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To injunct or to not 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,…
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…
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…
1. Opening Global Liquidity Pools: Shared Order Book Rules The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced on 3 November 2025 that licensed Virtual Asset Trading Platform Operators (VATPs)…
On 26 August 2025, the People’s Republic of China State Council (the “State Council”) issued its “Opinion of the State Council on Deepening the Implementation of the ‘Artificial Intelligence Plus’…
The Marshall Islands is set to modernize its legal framework with the introduction of the Electronic Transactions Act 2025 as a Bill in the Nitijela (Marshall Islands Parliament). The Bill…
Our Managing Partner, Basil Hwang, was featured in Asian Legal Business‘ article, “Can the new Stablecoins Bill crown Hong Kong as Asia’s virtual assets hub?” published in ALB Asia’s July 2025 e-magazine.…
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…
Our Managing Partner, Basil Hwang, was recently invited by Banking Risk & Regulation (a specialty service of The Financial Times) to provide expert commentary on Hong Kong’s newly passed Stablecoins…
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…
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