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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. 

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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

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Come experience a virtual fireside chat between Amin Kassam, Head of Legal, Asia-Pacific at Bloomberg LP and Prabir Chakrabarty, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Director of Corporate and CLO Engagement. Get inspired and learn firsthand the journey of a legal counsel who practices in APAC, leads Bloomberg’s Legal Department in the Asia-Pacific region and is Chair of Bloomberg’s Hong Kong Office Committee.

Amin, who recently joined Board of Directors for the Hong Kong Chapter, has graciously volunteered his time to share his experiences and knowledge with the ACC family. After beginning his career in Big Law. He has been with Bloomberg since 2012 and has lived and worked with the organization in New York and Hong Kong. Amin is a technology lawyer with extensive experience advising, litigating, and negotiating agreements on complex issues involving digital media, fintech, intellectual property, data security, privacy, and employment.

He has a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and a J.D. from Columbia Law school. He also clerked on the Federal bench at the District Court and Court of Appeals levels.

(Amin Kassam, Head of Legal)

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

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The PIPL was issued on August 20 and came into effect on November 1, 2021. A year later, PIPL remains a work in progress, with many implementing rules and administrative processes still being worked out by regulators. However, many aspects of PIPL are starting to take shape. Among developments, most notable are the details now available of PIPL’s cross-border data transfer regime. We are starting to see enforcement by various regulators with supervisory authority relating to PIPL, as well as the emergence of private litigation. Join Morrison Foerster speakers Paul McKenzie and Tingting Gao for a review of the PIPL developments you need to know about to navigate China’s increasingly complex data landscape.

SPEAKERS

Paul Mckenzie

Managing Partner, Morrison Foerster

Paul D. McKenzie is managing partner of Morrison Foerster’s Beijing and Shanghai offices and a member of MoFo’s Privacy + Data Security Group. Paul has almost 30 years’ experience helping international companies to navigate the complexities of doing business in China, assisting them in high-stakes transactional matters and advising on data privacy and network security and other regulatory compliance matters that arise in the course of operating in China.

Tingting Gao

Associate, Morrison Foerster 

Tingting Gao is an associate in Morrison Foerster’s Privacy + Data Security Group and advises clients across a wide range of data privacy and network security issues and other advisory matters in China. 

Date: Tuesday, 1st November, 2022

Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration

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Psychological safety is when colleagues feel safe to be their full selves at work, in addition to feeling safe to voice opinions, thoughts, or ideas in a collaborative atmosphere. It creates a sense of trust and belonging amongst colleagues and improves employee engagement. Without psychological safety, colleagues are afraid to speak up, risks are not voiced out or overlooked which can lead to problems or even monumental disasters.

With this session, you will:

• Understand the concept of psychological safety
• Identify what might be hindering psychological safety in your teams
• Create actions to help you build a psychologically safe workplace

ACC Hong Kong is pleased to collaborate with Women in Law Hong Kong (WILHK) to deliver this training. WILHK provides private practice lawyers, in-house counsel and all other industry professionals a solutions-based approach to gender equity. WILHK is supported by many of Hong Kong’s leading firms and institutions and is one of the largest legal networks in Hong Kong. With over 1,500 members representing all genders, WILHK encourages a diverse exchange of ideas and collaboration. We would like to acknowledge Freshfields for sponsoring this session.

SPEAKER

Benita Chick

Founder and CEO, Encompass HK

Benita is educated with a B.A. in Cornell University and M.A. in Boston University. Her academic and work experience in research, psychology, education, experiential-learning gave her a unique perspective in corporate and organisational training. She is also passionate in diversity and inclusion. With her broad experience in community outreach and environmental education in university, NGOs and think tank, she started Encompass HK in 2018 to further the mission of advocating for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She has been active in curating unique, experiential-learning experience for Encompass HK’s clients to learn about the SDGs, for example, using beer and chocolate tasting to discuss gender stereotypes.

Date: Thursday, 27th October 2022

Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration

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SPEAKERS

Vince Turcotte

Director Digital Assets, Asia Pacific, Eventus

Vince Turcotte is the Director, Digital Assets for the Asia Pacific region at Eventus with more than two decades of experience at exchanges, brokerdealers and futures commission merchants (FCMs). Operating out of Hong Kong, he is building on the firm’s regional presence, expanding the client base in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia and Singapore. He previously served for four years as Director, Asia Pacific, for Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and before that as Managing Director, Asia Pacific and Head of Futures & Options for Nomura International, beginning in 2011. From 1995 to 2011, Turcotte held senior production and sales management positions at Newedge Group as well as global banks UBS and JPMorgan Chase in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore. He previously held Vice President and Director roles at several brokerage firms after starting his career as a booth clerk and runner on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange trading floor. Turcotte earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and an MBA from DePaul University in Chicago, graduating Cum Laude. 

Derek McGibbney

Managing Director, Cognitive GRC Limited

Derek has worked in Governance Risk and Compliance in London, New York and Hong Kong for over 24 years (the last 8 in Hong Kong). Completing the first 7 years of his career in house at leading sell side and buy side firms in Dublin and London, he started his consulting career in one of the leading GRC consultancy practices in London, where he took the lead on technical, commercial, and country specific roles for over 15 years before acquiring the business he helped grow in Asia.

Prior to the management buyout of Cordium Asia (dba ACA Compliance Group) in 2020, Derek helped build out the former consulting practices of Cordium, HedgeOp compliance, IMS Group, MMS Regulatory Solutions, and Leale-Green Limited (all as part of the previously acquired firms) by leading technical development in those organisations to produce solutions for both boutique and larger scale international firms seeking to grow with limited resources in an everchanging regulatory environment. Derek completed his Masters of European Law (1998) and his Bachelors Degree in Business and Law (1997), both with the University College Dublin.

EVENT DETAILS:

Date: Thursday, 20th October 2022

Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Location: Webinar links will be sent upon registration

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