ONC Newsletter April 2022

ONC Lawyers
Hong Kong

LEGAL UPDATE
Regulatory & Compliance
•	Dual disciplinary actions by the SFC and the SEHK for BCAN-related breaches
Corporate Finance
•	Cross-Agency Steering Group published latest assessment of carbon market opportunities for Hong Kong
Capital Markets
•	Are concert parties entitled to attend and vote at a shareholders meeting subject to a Court-approved privatisation scheme?
Construction
•	You are forewarned – “fundamental, deliberate and wilful” breaches can fall within the ambit of liability limiting provisions!
Competition Law and Practice
•	Hong Kong competition law – current trends and outlook for 2022
Employment, Privacy and Discrimination
•	Is calling a foreigner “Gweilo” race discrimination?
Emerging Technologies & Cyber Law
•	Asia-Pacific family offices stepped into the cryptocurrency investment world
Arbitration
•	Would an arbitral award be set aside if it was not within the scope of parties’ submission to arbitration?
Insurance & Personal Injury
•	Can an employee claim for further employees’ compensation after signing a settlement agreement?
Insolvency & Restructuring
•	The English Court invokes the loss of substratum ground to wind up a public company
FIRM NEWS
•	ONC Lawyers and our lawyers received awards in the Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Programme 2021
•	Mr Michael Szeto has been recognised as a Lexology Legal Influencer Q1 2022
•	Mr Dominic Wai will present a webinar for AHKA on AML laws and regulations
•	ONC Lawyers will hold a free webinar on China’s Personal Information Protection Law and its impact on Hong Kong
•	ONC Lawyers and LexisNexis jointly held a CPD webinar on the latest changes to the Employment Ordinance to address issues arising from COVID-19
•	Mr Dominic Wai was interviewed by Paradigm on anti-bribery in Hong Kong
•	Admission of Ms Dorothy Tsang

法律新知
資本市場
•	在法院認可的私有化計劃中，一致行動的人是否有權出席股東大會並於會上投票？
建築
•	注意——「根本、蓄意及故意」的違約行為可能屬於責任限制條文的範圍！
競爭事務
•	香港競爭法的目前趨勢及2022年展望
新興科技及網絡法
•	亞太區家族辦公室進軍加密貨幣投資領域
仲裁
•	仲裁裁決若不屬於雙方提出的仲裁範圍，會否被撤銷？
保險及人身傷亡
•	僱員簽署和解協議後，可否追討進一步僱員補償？
清盤及重組
•	英國法院以公司失去基礎為由頒令將上市公司清盤
本所動態
•	柯伍陳律師事務所及其律師於「公益法律服務及社區工作嘉許計劃 2021」獲頒授多個獎項
•	司徒肇基律師成為 Lexology 2022 年第一季具影響力法律作者
•	衞紹宗律師將為香港會計師專業協會的網上講座講解反洗錢法規
•	柯伍陳律師事務所將舉辦免費網上講座講解中國《個人信息保護法》及其對香港的影響
•	柯伍陳律師事務所與 LexisNexis 合辦網上持續專業進修講座講解《僱傭條例》因應疫情的最新修訂
•	衞紹宗律師接受《Paradigm》訪問談論香港的防止賄賂概況
•	曾鎧婷律師獲認許為律師