Hong Kong Listing Rules
Charltons offers a full advisory service on Hong Kong Listing Rules compliance for companies seeking a new listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and already listed companies, as well as their directors, senior management and major shareholders. The firm also advises sponsors, underwriters, compliance and financial advisers on their role in assisting Hong Kong listed companies.
The regulatory and compliance regime in Hong Kong changes constantly as regulators update requirements to keep the market in line with international best practice and deal with specific market developments. Charltons keeps clients up to date on new and impending regulatory change through comprehensive client updates and providing in-house training on new requirements.
The key areas on which Charltons assists clients include advising:
- companies on the requirements and procedures for listing and different methods of listing
- sponsors and underwriters, including in relation to the nature and extent of sponsors’ due diligence obligations
- listed companies on post-listing fund raising activities including rights issues and open offers, and further issues and placings of equity and debt
- listed company transactions and Hong Kong Listing Rules compliance
- general on-going regulatory compliance and corporate governance
- implications of the Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Repurchases