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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

Obtaining security for costs against an overseas company ordinarily resident in Hong Kong

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • April 29 2009

The Court of Appeal in Hong Kong has examined whether s.357 Companies Ordinance ('CO'), which provides that the court will consider granting security for costs where the plaintiff is a limited company, is applicable to overseas companies that are ordinarily resident in Hong Kong

Revised HKSIR 400 “comfort letters and due diligence meetings”

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • February 13 2012

The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued a revised HKSIR 400 in October 2011, which sets out the requirements and guidance for reporting accountants issuing a comfort letter or taking part in a due diligence meeting with sponsors for an offering of securities in Hong Kong

Hong Kong seeks to strengthen trade, investment ties with U.S.

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong, USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

The largest-ever Hong Kong promotion in the United States will be held this summer to showcase Hong Kong's advantages for American companies looking

Hong Kong Department of Justice publishes Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Bill

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • November 14 2012

It is presently the case that only a party to a contract can enforce rights under that contract

A gap in security for costs?

  • Norton Rose LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • February 10 2010

The Court of Final Appeal ("CFA") has recently been asked to consider whether the Hong Kong Courts have the ability to order a plaintiff to pay security for costs where the plaintiff is a foreign incorporated company which has established a place of business in Hong Kong

Combating market misconduct - section 213 strikes again... and where or what else will it strike?

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • July 16 2012

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has been steadily getting more creative in the use of its powers and we can expect it to continue to do so, given its recent success in obtaining compensation for investors for financial misstatements in a company's prospectus

New Companies Ordinance

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • October 4 2012

The Hong Kong Legislative Council passed the Companies Bill on July 12, 2012, a major milestone in a comprehensive exercise to rewrite and modernize the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong

To know or not to know? The right to access directors' personal data under the new Companies Ordinance in Hong Kong

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • April 9 2013

The new Companies Ordinance in Hong Kong was enacted on 10 August 2012 and will come into operation in early 2014 ("new CO"). On 28 March 2013, the

Hong Kong rewrites its Companies Ordinance

  • Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • August 9 2012

Hong Kong Rewrites its Companies Ordinance (Chapter 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) to enhance corporate governance, ensure better regulation, facilitate business and modernize its company law

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