We are delighted to announce that our Partner and Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department Ms. Heidi Chui has been appointed by The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma, the Chief Justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal as a Practising Solicitor Member of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Panel in October 2017 for a term of three years.

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal deals with specific disciplinary cases brought by The Law Society of Hong Kong against any person who is, or was at the relevant time, a solicitor, a registered foreign lawyer, a trainee solicitor or an employee of a solicitor or a registered foreign lawyer of Hong Kong for alleged professional misconduct.

Ms. Heidi Chui is an Arbitrator (on the panel list of the Law Society of Hong Kong), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (U.K.) and an Accredited General Mediator with both the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the Law Society of Hong Kong. She is also a member of the Arbitration Committee of The Law Society of Hong Kong. She is a China Appointed Attesting Officer.

Please contact Ms. Heidi Chui for any enquiries or further information.

On 9 October 2017, SW partners Mr. Hank Lo, Mr. Eric Lui, Ms. Erica Cheng and Mr. Stephen Wong attended the 10th listing anniversary celebration dinner of China Aoyuan Property Group (“Aoyuan”) held at the Shangri-La Hotel Guangzhou. More than 1,000 guests from foreign investment institutions, financial institutions, media, strategic partners of Aoyuan and industry associations attended the event.

Aoyuan is a company listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (stock code: 3883) and has established a long-term working relationship with our firm.

Please contact Mr. Hank Lo, Mr. Eric Lui, Ms. Erica Cheng or Mr. Stephen Wong for any enquiries or further information about this event.

On 27 September 2017, our partner Mr. Stephen Wong was invited by “zhi10.com” to host an E–class with the topic “How to Obtain a Financial License in Hong Kong”.

Mr. Wong shared six issues of Hong Kong financial license including license application; financial resources; management structure; full licensed representatives, responsible officers, substantial shareholders, senior officers and the others; and additional requirements of Type 6 and 9 licenses applications. Mr. Wong hopes that people and enterprises have better understanding about Hong Kong financial license through this online seminar.

The E-class received positive feedback and the registered users of “zhi10.com” can watch the recorded seminar online.

“zhi10.com” is a renowned online legal education platform in mainland China, which has previously invited a number of distinguished practitioners from top law firms. Having a strategic association with AllBright Law Offices, one of the nation’s best law firms, Stevenson, Wong & Co. has a profound experience and knowledge in both China and Hong Kong with a comprehensive network in the two jurisdictions. SW was delighted to have the opportunity to give the online seminar for “zhi10.com” and the firm looks forward to joining more events to connect with mainland China.

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

The award ceremony of 2017 Deloitte Technology Fast 20 (TF20) and Rising Star Programs was successfully held in the Auditorium of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited on 27 September 2017. Mr. Hank Lo, our partner and head of Corporate Finance, is honoured to be invited to the event and presented the awards to the top five winners of the TF20 program. They are WeLab Holdings Limited, SenseTime Group Inc., GoGo Tech Holdings Limited, MoneyHero Global Limited and Weigang Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited.

For the Rising Star Program, 10 companies including Klook and TNG (Asia) Limited have been recognised for their viable business models and strong growth potentials. The winners came from a wide spectrum of industries, including FinTech, artificial intelligence, software, hardware, biotech, media and e-commerce.

Mr. Hank Lo (first from the left) and the representatives of the top five winners of the TF20 program

From left to right: Ms. Cecilia Wong, Ms. Cornelia Chu, Mr. Hank Lo, Mr. Terence Lau, Mr. Peter Loo, and Ms. Christine Cheung

“Stevenson, Wong is proud to be the diamond sponsor of the TF20 program. We are convinced that technology is only going to play a more and more important role in the ecosystem and competitiveness of a business. We want to be part of the process and support tech start-ups in Hong Kong leveraging on our wealth of experience in fund raising and IPOs,” said Mr. Lo.

Please contact Mr. Hank Lo, Ms. Cornelia Chu or Mr. Terence Lau for any enquiries or further information about this event.

On 25 September 2017, our legal executives from our Banking Department, Mr. Man Wong and Ms. Hebe Au were invited by Bank of Communications (Kowloon Business Services Centre) to present the topic of “The Risk and Consideration for Banks in respect of Mortgages for Village Houses in New Territories”. The seminar was attended by approximately 20 Business Services Managers. The seminar covered issues when acquiring small houses in the New Territories such as building procedures, risk assessment of mortgage, rights-of-way, illegal acquisition of small houses and unauthorized building works.

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

On 25 September 2017, SW Partner and Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department Ms. Heidi Chui was invited to attend Arbitration Reception and Seminar hosted by The Law Society of Hong Kong at Justice Place of the Department of Justice. The Official Ceremony of Solicitor Arbitrator Panel was launched during the reception. Ms. Chui was glad to be one of the 24 solicitor arbitrators among ten thousand solicitors in Hong Kong. She also discussed with Secretary for Justice Mr. Rimsky Yuen about the opportunities of One Belt One Road and cultivation of legal talents.

Secretary for Justice Mr. Rimsky Yuen, Present of Law Society Mr. Thomas So, Past Chairman of HKIAC Mr. Huen Wong, Chairperson of East Asia Branch of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Ms. Mary Thompson, with the panel members of Law Society of Hong Kong’s solicitor arbitrators.

From left to right: Solicitor General Mr. Wesley Wong, HKLS President Mr. Thomas So, Secretary for Justice Mr. Rimsky Yuen, Huen Wong, Council Member Ms. Bonita Chan and Ms. Cecilia Wong, Ms. Heidi Chui

The event started by the welcome speech of the Secretary for Justice Mr. Rimsky Yuen and the President of the Law Society Mr. Thomas So. The ceremony was attended by Mr Huen Wong, The post chairman of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre; Mr. Wesley Wong, Solicitor General and so forth. Department of Justice becomes an important role in promoting Hong Kong to be an international arbitration center in the Asia-Pacific region.

Please contract Ms. Heidi Chui for any inquiry or further information.