ONC Newsletter May 2021

LEGAL UPDATE

Corporate Finance
•	Stock Exchange proposes changes to the corporate governance requirements
Capital Markets
•	Inland Revenue (Amendment) (Tax Concessions for Carried Interest) Bill 2021 passed for concessionary tax treatments for carried interest distributed by eligible private equity funds operating in Hong Kong
Regulatory & Compliance
•	The sanction orders made by the Market Misconduct Tribunal for insider dealing
Insolvency & Restructuring
•	When is a regulating order justified?
Employment, Privacy and Discrimination
•	Potential employment issues in the GBA Youth Employment Scheme
Emerging Technologies & Cyber Law
•	Understanding how Blockchain’s immutability actually makes it more AML compliant than cash
Intellectual Property
•	How to win and repel trademark squatters in the PRC?
China Law
•	Complying with antitrust law in China
Shipping & Logistics
•	Can a term be implied into a charterparty guarantee limiting the shipowner’s right to seek security?
Family & Matrimonial
•	Wardship proceeding: Can an unmarried parent seek return of his / her child from another country?
FIRM NEWS
•	ONC Lawyers received the “China Business Law Awards 2021” by the China Business Law Journal for our insolvency & restructuring practice
•	Mr Eric Woo, Mr Michael Szeto and Mr Joshua Chu have been recognised as Lexology Legal Influencers Q1 2021
•	ONC Lawyers and ACT will jointly hold a webinar on trademark protection in Germany and the EU
•	ONC Lawyers and Borrelli Walsh will jointly hold a webinar on share valuation and shareholder disputes
•	Mr Sherman Yan gave a video interview to introduce A Practical Guide to Resolving Shareholder Disputes co-authored by him and Mr Ludwig Ng
•	Mr Dominic Wai gave a video interview to introduce the book Butterworths Hong Kong Anti-Money Laundering Handbook
•	Mr Joshua Chu was interviewed by TVB Pearl’s News at Seven-Thirty on unqualified civil celebrants in Hong Kong
•	Mr Michael Szeto was interviewed by Financial Times on potential legal issues with compulsory employees vaccination
•	ONC Lawyers and Mazars (Hong Kong) jointly held a webinar on unfreezing inadvertently frozen assets
•	ONC Lawyers and BDO Limited co-hosted a seminar on conduct and duties of directors in corporate acquisitions and disposals
•	Mr Dominic Wai and Mr Lawrence Yeung gave a webinar organised by The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries on recent updates on intellectual property laws and data protection laws
•	Mr Lawrence Yeung conducted a webinar organized by ACT on pitfalls of trademark prosecution in China and shadow companies in Hong Kong
•	Mr Michael Szeto spoke on due diligence pitfalls and employment updates in light of COVID for members of the Association of Corporate Counsel
•	ONC Lawyers new website is launched
•	ONC Lawyers is awarded the “15 Years Plus Caring Company Logo” for the fourth year consecutively
•	Mr Dominic Wai and Mr Michael Szeto received the Certificates for Caring Ambassador awarded by the HKCSS for the second year consecutively
•	Admission of Mr Rex Leung
•	ONC Egg Waffle Day

法律新知
資本市場
•	立法會通過《2021年稅務（修訂）（附帶權益的稅務寬減）條例草案》，為在香港營運的合資格私募基金所分發的附帶權益提供特惠稅務待遇
金融及證券規管
•	市場失當行為審裁處就進行內幕交易作出制裁命令
清盤及重組
•	法院在甚麼情況下有充分理據發出規管令？
僱傭、私隱及歧視
•	大灣區青年就業計劃的潛在僱傭問題
新興科技及網絡法
•	了解區塊鏈不可竄改的特性如何令它比現金更能符合反洗錢規定
知識產權
•	如何擊退內地商標搶註者？
中國法律
•	遵守中國的反壟斷法
航運及物流
•	租船合同的擔保書可否被視為載有限制船東要求抵押品權利的隱含條款？
家事及婚姻
•	監護權程序：未婚父母可否尋求從另一個國家送回其子女？
本所動態
•	柯伍陳律師事務所的清盤及重組業務榮獲《商法》月刊頒授「2021 年度商法卓越律所大獎」
•	胡慶業律師、司徒肇基律師及朱喬華律師成為 Lexology 2021 年第一季具影響力法律作者
•	柯伍陳律師事務所與德國 ACT 律師事務所將合辦網上講座講解德國及歐盟的商標保護
•	柯伍陳律師事務所與保華顧問將合辦網上講座講解股份估值與股東爭議
•	甄灼寧律師接受錄影訪問介紹與伍兆榮律師合著的《A Practical Guide to Resolving Shareholder Disputes》
•	衞紹宗律師接受錄影訪問介紹其著作《Butterworths Hong Kong Anti-Money Laundering Handbook》
•	朱喬華律師接受無綫電視明珠台《七點半新聞報道》訪問談及不符資格的香港婚姻監禮人問題
•	司徒肇基律師接受《金融時報》訪問談論強制僱員接種疫苗的潛在法律問題
•	柯伍陳律師事務所與中審眾環（香港）合辦網上講座講解如何解除不幸被凍結的資產
•	柯伍陳律師事務所與立信德豪合辦講座講解董事在公司買賣交易中的行為及職責
•	衞紹宗律師及楊先恒律師為香港特許秘書公會舉辦的網上講座講解最新知識產權及資料保護法例
•	楊先恒律師為 ACT 舉辧的網上講座講解在中國申請商標的陷阱及香港的影子公司
•	司徒肇基律師為全球企業法律顧問協會會員講解盡職審查陷阱及疫情下的僱傭新知
•	柯伍陳律師事務所全新網站現已啟用
•	柯伍陳律師事務所連續四年獲頒 15 年 Plus「商界展關懷」標誌
•	衞紹宗律師及司徒肇基律師連續第二年獲社聯頒發關懷大使證書
•	梁樂韜律師獲認許為律師
•	柯伍陳雞蛋仔滋味日