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SPEAKER

Felda Yeung, Partner, Gall Solicitors 

Felda joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2011 and was promoted to be the firm’s first home-grown Partner in August 2022.

SPEAKERS

Jason Masimore

Partner at Kobre & Kim

Jason Masimore is an experienced trial lawyer and investigator who represents institutions and individuals on cross-border matters often involving fraud and international money laundering. He regularly designs and leads law enforcement-style offensive investigations to identify illicit transactions, assets hidden in various jurisdictions, and the vulnerabilities of participants and their advisers, and he designs and executes asset-focused strategies to deter such conduct and recover market share and money for his clients.  Before joining Kobre & Kim, Mr. Masimore was a prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he focused on international money laundering, public corruption and fraud, among others.

John Han

Partner at Kobre & Kim

John Han is an accomplished strategist who helps clients achieve business objectives in matters involving Greater China, offshore and other jurisdictions throughout the world often involving asset tracing and illicit trade. He has acted as lead counsel in global matters involving monetization and demonetization of high yield bonds, judgments, and arbitral awards in the US$ nine to ten figures. As a thought leader, he has been cited on topics involving cross-border claim monetization and dilution by publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Reuters, and Bloomberg. Mr. Han is admitted as a Solicitor Advocate in Hong Kong, the Dubai International Finance Centre Courts, the Astana International Financial Centre Court, and New York. Before joining Kobre & Kim, Mr. Han practiced at Covington & Burling LLP.

Michael Ng

Partner at Kobre & Kim

Michael Ng serves as lead trial counsel in high-stakes intellectual property cases, focusing on patent and trade secret disputes. He has helped multiple clients win nine-figure recoveries in litigation. His matters cover a wide range of technology areas, from wireless communications, semiconductor manufacturing, and networking infrastructure to genetics and other biotechnology fields. He is regularly asked to lead bet-the-company cases, including intellectual property disputes in courts across multiple international venues. He often works with the firm's team of former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors to investigate trade secret theft and other claims involving potential criminal liability.

Date: Wednesday, 2nd November, 2022

Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration

CPD Points: CPD points have been applied for.  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. Please use your full name when you join the webinar for CPD purposes. 

Recent guidance, regulations, and enforcement actions are having a significant impact on how companies in the finance sector in Hong Kong can monitor employee productivity. Further complicated by the need to ensure communications meet regulatory obligations, complex legal issues in the employment, privacy, and regulatory space have been brought into question. Considering these issues, join our distinguished panel of leading professionals as they share their thoughts on the matter and experience navigating these challenges.

As spaces are limited and refreshments will be provided, kindly RSVP by 10 February 2023. Please advise us if you have any dietary restrictions that you would like us to take note of when sending in your RSVP.

SPEAKERS:

Fatim Jumabhoy, Partner and Asia Head of Employment, Pensions & Incentives Team, HSF

Fatim is Partner and the Asia Head of the Herbert Smith Freehills employment, Pensions & Incentives team, and helps clients achieve practical and commercial solutions to labour and employment issues across Asia. Her focus is on cross border and multi jurisdiction matters, working with clients to create regionally consistent yet locally compliant approaches to difficult and complex employment issues.

Hannah Cassidy, Partner and Asia Head of Financial Services Regulatory Team, HSF

Hannah is a Partner and the Asia Head of the Herbert Smith Freehills Financial Services Regulatory team, and she has particular expertise in advising clients on the conduct of high profile board-led, independent investigations, particularly in relation to culture and conduct. She has a wide experience of helping financial institutions, listed companies and their senior individuals on a number of high stakes cases. 

Carli Yung, Asia Head of Corporate Legal, Nomura

Carli is the Head of Corporate Legal, Asia at Nomura and she leads a team of lawyers responsible for advising the business in Asia about legal and reputational risk across wealth management, litigation, investigations, employment, privacy, IT, procurement, real estate, corporate secretarial and general corporate/commercial matters.

Ann Leung, APAC Head of Corporate & Commercial Legal, BGC Partners

Ann is the Head of Corporate & Commercial Legal, APAC at BGC Partners and she is an experienced lawyer with corporate, commercial, disputes and investigations expertise, with a particular focus on regulated industries including insurance and financial services.

