Mr. Terence Lau, Senior Associate of our corporate finance department, delivered a CPD webinar on “An Overview of a Listing Project” on 8 September 2021. The webinar covered a broad range of topics such as listing criteria, application procedure, reorganisation, prospectus drafting, share offer and post-listing compliance, and attracted a substantial number of attendees.

At the beginning of the webinar, Terence offered an in-depth analysis of the IPO procedure in Hong Kong and revealed the key issues involved in satisfying the increasingly scrutinised listing criteria of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In particular, he highlighted the recent amendments to the financial requirements of a listing project and provided the attendees with recent examples extracted from relevant listing decisions and guidance letters which could affect suitability for listing.

Terence then explained the roles of various professional parties, the purpose of different documentations involved in each milestone date, and a sample listing project timeline. By way of elaboration, Terence shared some of his professional experiences in prospectus drafting and the challenges faced by sponsors and legal practitioners in articulating the essential disclosures of a prospectus.

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the CPD was delivered via a webinar. Nevertheless, positive feedbacks were received from the attendees and the engaging webinar was concluded with questions from the floor.

For any enquiries or further information, please contact our Mr. Terence Lau.

We are delighted to announce that our Partner and Head of Corporate Finance, Mr. Hank Lo, has been recognised by IFLR1000’s Asia Pacific 2021-22 edition as Highly Regarded Leading Lawyer in Capital Markets: Equity.

IFLR1000 evaluates 5,000+ law firms and lawyers based on transactional evidence and client feedbacks. Lawyers are recognized for advising on some of the most complex or innovative transactions in their markets and receiving excellent feedback for their work.

About Mr. Hank Lo

Hank heads the Corporate Finance Practice in the firm. He specializes in capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and representative matters. Hank has significant experience advising issuers, sponsors and underwriters on initial public offerings on both the main and GEM boards of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited; advising publicly listed companies on a broad range of corporate finance transactions; advising private equity funds, venture capital funds and Hong Kong listed companies on their investments in and exits from companies with an emphasis on China; and providing advice to companies in Greater China on representative matters including property transactions, foreign investment and initial public offerings.

About IFLR1000

The IFLR1000 is an international legal market’s guide focusing on financial and corporate law firms. Since 1990, IFLR1000 has published over 750 practice area rankings across 235 jurisdictions globally.

For any enquiries, please contact our Partner Mr. Hank Lo or click here to see the ranking.

On 8 September 2021, our Partner Mr. Gordon Tsang, Senior Manager of Commercial and Corporate Finance Department, Dr. Rain Huang, and Paralegal Mr. Arthur Hung were invited to share the rules and regulations of Hong Kong and US IPOs to the directors and senior management of Central China International Capital Limited (Central China Intl).

From the left: Central China Intl’s Director, Mr. Clifford Chan; Paralegal Mr. Arthur Hung, Senior Manager Dr. Rain Huang; Partner Mr. Gordon Tsang; Central China Intl’s President, Mr. Billy Cheung; Associate Director, Ms. Jessica Chan

Gordon gave a comprehensive introduction to Hong Kong IPO’s listing rules and practices by sharing the latest updates of listing requirements, the reorganisation of Red-Chips listing, H-shares listing, trust arrangements, and VIE structures. He also compared the pros and cons of listings in Hong Kong and the United States.

Please contact Mr. Gordon Tsang for any enquiries or further information.

Stevenson, Wong & Co. has been nurturing legal talents by sponsoring academic prizes at local universities since 2010. On 1 September 2021, our Partner Ms. Heidi Chui attended the P.C.LL. Award Presentation Ceremony at The Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong (HKU).

This year, our firm sponsored prizes in Commercial Dispute Resolution and Employment Law & Practice to students with the best performances in these courses.

Partner Heidi Chui (in the middle) presented the Commercial Dispute Resolution Prize to Ms. Chen Bixin (on the left) and Employment Law & Practice Prize to Miss Lau Yik Hang Rachelle (on the right).

Partner Heidi Chui (on the left) presented The University of Hong Kong Law Alumni Association Scholarship 2020-2021 to Mr. Lee Yip Chun Bonn (on the right).

We would like to take this opportunity to extend our congratulations to the talented students for their remarkable achievements.

For more information, please contact our Partner Ms. Heidi Chui (heidichui.office@sw-hk.com).

On 25 August 2021, our firm’s Partner Ms. Heidi Chui and Senior Associate Mr. Kyle Lo, were invited by client to attend the premiere of “The Crocodile that Lived 100 Days”, an anime movie distributed by Medialink Group Limited (2230.hk) (“Medialink”). Guests of the premiere include Medialink’s Chairman, Executive Director and CEO, Ms. Lovinia Chiu, Executive Director, Ms. Noletta Chiu, Non-Executive Director Ms. Wong Hang Yee, JP, and ERROR, a local boy band who dubbed for the movie.

From the left: Medialink’s Non-Executive Director, Ms. Wong Hang Yee, JP; Chairman, Executive Director and CEO, Ms. Lovinia Chiu; our Partner Ms. Heidi Chui and Medialink’s Executive Director Ms. Noletta Chiu

Our Senior Associate Mr. Kyle Lo (Frist one from the right)

Based on the Japanese webcomic “The Crocodile Will Die in 100 Days”, the movie “The Crocodile that Lived 100 Days” is about the 100-daily life of Mr. Crocodile and the stories of his friends after the loss of important persons and things in life. It will be released on 26 August in Hong Kong.

About Medialink Group

Medialink Group Limited (2230.hk) is a media content distributor and operates the licensing business. Engaged in media content distribution for over 19 years, Medialink is headquartered in Hong Kong with presence in China, Japan and Southeast Asia.

For more information, please contact our Partner Ms. Heidi Chui (heidichui.office@sw-hk.com).

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