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April 2020

Winning China Business Law Journal Awards 2020...

We are pleased to announce that our firm has been recognised by China Business Law Journal in the annual China Business Law Awards 2020 in the practice areas of Banking & Finance and Real Estate & REIT, in addition to our recent winning of the Deals...
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March 2020

Gallant acted as the legal advisor to the Sole Sponsor and the Underwriters on the IPO of C-Link...

Gallant acted as the legal advisor to the Sole Sponsor, Grand Moore Capital Limited, and the Underwriters on the initial public offering (the “IPO”) of C-Link Squared Limited (1463) on the Main Board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange (the...
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March 2020

GLOBAL LAW FIRM NETWORK MERITAS NAMES NEW PRESIDENT...

Meritas, the global alliance of independent law firms, announced that it has named Ms Sona Pancholy as the next President. Most recently Pancholy was the senior leader at Bloomberg Industry Group. She was also the executive director of the World...
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February 2020

Whether Payment Arising from Future Performance of Contract is Disposition of Property by the...

In Hsin Chong Construction Company Limited (in provisional liquidation) v Build King Construction Limited [2019] HKCA 1305, dispute arose from the validity of the removal of Hsin Chong Construction Company Limited by its joint venture partner, Build...
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February 2020

Winning China Business Law Journal Deals of the Year 2019...

We are pleased to announce that a cross-border case involving multi-jurisdictional legal, compliance and enforcement issues in connection with a loan facility of up to USD 500 million handled by the banking and finance team of our Commercial...
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January 2020

WOULD TWO SEPARATE ASSIGNMENTS BE DEEMED AN EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY FOR STAMP DUTY PURPOSE?...

The Court of Appeal recently rejected the assessment made by the Collector of Stamp Revenue of the Inland Revenue Department in two assignments of properties and held that the true substance of the transactions thereunder constituted an exchange of...
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December 2019

APPOINTMENT BY THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE AGED...

Mr Philip Wong, our Partner and Head of Commercial Department attended the 40th Annual General Meeting of The Hong Kong Society for the Aged held on 10 December 2019. Mr Philip Wong was also appointed as the Honorary Legal Adviser for year...
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December 2019

THE LAW SOCIETY 2019 PRO BONO AND COMMUNITY WORK AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY...

Mr Philip Wong, our Partner and Head of Commercial Department and Mr Walter Lee, our Partner of Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department, have been awarded pro bono individual awards by The Law Society of Hong Kong in the Award Presentation...
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December 2019

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN INSURANCE LAW...

The Insurance Authority officially took over the three self-regulatory organizations on 23 September 2019, namely the Insurance Agents Registration Board established under the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers, the Hong Kong Confederation of...
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November 2019

Dinner with Partners and Consultants...

Twenty of our partners and consultants gathered together for an enjoyable dinner on 28 November 2019 and everyone had a wonderful time throughout this premier evening. We would like to take the chance to express our sincere appreciation to all...