On 16-17 January 2018, Stevenson, Wong & Co. legal executive, Mr. Man Wong from our firm’s banking department was invited to give a presentation on the new stamp duty measures in a seminar organized by Bank of Communications.

The seminar attracted nearly 60 banking practitioners from branches in Hong Kong and Wan Chai. The seminar covered the computation of stamp duty under the new measures together with the possible exemptions and exceptions.

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

“Forum on New Era: Family Wealth Management and Inheritance” & the Launch Ceremony of AllBright Law Offices (Shenzhen) New Office was successfully held on 12 January 2018 at The Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen. Stevenson, Wong & Co. Partners Ms. Catherine Por, Mr. Eric Lui and Ms. Wendy Lam, Consultant Ms. Shirley Sin, Associates Mr. Calvin Lo, King Tan and Mr. Raymond Lam, and Head of Business Development (China) Ms. Connie Yeung attended the event. The event attracted nearly three hundred guests from Bureau of Justice of Shenzhen Municipality, Shenzhen Lawyers Association, financial institutions, family wealth management practices, and colleagues from all 19 AllBright Law Offices in China.

rom left to right: Mr. Eric Lui, Ms. Catherine Por, Senior Partner of AllBright Law Office Mr. Du Xiao Dong, Ms. Wendy Lam, Associate Mr. Calvin Lo, Mr. King Tan, Mr. Raymond Lam and Ms. Shirley Sin

The event began with the opening ceremony of AllBright Law Offices (Shenzhen) New Office. The Forum featured three sessions including speeches from leaders, keynote speeches and roundtable discussions. Managing Director of AllBright Law Office, Mr. Wu Mingde, Secretary for Bureau of Justice of Shenzhen Municipality, Mr. Jiang Xi Lin and President of Shenzhen Lawyers Association, Mr. Lin Chang Chi were invited to deliver speeches to the audience and introduce their legal services in Shenzhen.

From left to right: Ms. Connie Yeung, Mr. King Tan, Ms. Catherine Por, Ms. Wendy Lam, Ms. Shirley Sin, Mr. Calvin Lo and Mr. Raymond Lam

Distinguished guests including Senior Partner of AllBright Law Office, Mr. Li Xian Ming and Zong, Shi Cai; Vice President of Da Tang Wealth, Mr. Li Xiao Jun; and Partner of Bird & Bird Ms. Ow Kim Kit were invited to share their insights and experience on topics regarding family wealth management.

Ms. Catherine Por and Mr. Du Xiao Dong

The final session was a roundtable discussion moderated by Senior Partner of AllBright Law Office, Mr. Li Xian Ming. Consultant of Summit Club Family Office Ms. Li Yu Shan, Executive Director of Product Department of Ping Au Trust Mr. Kang Chao Feng, Senior Partner of AllBright Law Office Mr. Justin Ouyang and Ms. Libby Guo were the speakers and discussed the topic of “Private Banking Wealth Management and Family Wealth Management and inheritance”.

From left to right: Lawyer from AllBright Law Office (Qing Dao) Ms. Xiao Xue Jing, Senior Partner from AllBright Law Office Ms. Libby Guo and Head of Business Development (China) Ms. Connie Yeung

“We are delighted to attend the forum and meet the experts who have extensive experience in wealth management. We look forward to attending the forum again.” said SW Family Team members.

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

“The Inauguration of the Qianhai One Belt One Road Legal Services Federation” was successfully held on 9 January 2018 at Vanke (Qianhai) International Convention Center. The event was led by Bureau of Justice of Shenzhen Municipality, Authority of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hongkong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone of Shenzhen and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Shenzhen Council. Stevenson, Wong & Co. Partner Mr. Eric Lui was invited to attend this event and Partner Mr. Stephen Wong and Associate Ms. Ann Chan were also present.

Ms. Ann Chan and Mr. Stephen Wong

The event attracted more than three hundred distinguished guests at the inauguration which included the Deputy Secretary-General of the NPCSC and Chairman of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Basic Law Committee under the NPCSC, Mr Li Fei; the Deputy Director of Legal Department, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Mr. Xi Jun Jian; the Deputy Observer of Department of Justice, Guangdong, Mr. Chen Rong Guang; Department Head of Legal Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government, Mr. Wang Zhen Min; the Deputy Solicitor General, Mr. Peter Wong; the deputy party secretaries of Shenzhen Municipal Committee, Party Secretaries of Politics and Law Committee Mr. Li Hua Nan; Secretary for Bureau of Justice of Shenzhen Municipality Mr. Jiang Xi Lin; Director of Shenzhen China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Mr. Ye Jian De; Secretary for the Authority of Qianhai, Mr. Du Peng; and representatives from reputable legal institutions in China.

