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("Hong Kong") on

All the better to eat you with court of final appeal gives SFC bigger teeth with third route of enforcement in Tiger Asia

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") commenced a series of test cases seeking to use section 213 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance

International developments

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • China, Hong Kong
  • -
  • May 13 2013

Recently, both China and Hong Kong have taken steps to strengthen their anti-money laundering ("AML") regimes. According to Reuters, China has

Liquidators' costs in a preference claim

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 13 2013

In The Joint and Several Liquidators of QQ Club Limited (in liquidation) v. Golden Year Limited (HCCW 2452011, 9 April 2013) (QQ Club), the Court of

The quiet revolution in HKD and CNH interest rate benchmarks: a guide to recent Hong Kong reforms

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • May 10 2013

The Hong Kong banking regulator has imposed new rules that govern how banks submit rates for HIBOR and other benchmark fixings. This alert

Launch of risk-based capital model

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • May 9 2013

Hong Kong has started a study of an appropriate risk-based capital ("RBC") model and is looking to implement it in 2016 at the earliest. The

Effect of new data privacy rules on direct marketing by insurance companies

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • May 9 2013

The provisions in Hong Kong's Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance 2012 ("Amendment Ordinance") relating to direct marketing came into

RMB bond issue in Hong Kong (a.k.a. a delicious dim sum offering!) - Part 1

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • China, Hong Kong
  • -
  • May 9 2013

A growing number of foreign and Chinese companies are accessing the renminbi ("RMB") bond market to fund projects, enhance liquidity and