Litigation
  • Yuqi Shi

Litigation and Arbitration: New Rules on Governing Law and Arbitration Seat for Hong Kong and Macau Investors in the Greater Bay Area
Litigation and Arbitration: New Rules on Governing Law and Arbitration Seat for Hong Kong and Macau Investors in the Greater Bay Area 2560 1707 Yuqi Shi

In a landmark development, Hong Kong and Macao enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (“GBA”) can agree on either the Mainland China, Hong Kong or Macao as the…

Binance’s Role in the 10 October 2025 Crypto Crash – Any Remedies for Binance Users?
Binance’s Role in the 10 October 2025 Crypto Crash – Any Remedies for Binance Users? 2560 1707 Hauzen LLP

On 10 October 2025, the crypto market experienced one of its biggest crashes in its (short) history. While Bitcoin plummeted from USD122,000 to around USD104,000 (an approximate 16.5% decline) within…

A New Era: Navigating the Courts (Remote Hearing) Ordinance (Cap. 645)
A New Era: Navigating the Courts (Remote Hearing) Ordinance (Cap. 645) 2560 1707 Hauzen LLP

In February 2025, we published an article on the gazette of The Courts (Remote Hearing) Bill: https://hauzen.hk/remote-hearings-set-to-increase-in-hong-kong. This has now evolved into a concrete legal framework. The Courts (Remote Hearing)…

Bypassing Arbitration Clauses – To Injunct or Not To Injunct?
Bypassing Arbitration Clauses – To Injunct or Not To Injunct? 2509 1671 Hauzen LLP

To injunct or not to injunct – and if so, where at? That is the question that many face when foreign just and equitable winding-up proceedings have been taken out,…

When Arbitration Meets Insolvency: Are Hong Kong Courts Rebalancing the Framework in Cross-Border Cases?
When Arbitration Meets Insolvency: Are Hong Kong Courts Rebalancing the Framework in Cross-Border Cases? 1400 788 Basil Hwang

As cross-border transactions rise and insolvency risks increase, Hong Kong courts are refining how arbitration agreements interact with winding-up petitions. Recent decisions reveal an important trend: strong support for arbitration…
  • Lokching Chu

Public and Private Examinations Under Hong Kong’s Companies Ordinance: Key Tools for Liquidators
Public and Private Examinations Under Hong Kong’s Companies Ordinance: Key Tools for Liquidators 1280 934 Lokching Chu

It was reported by Reuters[1] that in September 2023, Su Zhu, a co-founder of Three Arrows Capital, was arrested at Singapore’s Changi Airport and jailed for four months for deliberately…

Landmark SFC Settlement: The Combest Holdings Case
Landmark SFC Settlement: The Combest Holdings Case 1400 788 Hauzen LLP

On 2 June 2025, the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) announced a landmark Court decision requiring former senior executives of Combest Holdings Limited (“Combest”) to pay HK$192 million in compensation…
  • Julie Chan

Need to Freeze Assets in the Mainland? More HK Arbitral Institutions Now Covered Under Cross-Border Relief Arrangement
Need to Freeze Assets in the Mainland? More HK Arbitral Institutions Now Covered Under Cross-Border Relief Arrangement 1400 788 Julie Chan

In cross-border arbitration, timing is everything — especially when there’s a risk that assets might vanish before a final award is handed down. Interim measures, such as injunctions or preservation…

A Kitchen Nightmare – China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd and Ors v. Zhang Caikui and Ors
A Kitchen Nightmare – China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd and Ors v. Zhang Caikui and Ors 1280 720 Hauzen LLP

“When a chef makes a dish using a few possibly good ingredients, but mixes them with many clearly bad ingredients and then seriously overcooks the whole thing, even the taste…

Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Mainland China
Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Mainland China 1400 788 Hauzen LLP

Mainland China’s integration into global commerce has necessitated a robust framework for recognizing and enforcing foreign arbitral awards. As a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement…

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