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Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s Enhancements to Corporate Governance Requirements Take Effect on July 1, 2025

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The amendments to the Corporate Governance Code (“CG Code”) and the related Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Exchange” and “Listing Rules”, respectively) come into...more

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Hong Kong Moves Forward With Major Update to Capital Regime for Insurance Companies

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Insurance Ordinance amendments would create a risk-based capital regime aligned with international standards. On 6 April 2023, the Hong Kong government introduced the Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023 into the Legislative...more

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Hong Kong Introduces Major Updates to Its Copyright Regime

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A recent amendment addresses key loopholes and aims to align Hong Kong’s copyright regime with international standards. On 16 December 2022, the Hong Kong Copyright (Amendment) Ordinance 2022 (Amendment) was finally...more

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Cayman schemes – where are we now?

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Following the implementation of the recent amendments to the Companies Act to remove the head count test for shareholder schemes of arrangement, Conyers has assisted two Hong Kong listed companies (China Vast Industrial Urban...more

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Hong Kong’s Anti-Doxxing Laws - the State of Enforcement One Year On

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Amended data privacy legislation enabled Hong Kong courts to convict doxxing offences, though their ability to enforce cessation notices remains unclear. In October 2021, Hong Kong amended its data privacy law, the...more

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Cayman Islands Restructuring: What amounts to a “Rational Basis”?

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In the recent decision of Evergreen International Holdings Limited, delivered on 11 January 2022, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands made an order for the immediate winding up of a company notwithstanding the company’s...more

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Criminalizing Doxxing Acts: New Amendments to Hong Kong’s Data Privacy Law

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Effective from October 8, 2021, the Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 (“Amendment Ordinance”) has come into operation as it was published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette that day. The Amendment Ordinance...more

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Amendments to Hong Kong Data Protection Law to Widen the Definition of “Personal Data” - Part 5 of 6

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Hong Kong proposes to widen the current definition of “personal data” to cover not just “identified” persons but also “identifiable” persons. The amendment is expected to cover the use of online tracking technologies such as...more

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Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between the Mainland and Hong Kong: the Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2021

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On 24 February 2021, the Hong Kong Government introduced into the Legislative Council the Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2021 (“Bill”), to implement the Supplemental Arrangement Concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards...more

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Hong Kong Permits Third Party Funding of Arbitration

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Hong Kong approved last week the awaited Arbitration and Mediation Legislation (Third Party Funding) (Amendment) Bill 2016 to permit third party funding of arbitration, as well as supporting court, emergency arbitration and...more

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