ONC Newsletter June 2021

ONC Lawyers
Hong Kong

LEGAL UPDATE
Insolvency & Restructuring
•	A trio of landmark decisions on scheme practice in Hong Kong
Corporate Finance
•	Stock Exchange published consultation conclusions on the Main Board profit requirement
Employment, Privacy and Discrimination
•	Is an employee constructively dismissed if he is partially suspended from performing his duties?
Emerging Technologies & Cyber Law
•	As cryptos reaches for the Moon, new virtual asset legislation sets to land in Hong Kong – Insights into how the new legislation will affect Asia Pacific’s virtual asset markets
Competition Law and Practice
•	Facilitating serious anti-competitive conduct infringed the Competition Ordinance despite no benefit gained
Insurance & Personal Injury
•	The UK Supreme Court considers the meaning of the “deliberate act” exclusion in insurance policy – when deliberate isn’t deliberate
Arbitration
•	Assignee of a contract containing an arbitration clause must use arbitration to enforce its rights
Capital Markets
•	Welcoming more indices to the Hang Seng Index
FIRM NEWS
•	Mr Dominic Wai will be a panel speaker for the “LexisNexis Asia Virtual Summit 2021”
•	ONC Lawyers and Borrelli Walsh jointly held a webinar on share valuation and shareholder disputes
•	Mr Ludwig Ng conducted a webinar organized by the Law Society of Hong Kong on “Personal Liabilities of Directors and Officers of Insolvent Companies”
•	Mr Ludwig Ng was convenor of the panel discussion in the “Why Use Hong Kong Law” webinar organised by the Asian Academy of International Law
•	Mr Sherman Yan gave a seminar organized by the Professional Development Resources Centre on duties of INEDs
•	ONC Lawyers contributed the Hong Kong Chapter to Global Legal Insights to: Initial Public Offerings 2021
•	Mr Joshua Chu and Mr Michael Szeto co-authored an article concerning equal rights for Artificial Sentience (AKA AI) for The Hong Kong Lawyer
•	Mr Joshua Chu and Mr Michael Szeto co-authored an article concerning cross-border conflict of marriage laws for The Hong Kong Lawyer
•	Mr Dominic Wai wrote an article in the journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries on Mainland’s Anti-monopoly Law and Hong Kong’s Competition Ordinance
•	ONC Waffle Day

法律新知
清盤及重組
•	三宗關於債務償還安排計劃的重要香港案例
僱傭、私隱及歧視
•	暫停僱員部分職務是否等於推定解僱？
新興科技及網絡法
•	隨著加密貨幣發展前景樂觀，香港準備就虛擬資產立法 ——了解新法例將對亞太虛擬資產市場帶來甚麼影響
競爭法例及實務
•	即使沒有獲益，促成嚴重的反競爭行為仍違反《競爭條例》
仲裁
•	如合約載有仲裁條款，合約受讓人必須透過仲裁來執行其合約權利
資本市場
•	恒指公司擬推出更多指數
本所動態
•	衞紹宗律師將於「LexisNexis 亞洲虛擬峰會 2021」擔任全體討論環節講者
•	柯伍陳律師事務所與保華顧問合辦網上講座講解股份估值與股東爭議
•	伍兆榮律師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的個人法律責任」
•	伍兆榮律師為亞洲國際法律研究院主辦的「為何選用香港法律」網上研討會擔任小組討論主持
•	甄灼寧律師為專業發展資源中心的講座講解獨立非執董的職責
•	柯伍陳律師事務所參與撰寫《Global Legal Insights to: Initial Public Offerings 2021》的香港章節
•	朱喬華律師及司徒肇基律師為《香港律師》及 Lexology 合撰文章探討人工智能
•	朱喬華律師及司徒肇基律師為《香港律師》及 Lexology 合撰文章探討跨境婚姻法的衝突
•	衞紹宗律師於香港特許秘書公會會刊撰文探討內地《反壟斷法》及香港《競爭條例》
•	柯伍陳格仔餅滋味日