Date:  30 October 2026 (Saturday)  Time: 9:45am-1pm   Language: English  Level: Elementary

Speaker:         Dr. Rita Cheung, MCAL Solicitors LLP

Lawyer CPD / ACCA CPD / SFC CPT / Insurers’ CPD Pts: 3     Fee: HK$1,800

Highlight:

This course provides practical exercises in drafting shareholder agreements. Contracting out of the companies legislation raises difficult issues. If a shareholder has contractually promised to arbitrate (rather than to litigate) disputes, can he petition to the court for unfair prejudice or winding up?

  1. Recent cases underscore the practical importance of contract drafting:
  • FamilyMart v Ting Chuen [2023] UKPC 33 (on shareholder petitions); Sian Participation Corp v Halimeda [2024] UKPC 16 (on creditor petitions); Re Guy Kwok Hung Lam (林國雄) [2023] HKCFA 9 (on exclusive jurisdiction clauses)
  1. Other minority shareholder provisions:
  • Board representation: quorum; Veto rights; Share transfers: pre-emption; tag-along; drag-along
  1. Articles versus shareholder agreements

 

 

 

 

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Rita Cheung

Dr. Rita Cheung L.L.B., P.C.L.L. (HKU); L.L.M, Ph.D. (King’s College Lond.). She obtained her Ph.D. in Law on the topic of minority shareholders’ rights from King’s College London. She was called to the Bar in 2006, and taught Law upon obtaining her doctorate degree. She writes in the field of company law in refereed journals including Cambridge Law Journal, Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, and Journal of Business Law. She has been regularly invited to speak at international conferences on money laundering and corporate crime. She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Financial Crime.