ONC Newsletter April 2021

ONC Lawyers

Hong Kong

LEGAL UPDATE
Insolvency & Restructuring
•	Winding up a foreign company : 2nd core requirement considered in details where the company’s principal assets are shares in delisted companies in Hong Kong
Regulatory & Compliance
•	Handling suspicious third party fund transfers
Corporate Finance
•	HKEX proposes reforms to enhance listing regime for overseas issuers
Capital Markets
•	Implications of increase in stamp duty on stock transactions
Employment, Privacy and Discrimination
•	The new measure of “vaccine bubble”: Can employers impose mandatory vaccination?
Emerging Technologies & Cyber Law
•	Five key elements to look for in a scam email and legal recourse
•	Five key elements to look for in a scam website and legal recourse
Arbitration
•	Would a breach of an arbitration clause render a foreign judgment unenforceable?
Competition Law and Practice
•	The Alibaba PRC Anti-monopoly Law incident – would the same happen in Hong Kong
Insurance & Personal Injury
•	Employers who have not made periodical payments not entitled to request injured employees to attend medical examination
China Law
•	Antisuit injunctions – the tug-of-war between courts in parallel proceedings involving multiple jurisdictions
FIRM NEWS
•	Mr Ludwig Ng will conduct a webinar organized by the Law Society of Hong Kong on personal liabilities of directors and officers of insolvent companies
•	Dr Dennis Tang will give a webinar organized by the HKGCC on purchasing properties in the Greater Bay Area
•	Dr Dennis Tang became one of the first lawyers on the panel of estate administrators in China
•	Mr Michael Szeto joins the Lexis Advance®️ Hong Kong Practical Guidance Employment Editorial Board
•	ONC Lawyers presented a webinar on money lending and debt recovery
•	Mr Ray Lee and Ms Mickey Li gave a webinar to The Association of Hong Kong Accountants on financial issues and arrangement on divorce
•	Mr Dominic Wai gave a webinar jointly organised by LexisNexis and the Institute of Compliance Officers of Hong Kong on the new AML/CTF rules for money lending in Hong Kong
•	Mr Michael Szeto gave a webinar for the Association of Corporate Counsel on the operation and rules of the Labour Tribunal
•	Mr Ludwig Ng chaired a webinar for the Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty on jurisdiction of the Hong Kong court in winding up an offshore company
•	Mr Joshua Chu was interviewed by Next Magazine on potential regulatory risks of alleged ICOs
•	Mr Joshua Chu was interviewed by Apple Daily on regulatory issues concerning virtual assets in Hong Kong
•	Mr Sherman Yan and Mr Dominic Wai contributed an article to Kalavinka Advisors on potential impact of the US-China sanction on local businesses
•	Dr Dennis Tang wrote an article for The Bulletin on purchasing properties in the Greater Bay Area
•	Article co-written by Mr Dominic Wai and Mr Joshua Chu on remote hearings in Hong Kong courts featured in Paradigm

法律新知
清盤及重組
•	把外國公司清盤：假如清盤公司的主要資產是香港已除牌公司的股份，法院如何詳細考慮第二項核心要求
金融及證券規管
•	處理可疑第三者資金轉帳
資本市場
•	增加股票交易印花稅的影響
僱傭、私隱及歧視
•	新的「疫苗氣泡」措施：僱主可以強制僱員接種嗎？
新興科技及網絡法
•	欺詐電郵的五大特徵及受害人享有的法律追索權
•	欺詐網站的五大特徵及受害人享有的法律追索權
仲裁
•	違反仲裁條款會否令外地法院裁決不可強制執行？
競爭法例及實務
•	香港會否發生與阿里巴巴中國反壟斷法事件類似的案件？
保險及人身傷亡
•	如沒有作出按期付款，僱主無權要求受傷僱員接受身體檢查
中國法律
•	「禁訴令」—— 跨境訴訟中法院間的對抗
本所動態
•	伍兆榮律師將為香港律師會的網上講座講解清盤公司的董事及高級人員個人法律責任
•	鄧智榮博士將為香港總商會的網上講座講解在大灣區置業事宜
•	鄧智榮博士成為中國首批獲得遺產管理人資格備案的律師
•	司徒肇基律師加入 Lexis Advance®️ Hong Kong Practical Guidance 僱傭法編輯委員會
•	柯伍陳律師事務所舉辦網上講座講解放債及追討債務的法律須知
•	李展鵬律師及李穎彤律師為香港會計師專業協會的網上講座講解離婚財務事宜及安排
•	衞紹宗律師為 LexisNexis 與香港注冊合規師公會合辦的網上研討會講解在香港放債須知的打擊洗錢／恐怖分子集資新規例
•	司徒肇基律師為全球企業法律顧問協會的網上講座講解勞資審裁處的運作和規則
•	伍兆榮律師為重組及清盤學院主持網上講座講解香港法院將離岸公司清盤的司法管轄權
•	朱喬華律師接受《壹週刊》訪問談論宣稱首次代幣發行的潛在監管風險
•	朱喬華律師接受《蘋果日報》訪問談論虛擬資產在香港的監管問題
•	甄灼寧律師及衞紹宗律師為 Kalavinka Advisors 撰文談論中美制裁對香港企業的潛在影響
•	鄧智榮博士為《工商月刊》撰文講解在大灣區置業的注意事項
•	衞紹宗律師及朱喬華律師合撰談論香港法院採用遙距聆訊之文章刊於《Paradigm》