Entrepreneurs and
Start-ups

As at December 2019, there were more than 340 000 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) Of the 300,000 enterprises in Hong Kong. These SMEs are said to account for, more than 98% of the total business units in Hong Kong and can be categorized as small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). They employ over 1.2 million staff, representing half of the private sector’s total workforce, and underpin Hong Kong’s continued economic growth and development.

Charltons is committed to supporting the development of entrepreneurs and start-ups in Hong Kong. We provide practical legal advice to help Hong Kong SMEs, start-ups and family run businesses overcome the legal and commercial challenges they may face, thereby facilitating their continued growth and development. Our goal is to establish long standing mutually beneficially relationships with our clients. We provide SMEs with focused legal advice in relation to general commercial matters, employment issues, business structuring, raising finance, venture capital and private equity, bank finance, leasing and hire-purchase arrangements, asset based finance, and government grant funding.

We understand the general needs of SMEs and advise SMEs on positioning to expand their businesses, and eventually on listing. The firm has advised a number of companies across a broad range of sectors from start-up phase through to successful listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.