Introduction

Hong Kong's business landscape continues to evolve at pace. Against a backdrop of shifting market conditions, increased regulatory complexity, and mounting pressure on profitability, businesses are looking more critically than ever at how they are structured — and whether their current structures are truly fit for purpose.

The Hong Kong Court has recently handed down a landmark decision in Re USUM Investment Group Limited [2026] HKCFI 1320, addressing the scope of its power to recognise restructurings approved by non-Hong Kong courts and the extent of assistance it may grant.  In doing so, the Court recognised restructuring proceedings commenced in the Mainland, clarified the distinction between “recognition” and “assist

In Re Country Garden Holdings Company Limited[2026] HKCFI 1619, the Honourable Madam Justice Linda Chan sanctioned, on 4 December 2025, a scheme of arrangement restructuring approximately USD 14.5 billion of offshore debt between Country Garden Holdings Company Limited (the “Company”) and its scheme creditors.

In a recent decision, the Hong Kong Court ordered the winding up of Jingrui Holdings Limited (the "Company"), a Hong Kong-listed Chinese property developer incorporated in the Cayman Islands.

在最新的 Re USUM Investment Group Ltd[2026] HKCFI 1320 一案中，香港公司法庭就普通法下对内地重整程序的承认（recognition）与协助（assistance），处理了若干“新颖而重要的问题（Novel and Important Questions）”，包括：香港法庭是否有权承认经境外法院（本案为内地法院）批准的企业破产重整；如有，具体的协助范围包括哪些？

本案中，香港公司法庭最终批准了由重庆市第五中级人民法院委任的管理人（Administrators）在香港提出的申请。该判决为日后内地与香港跨境重整的处理方式提供了更清晰的、权威性的分析路径，并进一步强化香港作为普通法跨境破产／重整枢纽司法管辖区的定位。

事实背景

In Re USUM Investment Group Ltd[2026] HKCFI 1320, the Hong Kong Companies Court delivered a landmark judgment concerned with “novel and important questions as to whether the court has power to recognize a restructuring approved by a foreign court and, if so, the extent of such assistance”.

In cross-border civil and commercial litigation between Hong Kong and Mainland China, parties often struggle to obtain evidence located in Mainland China.

A. Introduction

In the recent judgment, Re Jingrui Holdings Ltd [2026] HKCFI 246, Harris J made a winding-up order against an unregistered foreign company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, of which the assets are located in Mainland China.

In this Judgment, the Court confirmed the following principles: -

(1) The Court will wind-up a foreign company only if doing so has a real possibility of benefitting the creditors. The Court will assess such benefit in a practical and commercial way.

Dentons Hong Kong LLP secured an important judgment for foreign insolvency practitioners from the Hong Kong Court on 20 January 2026, regarding recognition of office holders in the context of restructuring (as opposed to liquidation/winding-up) of a company, which will potentially have significant implications both in Hong Kong and elsewhere in the common law world.