EVENT DETAILS:

Date:

Tuesday, 21 February, 2023

Time:

06:30 pm to 09:00 pm - Panel Discussion Seminar & Networking 

Location:

Herbert Smith Freehills, 23/F Gloucester Tower, 15 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong

CPD Points:

Hong Kong qualified lawyers are eligible to receive 1 CPD point for this seminar, subject to approval from the Law Society of Hong Kong.

In 2022, China’s CAC published substantial guidance clarifying how companies may undertake cross-border data transfers out of the PRC, allowing companies to build their data protection compliance programmes. Such guidance includes draft standard contractual clauses and measures on obtaining a personal information certification and undertaking a security assessment. While further rules and guidance will likely continue to be published by the CAC to provide more practical implementation guidance, lawyers from Latham & Watkins will discuss with attendees the most updated guidelines (including the technical specifications on the certification mechanism) and what the practical steps these translate to help enable businesses to continue refining their data protection compliance program to account for the PRC PIPL and related data laws and how to transfer personal information outside of the PRC.

SPEAKERS:

Kieran Donovan, Partner

Kieran Donovan is a partner in the Data & Technology Transactions Practice in the firm’s Hong Kong office.

Kieran’s experience includes advising clients on complex cross-border commercial, outsourcing, technology, media, and privacy matters. Kieran has a wide range of expertise advising clients from various sectors, but his principal focus has been on the financial services, logistics, internet, technology, and entertainment industries.

Alongside a broad specialism in technology and commercial matters, Kieran advises clients on fintech projects, with expertise advising on joint ventures, collaboration arrangements, and privacy compliance, in connection with the development of disruptive technologies in the financial services and payments space.

Bianca Lee, Associate

Bianca Lee is an associate in the Data & Technology Transactions Practice in the firm’s Hong Kong office.

Bianca focuses on a variety of corporate matters, including data privacy, technology, telecommunications, and regulatory matters. Her experience includes advising clients on cross-border data privacy compliance, with a focus on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and data protection laws in the APAC region, including the Hong Kong PDPO.

Alongside data privacy, Bianca also has experience advising clients on regulatory compliance issues relating to telecommunications, information technology, telemedicine, and payments. She also advises on commercial law and on M&A transactions.

EVENT DETAILS:

Date:

Wednesday, 08 February, 2023

Time:

12:30 pm to 1:00 pm - Registration & Light Lunch

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm - Presentation 

Location:

Latham & Watkins LLP

18/F, One Exchange Square

Central, Hong Kong

CPD Points:

CPD points have been applied. 

This CPD seminar will focus on the common legal concerns that startups and SMEs face when fundraising: the stages of funding, options available for startup funding, how the fundraising activities are regulated in Hong Kong, required legal agreements, and more.

Join us to learn the hacks and tricks that’ll help you find the right investors and venture capital for your business, design and implement a successful financing plan and avoid common legal pitfalls.

The seminar is aimed at founders, entrepreneurs and anyone who is considering or preparing a financing round.

SPEAKER:

Cermain Cheung

Consultant, Oldham, Li & Nie

Cermain is a corporate lawyer specializing in startups, venture capital and cross-border transactions. She has been practicing corporate and commercial law in Hong Kong since 2009.

Cermain’s practice focuses on fund raising, M&A, venture capital and private equity investment, joint ventures, cross-border investments and general corporate counselling. Her clients operate in E-Commerce, Software Development, F&B, Retail, Entertainment, Real Estate, Logistics, Franchised Business, and Trading. With her work motto "Growing with clients, becoming friends" Cermain strives to be part of the long-term success of each of them!

Cermain is also a wonderful wife of an entrepreneur who makes her understand the real pain and gain of running a business.

EVENT DETAILS:

Date:

Thursday, 12 January, 2023

Time:

12:30 pm to 1:00 pm - Registration & Light Refreshments

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm - Presentation by Cermain Cheung

Location:

Eaton Club Wan Chai

3/F, Great Eagle Centre, 23 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai.

CPD Points:

CPD points have been applied. 

