Hong Kong Corporate Law

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Paul Kwan , LLB (Hons), LLM, Solicitor of the High Court of the Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, Partner, Deacons Hong Kong

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Updates : The content is updated 3 times a year to accommodate new cases, legislative changes, as well as updates in the practice and procedure in this area of law. Format : Looseleaf set (4 binders), Lexis Advance ® Hong Kong & Lexis Red™ ISBN : 9789888054701

Call a meeting to order

The only authoritative source you need for succinct, comprehensive and pertinent explanation on the practice of upholding and maintaining a corporate personality in Hong Kong.

Pierce the corporate veil

"The courts can and often do draw aside the veil. They can, and often do, pull off the mask. They look to see what really lies behind."

Lord Denning, Littlewoods Mail Order Stores Ltd v IRC [1969] 3 All ER 442

Your local authority on Corporate Law

Hong Kong Corporate Law also covers areas of practice that are unique to Hong Kong like the corporate veil, meetings, minority shareholders and rights, directors' rights and duties, and other relevant legal attributes.

Hong Kong Corporate Law aims to provide you with an exhaustive framework in understanding corporate law from a functional and practical perspective incorporating the new company law regime

The in depth discussions and analysis in this text contained within this four-binder looseleaf service covers the basic structure of corporate law practice, and presents a succinct and comprehensive commentary in relation to companies, including partnership, insolvency, capital maintenance and corporate finance, directors duties and accountability, shareholders rights and enforcement issues, financial disclosure, accountancy and audit provisions, securities, corporate transformation and restructuring, liquidation and winding up.

Providing answers to questions of law and fact, with a flip of a page, a click of a mouse, or a swipe on your screen

Keep abreast of the latest developments

Stay up to date with the latest decisions and changing regulations across multiple jurisdictions, with content updated on a bi-monthly basis.

An authoritative voice

Highly regarded content written by experts in the field, and have been cited in over a hundred Hong Kong judgments and academic discussions.

Advise with confidence

Equip yourself with the most obvious to the most obscure principles, cases, and points of law, and its application in various jurisdictions.

A streamlined research experience

Alphabetically indexed Table of Cases, Table of Legislation and comprehensive subject index provides a systematic research experience and optimises relevant search results.

Table of Contents

Chapter I - Introduction to Corporate Law in Hong Kong

Chapter II - Types of Company, Corporation Formation and Registration, Corporate Structure and Constitution

Chapter III - Legal Personality, Consequences of Incorporation and Promoters

Chapter IV - External Dealings of Companies and Documents Execution

Chapter V - Internal Relationships, Membership Administration Management and Control, Majority Dichotomy

Chapter VI - Share Capital and Financial Administration

Chapter VII - Loans, Charges and Receivership

Chapter VIII - Accountability and Enforcement- Directions, Company Secretaries and Shareholders

Chapter IX - Restructuring and Winding up

Authors

Paul Kwan, LLB (Hons), LLM, Solicitor of the High Court of the Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, Partner, Deacons Hong Kong

More Information

Updates: The content is updated 3 times a year to accommodate new cases, legislative changes, as well as updates in the practice and procedure in this area of law.

Format: Looseleaf set (4 binders), Lexis Advance^® Hong Kong & Lexis Red™

ISBN: 9789888054701