The Practitioner's Guide to the Code on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Repurchases in Hong Kong

This new edition of one of ISI's best-selling titles is a practical information source for those seeking a fuller understanding of the frameworks within which takeovers and mergers operate in Hong Kong. Designed as non-statutory commercial codes, these regulations offer a degree of flexibility in business operations. But how does such flexibility operate in practice?

Consulting Editor: David Yun, Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

Table of Contents:

Chapter One: Introduction to the Hong Kong Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Repurchases
Brian Ho, Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong

Chapter Two: Preliminary Questions and First Steps: Rules 1 3
Martin Sabine, Somerly Limited, Hong Kong

Chapter Three: Mandatory and Voluntary Offers
Angelina Lee and Frank Yuen, Woo, Kwan, Lee & Lo, Hong Kong

Chapter Four: Timing and Contents of the Offer and Response Documents
Alexander Que and Gavin Nesbitt, Deacons, Hong Kong

Chapter Five: Disclosure Obligations and Dealing Restrictions Before, During and After a Takeover Offer
Teresa Ko, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hong Kong

Chapter Six: Conduct and Announcements During an Offer; Revision of an Offer; Restrictions Following an Offer; Sanctions which may be Imposed for Breaches
Alexander Que and Gavin Nesbitt, Deacons Hong Kong

Chapter Seven: Share Repurchases; the General Offer Rule; the Exemptions; the Offer Document; and the Takeovers Code Consequences
David Yun, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Hong Kong