Acquittal in $6.2M Nominee Bank Account Money Laundering Prosecution
YTL LLP analyzes HKSAR v Lai Hei Man. Discover why lending an account for $6.2M resulted in an acquittal under OSCO section 25(1); and Harjani test
Hong Kong Money Laundering & Crypto Defenses
Case analysis: HKSAR v Xiao Rui. Discover why Bitcoin defenses fail under OSCO and sentence breakdown
Listed Company Alert | HKEx is Now Targeting Individual Senior Officers and Company Secretaries
Listed Company Alert | Avoid Personal Liability: How Venus Medtech Precedent Exposes Listed Company Senior Officers
Financial Crime Enforcement: ICAC-SFC Alliance Demands Your Attention
Following Operation "Fuse", the ICAC-SFC alliance targets insider dealing & corruption. We analyse the legal risks under the SFO, POBO & OSCO for licensed firms. Read more.
Hong Kong Privacy Law: Navigating Doxxing Offences and Corporate Liability Under the PDPO
Analyzing recent doxxing arrests and employer liability under PDPO.
Directors Alert | The HK$595 Million Warning: Understanding Section 214 SFO and Director Liability
Facing an SFC investigation under Section 214 of the SFO? Our guide covers disqualification brackets, the "Passive Director Trap" for NEDs and INEDs.
SFC Insider Dealing Alert: UK Freezing Order & Cross-Border Enforcement Trends
Analyzes the SFC’s landmark UK freezing order under Section 213 of the SFO.
SFC Fines Saxo Over Virtual Asset Breaches: Key Compliance Lessons for Licensed Corporations
Hong Kong SFC fined Saxo Capital Markets HKD4,000,000 for virtual asset distribution failures. Learn critical compliance lessons for licensed corporations.
ICAC Investigations: Travel Restrictions
High Court reaffirms high bar for returning passports in ICAC cases. Business loss alone may not meet the "unreasonable hardship" threshold.