The Federation is the first international legal platform led by Chinese lawyers. It aims to provide legal services to Chinese enterprises who wish to invest in countries alongside the OBOR. Our Partner Mr. Eric Lui is pleased to be member of the Qianhai One Belt One Road Legal Services Federation. He believes that the Federation can provide international legal services to enterprises with the support from various parties.

In 2016 Stevenson, Wong & Co., one of the leading law firms in Hong Kong, established an OBOR Legal Service Centre with the vision to provide Hong Kong and Chinese enterprises who wish to invest in Southeast Asia countries alongside the OBOR with comprehensive and efficient legal services. Headed by the firm’s senior partners, the OBOR Legal Service Centre consists of lawyers who have rich experience in Banking & Finance, Corporate Finance, China Practice, FDI and Dispute Resolution. In addition, the Service Centre aims to cooperate with six leading law firms in their respective regions in Southeast Asia.

Please contact Mr. Stephen Wong or Mr. Eric Lui for any enquiries or further information about this event.

On 16 December 2017, SW Partner Mr. Eric Lui and China Business Consultant Ms. Daisy Ma attended “AllBright Capital Market Professional Committee Annual Forum” in Shanghai. The Forum was hosted by AllBright Law Office and co-organized by its Capital Market Professional Committee. The Forum was well received and drew more than 200 attendees from Shanghai and from their other offices.

The Forum began with a speech from Managing Director of AllBright Law Office, Mr. Wu Mingde. In his speech, Mr. Wu acknowledged the achievements of the capital market practice. The Forum ended with a 2017 capital market review from Senior Partner of AllBright Law Office, Mr. Xu Jun.

The Forum was divided into two sessions. Three distinguished speakers delivered keynote speeches to the audience in the morning session. The Chief Lawyer of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Mr. Lu Wen Dao was the first speaker and shared the topic on “Status and Trend of Legal Regulation of Securities Market”. Deputy General Manager of Haitong Securities Company Limited Mr. Xu Can also conducted an interpretation on “Risk and Control of IPO Business”. Senior Partner of BDO China, Shu Lun Pan, CPA Ms. Zhu Ying delivered a speech on the topic of “Maintain the Professional Doubt and Identify the Financial Fraud” to the audience.

The afternoon session was mainly shared by the senior partners and lawyers from AllBright Law Office. They shared different issues regarding capital markets with the audience, such as “The New Trend of Capital Market and Opportunities for Securities Lawyers in the New Era”; “Risk Analysis and Countermeasures of Current Securities Business”; Legal Design for the Combination of State-owned Enterprises and Capital Market”; “Working Thought and Methods of IPO Lawyers”; “Intellectual Property Issues Regarding Listing and Merger and Acquisition” and so forth.

“I am delighted to attend this meaningful forum and share with the elites who have extensive experience in capital market. I look forward to attending the forum again.” Mr. Lui said.

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

On 7 December 2017, Stevenson, Wong & Co. Partners Ms. Catherine Por, Ms. Janice Chin and Ms. Sherlynn Chan attended the 1st day of the Workshop on Child Inclusive Mediation and Counselling at the University of Hong Kong. The workshop was organized by The Hong Kong Catholic Marriage Advisory Council. The workshop was run over the 2 days, the second day comprising a Master Class, a training course on child inclusive mediation and counselling.

From left to right: Ms. Sherlynn Chan, Ms. Janice Chin and Ms. Catherine Por

The main speaker at the workshop was Professor Jennifer Mclntosh, a clinical child psychologist, family therapist and developmental researcher from Australia. She is a pioneer in child inclusive mediation and the training of this approach to post separation parental dispute resolution. Child inclusive mediation is relatively new in Hong Kong. It is gaining popularity but Hong Kong lacks trained professionals.

Professor Mclntosh was inspirational and engaging her presentation. She left everyone wanting to learn more about this approach. We were and are left in no doubt this is what separated families need and we at Stevenson, Wong & Co. are looking at training programme to equip ourselves to better serve our clients.

Please contact our Ms. Catherine Por, Ms. Janice Chin or Ms. Sherlyn Chan for any enquiries or further information about this event.

On 6 December, SW Partner Ms. Wendy Lam was invited to attend The 198th Congregation and Prize Presentation Ceremony for Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. Stevenson, Wong & Co. is honoured to sponsor a scholarship to law students who have achieved an outstanding performance in the Trust practice examination.

Ms. Wendy Lam of Stevenson, Wong & Co. presenting the prize to the award winner

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