Stevenson, Wong & Co.’s 2019 Spring Dinner took place at The World Trade Centre Club on 15 March 2019. This year, the theme was “Superheroes”, in recognition of every member of the firm who has strived to make an impact in our society.

It was our great pleasure to have both Mr. Liu Chunhua, Director-General of the Department of Law of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government (“LOCPG”), Mr. Xie Han of the Department of Law of the LOCPG, Ms. Liu Chang and Mr. Ares Lee, the CFO and the Vice Director of the Department of General Research of China Legal Service (H.K.) Ltd., respectively, and other honourable guests from AllBright Law Offices (“AllBright”) who were led by Mr. Liu Feng, Senior Partner of AllBright, to celebrate with our colleagues from both Hong Kong and Guangzhou.

Our Partners, Mr. Willy Cheng, Mr. Hank Lo and Ms. Catherine Por together with Mr. Liu Feng took the opportunity to express their gratitude to all staff for their hard work throughout the year. It was a marvellous evening filled with delicious Chinese cuisine, exciting lucky draws, wonderful singing and dancing performances coupled with interactive games.

Mr. Liu Feng delivering his speech.

Mr. Willy Cheng also took the opportunity to present awards to staff who have worked for more than 10 years and 20 years in the firm.

Awardees of the 10 years’ and 20 years’ service awards, respectively.

On 15 March 2019, representatives from AllBright Law Office paid a friendly visit to Stevenson, Wong & Co. (“SW”) and met with our partners Ms. Heidi Chui, Ms. Milly Hung, senior associates Mr. Samson Wong and Mr. Gordon Tsang. SW partner Ms. Heidi Chui, senior associate Mr. Samson Wong and Mr. Gordon Tsang gave an introduction of SW’s services and exchanged ideas with the audience so as to develop further co-operation between our firms.

Please contact Ms. Heidi Chui for further information.

SW acted as legal advisers to International Alliance Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 1563) (“IA Finance Leasing”) in its successful listing on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”). IA Finance Leasing offered a total of 495 million shares, which were listed on the Stock Exchange on 15 March 2019.

SW Partner Mr. Rodney Teoh and Mr. Li Luqiang (IA Finance Leasing: Executive Directors)

IA Finance Leasing and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) are a finance leasing company headquartered in Beijing, providing finance leasing and advisory services. The Group targets customers in three targeted industries in the PRC, including the healthcare, aviation and public infrastructure industries. During the track record period, the Group had customers across 17 provinces, two autonomous regions and one municipality in the PRC also one customer incorporated in Singapore and one customer incorporated in the BVI.

Ms. Xu Juan (IA Finance Leasing: Executive Directors) and SW Partner Mr. Rodney Teoh

Mr. Lau Kwok Fai Patrick (IA Finance Leasing: Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary) and SW Partner Mr. Rodney Teoh

SW Partner Mr. Rodney Teoh, Mr. Michael Tang (Cinda: Executive Director), Mr. Dickson Lau (Cinda: Deputy CEO & Executive Director), Mr. Francis Yeung (Cinda: Managing Director) and SW Partner Mr. Hank Lo

The sole sponsor of the Listing was Cinda International Capital Limited. The joint global coordinators of the Global Offering were Cinda International Capital Limited, ChaoShang Securities Limited and CCB International Capital Limited.

Ms. Florence Wai, Ms. Claire Sit, Mr. Rodney Teoh, Mr. Hank Lo, Mr. Kristopher Wong and Miss Myra Ma

Our team was led by our partners Hank Lo and Rodney Teoh, supported by team members including Kristopher Wong (associate), Florence Wai (associate), Claire Sit (associate) and Myra Ma (trainee solicitor).

Please contact our Mr. Hank Lo or Mr. Rodney Teoh for any enquiries or further information.

On 14 March 2019, Qingdao Lawyers Association paid a friendly visit to Stevenson, Wong & Co. (“SW”) and met with our partners Mr. Willy Cheng, Ms. Catherine Por, Ms. Heidi Chui and senior associate Mr. Gordon Tsang. SW partner Mr. Willy Cheng gave an introduction of SW’s history and services.

For more enquiries about this event, please contact Mr. Willy Cheng, Ms. Catherine Por or Ms. Heidi Chui. 

On 8 March 2019, our Partner Ms. Heidi Chui, and Trainee Solicitors Mr. Tommy Chan and Ms. Lillian Yan, attended as alumni guest speakers at the “Career Aspirations with HKU” Talk by the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong.

Ms. Heidi Chui shared her insights on the Hong Kong legal profession and on the key qualities of a successful lawyer with over 300 secondary school students, teachers and parents. Her sharing was very well received by the audience.

Please contact our Ms. Heidi Chui for any enquiries or further information about this update.

On 8 March 2019, Stevenson, Wong & Co. Partner Mr. Stephen Wong was invited to give a presentation to the members of The Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies. He delivered a speech on the topic of How to Handle SFC Investigation: The New “front-loaded” approach by the SFC” which attracted nearly 30 participants.

Mr. Wong’s presentation covered various issues including “The Conventional Regulatory Approach”, “Problems with the Conventional Regulatory Approach”, “The New “Front-loaded” Regulatory Approach”, “Aspects of the New “Front-loaded” Regulatory Approach” and “Implications for Different Parties”.

The regulatory nature of the Securities and Futures Commission has been crucial to listed companies in conducting their business in Hong Kong. In light of the governance and misconduct issues in recent years, the SFC has re-examined their existing regulatory tools and adopted a new approach to listing regulation. Stephen spent over 8 years working in the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Futures Commission. He is experienced in handling complex commercial crimes, including market manipulation, insider dealing and fraud.

Please contact Mr. Stephen Wong for any enquiries or further information.