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When Marriage And Business Collide In Hong Kong: Crafting The Best Strategy

In Hong Kong, the intersection of family law and corporate law requires careful consideration of both the legal remedies available and the practical implications for all parties involved.

Hong Kong Family

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Withers LLP

HKIAC Publishes 2025 Statistics

The HKIAC broke new records for the total amount in dispute and the number of new administered arbitrations in 2025, according to the institution's statistical report for 2025 (published on 12 February 2026).

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Navigating Contract Disputes: Views From Practice

Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to present Navigating Contract Disputes: Views from Practice, a series of seminars with accompanying guides...

Hong Kong Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Hong Kong Court Of Appeal Clarifies Condition Precedent In MG Charter Limited v Beijing Caissa – Implications For Contractual Remedies (Part 2)

In our previous article on the UK Supreme Court decision in King Crude Carriers v Ridgebury November LLC [2025] UKSC 39...

Hong Kong Commercial

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Withers LLP

UK Supreme Court Overrules 'Deemed Fulfilment' Principle – What Does This Mean For Hong Kong Contractual Obligations

Hong Kong Commercial

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Withers LLP

Q3'25 Venture Pulse Report

Hong Kong Commercial

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KPMG

The Courts (Remote Hearing) Ordinance In Hong Kong: Transforming Judicial Proceedings In The Digital Age

Hong Kong Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

Supply Chain: In Search Of Standards

Hong Kong Commercial

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KPMG

Hong Kong In Focus: A Review Of Recent Arbitration-related Court Decisions

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Asia Private Client & Trust Thought Series: Why Cayman Foundation Companies Are Reshaping Offshore Structuring

Hong Kong Commercial

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Conyers

Hong Kong Commercial

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Timothy Loh LLP

Hong Kong's New Corporate Re-Domiciliation Regime

Hong Kong Commercial

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Hugill & Ip

The Unappealable Order: Interim Measures In Arbitration

Hong Kong Litigation

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ONC Lawyers

Hong Kong And Australian Courts Recognise Principles Of Segregation In Cayman SPCs

Worldwide Litigation

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Appleby

What Are The Requirements For A Company Secretary In Hong Kong?

Hong Kong Commercial

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The Sovereign Group

ASPIRe: Looking Back And Ahead On The Regulatory Roadmap For Virtual Assets In Hong Kong

Hong Kong Technology

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Tanner De Witt

New Requirement For Top Talent Pass Holders

Hong Kong Employment

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KPMG

貨品買賣法律的現代化：英國與內地模式如何應對消費者的交貨風險

Hong Kong Consumer

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Haldanes

Registered Designs In Hong Kong – Reform On The Horizon?

Hong Kong Media & IT

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Haldanes

Ultimate Bondholders Ineligible For Membership On The Committee Of Inspection In Liquidation

In the recent case of Re China Evergrande Group (in liquidation) [2025] HKCFI 1638, the Court of First Instance addresses the issue of whether a person holding merely an economic interest (as opposed to a legal right) in a note or bond ...

Hong Kong Commercial

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ONC Lawyers

Key Updates From The SFC Takeovers Bulletin

The Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") has published the latest Takeovers Bulletin (the "Bulletin") (Issue No. 73) in June 2025, offering important guidance on regulatory requirements and recent developments in takeovers and mergers.

Hong Kong Commercial

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ONC Lawyers

Hong Kong's New Re-Domiciliation Regime: Requirements And Procedures

Hong Kong has launched a new re-domiciliation regime on 23 May 2025 under the Companies (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 2025 (the "Regime"), enabling overseas companies to transfer their legal domicile to Hong Kong while maintaining corporate continuity

Hong Kong Commercial

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ONC Lawyers

Over 70% Of Hong Kong Executives See Economic Shift As The Most Critical Risk In The Next 12 Months, According To AlixPartners Global Risk Survey

Over 70% of Hong Kong executives see economic shift as the most critical risk in the next 12 months, according to AlixPartners Global Risk Survey.

Hong Kong Technology

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AlixPartners

Further Enhancements To The New CIES: Relaxing Net Asset And Investment Requirements

Hong Kong Strategy

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Howse Williams

Summer Davos 2025 | Janet Tang: Companies Enter Rational New Phase In AI Investments

Hong Kong Technology

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AlixPartners

Construction Industry Participants Beware: CISG And CISOP And Their Impact On Overseas Procurement

Hong Kong Real Estate

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Singapore Apex Court Recognises BVI As The COMI Of A BVI Registered Company – An Examination Of Article 16(3) Of The Model Law

Worldwide Insolvency

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Carey Olsen

"Battle Of The Forms" In The Hong Kong Construction Industry

Hong Kong Real Estate

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Does "Back To Back" Mean "Pay When Paid" In Construction Contracts?

