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Investment mis-selling claims: an overview of recent case-law in Hong Kong and Singapore and lessons to be learnt

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Hong Kong, Singapore
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  • May 23 2013

There have been a number of recent judgments dealing with financial product mis-selling claims brought by -customers against banks in the Hong Kong

CFA confirms SFC's broad powers on behalf of victims of market misconduct

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • Hong Kong
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  • May 21 2013

The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) has confirmed the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) can obtain wide-ranging relief under section 213 of the

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

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

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

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

Private Wealth Newsletter - Spring 2013

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Hong Kong
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  • May 2 2013

This bulletin briefly summarises three recent court decisions. They concern three separate legal concepts which all may seem a little obscure, but

Tiger Asia appeal dismissed - the final word on section 213

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Hong Kong
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  • May 1 2013

Yesterday the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, led by Chief Justice Ma, ruled in favour of the Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") in the long

Should arbitral awards that have been set aside be enforced in a different jurisdiction?

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • China, Hong Kong
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  • April 30 2013

Achieving a favorable arbitral award is sometimes the easy part of the dispute resolution process. Where the successful party is awarded money

Misselling: a global perspective

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 25 2013

Turbulent economic conditions and heightened levels of media, political and regulatory interest in banks' dealings with consumers are leading