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Webinar 2 will be focused on three main areas: (i) informal workouts, including, inter alia, formulating a turnaround plan, doing debt restructuring and/or equity-based restructuring; (ii) court-assisted restructuring, where we will discuss issues relating to Hong Kong schemes of arrangement and also the offshore light-touch provisional liquidator route; and (iii) methods and procedures of different liquidations in Hong Kong.

Webinar 1 will be focused on the identification of early signs of financial distress, practical considerations in dealing with these difficult situations, and potential legal issues that companies should be aware of. We will also briefly look into the SME Financing Guarantee Scheme.

The webinar will cover fund entities, registration requirements, ongoing maintenance / costs, tax on funds, marketing funds in Hong Kong and general market sentiment

Please join us on 26 March 2021 at 5pm HK time (9am UK time) when Julia Charlton will moderate a virtual roundtable discussion on the opportunities for international companies listing on the London Stock Exchange with panel speakers from the London Stock Exchange, FinnCap (the largest adviser on the London Stock Exchange and No.1 broker on AIM) and leading London solicitors, Charles Russell Speechlys.

The three part webinar series will cover the following topics and participants may enroll in those they wish to attend via the registration page.

Webinar VI will turn to a comparative analysis of cryptocurrency regulation in a range of jurisdictions around the world, including Australia, the UK and Malta drawing comparisons with the laws and regulations in Hong Kong and the differences and similarities

Webinar V will continue the comparative analysis of regulatory approaches to cryptocurrencies, canvassing the positions in the US and the UK

On 2 February 2021, as an author of the HKEX’s “Making inroads into good Corporate Governance and ESG management”, Julia Charlton appeared as a panelist on BritCham HK’s webinar. Julia shared practical insights on how diverse professionals can contribute to the CG and ESG journey of an HKEX listed company. The panelists discussed embedding corporate governance and ESG procedures and structures within HKEX listed companies as well as the value of designing and implementing best practices in ESG

Webinar IV will consider the future of cryptocurrency regulation in Hong Kong and what path may be taken

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Webinar III will conclude an analysis of Hong Kong’s domestic regulation of cryptocurrencies and related activities, laying out the regulatory scope of Hong Kong’s SFC and guiding participants through various Hong Kong SFC statements and Hong Kong regulatory frameworks that comprise the various applicable regulations in Hong Kong

Webinar II will consider the progress that has been made in implementing FATF’s revised recommendations (including Hong Kong’s progress) and the implementation of other AML/CFT obligations. Webinar II will focus on an analysis of Hong Kong’s domestic regulation of cryptocurrencies and related activities, laying out the regulatory scope of Hong Kong’s SFC and guiding participants through various Hong Kong SFC statements and Hong Kong regulatory frameworks that comprise the various applicable regulations in Hong Kong. This analysis will be concluded in Webinar III.

The webinar will provide participants with a foundation upon which the subsequent webinars will build, with a focus on key terminology, #crypto developments and trends and different regulatory approaches, before turning to a discussion of virtual asset #regulation, in particular FATF Standards and revised recommendations (which apply to Hong Kong) as an example of international standard setting in the crypto sphere

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