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Banking and Capital Markets Department
The firm is the retained legal adviser to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Hong Kong Branch) and assists banks, financial institutions and corporate clients with:- debt issues (both in Hong Kong and overseas), long-term bonds (unsecured and secured), commercial paper programmes, convertibles and other hybrid instruments, repurchase obligations and inter-bank loans
- unsecured corporate lending
- secured lending against land, shareholdings and securities protfolios, intellectual property and general assets
- project finance (including construction projects in Hong Kong and the PRC, and electricity generation and toll road projects)
- capital assets finance
- trade finance, including documentary letters of credit, trust receipt loans, standby letters of credit and performance bonds, bid and tender bonds, advance payment bonds, acceptance credits, forfaiting and countertrade
- finance leases and operating leases of industrial plant and machinery
- receivables financing and factoring
- re-financing and re-scheduling of indebtedness, together with advice on bankruptcy and insolvency generally
- currency and interest rate swaps, foreign exchange agreements, options and derivatives
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- arbitrations between Chinese and foreign companies
- establishing PRC investment funds
- sino-foreign joint ventures
- the listing of PRC-incorporated companies on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, including restructuring and asset valuation
- property investment and construction projects in China including the acquisition of land use rights
- due diligence investigations on PRC and overseas companies
- trade agreements between PRC and overseas companies
- financing investments in the PRC
- sourcing partners for commercial collaboration between PRC and overseas companies
- taxation in the PRC and remittance of profits
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Company and Commercial Department
The department's lawyers have wide experience both in private practice, government legal service, and in industry. The department assists clients on matters such as:- share sale and purchase agreements, business sale and purchase contracts, shareholders' agreement(s), joint venture agreements, service contracts, management and consultancy agreements
- general commercial agreements (including agency, distribution, franchise, manufacturing, hire purchase, technology and supply agreements and terms and conditions for the sale and purchase of goods)
- international trade, including financing arrangements
- partnership law
- directors' duties and company law generally
- corporate reorganisations, including the restructuring and winding-up of defunct or insolvent companies
- taxation matters
- pensions, occupational retirement schemes and provident funds
- company secretarial and nominee services including the incorporation and administration of limited liability companies in Hong Kong and overseas
- environment, health and safety issues
- e-commerce and internet issues
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Corporate Finance and Securities Department
The department's lawyers include those with main-board experience of publicly listed companies. It advises clients on:
- applications for securities industry licences (investment advisers, registered dealers, money lenders)
- acquisition of seats on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited
- establishing investment funds
- listings in Hong Kong and overseas
- Growth Enterprise Market listings
- underwriting and placing agreements
- compliance with the Exchange Listing Rules and the Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Repurchases
- acquisition of major stakes in listed companies in Hong Kong
- acquisition of majority shareholdings in Hong Kong listed companies
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Telecommunications and Broadcasting Media Department
Provides advice and assistance with :
- the acquisition and disposal of interests in television stations and other broadcasting media
- the regulatory framework governing holders of broadcasting licences
- the acquisition by tender or otherwise of licences to use the radio spectrum in Hong Kong
- the distribution of media broadcasting services by means of cable and satellite
- joint ventures by overseas media organisations in mainland China
- raising capital for telecommunications and broadcasting media companies on the international debt and equity markets and by means of private equity investment
- licences and other contractual documentation required by telecommunications and broadcasting media companies to conduct business
- the acquisition and disposal of news information organisations
- Internet-related matters including domain name registration and dispute resolution
- the formation of on-line contracts and the taxation of e-commerce transactions
- the protection of intellectual property rights
- the collection, storage and use of personal data
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The department advises on:
- arbitration, adjudication and mediation services
- commercial litigation including commercial fraud
- construction litigation
- employment disputes
- enforcement of foreign arbitration awards
- insurance-related claims
- intellectual property infringements
- medical and professional negligence claims
- personal injury claims
- debt collection
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Intellectual Property Department
The department includes scientifically-qualified advisers and it provides, both locally and through associates, the following services:
- protection, assignment, and licensing of copyright in literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works including product designs and computer software, sound recordings and cinematograph films
- protection, assignment and licensing of trade secrets, technological know-how and other confidential information
- registration and protection of trade marks for goods and services, and designs and patents
- transfer, assignment and franchising of technology and intellectual property rights
- enforcement proceedings in respect of infringement of trade marks, registered designs, patents, copyright and other intellectual property rights
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Infrastructure and Projects Department
The department assists sponsors, developers, contractors, financiers and governmental and multi-lateral agencies in connection with :
- power projects
- toll roads and bridges projects
- commercial property developments (including office and shopping developments, hotels and tourist facilities)
- port development projects (including berths, container terminals and cargo handling equipment)
- industrial facilities
- extraction of minerals
- concession and franchise agreements, governmental approvals and consents, environmental regulation, health and safety legislation
- tender documents, construction contracts, appointments of professional advisors and consultancy agreements, collateral warranties and performance bonds and guarantees
- long-term supply contracts, operating and management agreements, and off-take agreements
- loan agreements, guarantee facility agreement, security over land, industrial plant and machinery and intellectual property rights, assignments of projects contracts and direct agreements with counterparties, completion guarantees, disbursement and earnings accounts
- insurance policies for construction and operating phases
- hedging of commodity price risks, foreign exchange and interest rate swaps, options and other derivative products
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Property and Conveyancing Department
Provides the following services:
- advising on Hong Kong Government and PRC tenders and construction contracts, including drafting of sub-contracts
- conveyancing of residential, commercial and industrial developments
- drafting of deeds of mutual covenant and management agreements for both residential commercial and industrial properties (including hotels, shopping centres and composite buildings)
- leasing and tenancies of residential, commercial and industrial properties
- civil engineering and construction projects (including hotel and leisure developments) both in Hong Kong and overseas
- mortgage work including drafting of all finance documentation
- Consent Scheme, Non-Consent Scheme and Private Sector Participation Scheme developments
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