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Overview of latest BVI and Cayman Islands related issues relevant to in-house lawyers

  • 15 September 2020
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • webinar details will be sent upon registration

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The ACC Hong Kong Board of Directors invites you to the following presentation, hosted by Appleby.

The session will provide an overview of:

  • AGM and social distancing restrictions
  • Continuous obligation for Cayman/BVI companies after incorporation
  • Directors’ retirement rotation for Cayman listed companies
  • Economic Substance law
  • Electronic signature

SPEAKERS:

Robert Sit is a Senior Associate in Appleby’s Hong Kong office and a member of the corporate department. He practises in the areas of capital markets (specialising in public offerings of equity and debt), formation and maintenance of funds (both open-ended and closed-ended), mergers and acquisitions, joint venture formation and other commercial and corporate law related matters. He advises clients from a wide spectrum of industries, including financial institutes, multi-national banks, asset management companies and private equity companies. Prior to joining Appleby, he practised corporate and commercial law in an international law firm in Hong Kong. Robert was admitted as a solicitor in the High Court of Hong Kong (non-practising), a lawyer in the Supreme Court of Western Australia and as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (non-practising). He is registered with the Bermuda Bar and is a registered foreign lawyer in Hong Kong. He is also members of the Law Society of New South Wales and the Law Society of Hong Kong

Melissa Chiu is Counsel in Appleby’s Hong Kong office and a member of the corporate and finance department. She has over five years experience practicing the laws of BVI, Cayman and Bermuda. Melissa’s practice covers a wide range of finance matters, including banking finance, private and public bond offerings, structured finance products and fund financing. Her banking practice covers asset finance, acquisition finance, corporate finance including syndicated loans and onshore/offshore loans. Melissa also has extensive experience in debt capital markets, having advised on a number of corporate bonds, convertible bonds and MTN programmes. Melissa’s experience in structured finance includes setting up on-balance sheet and offbalance sheet security backed and guaranteed structured note programmes, various debt securitizations as well as bespoke asset repackages. Prior to joining Appleby, Melissa practised banking and finance law at another offshore law firm, and prior to that she practiced banking and finance in an international law firm in Hong Kong. Melissa is admitted as a solicitor in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court to practice BVI law. She is also admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and in Hong Kong (non-practising).

VENUE: Webinar details will be forwarded upon registration
DATE: Tuesday, 15 September 2020
TIME: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 
  CPD points have been applied for. Please note you need to be logged in for the full duration of the webinar to qualify for CPD points.  Unfortunately, points cannot be applied for members who join the webinar via telephone link. 



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