On August 22 2015, SW Head of Business Development (China), Ms. Connie Yeung, was invited to speak about overseas allocation and asset protection, which was organized by the FWD Hong Kong. Ms. Yeung shared techniques in overseas asset allocation and asset protection with more than 30 senior insurance financial planners and their clients. Participants found the sharing useful, practical and in particular, on how a family trust with different insurance policies can help to secure cash flows.

Please contact our Connie Yeung for any enquiries or further information about this event.

On August 21 2015, Head of Business Development (China), Ms. Connie Yeung, was invited to train more than 40 private bankers from the Bank of China, Harbin on asset protection and succession planning. Ms. Yeung has been invited to the same training for two consecutive years, which was held in Wu Yi Mountain and previously in Nanjing. The participants came from different provinces and included private bankers and branch managers. Ms. Yeung shared her views on the difficulties of succession and the advantages and disadvantages of different tools including the use of wills, trusts and power of attorneys.

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On 12 August 2015, our senior consultant Mr. Angus Forsyth and associate Ms. Hazel Wong delivered a presentation on Trade Descriptions and Marketing at the office of Clarins Limited.

Mr. Forsyth introduced the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (Cap. 362) and the applicable guidelines in relation to enforcement by the relevant authorities.

He then gave a presentation on the Code of Practice issued by the Communications Authority followed by a discussion of the relevant decided court cases to illustrate the application of the guidelines and Codes.

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On August 12 2015, SW Head of Business Development (China), Ms. Connie Yeung was invited to attend offshore trusts training by one of the largest PRC IFAs, Credit Ease. More than 40 financial planners together with their high net worth clients participated in the training. Ms. Yeung introduced the legal concept of a family trust in a user friendly way and demonstrated how to achieve different clients’ objectives with a case study. After the meeting, Ms. Yeung interacted with all the senior financial planners and engaged in fruitful discussions.

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On 28 July 2015, SW legal executive Mr. Man Wong attended the “Global Economic Prospects and Opportunities Seminar” (环球经济展望与三大行业机遇研讨会) held by SME One of Hong Kong Productivity Council. The seminar was targeted at those who are in the retailing, import/ export trading and manufacturing industries.

At the seminar, speakers from six banks spoke about the recent developments in the global and Hong Kong economy and gave advice to the attendees on how to explore potential business opportunities under the new PRC policies, including “One Belt, One Road” (一带一路).

More than 300 representatives from the three industries attended the seminar.

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

On 20 July 2015, our partners Mr. Eric Lui and Ms. Heidi Chui attended The Law Society’s Members’ Forum and Dinner Gathering. Ms. Chui acted as one of the masters of ceremony of the event whereby ideas and views were exchanged on the topic of “litigation funding” among members. Members shared their views on feasibility and desirability of litigation funding in the Hong Kong legal service market.

Please contact our Mr. Lui or Ms. Chui for any enquiries or further information about this event.