Our Mr KM Liew had the honour of attending, as a trainer / co-speaker on invite, at the “Workshop for Jiangsu-based Hong Kong and Overseas Listed Companies”.  The event was jointly hosted by the Jiangsu Financial Services Office and Jiangsu Federation of Industry and Commerce in Nanjing on 9 November 2017.

At the workshop, before attendees from the senior management of about 60 major enterprises in the Jiangsu Province, Mr Liew explored the proper ways to guard against certain risks and strive for sustainable growth in the free market of Hong Kong amidst her legal and regulatory matrix and also various pitfalls.

In terms of risks, Mr Liew drew the audience’s specific attention to corporate misfeasance and financial reporting issues, which could make the company vulnerable to ambush by short-sellers and criticism by credit-rating agencies, and burden the company and officers with heavy disclosure obligation lest serious consequences.

Mr Liew also elaborated on a selection of key security laws, regulations and guidelines in Hong Kong alongside her relevant civil and criminal legal regime, walked the audience through various case precedents in recent time with practical analyses, shared experience and knowhow on the proper ways to steer clear of short-selling and poor-rating or launch offensive against short-sellers and credit rating agencies where circumstances permit, as well as remedial, rescue works. 

9 November 2017