Hong Kong Real Estate

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

HK Court Relies On Deemed Service Clause To Dismiss A Setting-Aside Application To Enforce An Arbitral Award

Hong Kong Litigation

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

A Contract Cannot Be Enforced If The Performance Of It Is Unlawful – What Does "Unlawful" Mean Though?

Hong Kong Commercial

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Harneys

Private Equity Comparative Guide

Hong Kong Commercial

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Slotine

Private M&A Comparative Guide

Hong Kong Commercial

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Slotine

HK Court Relies On Deemed Service Clause To Dismiss A Setting-Aside Application To Enforce An Arbitral Award

In CC v AC [2025] HKCFI 855 (Date of Decision: 27 February 2025), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance ("Court") dismissed an application...

Hong Kong Litigation

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

A Contract Cannot Be Enforced If The Performance Of It Is Unlawful – What Does "Unlawful" Mean Though?

The well-established Ralli Bros principle is an exception to the general rule that the enforceability of a contract governed by English law is determined without reference to illegality under foreign law.

Hong Kong Commercial

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Harneys

Private Equity Comparative Guide

Private Equity Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Hong Kong, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Hong Kong Commercial

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Slotine

Private M&A Comparative Guide

Private M&A Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Hong Kong, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Hong Kong Commercial

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Slotine

The Role Of International Arbitration In Voluntary Carbon Market Disputes

Worldwide Litigation

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

Arbitration—Set Aside Of Award—Multi-Tiered Arbitration Agreement (T v B)

An arbitration provision contained conditions precedent to the commencement of arbitration. These conditions were not met and arbitration was commenced in any event.

Hong Kong Litigation

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Stephenson Harwood

Court Of Appeal Considers The Approach To Assess A "Material Adverse Change"

In Decision Inc Holdings Proprietary Ltd v Garbett [2023] EWCA Civ 1284, the Court of Appeal considered whether the High Court erred in finding that the sellers of a company had breached a warranty...

Hong Kong Commercial

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

New Hong Kong-Mainland China Reciprocal Enforcement Regime To Come Into Force On 29 January 2024

The long-awaited Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance Cap 645 (Ordinance) will come into force on 29 January 2024.

Hong Kong Litigation

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Mayer Brown

The New "Stop-The-Clock" Mechanism Under The Amended Antimonopoly Law

The August 2022 amendments to the Antimonopoly Law introduced a new "stop-the-clock" mechanism in the merger review process. This mechanism allows the antimonopoly enforcement authority

Worldwide Anti-trust

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

PRC-Hong Kong MoU Signed: Will Cross-border Data Transfers Within The Greater Bay Area Be Easier Now？

Hong Kong Commercial

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Mayer Brown

一文了解香港公证认证途径概况

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CCPIT Patent & Trademark Law Office

SFC RiSFC Risk Management for Futures Contracts – New proposed guidelines

Hong Kong Finance

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Timothy Loh LLP

Can An Ultimate Beneficial Holder Of Notes Present A Winding-Up Petition Against The Issuer?

Hong Kong Commercial

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Appleby

Hong Kong's Virtual Assets Regulatory Regime – Beginning Of A New Chapter

Hong Kong Technology

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Withers LLP

Hong Kong Proposes New Regime For Listing Of Specialist Technology Companies

Hong Kong Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Inconsistent Dispute Resolution Clauses – Exploring The Limits Of The Fiona Trust Presumption

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Hong Kong Court Holds That Commercial Decisions In A Voluntary Winding Up Fall In The Remit Of A Liquidator

Hong Kong Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Enforcement Order Refused As No Arbitration Agreement Or Required Notice

Hong Kong Litigation

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Pinsent Masons

Securitisation 2022

Hong Kong Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Fruit Of Collusion: Hong Kong Court Set Aside An Enforcement Order For A Mainland Award

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Assessment Of Damages For Breach Of Contract: Costs Of Cure vs Difference In Value

Hong Kong Commercial

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Private Actions Relating To Alleged Contraventions Of The Competition Ordinance Of Hong Kong: The First Reported Hong Kong Judgments - Part One

Hong Kong Anti-trust

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Understanding The "New Normal" In The Asia Commercial Real Estate Market

Worldwide Real Estate

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Withers LLP

Sustainability And The Role Of Law Firms – An Interview With Kate Hodson

Hong Kong Commercial

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Ogier

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IMC Group

Contractual Rigidity vs. Business Viability: Supreme Court's Message To Insurers In Light Of Soham Shipping Private Limited vs M/S. New India Assurance Company Limited & Anr. (Podcast)

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AK & Partners

Supreme Court Clarifies Section 14(1)(d) Of IBC | CoC's Commercial Wisdom Upheld (Video)

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IndiaLaw LLP

[Live] Regulatory Framework For Doing Business In Indonesia And India: Opportunities And Challenges (Video)

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Hammurabi & Solomon

Q&A On Industry Standards On Minimum Information To Be Provided For Approval Of RPT (Video)

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