Bond Ng Solicitors

Commercial litigation and corporate services

We handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and regularly advise clients in investigations by regulators.  We advise on all types of corporate work, including general advice on corporate governance and board matters, joint ventures and restructurings.　We represent clients in shareholder and boardroom disputes litigation, prepared clients for hearings and applied injunction relief for companies when necessary.

Our services include:

• Takeovers and mergers of public listed companies
• Group restructuring
• Acquisition and disposal of private companies
• Transfer of businesses and assets
• Joint ventures
• Franchising and licensing
• Employment and services agreements
• Securities transactions and debt restructuring
• Incorporating companies in Hong Kong and offshore jurisdictions
• Preparation of memorandum and articles of association
• Business registration services
• Company secretarial services
• Nominee services
• Setting up of trusts
• Deregistration of companies and reinstatement of deregistered companies

Bankruptcy and Liquidation

We have considerable experience in handling all aspects of insolvency and bankruptcy regimes.

We advise liquidators on their legal rights and responsibilities in the winding up process. We also assist directors, liquidators and creditors at meetings convened during the liquidation process, and represent interested parties in the Committees of Inspection.

We also advise receivers on their rights in exercising their powers of management and sale under charges against secured assets in Hong Kong.

Our services include:

• Pre-bankruptcy advice
• Creditor petition
• Debtor petition
• Pre-winding up advice
• Voluntary winding up
• Compulsory winding up

Criminal Litigation and Commercial Crime

Our firm has extensive experience handling criminal proceedings and relevant litigations, including:

• advising on criminal law and procedures applicable to clients before and after being charged
• attending clients to take statement with the SFC, the Police, the ICAC, the Immigration Department and other law enforcement agencies
• entering into plea bargaining for clients before or after being charged
• application for bail for clients before trial or pending appeal
• conducting investigation and prepare evidence before trial
• defending clients in Magistrate Court, the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal
• conducting appeals at all levels of courts
• conducting mitigation and submissions for reduction of sentence for clients
• Handling commercial crimes such as bribery and money laundering

Our firm also handled and defended our clients of charges involving serious crimes.  We represented Ms. Ho Ling-yu in the Tsuen Wan ‘cement coffin’ murder trial.  We have also represented defendants in the Northeastern New Territories case and the Civic Square case for trial, and to appeal against conviction and sentencing on their behalf.  In addition, we have represented defendants in a series of rioting cases in relation to the Mongkok violent event. 

We also advise clients on general crimes such as possession of drugs, drug trafficking, driving offences, burglary, theft and sexual assaults.  

Selected cases

• HKSAR v Ho Ling-yu　TWCC 745/2016　Bail application (the “Tsuen Wan ‘cement coffin’ murder”)
• Secretary for Justice v. Wong Ho Ming [2018] HKCFA 14 Bail application to the Court of Final Appeal (the “13+3” Northeastern New Territories case)
• Secretary for Justice v. Lau Kwok Leung & Others [2018] HKCFA 13 Bail application to the Court of Final Appeal (the “13+3” Northeastern New Territories case)
• Secretary for Justice v. Wong Chi Fung, Chow Yong Kang Alex and Law Kwun Chung [2018] HKCFA 4 Appeal against sentence to the Court of Final Appeal (the “Civic Square” case)
• HKSAR v. Chan Yiu Shing & Others [2018] HKCFI 321 (Making explosives near the ATV premises)
• A series of rioting cases in relation to the Mongkok violent event

Personal Injuries and Employee Compensation

Our Firm handles numerous personal injuries and employee compensation cases.  Our services include:

• Personal injuries claim
• Fatal accident claim
• Employee’s compensation claim
• Medical negligence claim
• Occupational diseases claim

A personal injury occurs when a person suffers bodily injuries during an accident.  Personal injuries refer to both physical damage and psychological damage (such as a victim suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after an accident). Injuries may impose major impact on the victim’s life and may lead to permanent disabilities and financial difficult of the injured and his family.  Legal action for personal injuries may be instituted when a person’s injury or death is caused solely or partly by the fault of another person or his agent.

As to work-related injuries and employee compensations, most of the matters that relate to work-related injuries and their respective forms of compensation are governed by the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance (Cap. 282 of the Laws of Hong Kong).　According to the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, an accident to an employee is deemed to arise out of and in the course of employment if the act was committed by the employee for the purposes of and in connection with the employer’s trade or business.

Our Firm is capable of handling legal liability claims as well as insurance claims for clients in the circumstances of such unfortunate incidents.

Family and matrimonial matters

Certain rights available to each party as a spouse, such as benefits under a former spouse’s life insurance, social security benefits, taxation exemption, any testamentary gift to a former spouse or benefits under a family trust, may be affected upon divorce; but parents retain parental responsibility on divorce and both the father and the mother are obliged to provide their children with financial support.  You should therefore seek proper advice before getting divorced. 

In general, child custody refers to a court order for care and control over the child. The parent who is given custody after divorce shall be responsible for the daily care of the child and for making routine everyday decisions about his or her welfare. Joint custody may also be given.   In order to give a child maximum stability, in practice, it is usually in the interests of a child for the child to live in one parent’s home and to visit the other parent on a regular basis. 

Joint custody is now generally encouraged as it is considered good for parents to realize that they both have a responsibility towards their child and their parental duties do not cease on the breakdown of the marriage. However, parties must reach consensus and cooperate with each other for satisfactory matrimonial arrangements. 

Our Firm advise on all aspects of family and matrimonial matters including:

• Separation agreement/ Deed of Separation
• Divorce and judicial separation
• Custody and visiting access to child
• Maintenance and division of property between spouses and for children
• Guardianship of minors
• Injunctions to protect and/or preserve property
• Mediation