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The ACC Hong Kong Board of Directors invites you to the following presentation, hosted by:

Service of Hong Kong legal proceedings on overseas defendants

1. Practical / commercial considerations
   • nature of claim
   • value of claim
   • strength of claim
   • identity of defendant
   • location of defendant
   • defendant’s HK legal representation?
   • location of defendant’s assets
   • enforcement of HK Judgments in HK & overseas
2. Court rules
3. Arbitration rules
4. Modern ‘twists’ on traditional service requirements
5. Q&A

SPEAKER:

Kevin Bowers, Partner

Kevin specialises in commercial dispute resolution both in Hong Kong and internationally.

Kevin’s reputation is as a ‘problem solver’ who works hard and fights fearlessly for his clients. Kevin regularly advises both corporate and individual clients who find themselves in crisis and assists them in managing their way through the challenging situations in which they find themselves. Kevin has created a ‘one-stop-shop’ crisis management agency within the firm branded as alinea to help clients navigate their way through and to devise strategies to deal with these situations together with the firm’s public relations / media, forensic accountant and investigation partners.

Venue: Webinar details will be forwarded upon registration

Date:  Wednesday, 3 February 2021

Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

CPD Points: CPD points have been applied for. New York and California Approved Jurisdiction policy may apply.  Please note you need to be logged in for the full duration of the webinar to qualify for CPD points. Unfortunately, points cannot be applied for members who join the webinar via telephone link

This call will be held in Zoom!

Caroline Berube (HJM Asia Law & Co. LLC - China & Singapore) will moderate a discussion between Dominic Wai (ONC Lawyers - Hong Kong), Maggie Tsai (Formosan Brothers - Taiwan), and Matthew Lilly (HHG Legal Group - Australia) regarding their work on the ground dealing with matters of intellectual property and data protection.

The ACC Hong Kong Board of Directors invites you to the following presentation, hosted by King & Wood Mallesons.

This webinar will give an overview of:

• Why are joint ventures enjoying a renaissance
• How to set up a successful joint venture
• Critical issues
• Dealing with joint ventures disputes

SPEAKER:

Mark Schaub specialises in foreign direct investment, M&A and restructuring in China. He has advised on foreign investment projects in all major sectors in China with a cumulative value exceeding USD 20 billion. He is familiar with China issues faced by companies of all sizes and is a trusted advisor to many companies ranging from family owned businesses to Fortune 500 companies.

Mark has been lead counsel for clients in acquisitions, M&A projects, outsourcing, OEM contract manufacturing, technology licensing, compliance, restructuring, joint venture disputes, fraud, distribution, as well as day-to-day corporate advice.

He also has a YouTube channel, China: Art of Law where he discusses commonly encountered business and legal issues in the China market. He is also the author of the following books “China: the Art of Law – Chronicling deals, disasters, greed, stupidity and occasional success in China” (CCH) and “China Strategy – Entry, Operation and Exit” (Wolters Kluwer). He is currently working on “All I Want is Everything” a book on the Chinese consumer.

Mark has been living full time in Shanghai from 1993. He joined King & Wood Mallesons in 2000. He was the first foreign lawyer to join our firm. Prior to this, he worked in the Shanghai offices of well-known German and US law firms. Mark has been consistently awarded Asia Law's “Lawyer of the Year” for corporate work. Since August 2018 Mark has been splitting his time between London and Shanghai.

The ACC Hong Kong Board of Directors invites you to the following presentation, hosted by Clifford Chance.

The speakers will give an overview of the recent SFC enforcement trend, issues concerning whistleblowing and regulatory updates (data storage, etc). The presentation will be particularly relevant for those in-house counsel who work in the financial industry.

SPEAKERS:

Rocky Mui 

Rocky is a partner in the Funds and Investment Management group in Clifford Chance Hong Kong office. He specialises in licensing and regulatory advice, fund establishment, authorisation of funds, PRC investment programs (RQFII/QFII/Stock Connect/Bond Connect/CIBM Direct Access), cross-border mergers & acquisitions and general corporate related work. Recent highlighted deals include advising various clients on cryptocurrency and blockchain projects and ICO advisory works.

Jimmy Chan

Jimmy is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group in Clifford Chance Hong Kong office. Prior to joining Clifford Chance, Jimmy spent 14 years with the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), where he served as a Director and Head of International and Policy of the Enforcement Division. He has substantial experience in SFC disciplinary proceedings involving financial intermediaries, international cross-border securities investigations and listed company investigations. He is a contributing editor of Sweet & Maxwell’s Securities and Futures Ordinance: Commentary and Annotations.

