Chinese Mainland
Cyberport is a creative digital cluster with over 700 community members. It is managed by Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited which is wholly owned by Hong Kong SAR Government. With a vision to build a legacy of entrepreneurial excellence that establishes Cyberport as a leading global innovation and technology hub, Cyberport is committed to facilitating the local economy by nurturing digital industry start-ups and entrepreneurs, driving collaboration to pool resources and create business opportunities, and accelerating digital adoption through strategic initiatives and partnerships. Equipped with an array of state-of-the-art tech facilities and a cutting-edge broadband network, the Cyberport community is home to four grade-A intelligent office buildings a five-star design hotel, and a retail entertainment complex.
Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was founded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000 with the mission of enhancing Hong Kong’s competitiveness through applied research. ASTRI’s core R&D competence in various areas is grouped under five Technology Divisions: Advanced Electronic Components and Systems; Artificial Intelligence and Trust Technologies; Communications Technologies; Intelligent Perception and Control Technologies, and IoT Sensing and AI Technologies. It is applied across six core areas which are Smart City, Financial Technologies, New Industrialisation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Digital Health, Application Specific Integrated Circuits and Metaverse.
Over the years, ASTRI has nurtured a pool of research, I&T talents and received numerous international awards for its pioneering innovations as well as outstanding business and community contributions. ASTRI has transferred more than 1,500 technologies to the industry and has been granted over 1,100 patents in the Mainland, the United States, and other countries. For further information, please visit www.astri.org.
Founded in 2000, AsiaPay, a premier electronic payment solution and technology vendor and payment service provider, strives to bring advanced, secure, integrated and cost-effective electronic payment processing solutions and services to banks, corporate and e-Businesses in the worldwide market, covering international credit card, China UnionPay (CUP) card, debit card and other prepaid card payments.
AsiaPay is an accredited payment processor and payment gateway solution vendor for banks, certified IPSP for merchants, certified international 3-D Secure vendor for Visa, MasterCard, American Express and JCB. AsiaPay offers its variety of award-winning payment solutions that are multi-currency, multi-lingual, multi-card and multi-channel, together with its advanced fraud detection and management solutions.
Headquartered in Hong Kong, AsiaPay offers its professional e-Payment solution consultancy and quality local service support across its other 14 offices in Asia including: Australia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Mainland China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia and India. For more information, please visit www.asiapay.com and www.paydollar.com.
With the goal to “Build a Top-class, Full-service and Internationalised Regional Bank”, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited ("BOCHK") gives full play to its advantages as a major commercial banking group in Hong Kong to increase local market penetration and expand its business in the Southeast Asian region. We strive to provide customers with comprehensive, professional and high-quality services.
BOCHK is one of the three note-issuing banks and the sole clearing bank for Renminbi (“RMB”) business in Hong Kong. It has strong market positions in all major businesses. Capitalising on the most extensive local branch network and diverse service platforms in Hong Kong, we offer a comprehensive range of financial, investment and wealth management services to personal, corporate and institutional customers. We have extended our branches and subsidiaries to Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos and Brunei. In addition, through deep collaboration with our parent bank, Bank of China Limited, BOCHK provides a full range of high-quality cross-border services to multinationals, cross-border customers, mainland enterprises going global, central banks and super-sovereign organisations. Drawing on our strong franchise in RMB and cross-border services, we strive to be the first choice of customers in these businesses.
BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited, which holds the entire equity interest of BOCHK, is one of the largest listed companies in Hong Kong, with stock code “2388”. BOCHK was awarded the Bank of the Year in Hong Kong by The Banker in the UK for the third time and the Strongest Bank in Asia Pacific and Hong Kong by The Asian Banker for five consecutive years.
Ince & Co is a leading international commercial law firm with a history of 147 years. We specialise in shipping, energy and infrastructure, trade, business and finance, insurance, commercial disputes and aviation.
We have hundreds of lawyers and legal staff serving clients from our 11 offices, 4 of which are in Asia, namely, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore. Lawyers of our Hong Kong office and the Mainland China offices have for decades advised leading companies of Mainland China and Hong Kong on their outbound investments, and helped international clients in their investments and operations in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Asia . This is complemented by our international network in Europe and the Middle East through our 7 offices in London, Piraeus (Greece), Hamburg, Paris, Le Havre, Monaco and Dubai. Many of our lawyers are bilingual (English and Chinese) or multilingual and many are qualified in multi-jurisdictions. We work as an integrated team and offered clients our understanding the local legal and business culture and our international vision and experience.
All our offices are located at key points along the One Belt One Road (‘OBOR’ ) route and we have already been advising clients in and along the route for years. We have successfully helped clients execute intricate transactions and matters across the belt and the road including China, Bangladesh, India, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Africa. We have negotiated for clients deals each worth many billions of US dollars, and advise them in infrastructure and projects, energy and power, transport and logistics, industrial development, financial markets, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and structured financings.
