Jojo Fan
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Hong Kong court confirms that a third party security holder can excerise its powers of sale over assets despite a Mareva injunction prohibiting the disposal of those assets
Hong Kong - November 6 2018 In the recent case of China Merchants Bank Co Ltd, Taiyuan Branch v Cai Sui Xin (HCMP 29112016), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (CFI) has...
Hong Kong Court of First Instance upholds rule against litigation funding agreements
Hong Kong - November 5 2018 The Court of First Instance upheld the well-established common law rule against maintenance and champerty in the recent test case of Raafat Imam v...
Gareth Thomas, Dominic Geiser, Priya Aswani.
Hong Kong Courts grant anti-suit injunctions to restrain foreign proceedings in breach of an arbitration agreement
Hong Kong - February 5 2018 In Arjowiggins HKK2 Ltd v Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd 2018 HKCFI 93, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance has granted an anti-suit...
May Tai, Gareth Thomas, Simon Chapman, Dominic Geiser.
OTC derivatives update: Are you ready for 1 September 2016?
Hong Kong - August 29 2016 On 1 September 2016, the first phase of mandatory clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions (Phase 1 Clearing) will be implemented...
First phase of new regime on OTC derivatives targeted for implementation in July 2015
Hong Kong - June 18 2015 The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) are on course to implement the first phase of the new...