The ACC Hong Kong Board of Directors invites you to the following presentation, hosted by Society of Notaries.

This webinar will give an overview of the profession of Notaries Public and the common notarization services.

• Who are Notaries Public?
• What is their origin?
• How to become a Notary Public in Hong Kong?
• How are Notaries Public regulated?
• What services do Notaries Public provide?

SPEAKER:

David is the Senior Partner of the Hong Kong office of Ince & Co which is an international commercial law firm established in 1870. With 13 offices in eight countries across Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East, it serves its global client base in four core sectors: Transport, Trade, Energy & Infrastructure and Insurance. In Asia, it has offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore. David has been continuously recognised as a top-tier shipping and ship finance lawyer in Hong Kong and Asia by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. He is described by clients as an “incredibly skilled asset finance practitioner” and a “first rate ship finance lawyer’.

David has been practising in Asia for many years. He has been a Council Member of the Hong Kong Society of Notaries since 2006 and was the President from 2015 to 2017. David assisted Mr Nigel Ready, author, in preparation of Brooke’s Notary Hong Kong, the authoritative text for notarial practice in Hong Kong.

The ACC Hong Kong Board of Directors invites you to the following debate on the National Security Law between Ronny Tong, a member of the Executive Council, and Eric Cheung, an outspoken member of HKU law faculty.  Moderated by Martin Rogers, senior partner of David Polk, this promises to be an open, lively, critical and frank discussion of the legal basis for the National Security Law and its effect on Hong Kong.

SPEAKERS:

Ronny Tong KA-WAH, QC, SC, JP

Mr. Ronny Tong holds an LL.B. with first class honours from the University of Hong Kong and a B.C.L. with honours from Oxford University, UK. He was awarded first class honours in England’s Bar Examination and was called to the English Bar and the Hong Kong Bar in 1974 and 1975 respectively. Since then, he has been in active practice as a barrister in Hong Kong specializing in commercial, shipping, company and other chancery matters. He was appointed as a Queen’s Counsel in 1990 (now Senior Counsel) and served as the Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association from 1999 to 2001 as well as being elected as a member of the Legislative Council in 2004 from the New Territories East Constituency. His three major areas of concern are constitutional development, fair competition and the alleviation of poverty. He was re-elected to serve a third term in 2012 from the same constituency and was an active member of the Legislative Council. His term as a legislator ended on 30 September 2015, but he continues to serve Hong Kong as Convener of his think tank, Path of Democracy, which was set up in June 2015. Mr Tong has been appointed as a non-official member of EXCO since July 2017 and he wishes to contribute to the relaunching of political reform in Hong Kong and to improve the relationship between the government and the democrats. Mr. Tong was also appointed to be Justice of the Peace in July 2018.

Eric Cheung

Eric is Principal Lecturer and Director of Clinical Legal Education at the University of Hong Kong.  He was a litigation partner at Johnson Stokes & Master (now known as Mayer Brown) before he became a full time law academic in 1996. 

Eric has acted on a pro bono basis or on legal aid in a number of criminal appeals before the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal and provided much needed pro bono legal services to the community. He was granted the Higher Rights of Audience in Criminal Cases as a solicitor advocate by way of exemption in 2014.

Eric also actively participates in public services. He is currently an Election Committee Member for the Election of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Council Member of the Law Society, the Government’s Inter-Departmental Working Group on Gender Recognition and Hong Kong Law Reform Commission's Sub-committee on Review of Sexual Offences. He has served as the Chairman of the Appeal Panel (Housing) and Buildings Appeal Tribunal.

Apart from his services through a number of public and professional bodies, he has also contributed significantly to the promotion of the Rule of Law and legal education to the public. He is frequently invited to speak on legal issues by television and radio programmes as well as in newspapers as a recognised legal scholar.

MODERATOR:

Martin Rogers

Mr. Rogers is a partner in Davis Polk’s Litigation Department, based in Hong Kong. He is regarded as one of Asia’s leading litigation and financial services regulatory lawyers, with nearly 30 years’ experience in Asia. His practice includes complex litigation, dispute resolution, regulatory, white collar crime and fintech/regtech matters, with extensive experience advising leading corporates, the financial services industry and government bodies. Mr. Rogers has a strong relationship with the regulators in Hong Kong and substantial experience with securities and banking regulators in China, India, Japan, Korea and Singapore. Mr. Rogers is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer by the foremost legal directories, including Chambers Asia-Pacific, IFLR1000 and Asia Pacific Legal 500.

