Please join us for a webinar on the HKEX Consultation Paper on SPACS at 5pm HKT 28 October 2021

Please join Stuarts and Charltons for a webinar on Cryptocurrency funds and virtual assets in Hong Kong and Cayman at 10am HKT 29 July 2021

Please join us for a webinar on the HKEX Consultation Paper on SPACS at 5pm HKT 28 October 2021

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Please join Julia Charlton for a webinar on The HKEX Consultation Paper on SPACS.

The webinar will cover the following topics:

INTRODUCTION
POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO LISTING SPACs ON THE HKEX AND AREAS OF CONCERN
PROPOSED CONDITIONS FOR LISTING
APPLICATION OF THE TAKEOVERS CODE, LIQUIDATION AND DE-LISTING

Charltons wins Transactional Boutique Law Firm of the Year Award 2020!

Charltons wins Transactional Boutique Law Firm of the Year Award 2021!

We are pleased to announce that Charltons has been named the “Boutique Transactional Law Firm of the Year” at the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2021.

HKEX issues Consultation Paper on SPACS

HKEX Issues Consultation Paper on SPACs

The HKEX published a consultation paper on the proposed Hong Kong SPAC listing framework, allowing more companies from Greater China, Southeast Asia and beyond to seek a listing on HKEX.

Singapore Exchange Introduces SPAC Listing Framework

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) introduced a new framework allowing Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) to list on the Mainboard effective 3 September 2021

SFC Concludes on Hong Kong Investor Identification Regime and OTC Securities Transactions Reporting Regime

Hong Kong’s SFC has issued its consultation conclusions on the introduction of an investor identification regime and over-the-counter securities transaction reporting regime

Our work

Charltons is a boutique law firm focusing on

Hong Kong corporate finance law

, and in particular: capital markets, M&A law, regulatory and securities (including stocks & derivatives), natural resources law, corporate & commercial, private equity and funds practice, corporate restructuring, offshore and China funds.

Our thinking

Response to the SFC Consultation Paper on (i) the Proposed Code of Conduct on Bookbuilding and Placing Activities in Equity Capital Market and Debt Capital Market Transactions and (ii) the “Sponsor Coupling” Proposal

Charltons responded on 7 May, 2021 to the SFC’s Consultation Paper on (i) the Proposed Code of Conduct on Bookbuilding and Placing Activities in Capital Market Transactions and the “Sponsor Coupling” Proposal