Anthony Siu & Co. is a dynamic Hong Kong based law firm with a distinguished legal network behind it. We practise in the following areas of work to serve the needs of the modern day business community:
Our firm strives on the principle of providing legal services of the highest quality, and using a solution-oriented approach in providing our services. Our approach to clients is also personal and attentive, catering to the growing needs of modern day corporations who demand that extra mile of care and attention.
All of our lawyers are holders of LLB degree and Post Graduate Certificate in Laws from universities in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. They have been trained and have practised in major Hong Kong law firms. They all have the experience and skills to handle the most sophisticated legal matters.
Furthermore, our lawyers understand clients’ business culture, and have diverse linguistic skills and vast experience providing our services to local as well as PRC markets. They are all well-equipped to deal with commercial matters which are uniquely found in Asian transactions. These are essential qualities which will provide real value-added legal advice to our clients. In addition, our members are proud to be part of Anthony Siu & Co. and have a strong sense of belonging to our firm. This is also echoed in our long-term relationship with our clients.
Founded in 2000
50 people in their team
We provide client-oriented legal services for clients on general corporate, commercial and capital market matters. Examples of these include:
Company
We advise on matters including day-to-day business operations, merger and acquisition, transfer of business and websites, cross border trade between Hong Kong/the PRC, reconstruction, sale and purchase of shares of private companies, purchase of properties in Hong Kong and the PRC by way of sale and purchase of company’s shares, and general company secretarial duties. We also advise clients on compliance with various laws and regulations including the Companies Ordinance Cap. 622 of the laws of Hong Kong.
Commercial
We assist clients on commercial contracts, such as joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements, licensing, distributorship agreements, agency agreements, etc.
Employment, Privacy and Discrimination
We advise on employment and service agreement, employment handbook and human resource policy. We represent clients in employment contracts negotiation, contentious and non-contentious employment matters, such as disputes arising from restrictive covenant, non-competition clause, confidentiality and fiduciary duties, and assists in application for work permits.
Corporate Finance, Listed company compliance and securities-related legislation (The Listing Rules and other securities related regulation)
We assist clients in compliance with listed companies and securities companies regulations.
Our firm also provides legal advice on corporate finance matters, such as issuing convertible bonds and reviewing various financial products agreements. Our team is frequently involved in initial public offerings on local and global scale. Our lawyers have over 20 years of relevant experience and are familiar with requirements and procedures in respect of Chinese companies listing in Hong Kong and outside China.
Apart from offering advice on initial public offering, we have also acted for listed companies of different business nature and have advised them on various aspects of listing procedures, acquisition, merger and debt reconstruction.
License application
We have represented clients on visa and license application (including license application for conducting regulated activities in Hong Kong under the Securities and Futures Ordinance and license application for money lenders). For instance, our team has applied and obtained Licenses for Non-domestic Television Programme Service (non-domestic) granted by the Broadcasting Authority to China Satellite TV Group Company Limited.
Our dispute resolution team has experience in a wide range of commercial litigation matters. The principal areas on which the practice group advises are:-
Commercial Transactions
Our lawyers advise regularly on a wide range of disputes concerning commercial agreements and transactions, such as shareholders’ disputes, partnership disputes, joint ventures, distributorship agreements, agency agreements, licensing, etc.
Banking
Our lawyers are experienced in advising major banks in relation to a wide range of problems including secured lending recovery, mortgagee action, injunctive relief against third party guarantee, enforcement of third party security, and problems associated with bills of exchange.
Trade Finance
All aspects of documentary credits and other forms of trade finance including specific advice on the provisions of the codes published by the International Chamber of Commerce, advice relating to bills of exchange and associated trade financing documentation such as pledges, trust receipts and similar agreements.
Employment
We are experienced in advising on a wide range of issues concerning employment and dismissal of staff, the contractual implications thereof and advice on the implications of employment law.
Corporate Fraud
Our lawyers have experience in dealing with allegations of large scale corporate fraud and have developed good working relationships with the regulatory authorities, the police and specifically the Commercial Crime Bureau, and have advised listed companies and individuals on the remifications of a variety of legislations relevant in this area.
Regulatory
Our dispute resolution team has advised listed companies on their dealings with the regulatory authorities including the Securities and Futures Commission and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and on administrative law remedies including applications for judicial review.
Our team is also experienced in dealing with civil and criminal proceedings involving insider dealing and market manipulation and has represented "implicated" person in Insider Dealing Inquiry and defendants in courts instituted by the Department of Justice under the Securities (Insider Dealing) Ordinance.
Insolvency
Our team has advised liquidators in respect of members’ and creditors’ voluntary winding-up, liquidators’ duties and various legal issues including misfeasance claims against former directors, preferential claims, and other related claims.
Situations where companies are in financial distress frequently give rise to disputes and litigation. These often involve:-
Our commercial litigation team has extensive experience in various kinds of disputes, and is capable of dealing with those disputes taking into account the company’s financial circumstances.
Defamation
Our team is experienced in dealing with defamation claims made against individuals and companies. We assist clients in applying for injunction Court order restraining the Defendants from publishing and/or disseminating defamatory words and/or materials.
Our lawyers are experienced in acting for clients in conveyancing and lease matters which include:-
Our lawyers have years of experience in the above areas and we would assure our quality services will meet and satisfy our clients' needs.
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Our firm’s intellectual property team acts for a wide range of multinational and local corporations including world renowned designer brands and fashions houses, department stores, international food and restaurant chains, telecommunication corporations, cosmetic businesses and trademarks of various listed companies in Hong Kong.
Our intellectual property team is well equipped in both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters including:-
Our intellectual property team maintains well-established professional relationship with overseas intellectual property practitioners as well as China’s state-designated intellectual property agencies, which is essential in serving both international and domestic clients in the most cost and time effective manner.
Our team has extensive experience in setting up trust and we offer sophisticated planning advice to individual clients, family groups and charitable organizations in administration of trusts and estates. We offer practical and effective solutions tailored to our clients’ priorities, ambitions and concerns, so that our clients would make the most of their wealth and assets.
Our services includes :
We offer advice covering a wide range of tax and trust and related corporate issues, including setting up and running of Family Offices, Succession/Estate Planning, and Family Philanthropies. We also deal with all incidental contentious issues relating to the above.