The ACC Hong Kong Board of Directors invites you to the following presentation, hosted by KorumLegal.

As the future becomes increasingly unpredictable, it's becoming harder for businesses to make short-term and long-term strategic decisions. There is one thing that could help - data and metrics! Data is known to be the new oil of the digital era and is becoming a priority for many legal teams. 

COVID has pushed many of us to look at much-needed changes in our organisations and legal teams, and enabling a more data-driven culture through the use of metrics is high on the priority list. In this session, we will discuss with our esteemed panel of legal leaders their insights on data as well as their journey on driving a culture where data is at the centre of decision-making.  Key themes will include:

• How do you start on enabling a data-driven culture in legal teams?
• What are some of the key kind of data metrics to look at?
• What are some useful tools and technologies for measuring data?
• What impact has this had on the operating model of your legal team?  

This will be an important session for those legal leaders who want to take their legal teams into the new digital era.  Be sure to join this important conversation!

SPEAKERS:

Jacqueline Schrader: Executive General Manager, General Counsel Group Services Legal, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

In this role, she leads the Group’s Regulatory, Litigation, Employment, Financial Advice and Institutional Banking & Markets legal teams. Prior to this, Jacqui led the Commonwealth Bank’s response to the Financial Services Royal Commission in Australia. From 2015 Jacqui was based in Hong Kong as Executive Legal Counsel, International Financial Services, and was responsible for leading the Legal and Governance function for the Commonwealth Bank’s retail and commercial banking, digital banking and life insurance businesses in China, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Vietnam. Since joining the Commonwealth Bank in 2009 Jacqui has held roles in Legal, as head of the Corporate Advisory and M&A legal team and in Group Strategy as a General Manager. Prior to joining the Commonwealth Bank, Jacqueline worked at Macquarie Group and started her career at Ashurst (then Blake Dawson Waldron) in the corporate and financial services practice groups.

Titus Rahiri: CEO & Founder, KorumLegal

Titus Rahiri is a founder, legal innovator and experienced general counsel with nearly 20 years’ experience in private practice, in-house in listed companies (NASDAQ, FTSE and NZX) as well as start-up companies. Titus previously held a senior legal leadership role at Expedia Inc. and has led legal teams globally. He has a keen interest in the business of law and technology-enabled legal solutions. Having worked in his native New Zealand, London, and Hong Kong and across many countries, Titus became increasingly frustrated by the lack of innovation in the legal sector and recognised the need for innovation and transformation in the legal services space. He decided to be the change he wanted to see with the launch of KorumLegal in March 2016 – a legal solutions company providing a platform for bespoke People, Process and Technology and Managed Legal Services solutions across Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

"Further speakers to be confirmed"

The ACC Hong Kong Board of Directors supports LexisNexis Hong Kong In-House Conference 2020: The New Normal for In-House Counsels (In-House Counsels only).

The ACC HK Financial Services group’s next lunch circle will be held as virtual Zoom “lunch” meeting on Tuesday,10 November 2020 from 12:30 - 2:00 pm.

Like last time, the agenda will consist of crowd-sourced discussion topics submitted by confirmed attendees so that we can share ideas and input with each other.

There are several topics that the Financial Services Subcommittee Co-Chairs propose for this November lunch, including: APAC geopolitical issues and potential impacts on businesses, and continuing Covid-19 impact and experiences including remote working, leave policies, employee engagement tracking best practices (topics which may well dominate the lunch), but we are also looking for each attendee to propose a topic to discuss.

We encourage those who have not attended an ACC HK Financial Services group event (or those who have been away for a while) to join us and participate. The event headcount will typically be capped to give everyone time to discuss their topics.

The details of everything we discuss at the lunch is strictly confidential and subject to Chatham House rules, which will allow our discussion to be fulsome and candid (and as a result, helpful and productive) – our goal is to maximize the input from a broad cross section of firms across various financial services industries in a discreet and confidential setting in order to make the lunch informative and valuable.

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday,10 November 2020.

Join us for a 30-minute online session to explore the many benefits and services offered through your HKACC membership. From access to the online member directory, to having thousands of legal resources at your fingertips and networking through industry-specific ACC Networks, ACC supports you no matter where you are in your in-house legal career.

Time will also be allocated for Q&A.

Multiple dates and times available - register today to secure a session with our friendly ACC staff!