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Immigration Focus Week: Immigration Offences and Penalties 1200 800 Adam Hugill

Immigration Focus Week: Immigration Offences and Penalties

Hong Kong’s immigration laws are strictly enforced by way of fines and, more usually, imprisonment.

Immigration Focus Week: Quality Migrant Admission Scheme and Other Types of Visa 700 1050 Adam Hugill

Immigration Focus Week: Quality Migrant Admission Scheme and Other Types of Visa

The Quality Migrant Admission Scheme is to provide admissions criteria under which applicants can reside and work in Hong Kong without a prior offer of local employment

Immigration Focus Week: Employment and Investment Visas in Hong Kong 1800 1044 Adam Hugill

Immigration Focus Week: Employment and Investment Visas in Hong Kong

Hong Kong immigration policy is designed to accommodate investors, entrepreneurs and working professionals. This contributes to making it one of the most business-friendly jurisdictions in the world.

Immigration Focus Week: Visitors, Entry Permits and Conditions of Stay 1300 867 Adam Hugill

Immigration Focus Week: Visitors, Entry Permits and Conditions of Stay

Unless a person has the right of abode or right to land in Hong Kong, he/she requires a visa/entry permit to work, study, establish or join in any business, take up residence or to stay in the Hong Kong SAR as a visitor longer than the allowed visa-free period.

Immigration Focus Week: Role of the Hong Kong Director of Immigration 1800 1200 Adam Hugill

Immigration Focus Week: Role of the Hong Kong Director of Immigration

Hong Kong continues to implement dynamic immigration policies that play a crucial role in enhancing its attractiveness to foreign professionals and investors

Hong Kong 22 Years After the Handover: A Business Lawyer’s Perspective 680 850 Gary Wong

Hong Kong 22 Years After the Handover: A Business Lawyer’s Perspective

Compelling reasons on why you should set up and operate a business in Hong Kong

Leung v. Secretary for the Civil Service: The Court of Final Appeal Upholds Minority Rights (Again!) 1200 675 Adam Hugill

Leung v. Secretary for the Civil Service: The Court of Final Appeal Upholds Minority Rights (Again!)

Leung and QT and a handful of past cases show that on the issue of same-sex and minority rights, where the legislature fears to tread, Hong Kong Courts are fully prepared to uphold the core human rights of freedom from discrimination.

Growing Wealth In Hong Kong Translates Into a Growing Number of Family Offices 1900 1267 Alfred Ip

Growing Wealth In Hong Kong Translates Into a Growing Number of Family Offices

Hong Kong has been experiencing a boom of family offices, further incentivised by tax breaks or residency options. It is indeed a very efficient Wealth Planning tool for HNWI.

Arbitration Week: Prague Rules of Arbitration, Game Changer? 1102 734 Hugill & Ip
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Arbitration Week: Prague Rules of Arbitration, Game Changer?

The new set of arbitration rules will both compliment and contrast with the major rules that are currently the standard choice for international arbitrations

Arbitration Week: Enforcement of Arbitration Awards 600 401 Hugill & Ip
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Arbitration Week: Enforcement of Arbitration Awards

Once an award has been issued by the tribunal, it must then be applied in order to be enforced in Hong Kong or internationally in a foreign jurisdiction.

Arbitration Week: Results, Remedies & Appeals 487 409 Hugill & Ip
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Arbitration Week: Results, Remedies & Appeals

Arbitrators have powers similar to Hong Kong courts in granting remedies, but parties are generally unable to appeal or challenge awards issued by tribunal.

Global Banking and Finance Review | Hugill & Ip Solicitors keep achieving outstanding recognitions and expanding its boutique law firm practice in Hong Kong 1600 1006 Hugill & Ip
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Global Banking and Finance Review | Hugill & Ip Solicitors keep achieving outstanding recognitions and expanding its boutique law firm practice in Hong Kong

Legal 500 — a renowned legal directories in the world — has ranked Adam Hugill in the 2019 edition. This follows another prestigious recommendation received from Chambers and Partners earlier this year. As reported, Adam Hugill has a particularly strong reputation advising on contentious employment matters and has excellent ties with local businesses from many…

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