ONC Newsletter December 2022

ONC Lawyers
Hong Kong

LEGAL UPDATE
Regulatory & Compliance
•	SFC’s implementation of the Investor Identification Regime and OTC Securities Transaction Reporting Regime
Competition
•	The Competition Commission’s first enforcement action on resale price maintenance
Technology
•	Embracing innovative future of finance with guardrails
Capital Markets
•	Takeovers and Mergers Panel decides that a special waiver to mandatory general offer obligation is appropriate in case of involuntary disposal of interest
Insurance & Personal Injury
•	Can you question a witness’s evidence by adducing contradictory evidence he gave in other personal injury proceedings?
Employment, Privacy & Discrimination
•	Potential criminal and personal liability of employee director for employer company’s failure to pay wages/labour tribunal award
Construction
•	Can without prejudice privilege attach to contractual variation communications?
Arbitration
•	Is the tribunal’s failure to deal with all the issues sufficient grounds to challenge an arbitral award?
FIRM NEWS
•	Mr Justin Lo was interviewed by ViuTV’s Now Report on penalty against employers for industrial accidents in Hong Kong
•	Mr Dominic Wai and Mr Michael Szeto conducted a webinar for the Association of Corporate Counsel on employment and fraud/corruption
•	Mr Nelson Ho conducted a seminar for CISI Financial Group on the obligation of licensed / registered persons on the suitability of investment recommendations
•	Ms Angel Wong gave a webinar on updates of Hong Kong capital markets 2022
•	Ms Angel Wong gave a webinar on Takeovers Code transaction work
•	ONC Lawyers and Grant Thornton co-hosted a seminar on trading suspension and resumption
•	ONC Lawyers and Cheng & Cheng co-hosted a seminar on equity incentive schemes adopted by listed issuers
•	Ms Angel Wong gave a professional training course on IPO Preparation for IPO Coaching Academy and The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
•	ONC Lawyers sponsored a Christmas event for Evangel Children’s Home
•	ONC Christmas Party 2022

法律新知
金融及證券規管
•	證監會實施投資者識別碼制度及場外證券交易匯報制度
競爭事務
•	競委會首次就操控轉售價格採取執法行動
科技
•	有效監管框架迎接融資領域嶄新未來
保險及人身傷亡
•	我可否援引證人在其他人身傷害案件中的矛盾證供來質疑該證人？
僱傭、私隱及歧視
•	僱主如拖欠工資／勞資審裁處裁定的賠償，受僱董事或須承擔刑事及個人責任
建築
•	涉及合約變更的通訊可否享有無損權益特權？
本所動態
•	盧摘天律師接受 ViuTV《經緯線》訪問談論香港法例就工業意外對僱主的罰則
•	衞紹宗律師及司徒肇基律師為 Association of Corporate Counsel 的網上研討會講解僱傭與欺詐／貪污
•	何偉業律師為興證國際金融集團講解持牌人或註冊人作出合理投資建議的責任
•	黃麗文律師在網上講座講解 2022 年香港資本市場最新情況
•	黃麗文律師在網上講座講解《收購守則》交易工作
•	柯伍陳律師事務所與致同（香港）會計師事務所合辦講座講解停牌及復牌
•	柯伍陳律師事務所及鄭鄭稅務有限公司合辦講座講解上市發行人採用的股份獎勵計劃
•	黃麗文律師為 IPO Coaching Academy 及香港恒生大學舉辦的專業培訓課程講解如何準備上市
•	柯伍陳律師事務所為播道兒童之家贊助聖誕活動
•	2022 柯伍陳律師事務所聖誕聯歡晚會