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Amendments to the Cayman Islands Companies Act: Share Capital Reduction

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On 11th March 2024, the Cayman Islands government issued the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024 (“the amendment Act”). The amendment Act seeks to amend the Companies Act (2023 Revision) (“the principal Act”) to address various...more

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Amendments to Hong Kong Listing Rules Relating to PRC Issuers

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The Hong Kong Listing Rule amendments relating to People's Republic of China ("PRC") issuers came into effect on August 1, 2023....more

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Hong Kong Proposes Amendments to Listing Rules Following Mainland China Regulation Updates

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The proposed amendments reflect changes in PRC regulations recently announced by the State Council and the CSRC. On 24 February 2023, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Stock Exchange) published a Consultation...more

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Amendments to Listing Rules Relating to Share Schemes of Hong Kong Listed Issuers

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The requirements under Chapter 17 of the Listing Rules applicable to share option schemes will also govern share award schemes under the amendments that will become effective 1 January 2023. Both share option schemes...more

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NEC4 X22: ECI for an Asian context?

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Updates to NEC4 optional clause X22 – Early Contractor Involvement and its suitability for use in HK, Singapore and elsewhere in Asia. In October 2020, NEC issued amendments to the NEC4 suite. ...more

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BIS Amended the EAR to Treat Hong Kong the Same as China

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The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Dec. 23, 2020, amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to remove Hong Kong as a separate destination listed in the EAR....more

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Hong Kong Prepares to Implement the Madrid Protocol and Makes Other Changes: Trade Marks (Amendment) Ordinance 2020

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On June 19, 2020, the Trade Marks (Amendment) Ordinance was published in the Gazette of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, providing a basis for the application of the Madrid Protocol, consolidating the...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Hong Kong Visa Applicants Now Subject To New Immigration Restrictions Under Presidential Executive Order

On July 14, President Trump issued the Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization, in response to a new security law published by the People’s Republic of China, Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

U.S. Ends Preferential Immigration Treatment for Hong Kong

On July 14, 2020, the Trump Administration issued an executive order ending differential treatment for Hong Kong under U.S. law. The order, effective immediately, directs government agencies to amend regulations within 15...more

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And then there were three…Third Party Funding in Hong Kong

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What is TPF and why is it important? In essence, TPF allows you (as a party to a dispute or a legal representative to that party) to go to a third party to obtain funding for an arbitration. If you lose, the funder does...more

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The Introduction of an Open-Ended Fund Company Regime in Hong Kong

Under the current legal and regulatory regime relating to the establishment of investment funds in Hong Kong, an open-ended investment fund in Hong Kong can only take the form of a unit trust. This is mainly due to the...more

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