A number of high-profile listings including Facebook, Snap, Alibaba and LinkedIn have thrust dual class shares back into the spotlight. In 2018 both the Hong Kong SAR and Singapore stock exchanges revised their listing rules within months of each other to permit the listing of companies with dual class or…
Download full alert For insurers in Hong Kong, the outbreak of novel coronavirus may cause potential disruption to…
Download full alert For insurers in Hong Kong, the outbreak of novel coronavirus may cause potential disruption to…
In five recent judicial review applications brought against the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Magistrate (HCAL 2132, 2133, 2134, 2136 and 2137/2018), the Court of First Instance dismissed challenges to the SFC’s decisions to seize and retain digital devices during its search operations. The Court has confirmed the…
Download full version in PDF The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has taken another major step towards establishing…
The SFC’s continued clampdown on corporate fraud and misconduct The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has frequently emphasized…
Download publication A series of briefings that take a “bite-size” look at international trends in different jurisdictions drawing on Baker McKenzie’s expert financial services practitioners Individual Accountability Regimes – Driving Improvements in Culture This edition takes a bite-size look at culture within financial services businesses, as seen by regulators in…
The Agreement on Investment among the Governments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic…
What’s changed In Leung Chun Kwong v Secretary for the Civil Service and Commissioner of Inland Revenue [2019]…
Despite geopolitical shifts, uncertainty and various factors that seem to affect numerous sectors, the global luxury and fashion industry has tripled in the last 20 years to approximately $300 billion and continues to grow rapidly. But with that broadening and diversification comes a whole new set of business challenges to…