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Isaac Tsang
Separate Regimes for Crypto Currency?
Working as a notary intern with our firm in the Summer of 2024, Isaac Tsang reflects on crypto currency regulations
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Articles
Louie Lee
Dec 21, 2023
Regulatory Clarity on Tokenized RWAs: Clearing the Path to Widespread Adoption?
Tokenization has promised to revolutionize traditional finance, but regulatory uncertainties have hindered its widespread use. Pioneers...
Erica So
May 20, 2023
Navigating Hong Kong’s Dynamic Legal Landscape of Cryptocurrencies and Digital Assets
Hong Kong's Court of First Instance made a groundbreaking decision on March 31, 2023, declaring cryptocurrencies as "property" under Hong...
Anna Lau
Aug 24, 2022
Virtual Asset Regulation: Hong Kong's AMLO Amendment Bill
The Amendment Bill introduces a new licensing regime for Virtual Asset Service Providers (“VASPs”) and imposes statutory Anti-Money...
Louie Lee
Aug 22, 2022
What does the AMLO Amendment Bill Entail for the Hong Kong Virtual Asset Industry?
This article was published by The British Chambers of Commerce in Hong Kong in the Magazine Britain in Hong Kong: Sept - Oct Issue 80,...
Louie Lee
Jun 29, 2022
Latest Crypto Updates | 2021 Review & 2022 Outlook of the Crypto Markets
Authors: Louie Lee (Ravenscroft & Schmierer) & Joshua Chu (Coinllectibles™️) “All my best investments were in networks that everyone...
Nazahat-Riaz
Mar 15, 2022
Interview with former SFC-Regulator Louie Lee: from Securities to Crypto Regulation and Compliance
Managing Director of Prosynergy Louie Lee joined Hong Kong-based full-service law firm Ravenscroft & Schmierer as part of its ongoing...
Anna Lau
May 21, 2021
2020 Review & 2021 Outlook of the Crypto Markets Around the World
“When I first heard about Bitcoin, I thought it was impossible. How can you have a purely digital currency? Can’t I just copy your hard...
Anna Lau
Oct 29, 2018
The Story Behind Hong Kong’s First Crypto-Litigation (Part 2): Technical Issues
Whilst the Plaintiffs in HCA 1980 of 2015 ultimately decided to pay the Defendant’s full costs and discontinue the case before making it...
Anna Lau
Oct 29, 2018
Hong Kong’s First Crypto-Litigation (Part 3): Enhanced Duty to Mitigate for Blockchain
Editor’s Note: For the first two parts of this series, please see the Industry Insights section in the Hong Kong Lawyer’s August and...
Anna Lau
Oct 16, 2018
香港首宗加密貨幣訴訟案背後的故事（3）：進行區塊鏈交易更加要履行減少損失的責任？
每宗交易糾紛都牽涉一個根本的問題：入稟法庭的原告人可有履行責任減少損失？如果原告人甚麼也不做，完全不去減少自己的損失，他的申索只會是一宗勝訴無望的典型案件。 原告人如果進行以區塊鏈作為基礎的交易，就更加要這樣問自己，因為這些交易（與現金交易不一樣）完全是在綫記錄的。因此，相...
Anna Lau
Sep 16, 2018
香港首宗加密貨幣訴訟案背後的故事（2)：技術問題
HCA 1980/2015案的原告人最終在法庭正式審理案件之前，決定悉數支付被告人的訟費並終止訴訟（是放棄訴訟，不是與被告人和解）；不過，案中提出的技術問題（儘管法庭沒有判定）別有含義，不可以被忽略不談。 因此，本文探索由辯方提出的技術性論點，突顯在資訊年代，精通科技是（律...
Anna Lau
Aug 16, 2018
The Duty Of Full And Frank Diligence In Ex-Parte Applications
HCA 1980 of 2015 was in many ways the jurisdiction’s first cryptocurrency-based litigation. The action was commenced by the largest...
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