Bankruptcy / Insolvency Company Law

Company Law in Hong Kong: Insolvency 2015

By The Hon. Madam Justice Susan Kwan, High Court
Sweet & Maxwell Hong Kong December 2014

Specifications

ISBN-13
9789626617090
Publisher
Sweet & Maxwell Hong Kong
Publication
December 2014
Format
Paperback , 720 pages
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

The Company Law in Hong Kong – Insolvency 2015 focuses on all matters relating to the surviving sections of Cap 32 dealing with Insolvency Law in Hong Kong. This publication provides a re-examination of the corporate insolvency law and practice in conjunction with the surviving and amended aspects of the re-titled Cap 32 Companies (Winding-Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance.

This title is comprehensive and up-to-date covering all new developments and aspects of the new Companies Ordinance since its inception in March 2014.

Highlights of the Company Law in Hong Kong – Insolvency 2015:

  • Updated with all transitional aspects and new legal content regarding the re-titled Cap 32 Companies (Winding-Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance including the five revised aspects of the winding-up process:
    • (a) the commencement of winding-up
    • (b) the appointment, powers, vacation of office and release of provisional liquidators
    • (c) the conduct of winding-up
    • (d) voidable transactions
    • (e) the investigation during winding-up, offences antecedent to or in the course of winding-up and powers of the court
  • Provides updates to the transitional laws and legal precedence that have been reviewed and heard by the Courts since the new companies law came into effect in March 2014
  • Focuses on all matters relating to Insolvency Law in Hong Kong and examines corporate insolvency law at every angle

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Directors
Chapter 2: Role and status of liquidators
Chapter 3: Provisional liquidation
Chapter 4: Winding-up by the court
Chapter 5: Members’ voluntary winding-up
Chapter 6: Investigations, assets, claims and realisations
Chapter 7: Creditors in a winding-up
Chapter 8: Schemes of arrangement
Chapter 9: Setting aside of preferences and trading issues
Chapter 10: Liquidation costs
Chapter 11: Receivership
Chapter 12: Cross-border issues
Chapter 13: Corporate rescue in Hong Kong
Chapter 14: Insolvency in the PRC

About the Author

Written by a distinguished team of General Editors and Authors:
Editor-in-Chief:
The Hon. Madam Justice Susan Kwan, High Court


General Editors:
John Scott SC, Des Voeux Chambers
Brian Gilchrist, Clifford Chance
Thomas Vaizey, Dragon Capital


Contributing Authors:
Stefan Lo, Department of Justice
John Hickin, Mayer Brown JSM
Richard Tollan, Mayer Brown JSM
Ian De Witt, Tanner De Witt
Stephen Briscoe, Briscoe Wong Ferrier
Dr. Charles Qu, City University of Hong Kong, Faulty of Law

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