General Guides and Seminar Presentations

Date	Item Title
2009-09	Investigations into interests in listed companies under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (PDF only)
2007-07	Corporate Rescue and Scheme of Arrangement (PDF only)
2007-07	Choosing the Most Appropriate Mode of Winding-up (PDF only)
2007-07	Directors and Officers' Personal Liabilities in Winding-up (PDF only)
2006-12	Mergers and Acquisitions (PDF only)
2006-12	Disclosure of Interests under The Securities and Futures Ordinance (PDF only)
2006-11	Intellectual Property Issues in Merger and Acquisition Transactions (PDF only)
2006-11	Regulatory Regime for Offering of Investments under the Securities and Futures Ordinance and the Companies Ordinance (PDF only)
2006-10	Shareholders Disputes - Basic Principles & The New Law (PDF only)

Newsletters & Updates 

Date	Item Title
2013-05	Identifying Hurdles to Transfer of Shares of a Private Company
2013-01	Cross-border RMB Loans: Its Development and Prospects
2012-11	Guidance on Pre-IPO Investments: An Update
2012-10	A New Era for Red-Chip Listing in Hong Kong
2012-09	Disclosure of Inside Information: No more secrets?
2012-08	SFC Highlights Major Deficiencies in Listing Applications
2012-07	Guidelines on the Disclosure of Use of Proceeds in Listing Documents for Initial Public Offering
2012-06	Sponsor’s Due Diligence Work Attracted Severe Punishment and Likely Stringent Regulation in the Future
2012-05	Chief Executive Officer of Vongroup Limited was Acquitted of Disclosing False or Misleading Information Inducing Transactions
2012-04	Guideline on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing
2012-03	Issuers are Encouraged to Focus on Qualitative Disclosure of IP Rights in Prospectus
2012-02	Guidance for Potential IPO Applicants Operating a Restaurant Business
2012-01	Whether a Fund Manager is a Connected Person of a Main Board Issuer
2011-12	Amendments to the Corporate Governance Code and associated Listing Rules Raise Compliance Concerns
2011-11	New Regime for Ascertaining Evidential Requirements for Professional Investor Status
2011-11	Reforms to Public Offers of Unlisted Structured Products Regime
2011-09	Takeovers and Mergers Panel’s ruling on Concert Parties under the Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Repurchases (the “Takeover Codes”)
2011-08	The Power of the Stock Exchange to Deem a Person to be Connected Person
2011-07	Whether the Transfer of Convertible Notes of Overseas Incorporated Companies that Takes Place in Hong Kong is Subject to Stamp Duty
2011-04	Type 10 Regulated Activity: Providing Credit Rating Services
2011-03	Independent Non-Executive Director Jailed for Misleading the Singapore Exchange
2010-09	Effect of Registration of Unstamped Instruments
2010-08	Whether a Company’s Regulatory Non-Compliance Record Would Render It Unsuitable for Listing
2010-07	Implementation of the New SFC Handbook
2010-06	Listing Rules Update: Changes to the Connected Transaction Rules
2010-06	Draft Companies Bill – Phase 2 Consultation
2010-05	The New Regime of Statutory Disclosure Requirements for Listed Companies
2010-04	Securities and Futures Commission’s Power to Freeze Assets of Listed Companies
2010-03	Voting after PCCW and Other Corporate Governance Issues: Draft Companies Bill (“CB”) – Phase 1 Consultation
2010-02	Implementation of Proposals to Accelerate Rights Issues and Open Offers
2010-01	Lenders Beware: Defects in Board Resolution Could Invalidate a Loan Agreement
2009-12	A Summary of the Consultation Paper on Proposals to Enhance Protection for the Investing Public
2009-12	Listing of Overseas Companies
2009-11	Proposed Changes to the Connected Transaction Rules
2009-10	Listed Corporation’s Power to Investigate Ownership under the Securities and Futures Ordinance
2009-09	Profit Test for Hong Kong Listing Applicants
2009-07	Aggregation of Transactions under Hong Kong Listing Rules
2009-06	Privatization after the PCCW Saga
2009-06	Security in Personal Property – A Simple Guide to Banks and other Lending Institutions
2009-06	Blackout Period Modified
2009-05	Can a Director be Indemnified from Liability?
2009-04	Is Non-Exclusive Jurisdiction Clause Really Non-Exclusive in Nature?
2009-03	Revised Advertising Guidelines for marketing SFC-authorised Collective Investment Schemes (the “CIS”)
2009-02	Hong Kong Listing Rules - 2009 Amendments and the Deferred Implementation of the Extension of the "Black Out" Period
2008-11	The Washing Machine - Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
2008-08	Amendments to the Growth Enterprise Market Rules
2008-06	Depositary Receipt Framework to be introduced in Hong Kong on 1 July 2008
2008-05	HKEx’s Revised Suspension Policy
2008-03	A Brief Discussion on the Legal Issues of Accumulators – aka “I Kill You Later!”
2008-03	Amendments to the Companies Ordinance concerning Oversea Companies
2005-09	The Limits on Commercial Power - Lesson from HSBC Case
2005-07	Patents & Their Relationship to Company Value
2005-04	Rescission vs. Termination: A Note to Layman
2005-03	Material Terms to be Implied in Contracts
2005-02	Liability Always Limited for "Company Limited"
2005-02	Reduction of Capital - The Rationale
2005-01	Beware When You See "For and on behalf of"

 

Useful Links

• Setting up in HK (Link to InvestHK)