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SFC proposes to amend Professional Investor Regime and Client Agreement Requirements

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Hong Kong
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  • May 21 2013

On 15 May 2013, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published a Consultation Paper on the Proposed Amendments to the Professional

Tiger Asia management loses final jurisdictional challenge: Hong Kong's highest court confirms court's free-standing power to grant orders over contraventions of the securities and futures ordinance under Section 213

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Hong Kong
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  • May 16 2013

After over two and a half years since US-based hedge fund manager Tiger Asia Management LLC and its three officers (collectively "Tiger Asia") sought

Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal allows transsexual woman to marry man

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Hong Kong
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  • May 16 2013

Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal (CFA) recently addressed the question: Who is a 'woman' for the purpose of marriage? The landmark case is W v. The

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

  • Jones Day
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  • Hong Kong
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  • May 15 2013

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

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

  • Jones Day
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  • Hong Kong, Macau
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  • 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
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  • Hong Kong
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  • 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

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

  • RPC
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  • China, Hong Kong
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  • 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

International developments

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • China, Hong Kong
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  • 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
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  • Hong Kong, United Kingdom
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  • 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

Hong Kong capital markets

  • Paul Hastings LLP
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  • Hong Kong
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  • May 13 2013

Corporate Partner Vivian Lam discusses the Hong Kong capital markets. Click here to watch video