ONC Newsletter November 2022

ONC Lawyers
Hong Kong

LEGAL UPDATE
Corporate Finance
•	The Stock Exchange published consultation paper on the listing regime for Specialist Technology Companies
Commercial Crime
•	Can concealing a breach of lease conditions constitute fraud?
Insolvency & Restructuring
•	When does directors’ duty to creditors arise?
•	Directors’ personal liability for costs for unreasonably opposing a winding-up petition – Part II
Construction
•	Adoption of BIM and its legal complications for the construction industry
Employment, Privacy & Discrimination
•	It’s time to say goodbye – Key points to note when terminating an employment
Family & Matrimonial
•	How to rely on a foreign prenuptial agreement in a Hong Kong divorce?
Intellectual Property
•	Could an authorised dealer be liable for passing-off after termination of dealership?
Shipping & Logistics
•	Can owners refuse charterers’ order if it may jeopardise the safety of a vessel?
FIRM NEWS
•	ONC Lawyers and Cheng & Cheng will jointly hold a CPD seminar on tax planning and regulatory changes
•	ONC Lawyers and Grant Thornton will jointly hold a free seminar on trading suspension and resumption
•	ONC Lawyers and World Commercial Law Firm signed a strategic cooperation agreement
•	ONC Lawyers published A Practical Guide to Intellectual Property (Second Edition)
•	Mr Ludwig Ng chaired a seminar for the Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty on recent developments on cross-border insolvency and restructuring
•	Dr Lawrence Yeung hosted an advisory booth at the Asia Summit on Global Health 2022 as a representative of the Law Society of Hong Kong
•	ONC Charity Run and Virtual Charity Run

法律新知
企業融資
•	聯交所刊發有關特專科技公司上市制度的諮詢文件
商業罪案
•	隱瞞違反租契條件是否構成欺詐？
清盤及重組
•	董事對債權人的責任在何時產生？
•	董事不合理反對清盤呈請或須承擔訟費責任（二）
建築
•	建築信息模擬在建築業界的採用及其法律影響
僱傭、私隱及歧視
•	再別之時——終止僱傭合約時應注意的重點
家事及婚姻
•	在香港的離婚程序中如何援引在外國訂立的婚前協議？
知識產權
•	授權經銷商的代理權終止後有可能被控告假冒嗎？
航運及物流
•	若租船人的指令可能危及船隻安全，船東可否拒絕遵循？
本所動態
•	柯伍陳律師事務所與鄭鄭會計師事務所將合辦持續專業進修講座講解稅務規劃及監管變更
•	柯伍陳律師事務所與致同（香港）會計師事務所將合辦免費講座講解停牌及復牌
•	柯伍陳律師事務所與天商律師事務所簽訂戰略合作協議
•	柯伍陳律師事務所刊發《知識產權實用指南》（第二版）（英文版）
•	伍兆榮律師為重組及清盤學院主持講座講解跨境清盤及重組法律的近期發展
•	楊先恒律師代表香港律師會於2022 年亞洲醫療健康高峰論壇主持諮詢攤位
•	ONC 慈善跑及慈善虛擬跑