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All’s Well That Ends Well for Keepwell Providers?
No loss to issuers puts note trustees in the spotlight. The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA) has overturned the Court of Appeal’s order that Peking University Founder Group Company Limited (PUFG), as the keepwell provider, breached the terms of the keepwell deeds and was liable to three of its offshore subsidiaries that were the issuers and a guarantor of the keepwell bonds (together, the Issuers), for the total outstanding amounts of those bonds.
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Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre Releases 2024 Annual Statistics
The statistics show a robust demand for arbitration and reflect Hong Kong’s importance as an arbitral venue for resolving cross-border commercial disputes. On 20 February 2025, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) released its annual statistics for 2024. The newly published statistics demonstrate an increasing use of the HKIAC as an arbitration centre. This growth reinforces Hong Kong’s position as a leading international arbitration institution, and follows on the heels of the issuance of the HKIAC’s new 2024 Administered Arbitration Rules which, as we discussed in a previous Client Alert, are aimed at further innovating the procedural framework for arbitration users.
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A Guide to Doing Business in Hong Kong – 2025
Since establishment of the office in 1982, Hong Kong has acted as the hub around which Hogan Lovells’ regional growth and network expansion have been organised. We are also the sole Hong Kong member of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council (PRAC), a unique strategic alliance within the global legal community, consisting of over 20 major independent law firms, each with a substantial presence and expertise in the Pacific Rim region. We also have a number of Hong Kong qualified lawyers who have successfully obtained practicing licences in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (“GBA”), who can provide legal services relating to certain civil and commercial legal matters in the nine Mainland China cities within the GBA.
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Cross-border Dialogue Between Hong Kong And Mainland China on Insolvency Law
In January 2025 in Beijing, a delegation of INSOL members led by Andrew Koo (INSOL Fellow) and John Lees (INSOL Past President) together with Hong Kong barrister Michael Lok, Alexander Tang (INSOL Fellow), and Howard Lam (INSOL Fellow), participated in a roundtable on crossborder insolvency topics with a team of prominent PRC bankruptcy experts led by Professor Li Shuguang, China University of Political Science and Law. Given the tremendous growth of the Chinese economy and overseas investments in the past few decades, corporate insolvency law in the PRC has become a priority area for legislative development and collaboration among practitioners both onshore and offshore. This ongoing dialogue between practitioners from two jurisdictions with very different legal traditions offers important opportunities for exchanging views and identifying areas of legal reform to resolve increasingly complex cross-border issues more effectively.
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Establishing a Business Entity in Hong Kong (Updated)
ESTABLISHING A BUSINESS ENTITY IN HONG KONG - 1. Introduction - Hong Kong as an international centre for finance, commerce and trade is often considered as one of the most attractive places to do business owing to its unique advantages such as its prime location, business-friendly policies, simple tax regime, world-class infrastructure, sound legal system and robust regulatory regimes. This Asia’s world city has consistently topped various global rankings in business and economic competitiveness – more recently it ranked the 5th most competitive economy by the International Institute for Management Development in its World Competitiveness Yearbook 2024, topping the ranking in business legislation and international trade, and being in the top five positions in tax policy, international investment, basic infrastructure, finance and education.
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Key Regulatory Updates for Hong Kong Listed Companies - November/December 2024
The updates include market consultation, consultation conclusions and various guiding materials by the HKEX, and bills for amendments to the Companies Ordinance by the Hong Kong government.
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Hong Kong Stock Exchange Publishes Conclusions on Corporate Governance Code Enhancements
The Stock Exchange concluded to adopt the proposed amendments to the CG Code, with certain modifications based on market feedback.
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Buying and Selling Real Estate in Hong Kong (Updated)
KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER HONG KONG LAW - Introduction - Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated cities over the world. Due to historical reasons, almost all lands in Hong Kong are leasehold tenures. Over the centuries, the Government leased or granted to individuals or corporations pieces of land for use or for development. Therefore, a sale and purchase of landed property in Hong Kong is in fact a transfer or assignment of a lease. In a sale and purchase transaction, the vendor agrees to sell and the buyer agrees to purchase both the legal estate and the equitable interest of and in the landed property. This article provides a brief introduction to land law in Hong Kong and sets out a summary of the procedures of the sale and purchase of landed properties in Hong Kong.
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Key Regulatory Updates for Hong Kong Listed Companies - July/August 2024
The updates include a consultation paper on a new phase of paper listing and a joint announcement on temporary modifications to requirements for specialist technology companies and de-SPAC transactions.
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Chambers Global Practice Guides: International Arbitration 2024 - Hong Kong
Arbitration is a popular mode of alternative dispute resolution in Hong Kong, used increasingly in cross-border commercial disputes and among international parties. In 2023, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) recorded 281 new arbitration cases with a total amount of HKD92.8 billion (approximately USD12.5 billion) in dispute. Hong Kong was ranked as the third most popular arbitral seat worldwide in a 2021 survey by Queen Mary University of London. As one of the top international arbitration hubs, over 80% of administered arbitration submitted to HKIAC in the past three years was international in nature. Originally published by Chambers Global - September 2024.