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Resilience and reform: Hong Kong adapts to change

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Global IPO markets endured a difficult 2023 in the face of rising interest rates and geopolitical uncertainty. But after a challenging 12 months, the outlook for IPO activity in 2024 is brightening This past year has been one...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

HKEx Moves Forward With Diversity, Climate and Sustainability Initiatives

In recent years, investors and other members of the public have been focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, and financial regulators globally having been taking initiatives to require companies to meet...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

HKEX Initiatives Present Opportunities Even in a Down Market

Like other global financial centers, Hong Kong has seen falling IPO volumes and volatile markets in 2022 in the face of challenging macroeconomic conditions and rising geopolitical tensions, including between China and the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Hong Kong SPACs: Five Things You Need To Know

The “SPAC”-ulation is over! On September 17, 2021, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Stock Exchange) issued a much anticipated consultation paper on Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). It is...more

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Hong Kong SPAC Regime Under Consultation; What to Expect From Potential New Parameters

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On September 17, 2021, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (“SEHK”) published a consultation paper on the proposed Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPAC”) listing regime in Hong Kong, setting out the initial framework with...more

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Hong Kong Stock Exchange Issues New Guidance for Listing Pre-Revenue Biotech Companies

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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

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An Easier Road to a Hong Kong Listing for Biotech Companies

In June 2017, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (“HKEx”) initiated a holistic review of the Hong Kong listing regime to enhance its overall competitiveness against other major global listing venues, in particular to attract...more

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The Commencement of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect – a New and Direct Way to Access China's Capital Market

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Following the official launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect ("Shanghai Connect") on 17 November 2014, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") and the China Securities Regulatory Commission ("CSRC")...more

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US China Trade War — Stock Market Crash, Presidential Trade Politics, Trade Policy, Customs, Antitrust and Securities

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The Chinese stock market crash and world- wide effect on stock markets around the World has created a crisis with day to day developments. The World Stock market crash stated on August 24, 2015 and went through to August...more

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Weighted Voting Rights In Hong Kong: Hopes Raised High But... – Part 2

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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

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Full Steam Ahead for the Through-Train – The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, Part One

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The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (the “Stock Connect”), a pilot program for establishing mutual stock market access between Mainland China and Hong Kong, was announced in April 2014 by Premier Li Keqiang at the Boao Forum...more

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