Stevenson, Wong & Co. attended the “Private Adjudication of Financial Disputes in Family Cases” seminar jointly held by the Academy of Law and Hong Kong Bar Association

SW partner Ms. Catherine Por, partner Ms. Wendy Lam, consultant Ms. Sherlynn Chan and associate Ms. Stella Cheng together with other legal professionals attended the seminar on “Private Adjudication of Financial Disputes in Family Cases” on 27 January 2015. The response of the event was overwhelming and had been oversubscribed.

To familiarise practitioners with the new Practice Direction SL 9, the Academy of Law and Hong Kong Bar Association invited the Honorable Mr. Justice Lam, Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court and Her Honour Judge Bebe Chu, Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court to give a talk on the salient features of the pilot scheme for private adjudication of financial disputes in Matrimonial and Family Proceedings under the new Practice Direction and other practical issues arising from it. This Private Financial Adjudication will be a new mode of ADR and is intended to be quicker and more flexible than usual court proceedings.

Please contact our Catherine Por or Wendy Lam for any enquiries or further information about this event.

Representatives from the Liaison Office of the PRC Government in HK and Shanghai Bar Associations visit Stevenson, Wong & Co.

On 23 January 2015, representatives from the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, including Mr. Yu Xue Jie, Director of the Legal Affairs, and the Shanghai Bar Association, including Mr. Sheng Leiming, its president who is also the Vice-President of All China Lawyers Association, Ms. Chen Dong, its Vice Secretary-General and Administrative Office Director and Ms. Liu Jiangjiang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee in Shanghai Bureau of Justice visited our office in Hong Kong.

SW partners, Mr. Willy Cheng, Mr. Eric Lui, Ms. Heidi Chui and Ms. Erica Cheng, together with a senior partner of Allbright Law Offices, Mr. Du Xiaodong, welcomed our guests and exchanged ideas on various topics of interest. Our guests were impressed by the spectrum of our practice areas and the friendly working environment of our office.

Please contact our Eric Lui for any enquiries or further information about this event.

Stevenson, Wong & Co. attended Greater China Legal Affairs Committee Cocktail

On 23 January 2015, SW partner Mr. Eric Lui attended the cocktail reception organised by the Greater China Legal Affairs Committee (“GCLAC”) of the Law Society of Hong Kong held at Club Lusitano, Central. Fellow committees members and general members of the Law Society attended this networking event. Eric was recently invited to join as a member of the GCLAC.

Please contact our Eric Lui for any enquiries or further information about this event.

Stevenson, Wong & Co. attended 2015 Family Office Solutions Showcase

On 21 and 22 January 2015, our China Business Development Officer (China), Ms. Connie Yeung attended the 2015 Family Office Solutions Showcase held at the Regal Hong Kong Hotel. The Showcase was organised by the Association of Private Bankers in Greater China Region and the Association of Family Offices in Asia.

Representatives of family offices in China and other areas in Asia, lawyers as well as tax advisors attended the two-day conference and shared their experience in the business of family offices. Keynote sessions, specialist presentations and panel discussions were held on topics such as venue consideration for establishment of the family offices, wealth preservation, wealth planning and succession, charity, social impact of investment, and issues and challenges in succession planning in China.

Please contact our Eric Lui for any enquiries or further information about this event.

Stevenson, Wong & Co. presented at Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited

On 19 January 2015, SW partner Mr. Eric Lui, senior associate Ms. Freda Au, legal executives Mr. Stanley Hung, Mr. Man Wong, Mr. Peter Loo and Ms. Anita Tong delivered a presentation at a seminar jointly organized by the Kowloon East Commercial Centre and the Hong Kong East Commercial Centre– Corporate Banking and Financial Institutions of Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (“BOCHK”).

In the first part of the seminar, Man and Stanley gave practical advice to the bankers regarding how property and share transactions are subject to laws and regulations on stamp duty in Hong Kong.

In the second part, Peter talked about different choices for investment immigration. He also shared the current needs of immigration clients and how to meet them and to resolve various issues for immigration clients.

Over 60 bankers from BOCHK attended the seminar.

Please contact our Eric Lui for any enquiries or further information about this event.

Stevenson, Wong & Co. assisted Zhejiang Chang’an Renheng Technology Co., Ltd. (8139.hk) in its IPO on HKEx

SW assists Zhejiang Chang’an Renheng Technology Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 8319) (the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) to list on the Growth Enterprise Market of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“GEM”) by way of placing H shares, the first domestic enterprise listed on GEM by way of placing H shares since May 2008. SW acted as the legal adviser for the Company and South China Capital Limited acted as the sole sponsor.

The listing of the H shares of the Company is also the first successful listing project jointly conducted by Allbright Law Offices and our firm since our association in November 2013. Allbright acted as the PRC legal adviser for the Company.

Photograph of Mr. Zhang Youlian (tenth from left), chairman and executive director of the Company, Ms. Xu Qinwei (ninth from left ) general manager of the Group, together with other senior members of the Group taken at the listing ceremony:

The shares were listed on GEM on 16 January 2015. 8 million H shares were offered for placing. The final placing price was HK$9.70 per placing share and the net proceeds amounted to HK$52.1 million.

The Group is principally engaged in the research and development, production and sales of bentonite fine chemicals. According to an industrial report, with revenue of nearly RMB72.4 million, the Group accounted for approximately 14.9% in bentonite papermaking fine chemicals market in the PRC in 2013, ranking first in this industry segment. The Group took the leading position of bentonite retention and drainage aids market with a market share of 16.7% in 2013.

Photograph of Mr. Zhang (second from right) and SW team members for the listing project, Mr. Vivian Ji (second from left), Mr. Xiaoming Zhong (on the left) and Ms. Joanna Fung (on the right) taken at the listing celebration dinner:

Please contact our Mr. Hank Lo for any enquiries or further information about this transaction.