On 25 February 2016, our partners Mr. Willy Cheng, Mr. Eric Lui and Ms. Heidi Chui attended the cocktail reception organised by Association of China-Appointed Attesting Officers Limited held at Bank of America Tower. China-Appointed Attesting Officers gathered to celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Monkey and to network with fellow Officers.

On 22 February 2016, our partners Mr. Eric Lui and Ms. Heidi Chui, together with legal executive Mr. Man Wong and financial controller Mr. Dennis Li, attended the cocktail reception organised by China Construction Bank (Asia) held at CCB Tower to celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Monkey. At the cocktail, our attendees exchanged ideas with senior management from various departments of the Bank.

On 22 February 2016, our partners Mr. Eric Lui and Ms. Heidi Chui attended the annual Spring Reception organised by the Law Society of Hong Kong held at Peking Garden Restaurant, Alexandra House, Central. Members of the Law Society gathered to celebrate the Year of the Monkey and to network with fellow members.

(Source: https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=law+society+of+hong+kong&biw=1280&bih=763&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNzsSmx57LAhWEmJQKHUTLCtMQ_AUIBigB&dpr=1.5#imgrc=ETGLi_dW1wq75M%3A)

Our partner Ms. Heidi Chui has been recognised as a Client Choice winner in 2016 for litigation. Ms. Chui is one of the 383 winners across 68 jurisdictions worldwide and was chosen from a pool of more than 2,000 individual client assessments. Winners were honoured at a gala held at One Great George Street in London on 10 February 2016.

 Ms. Chui with her Client Choice award

Ms. Chui heads our litigation and dispute resolution department. She specialises in commercial litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution, and frequently assists banks, borrowers, insurance companies, property management companies, funds, listed companies and financial institutions in resolving various vexatious problems.

Ms. Chui with other award winners

Established in 2005, the Client Choice awards recognise those law firms and partners around the world that stand apart for the outstanding client service they provide. The criteria for the awards focus on the ability to add real value to clients’ business above and beyond other players in the market. These awards, organised by the International Law Office and Lexology, exclusively survey senior corporate counsel.

All 2016 winners have now been inducted to the fully searchable online resource available here.

On 28 January 2016, our partner Mr. Eric Lui, senior associate Ms. Freda Au, banking department legal executives Mr. Man Wong and Ms. Connie Wu together with Mr. Du Xiaodong, partner of AllBright Law Offices were invited by Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited New Territories East Commercial Centre to give a presentation on various banking and corporate finance matters.

Mr. Lui delivered a presentation titled “The key points for overseas IPOs and Merger and Acquisitions transactions”. The presentation covered the basic requirements for listing in Hong Kong, reorganization of red-chip companies and stamp duty implications for M&A deals.

Mr. Du gave his presentation on legal issues faced by offshore banks handling China business. Different PRC laws relating to foreign exchange management and guarantee were explained in great detail.

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

On 28 January 2016, our partners Mr. Hank Lo and Mr. Eric Lui attended the 20th anniversary celebration dinner of China Aoyuan Property Group Limited (“Aoyuan”) held at the Shangri-La Hotel Guangzhou. More than 1,000 guests from financial institutions, the property sector and the building sector attended the event.

Mr. Lo was given an award at the event to acknowledge his outstanding display of assistance given to Aoyuan throughout its development.

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.

(Source: http://www.aoyuan.com.cn/sitecn/aspx/News_Companyinfo.aspx?id=4233)

Please contact our Mr. Lo for any enquiries or further information about this event.