LEGAL UPDATECorporate FinanceSenior management other than directors may be subject to disqualification orders Important things to check before making a general offer Asset Management & FundsSFC issued a circular on distributors providing additional returns and other services or arrangements with marketing SFC-authorised funds ArbitrationCan set-offs and cross claims be treated as disputes over a petition debt? CompetitionCompetition Commission and ICAC first joint operation against corruption and tender-rigging over building maintenance Tax AdvisoryNine specific challenges trading companies face when pursuing offshore claims FIRM NEWSONC Lawyers, Red Sun Capital, PR Asia and Uni-1 Corporate Services will jointly hold a seminar on shareholders’ activism and challenges in meetings Mr Dominic Wai is ranked by Doyles Guide as a recommended white collar crime lawyer in Hong Kong in 2024 Dr Lawrence Yeung is re-appointed to the Assessment Panel of the Social Workers Registration Board Dr Lawrence Yeung was interviewed by Mingpao on the issues of copyright disputes Mr John Li presented in a seminar organised by SD & Partners in Shenzhen on probate practice for Mainland people in Hong Kong Mr Paul Lam gave a talk as guest speaker at the luncheon organised by The Society of Chinese Accountants and Auditors on how to deal with the accountancy regulators when they issue queries to the auditors Ms Olivia Kung acted as a judge in HKGCC’s Pitch Perfect Programme Members of barristers’ chamber Twenty Essex in the UK and Singapore paid a courtesy visit to ONC Lawyers Partner of German law firm Brödermann Jahn paid a courtesy visit to ONC Lawyers Dr Lawrence Yeung paid a courtesy visit to Advance Law Firm in Guangzhou Mr Ludwig Ng and Mr Dominic Wai received the Certificates for Caring Ambassador awarded by the HKCSS 法律新知 企業融資•提出強制全面要約前應檢查的重要事項資產管理及基金•證監會就分銷商在推銷證監會認可基金時提供額外回報及其他服務或安排發出通函仲裁•抵銷及交相申索可被視為呈請債務爭議嗎？ 競爭事務•競委會與廉政公署首次聯合行動打擊樓宇維修貪污及圍標稅務諮詢•貿易公司在香港尋求離岸利潤免稅時遇到的九項特定難題本所動態•柯伍陳律師事務所將與紅日資本、亞洲公關及統一企業服務合辦講座講解股東行動及股東大會中的挑戰 •衞紹宗律師榮獲 Doyles Guide 評選為 2024 年商業罪案範疇的推薦香港律師•楊先恒博士再獲委任為社會工作者註冊局學歷認可評審團成員 •楊先恒律師接受《明報》訪問談論版權爭議的問題•李俊江律師為深圳晟典律師事務所舉辦的講座講解內地人香港遺產繼承實務•林培森律師為香港華人會計師公會舉辦的午餐例會擔任嘉賓講者，講解如何處理會計監管機構對審計師作出的提問•龔海欣律師為香港總商會舉辦的「完美求職計劃」擔任評判•英國及新加坡 Twenty Essex 大律師事務所的成員造訪本所•德國 Brödermann Jahn 律師事務所的合夥人造訪本所•楊先恒博士造訪廣州華進律師事務所•伍兆榮律師及衞紹宗律師獲社聯頒發關懷大使證書
