ONC Newsletter November 2020

ONC Lawyers
Hong Kong

LEGAL UPDATE
Capital Markets
•	Blockchain is alive again: Applying blockchain technology in debt security
Commercial Crime
•	Is doxxing a criminal offence?
Corporate Finance
•	Consultation Conclusions on secondary listing of issuers with corporate weighted voting rights structure by the Stock Exchange
Emerging Technologies & Cyber Law
•	Service of court documents by QR code – the continued tech revolution of Hong Kong courts
Intellectual Property
•	IP after Brexit: Are my IP rights still protected?
Insolvency & Restructuring
•	What liquidators need to report to the Official Receiver on directors’ conduct – the new requirements
•	Latest on the corporate rescue bill
Employment, Privacy and Discrimination
•	Who is the “employer” of a secondee?
Regulatory & Compliance
•	SFC fines Goldman Sachs Asia US$350 million over 1MDB’s bond offerings
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
•	Can solicitors rely on the defence of illegality when being sued for professional negligence in relation to an unlawful transaction?
Shipping & Logistics
•	Can ship owners claim damages for loss of cargo in addition to demurrage when a ship is detained beyond laytime?
Family & Matrimonial
•	How will the court consider children’s wishes in relocation application?
China Law
•	The impact of the new PRC Civil Code on foreign nationals
FIRM NEWS
•	ONC Lawyers and Cheng & Cheng Limited co-hosted a seminar on identifying potential IPO candidates and pre-IPO planning
•	ONC Lawyers, Carey Olsen and In-house Community co-hosted a webinar on directors’ duties in difficult situations
•	Mr Ludwig Ng gave an Risk Management Education webinar for the Hong Kong Academy of Law on Common Litigation Mistakes
•	Mr Ludwig Ng chaired a webinar for the Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty on liquidators’ personal liability and litigation funding
•	Mr Joshua Chu conducted the FinTech Legal & Tax Workshop for the Austrian Trade Commission’s “FinTech Go Hong Kong & Singapore” Programme
•	ONC Lawyers published A Concise Guide to Banking and Financial Services Licensing in Hong Kong
•	Mr Ludwig Ng presented the ONC Lawyers Prize for Civil Procedure 2019-20

法律新知
資本市場
•	區塊鏈再成焦點：運用區塊鏈技術發行債務證券
商業罪行
•	起底是否刑事罪行？
企業融資
•	聯交所就採用不同投票權架構的發行人申請第二上市刊發諮詢總結
新興科技及網絡法
•	以二維碼送達法庭文件 —— 香港法院的持續科技革新
知識產權
•	英國脫歐後，我的知識產權是否仍受保障？
清盤及重組
•	破產管理署就清盤人須報告的董事行為操守作出新規定
•	企業拯救條例草案的最新進展
僱傭、私隱及歧視
•	誰是被借調人員的「僱主」？
金融及證券規管
•	高盛亞洲因包銷 1MDB 債券遭證監會罰款 3.5 億美元
訴訟及調解爭議
•	律師如在涉及違法交易的案件中被控專業疏忽，可否以對方作出「違法行為」作抗辯理由？
航運及物流
•	若船隻被扣留超過裝卸時間，船東可否在滯期費以外就貨物損失索償？
家事及婚姻
•	在遷移申請中，法院會怎樣考慮子女的意願？
中國法律
•	新的《中華人民共和國民法典》對境外投資者的影響
本所動態
•	柯伍陳律師事務所及鄭鄭會計師事務所有限公司聯合舉辦講座講解如何識別潛在的上市申請人及上市前規劃
•	柯伍陳、凱瑞奧信及 In-house Community 合辦網上講座講解董事在公司困境中的職責
•	伍兆榮律師為香港法律專業學會的風險管理網上課程講解常見訴訟錯誤
•	伍兆榮律師為重組及清盤學院主持網上講座講解清盤人的個人責任及訴訟融資
•	朱喬華律師為奧地利商務專員公署的「FinTech Go Hong Kong & Singapore」活動主持金融科技法律及稅務工作坊
•	柯伍陳律師事務所刊發《香港銀行及金融服務發牌簡明指南》
•	伍兆榮律師頒發「2019-20 年度柯伍陳律師事務所民事程序獎」