Due diligence is a vital part to any M&A transaction. Whilst there are common themes which apply to all due diligence exercises, it is also advantageous (and often necessary) to understand jurisdiction-specific aspects when conducting a due diligence.

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX) publishes a report every year based on its review of issuers’ annual reports published by Hong Kong listed issuers in the preceding year, with an aim to providing guidance to Hong Kong listed issuers, improving disclosure transparency and promoting a fair, orderly and informed market. 

Please join us for a briefing session led by Shearman & Sterling Capital Markets Partner Wanda Woo and Associate Emma Lam to share their insights on the following key topics:

· Overview of the review of Hong Kong listed issuers’ annual report disclosures

· Recurring areas reviewed by the HKEX and guidance on relevant disclosures

· Other disclosure issues reviewed by the HKEX

SPEAKERS:

Wanda Woo

Partner, Capital Markets, Shearman & Sterling

Wanda Woo is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Shearman & Sterling, where she focuses on Hong Kong capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, share placings, rights offerings, bond offerings, and other corporate compliance work associated with the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.

Wanda has extensive experience advising issuers and underwriters in these transactions, counseling clients on HKSE listing rules, and working with top-tier investment banks.

Emma Lam

Associate, Capital Markets, Shearman & Sterling

Emma Lam is an associate in the Hong Kong office of Shearman & Sterling, where she focuses on capital markets transactions, corporate M&A and compliance matters.

EVENT DETAILS:

Date: Tuesday, 6 December 2022

In-person

Time:

12:30 pm to 1:00 pm- Registration of Attendees & Light lunch 
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm- Presentation by Wanda Woo & Emma Lam

Location:

Shearman & Sterling

21st Floor, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark

15 Queen’s Road Central

Hong Kong

Virtual

Time:  1:00 pm to 2:00pm

Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration. Please click here if you are interested in registering for the event virtually. 

CPD Points: CPD points have been applied for.  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. 

The webinar will cover not only the basics to execution of documents under Hong Kong law but will also touch upon the rising trend of electronic execution. It will cover the main forms of execution of documents, scenarios in which a deed may be necessary, execution of deeds by a Hong Kong entity under common law and statute and general rules and practice for both Hong Kong and Non-Hong Kong entities. 

SPEAKER

Denise Tsui

Of counsel, Stephenson Harwood

We would like to invite you to a webinar that will explore the current policy and regulatory landscape related to economic sanctions targeting Russia. Steptoe's lawyers will discuss the impact of specific sanctions measures used by the US, EU, and UK, and address compliance challenges, enforcement risks, and mitigation steps in-house counsel should consider. 

SPEAKERS

Ali Burney

Partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Hong Kong

Ali Burney's practice focuses on representing US and non-US clients in the Asia-Pacific region on matters related to US economic sanctions, export controls, the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and anti-money laundering (AML) laws. His experience includes conducting cross-border investigations, filing voluntary self-disclosures, responding to subpoenas, obtaining OFAC licenses, conducting risk assessments, and representing individuals and companies seeking removal from OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) and the BIS Entity List.

Alexandra Melia

Partner at Steptoe & Johnson UK LLP, London

Alex Melia's practice focuses on international financial crime compliance, investigations and enforcement defense related to the UK Bribery Act, other countries' anti-corruption laws, UK sanctions and export controls and anti-money laundering legislation. She regularly conducts internal investigations, financial crime compliance audits and risk assessments for clients operating in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. Alex also defends clients in investigations and enforcement actions brought by the UK's Serious Fraud Office, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Financial Conduct Authority and other law enforcement and regulatory agencies.

Eva Monard

Partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Brussels

Eva Monard's practice focuses on EU trade and customs law, WTO disputes, trade remedies such as anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations, EU sanctions and trade controls, and EU internal market law. Eva represents international companies, associations, and governments. She represents clients before EU institutions, including the European Commission, and before customs authorities of various EU Member States. Eva has extensive experience in litigating trade and internal market cases before the EU courts.

Date: Tuesday, 15th November 2022

Time: 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration

CPD Points: CPD points have been applied for.  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. Please use your full name when you join the webinar for CPD purposes.