查看中文 Following a market consultation process in late 2022, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) introduced a new regime to permit the listing of companies operating in specified specialist technology sectors....more
In an effort to close the gap with the U.S. and Mainland China in terms of the number and market capitalization of publicly listed companies in certain advanced or new technology industries, on October 19, 2022, the...more
Since the introduction of a new listing regime on 30 April 2018 that enables the listing of pre-revenue Biotech Companies on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”), a total of 16 of these listings...more
Leading Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, which has a primary listing on the New York Stock Exchange, made its long-awaited Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) debut in November 2019. This marked the first secondary listing in...more
On April 30, 2018, the new listing regime published by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Exchange”) for companies from emerging and innovative sectors took effect. The new listing regime makes it possible for...more
Hong Kong Stock Exchange introduces new listing regime for pre-revenue biotech companies and innovative companies with weighted voting rights structures. ...more
After publishing the “New Board Concept Paper” in December 2017, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange) issued a consultation paper on February 23, 2018, titled “A Listing Regime for Companies From Emerging...more
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange recently published a Consultation Paper on a Listing Regime for Companies from Emerging and Innovative Sectors, and proposed to introduce a new chapter implementing the listing of...more
After publishing the “New Board Concept Paper Conclusions” in December 2017, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange) issued on 23 February 2018 a consultation paper entitled “A Listing Regime for Companies From...more
In Part 1 of this eUpdate series, we discussed the reasons why Hong Kong regulators did not approve of share structures with disproportionate voting rights, also known as the “weighted voting rights structures” in Hong Kong...more