Hong Kong – ACCHK, LSHK disagree on foreign lawyer rules

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The Association of Corporate Counsel Hong Kong (ACCHK) is drafting a response to the Law Society of Hong Kong’s (LSHK) published proposed amendments to the Foreign Lawyers Registration Rules in early October 2018.

The amendments would: (1) restrict lawyers to practicing only the law of the jurisdiction in which they are qualified; and (2) require law firms to employ at least twice as many Hong Kong-qualified lawyers as registered foreign lawyers.

The association told its members that the first change would probably have a greater impact on offshore (BVI/Cayman) firms in Hong Kong, as lawyers advising on BVI/Cayman laws are usually not qualified there. Instead, they tend to be UK or Australian qualified lawyers.

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