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This article discusses the increasing growth of blockchain technology in various areas. Specifically, it also highlights that Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has issued a license to a cryptocurrency firm to operate a virtual asset trading platform involving security tokens and that there cold be more licenses issued in the future.

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Region: Hong Kong
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career
ONC Lawyers
4 pages

This article discusses the increasing popularity of cryptocurrency and how companies are considering paying their employee’s wages with them. Presently, there are some laws in Hong Kong regarding using cryptocurrency to pay employees, but there is still potential for it to be refined and used in the future.

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Region: Hong Kong
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
ONC Lawyers
3 pages

This article highlights the importance of protecting one’s FinTech products and innovations. One means of protecting FinTech innovations is through Intellectual Property (IP) laws. In particular, the IP laws of Hong Kong provide a variety of mechanisms to ensure the protection of FinTech products.

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Region: Hong Kong
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, CLO / GC
ONC Lawyers
4 pages

New laws in the People’s Republic of China – which went into effect on 1 January 2021 – have completely revamped the rules pertaining to the succession of the deceased’s assets into a more organized system. The new policies, which have replaced laws in place since 1985, provide more guidelines and structure regarding appointing estate administrators and their scope of power.

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Region: China
Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
ONC Lawyers
4 pages

Due to opportunities available in the Chinese market, many overseas companies have been trying to tap into it. However, it is important for overseas companies– particularly for the United States (US) companies – to be aware of both the restrictions imposed by the U.S. government, as well as the government of the People’s Republic of China before attempt to run business operations in the Chinese market.

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Region: China, United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House
James Noble, Partner, Kate Lan, Senior Associate, and Yan Chng, Associate, Carey Olsen
3 pages

This article examines the recent trends in cases which involve the extent of a Court’s jurisdiction to determine a “just and equitable winding up petition” when the two parties involved have a valid arbitration agreement between them.

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Region: British Virgin Isles, Hong Kong
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career
Jeremy Lightfoot, Litigation Partner, Xia Li, Counsel, and Catie Wang, Associate, Carey Olsen
2 pages

This article provides an overview of an important case in which the United Kingdom Privy Council (UKPC) examined the fiduciary duties of a director in a company, specifically one what had recently become insolvent. It takes a look at what a company directors fiduciary duties and obligations are when insolvency occurs.

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Region: British Virgin Isles, Hong Kong
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career
Verity White, Consumer and Small Business Team, Telstra
1 pages

This article can guide you on how to build a powerful legal tech shopping list with functional and non-functional requirements.

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Region: Australia, Global
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, CLO / GC
Richard Dammery, Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary, Woolworths Limited
1 pages

In this personal opinion article, a former senior executive speaks about his ideas regarding leadership and what a true leader needs to learn before taking up responsibilities.

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Region: Australia, Global
Audience: Deputy GC, CLO / GC
Sharon Stockman, Principal, Write Results
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As in-house counsel, you're corresponding with a variety of people, not just other lawyers. It's important that in-house counsel can write and communicate using non-lawyer language. Plain language isn’t about making language
boring; it's about ‘succinct writing that has a defined audience and purpose. With it the reader can easily find, understand and use the information they need’.

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Interest Area: Career Development
Region: Global
Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House
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