Hong Kong’s licensing and regulatory framework for fiat-referenced stablecoins came into effect on 1 August 2025, regulating the issuance, offering and marketing of fiat-referenced stab...
On May 21, 2025, the Hong Kong Legislative Council passed the Stablecoins Ordinance, establishing a regulatory regime for the issuance, offering and marketing of stablecoins in Hong Kong....
On June 27, 2025, the Hong Kong Financial Services and Treasury Bureau and the Securities and Futures Commission jointly published two consultation papers on legislative proposals regulat...
Davis Polk partner Martin Rogers, counsel Bo Huang and Yuan Zheng and associates Lok Cheung and Caroline Wang authored “Asian private equity and international arbitration: key current i...
On October 11, 2023, the SFC released a consultation paper proposing guidelines for market soundings (the “Proposed Guidelines”). The Proposed Guidelines apply to both sell-side and b...
The Biden administration has requested public comment on a proposed framework restricting outbound investment by U.S. persons in certain Chinese sectors.
On June 1, 2023, Hong Kong’s licensing regime for virtual asset trading platforms came into force, following the SFC’s Consultation Conclusions published on May 23, 2023 setting out t...
In a recent determination, the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal reviewed the handling of disciplinary proceedings by the Securities and Futures Commission and revisited procedural ...
The Hong Kong Court recently revisited the legal principles of costs orders against non-parties in Hydrotech Waterproofing Solutions Limited v Shun Yuen Construction Company [2023] HKCFI ...
On 20 February 2023, the Hong Kong SFC published a Consultation Paper setting out the proposed regulatory requirements for licensed Virtual Asset Service Providers under the new regime, t...
