ONC Newsletter November 2021

ONC Lawyers
Hong Kong

LEGAL UPDATE
Emerging Technologies & Cyber Law
•	Crypto news updates \| HK regulators finally declare “virtual assets are going to stay” \| New market developments
Regulatory & Compliance
•	Post-China Forestry and Tianhe era – SFC’s front-loaded regulation and reforms to tackle sponsor failures
Corporate Finance
•	The Stock Exchange proposes amendments to the Listing Rules in relation to share schemes of listed issuers and their subsidiaries
•	SFC concludes consultation on conduct requirements for bookbuilding and placing activities
Capital Markets
•	The Stock Exchange published its consultation conclusion on listing regime for overseas issuers
Insolvency & Restructuring
•	Hsin Chong Saga continued: Section 182 of Cap 32 strictly applied by the Court of Final Appeal
Employment, Privacy and Discrimination
•	Does Hong Kong need new laws to protect gig workers?
•	Does an employer have to tell you why you are fired?
Intellectual Property
•	Can I continue shipping products if I am being sued for patent infringement? A summary of the Court’s considerations
Shipping & Logistics
•	Is every document titled “Bill of Lading” a contract of carriage and document of title?
Family & Matrimonial
•	Court rejected application to vary a sole custody order in the absence of material change in circumstances
Commercial Crime
•	The continuous duty and importance of disclosure of conflict of interest
FIRM NEWS
•	Complimentary online tickets for HKiNEDA Annual Conference 2021!
•	ONC Lawyers corporate video goes live!
•	ONC Lawyers’ introductory clip featured on Primerus platform for the Virtual ACC Annual Conference 2021
•	ONC Lawyers sponsored the B4B Challenge and participated in the International ICT Expo 2021
•	ONC Lawyers and Cheng & Cheng Limited co-hosted a seminar on handling suspension of trading due to financial reporting
•	ONC Lawyers contributed the Chinese version of Doing Business in Indonesia 2021
•	Mr Michael Szeto was interviewed by SCMP on whether gig workers are independent contractors or employees
•	Mr Ludwig Ng chaired a webinar for the Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty on recent developments and cases of cross-border insolvency
•	Mr Dominic Wai and Mr Lawrence Yeung conducted corporate training for ICAC on legal aspects of using social media in workplace
•	Mr Dominic Wai gave a talk to the Hong Kong Football Association on dealing with conflict of interest
•	Mr Joshua Chu participated as a panellist in the Legal Plus forum on law and technology

法律新知
新興科技及網絡法
•	加密貨幣最新資訊 \| 香港監管機構最終接納虛擬資產 \| 市場最新發展
企業融資
•	聯交所就上市發行人及其附屬公司的股份計劃建議修訂《上市規則》
•	證監會就簿記建檔及配售活動的操守規定刊發諮詢總結
清盤及重組
•	新昌清盤案繼續：終審法院嚴格執行《公司（清盤及雜項條文）條例》第182條
僱傭、私隱及歧視
•	香港是否需要訂立新法例以保障零工工作者？
•	僱主開除僱員須說明原因嗎？
知識產權
•	被控侵犯專利仍可繼續付運產品嗎？概述法院考慮的因素
航運及物流
•	所有稱為「提單」的文件都是承運合約及所有權文件嗎？
商業罪行
•	披露利益衝突的持續責任及重要性
本所動態
•	香港獨立非執行董事協會週年會議 2021 免費網上門票！
•	柯伍陳律師事務所簡介影片正式登場！
•	本所簡介短片在 Primerus 的 2021 年全球企業法律顧問協會虛擬年會特設平台播放
•	柯伍陳律師事務所贊助「B4B 大數據應用挑戰賽」並參加國際資訊科技博覽 2021
•	柯伍陳律師事務所及鄭鄭會計師事務所有限公司合辦講座講解如何處理因財務匯報導致的停牌問題
•	柯伍陳律師事務所編製中文版《印尼營商指南 2021》
•	司徒肇基律師接受《南華早報》訪問談論零工工作者是獨立承辦商還是僱員
•	伍兆榮律師為重組及清盤學院主持網上講座講解跨境清盤的近期發展及案例
•	衞紹宗律師及楊先恒律師為廉政公署提供培訓講解在工作場所使用社交媒體的法律問題
•	衞紹宗律師為香港足球總會講解如何處理利益衝突
•	朱喬華律師參與 Legal Plus 的法律與科技論壇擔任小組討論講者