On 10 February 2015, SW legal executive Mr. Man Wong and Head of Business Development (China) Ms. Connie Yeung attended a seminar at the office of FWD Life Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited (“FWD”) and delivered a presentation on various topics, including how to protect assets through the establishment of a trust, the benefits of setting up a trust, what clients should consider in doing succession planning and popular options of investment immigration.

Around 20 participants from FWD attended the seminar.

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On 5 February 2015, SW senior associate Ms. Freda Au, legal executives Mr. Stanley Hung, Mr. Man Wong and Ms. Anita Tong and SW China Business Development Officer (China) Ms. Connie Yeung delivered a presentation on stamp duty, trust and immigration at Bank of Communications Co. Ltd. (BCOM) (Kowloon South) Commercial Banking Centre to over 20 representatives from BCOM.

In the first part of the seminar, Mr. Wong and Mr. Hung gave practical advice to the audience on how the hStamp Duty Ordinance applies to property and share transactions in Hong Kong.

In the second part of the seminar, Ms. Yeung explained the benefits of setting up a trust, how to help clients with succession planning and introduced different popular options for investment immigration.

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SW Partner Ms. Lai Lam recently attended the Interlaw Asia Pacific Regional Meeting which was hosted by Colin Ng & Partners LLP in Singapore. The Theme of the meeting was “Asia Pacific Integration”.

Keynote speakers included Dr. Deborah Kay Elms (Executive Director of Asian Trade Centre), Mr. Eitaro Kojima (Japan External Trade Organization), Mr. Oliver Tonby (Managing Partner of Mckinsey & Company (Southeast Asia)).

Representatives of special business teams (SBT) held informative and interesting meetings prior to the AP program. SBT included Banking & Finance, M&A, Energy, Employment, Arbitration/Litigation to name a few.

Close to 50 delegates attended the meeting, which is a record high number. Attendees not only came from the Asia Pacific Region, but also Europe, USA and Latin America.

The next AP meeting will be held in March 2016 and hosted by Interlaw’s Vietnamese member firm, Vision & Associates.

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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.

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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.

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