Hong Kong Company Search, BVI Company Search, Cayman Company Search, Other Search Services We provide company search services in Hong Kong and other parts of the world. Below is the price information of common search services. For other searches, please contact us directly for pricing. Hong Kong company name search ($1,500), Hong Kong company search...Read More

Ways to Terminate a Hong Kong Company: Bankruptcy and Deregistration Ways to terminate a Hong Kong company As a Hong Kong company law solicitor, we often receive enquiries about bankruptcy and deregistration of Hong Kong companies. The two main ways to terminate a Hong Kong company are winding-up and deregistration. To terminate a company by...Read More

Applying to the court for personal bankruptcy of the debtor is one of the effective methods for debt recovery in Hong Kong. If the debtor is adjuciated bankrupt by the court, it will have serious consequences for the debtor and his property. As an international city, many non-Hong Kong residents also own property, engage in...Read More

Cross-Border Litigation Lawyer: Mainland-Hong Kong Court Sessions Before I came to Hong Kong to study and practise as a Hong Kong lawyer, I had been practising civil and commercial litigation in the Mainland for many years, and had held court sessions in the high courts, intermediate courts, basic people’s courts and tribunals of many places...Read More

Hong Kong Company Equity Incentive Plan: Legal Framework Under Hong Kong law, there are a number of different legal aspects involved in company equity incentive plans. In summary, at a legal level, the following laws are most likely to be involved. (1) Company law. The establishment of an equity incentive plan may involve the issue...Read More

Legal Aspects of Financing Loans and Mortgages in Hong Kong Overview of Hong Kong Financing Loans and Mortgages Hong Kong financing and loans, guarantees and mortgages is one of the cross-border legal issues that our firm regularly handles. The usual situation is that enterprises with a Mainland China background use their listed companies in Hong...Read More

Practical Guide – Keeping a Register of Significant Controllers of Hong Kong Companies Legal Basis for Keeping a Register of Significant Controllers of Hong Kong Companies The legal basis for Hong Kong companies to keep a register of significant controllers is the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 (the “Amendment Ordinance”). The Amendment Ordinance requires companies to...Read More

Australia Tightens Acquisition of  Agricultural Land by Foreign Investors The Year 2017 has proven to be a turbulent year for Sino-Australian relationship, which witnessed not only the downfall of some pro-Chinese politicians amid scandals of taking illicit funding from Chinese businessmen in Australia, but also the tabling of the highly controversial counter-espionage and foreign interference...Read More

Mareva Injunction – Pulse Bombs in Civil Litigation in Hong Kong In the modern military, the role and power of pulse bombs is beyond doubt. It can instantly paralyse an enemy’s electronic equipment and render them incapable of combat. In common law jurisdictions, a Mareva Injunction is similar to a Pulse Bomb in that it...Read More

How to fight a good divorce case in Hong Kong? As Hong Kong lawyers handling divorce litigation cases, we have been involved in and handled a divorce litigation in Hong Kong and experienced the sweet and sour of the case together with our clients. In different divorce cases, sometimes we represent the applicant side, sometimes...Read More

The Legal Effect of Marital Property Agreements under Common Law – Overview The Effect of Marital Property Agreements at Common Law – Preface Regarding matrimonial property agreements, I wrote an article ‘Hong Kong Divorce Lawyer: How to Make a Prenup Agreement in Hong Kong?’ in early 2014 on the legal issues relating to matrimonial property...Read More

Issue Esptopel Principle – A Ground for Refusing to Enforce An International Arbitral Award? Introduction to the issue The recent UK High Court case of iag Human SE v The Czech Repblic [2014] EWHC 1639 (Comm) has sparked interest and debate in the international arbitration community over Issue Esptopel. In that case, the High Court...Read More

Hong Kong Arbitration Case (1): Contractual Place of Arbitration ‘China’ = ‘Hong Kong’? Briefing on the case of Z v A & ORS in the CFI Case name: Z v A & ORS – [2015] 2 HKC 272 Facts of the case The parties had contractually agreed that the ICC Arbitration Rules would apply to...Read More

Hong Kong Lawyers: Common Search Services Comprehensive Search Search the websites of company registries in various countries around the world: Company registrations around the world Global Registries   Europe Belgium –KBO Public Search, and a website http://www.bnb.be/ Bulgaria – Trade Register Croatia – http://www1.biznet.hr/HgkWeb/do/fullSearch Cyprus – Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver Czech...Read More

How to Draft a Hong Kong Arbitration Clause in Contracts As a Hong Kong lawyer dealing with arbitration law, when drafting and reviewing contracts for clients, it is important to consider clearly whether to include a Hong Kong arbitration clause and, if so, how to draft the arbitration clause. The following are the recommended arbitration...Read More

Hong Kong Arbitration Lawyer: Why Choose Arbitration as a Method of Dispute Resolution? Advantages of choosing arbitration as a means of dispute resolution – Neutrality of Arbitration If one of the parties to a transaction is a Mainland Chinese merchant, litigation in a Chinese court is of course the preferred option for the Chinese party....Read More

Hong Kong Agreed Divorce: Joint Application or Unilateral Application? Requirements for Joint Application for Divorce in Hong Kong In Hong Kong, a Joint Petition for Divorce requires both parties to the marriage to prove that the marriage has broken down irretrievably and to provide evidence to prove the following facts: the parties to the marriage...Read More