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    Guidance on Concert Parties’ Vote in Privatisation Schemes: Re Cosmos Machinery
    2021-08-17

    In Re Cosmos Machinery Enterprises Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2088, Mr Justice Harris corrected some privatisation scheme practice and issued the following guidance:

    (1) Rule 2.10 of the Code on Takeovers and Mergers (“Rule 2.10”) did not prevent offeror concert parties from voting on privatisation schemes.

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers, Privatisations
    Authors:
    Look-Chan Ho
    Location:
    Hong Kong
    Firm:
    Des Voeux Chambers
    HK’s Inaugural Letter of Request to Mainland Court for Cross-Border Insolvency Assistance in Re Samson Paper
    2021-08-10

    In Re Samson Paper Co Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2151, the Hong Kong Court issued for the first time a letter of request to the Shenzhen Bankruptcy Court requesting the latter to recognise and assist Hong Kong liquidators.

    Filed under:
    China, Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers
    Authors:
    Look-Chan Ho
    Location:
    China, Hong Kong
    Firm:
    Des Voeux Chambers
    Insolvency Petitions: Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses and Arbitration Clauses - A tale of two clauses
    2021-07-22

    The interplay between an arbitration clause and a creditor’s winding up petition is a vexed question which has given rise to a string of cases, including Lasmos Ltd v Southwest Pacific Bauxite (HK) Ltd [2018] 2 HKLRD 449, Re Asia Master Logistics Ltd [2020] 2 HKLRD 423 and But Ka Chon v Interactive Brokers LLC [2019] 4 HKLRD 873.

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, Arbitration & ADR, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers, Arbitration clause
    Authors:
    Brian Fan
    Location:
    Hong Kong
    Firm:
    Des Voeux Chambers
    Re China All Access Limited: Recognition of Hong Kong appointed liquidators in the Mainland
    2021-06-28

    In Re China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited [2020] HKCFI 2940, Harris J discussed in detail the difficulties which liquidators appointed in Hong Kong over a foreign incorporated holding company may have in obtaining control of operating subsidiaries in the Mainland, if the group’s structure includes intermediate subsidiaries incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (the “BVI”).

    Filed under:
    China, Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers
    Authors:
    Rosa Lee
    Location:
    China, Hong Kong
    Firm:
    Des Voeux Chambers
    New and Commendable Scheme Practice Points - Parallel Schemes and Listing Review: Re China Oil Gangran Energy Group Holdings Ltd, Re Burwill Holdings Ltd, and Re Grand Peace Group Holdings Ltd
    2021-06-07

    A trio of landmark decisions by Mr Justice Harris have altered and hugely improved the scheme of arrangement practice in Hong Kong. The new scheme practice points are in brief thus:

    First, where an offshore incorporated company seeks to restructure its debts by means of a Hong Kong scheme of arrangement, it should not at the same time pursue a parallel offshore scheme just because it is incorporated offshore. Any such parallel scheme must be justified. Pursuing an unnecessary parallel scheme could entail the following consequences:

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers
    Authors:
    Look-Chan Ho
    Location:
    Hong Kong
    Firm:
    Des Voeux Chambers
    New and Commendable Scheme Practice Points - Parallel Schemes and Listing Review: Re China Oil Gangran Energy Group Holdings Ltd, Re Burwill Holdings Ltd, and Re Grand Peace Group Holdings Ltd
    2021-06-07

    A trio of landmark decisions by Mr Justice Harris have altered and hugely improved the scheme of arrangement practice in Hong Kong. The new scheme practice points are in brief thus:

    First, where an offshore incorporated company seeks to restructure its debts by means of a Hong Kong scheme of arrangement, it should not at the same time pursue a parallel offshore scheme just because it is incorporated offshore. Any such parallel scheme must be justified. Pursuing an unnecessary parallel scheme could entail the following consequences:

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers
    Authors:
    Look-Chan Ho
    Location:
    Hong Kong
    Firm:
    Des Voeux Chambers
    Adjournment of winding-up petitions for restructuring - An indulgence not lightly granted
    2021-05-13

    In recent years, it has become increasingly common for companies seeking to avoid an immediate winding-up order, particularly listed companies, to pray in aid of alleged efforts to restructure their debts in a bid to obtain adjournments of a winding-up petition. All too often, these valiant attempts fail: see Re Chase On Development Limited [2020] HKCFI 629, Re SMI Holdings Group Limited [2020] HKCFI 824 and Re REXLot Holdings Ltd [2020] HKCFI 2212 to name a few.

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers, Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)
    Authors:
    Douglas Lam SC , Jasmine Cheung
    Location:
    Hong Kong
    Firm:
    Des Voeux Chambers
    Landmark Recalibration of Hong Kong’s Winding-up Jurisdiction over Foreign Companies: Re China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited
    2021-05-13

    In the landmark case of Re China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited [2020] HKCFI 2940, Mr Justice Harris recalibrated the Hong Kong winding-up jurisdiction and its application to an offshore incorporated, Hong Kong-listed entity.

    In particular, the decision explains why the Hong Kong court may be unable to wind-up an offshore incorporated, Hong Kong-listed company where all of the company’s operating assets are in the Mainland.

    The Material Facts

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers, Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)
    Authors:
    Look-Chan Ho
    Location:
    Hong Kong
    Firm:
    Des Voeux Chambers
    Multiple Lines of Attack on a Statement of Claim considered in Polyline Development Ltd v Ching Lin Chun and Others [2021] HKCFI 483
    2021-05-13

    In the recent decision of Polyline Development Ltd v Ching Lin Chun and Others [2021] HKCFI 483, Mr Recorder Manzoni SC struck out the Plaintiff’s statement of claim and action on a number of grounds. At para. 9 of the judgment, the learned Recorder highlighted the length of the submissions and evidence put forward by the parties, before remarking that “it may be thought that if such voluminous material is necessary in order to persuade the court that the claim is obviously unsustainable, the application is somewhat ambitious”

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers, Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)
    Authors:
    Michael Lok
    Location:
    Hong Kong
    Firm:
    Des Voeux Chambers
    A Word of Counsel 1st Edition 2021 (12th Issue)
    2021-05-13

    NEWSLETTER A WORD OF COUNSEL 1st Edition 2021 (12th Issue) ww.dvc.hk IN THIS ISSUE Who was appointed to act as a provisional liquidator for UA Cinemas? PAGE 54 Who from DVC appeared in this year's inaugural edition of the Legal 500 (2020-2021) Hong Kong Edition? PAGE 56 What are the limits to the Irregularity Principle and what remedies are available to an aggrieved Director? PAGE 33 Why is reform needed in HK's mental health arena?

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, Arbitration & ADR, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers, Coronavirus
    Location:
    Hong Kong
    Firm:
    Des Voeux Chambers

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