With our expertise and established network of contacts at places along the OBOR route and lawyers who know the East and the West, we can help clients to implement projects along the OBOR, in due diligence exercises, partnership and joint venture arrangements; find the right partners and advise them when disputes arise.
We have also been advising the authorities and enterprises on the OBOR strategy. We are all set to serve and help more enterprises to participate in this unprecedented global project .
FP Marine Risks – Asia’s Leading Marine Insurance Brokers.
FP Marine Risks is a specialist marine insurance broker that has provided expertise across all classes of marine insurance since 1994. The company is unique in being a multinational broker dedicated solely to providing marine insurance expertise to a broad range of clients in the trading and general maritime communities.
The business portfolio extends across marine hull, cargo and liability exposures worldwide. FP Marine Risks has a highly focused team of marine insurance professionals drawn from insurance, shipping, legal and financial communities operating from offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Taipei and Sydney with partner offices in Shanghai. As part of the Hyperion Insurance Group, one of the world’s leading insurance and reinsurance intermediary organisations, FP Marine Risks is a key partner in the broking and underwriting networks of Howden Broking Group and Dual International.
Over the past 20 years the marine insurance industry has rapidly grown in China and it is now one of the biggest marine insurance markets in the world. Throughout this period FP Marine Risks has worked closely with our partners to help build portfolios and develop insurance products and facilities to support this growth. Participating in the Belt and Road initiative is another step towards strengthening our international partnerships as China becomes a strong and reliable participant in the global market.
For more information visit our website at www.fp-marine.com
AXA Hong Kong, a member of the AXA Group, prides itself of serving over 1 million customers1 in Hong Kong and Macau. Besides being one of the largest health protection providers in Hong Kong, it is also the number 1 General Insurance provider2 and a market leader in motor insurance.
AXA Hong Kong is committed to the on-going development and enhancement of our life & savings, health, property & casualty, wealth management and retirement solutions in order to satisfy the different needs of our individual and corporate customers.
We believe it is our inherent responsibility to support the communities we operate in, hence creating a sustainable business via constant and considerable contribution in the dimensions of health, environment and the community.
Remark 1: Including customers of AXA China Region Insurance Company Limited, AXA China Region Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited (incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability), and AXA General Insurance Hong Kong Limited
Remark 2: Based on 2015 Office of the Commissioner of Insurance market share statistics represented by overall gross premiums
Hill Dickinson is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in the UK, continental Europe and Asia. Founded in 1810, we pride ourselves on continually evolving to face ever-changing challenges. We are renowned for the quality of our people, our market knowledge and our commitment to excellence; and our highly experienced legal team comprises recognized specialists in a kaleidoscope of practice areas and market sectors to meet clients' needs.
The firm offers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum acting as a trusted adviser to businesses, organisations and individuals across the globe and from a wide range of market sectors, advising on non-contentious advisory and transactional work through to ail forms of commercial litigation and arbitration, and it is especially well known for its commodities, international trade, shipping and insurance expertise. Our clients include multinational companies, major corporations, insurance companies, banks and financial institutions, public sector organisations, private individuals and professional bodies.
Our Hong Kong office is particularly strong in providing the following legal services:
- Shipping law contracts and disputes
- International trade and commodities disputes
- Insurance coverage and policy advice and disputes
- Breach of contract claims
- Shareholder and joint venture disputes
- Debt recovery
- Distressed advisory work
- Restructuring
We frequently advise on complex cross-border transactions and disputes and also assist with the enforcement of Hong Kong and foreign judgments and international arbitration awards both in Hong Kong and globally. Such services may well be required by parties engaging in the One Belt One Road initiative, in which our firm would very much like to take an active part. For example, we are working with the HKlAC on marketing Hong Kong as a dispute resolution centre.
Eversheds is a progressive international law firm that sets the standards. Over the years, we have led the way in changing the face of legal services and providing a service that meets the needs of contemporary globalised businesses.
With offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore, Eversheds is recognised as one of the leading international full service law firms in Asia, where we work as a single completely integrated team.
We provide a wide range of legal services covering banking and finance, compliance and regulatory, corporate M&A, debt and equity capital markets, employment, general commercial, IP/IT, litigation, arbitration and dispute management, construction & infrastructure, oil and gas, private equity and restructuring & insolvency.
Our clientele includes States and State-owned entities, major multinational corporations, small and medium sized enterprises, international banks and financial institutions, professional services companies, and government and regulatory bodies.
Reed Smith Richards Butler is a global relationship law firm with more than 1,800 lawyers in 26 offices across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the United States. The firm is a pre-eminent advisor to industries including financial services, life sciences, health care, advertising, technology, media, shipping, energy trade and commodities, real estate, manufacturing, and education.
Following a merger in 2008 with Richards Butler, since 2011 the firm has operated in Hong Kong as Reed Smith Richards Butler and is one of the largest international law firms in Hong Kong and Asia Pacific region. It provides market leading advice in corporate, commercial and shipping litigation, finance, property and intellectual property. The firm is readily equipped to provide various professional legal services for the countries and projects under the Belt and Road Initiative.