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New Trading Suspension Rule:
A Double-Edged Sword
Presentation to INED

17 October 2019                Information Classification: Internal
New Trading Suspension Rule: A Double-Edged Sword - Presentation to INED - Deloitte
Part I

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What’s new about 13.50A (“new suspension rule”)

                       Old regime                             New regime

                                            Suspension

                                                                            Suspension
                           Trading

                                                                  Trading
                  Issuer                  Regulator      Issuer     Regulator

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Mainboard - 13.50A (GEM Listing Rule 17.48B)

   “The Exchange will normally require suspension of trading in an issuer’s
   securities if it publishes a preliminary results announcement for a financial year
   as required under rules 13.49(1) and (2) and the auditor has issued, or has
   indicated that it will issue, a disclaimer of opinion or an adverse opinion on
   the issuer’s financial statements. The suspension will normally remain in force
   until the issuer has addressed the issues giving rise to the disclaimer or adverse
   opinion, provided comfort that a disclaimer or adverse opinion in respect of such
   issues would no longer be required, and disclosed sufficient information to enable
   investors to make an informed assessment of its financial positions.”

           “This consultation was about improving the quality and reliability of financial
           information of issuers to safeguard market quality,”

           “The new Rule encourages issuers to maintain appropriate and effective risk
           management and internal control systems, and where necessary, requires them
           to act promptly to resolve issues with their auditors,”

                                                     - David Graham, HKEX’s Head of Listing

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Audit opinions that will trigger suspension

                                                              Audit
                                                             Opinion

                             Unmodified                                     Modified
                              opinion                                       Opinion

                                                 Clean
                                              Opinion with
              Clean                                             Qualified   Disclaimer             Adverse
                                              Emphasis of
                                                 Matter

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Example of disclaimer

         Material uncertainties related to issuer’s abilities to continue as a
                                   going concern

        Limitation of scope on valuation of assets due to lack of books and
                    records and/or supporting documents, etc.

            • Failure to substantiate carrying amounts investment or other
              fixed assets
            • Certain books and records of the issuers being lost or
              inaccessible
            • Fire or natural disaster resulting in loss of primary evidence
            • De-consolidation of subsidiaries from the group’s consolidated
              financial statements as the issues were unable to exercise
              control over time and have no access to the books and records

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Example of disclaimer

                                                   Disclaimer Opinion (846)

        “… Management was not able to provide us with satisfactory explanations as
         to the commercial substance of these transactions, and provide us with
         adequate documentary evidences to support the nature and source of these
         receipts from and payments to the above company …”

         “… we have independently identified significant amounts of payments to
         and receipts from (including the payments and receipts described in the
         above sections) a number of companies ... Such payments and receipts
         were not supported by legitimate documentary evidence. …”

        “Given the above, together with our concerns on those transactions
         described in the sections … we have requested the board of directors of the
         Company to form an independent committee to commission an independent
         investigation on the authenticity and commercial substance of these
         transactions (the “Proposed Investigation”) …”

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Example of resignation of auditor

                                             Auditors cease work and resign (1007)

        Before the deadline for publication of the audited account, the Auditors
         resigned.

        In the auditors’ letter of resignation, it was said: “We continue to have
         concerns about matters pervasive to the financial statements including (1)
         … transactions brought to the attention of management and acknowledged
         by them to be fraudulent; (2) unexplained differences between sales receipt
         notes …; (3) the explanation provided by management … for removing
         accounting records which were then not available to us continuously during
         the audit; (4) the validity and commercial substance of acquisition.”

        The HKEx imposed a resumption condition for the Company to conduct a
         forensic investigation on the audit issues (including the certain potentially
         fraudulent transactions).

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Exemption #1: Going concern
 The disclaimer or adverse opinion relates solely to going
  concern

                                           Year 1                        Year 2

       Material uncertainties about                    Completed an equity
        the company’s ability to                         fundraising for repayment of
        continue as a going concern                      debts and working capital, and
                                                         issued convertible bonds to
      material uncertainties about the                   settle certain amounts due to
     company’s ability to continue as a                  creditors
               going concern                            Improvement in the company’s
                                                         operating performance during
                                          Disclaimer     the year

                                                       Clean Opinion with an emphasis of matter
                                                       relating to the going concern issue

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Exemption #2: Issue resolved

 the underlying issue is resolved before the issuer publishes
  the preliminary results announcement
 the audit issues would not have an ongoing effect on the
  issuer’s financial statements for the succeeding financial years

                          Fire accident

                    Loss of books and
                         records                   Disclaimer

                      Reconstruct
                   accounting records

               Publication of financial
                results for the year

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Other highlights

Effective Date
• Apply to preliminary annual results announcements for the financial
  years commencing on or after 1 September 2019

Longer remedial period
• For issues remains unresolved outside the issuer’s control, HKSE may
  allow longer remedial period, with the duration of the period being
  determined on a case by case basis.

Transitional Arrangement
• Extend the remedial period to 24 months for the financial years
  commencing between 1 September 2019 and 31 August 2021

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The proactive and reactive approaches

                                                             How to prevent suspension
                       Current Listing Rules
                                                                   and delisting?

                   Main                                  Proactive
                                                   GEM   •
                   Board                                     Identify and resolve the issues giving
                                                             rise to disclaimer and or adverse
                                                             opinions before publication of the
                                                             preliminary results announcement.
                   Suspension
              18 months  12 months                       Reactive
                (Prescribed remedial period)             •   Identify and resolve the issues giving
                                                             rise to disclaimer and or adverse
                                                             opinions within 18 months (or 12
                                                             months for GEM issuers)

                                          Delist

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Part II - Seeking a resumption

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New delisting regime

 New delisting regime with an aim to delist prolonged
  suspended companies became effective on 1 August 2018:

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Recent regulatory updates

   The objective of the new delisting rules (Para. 8 of GL95-18)

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What is the new delisting regime?

                                    Old Regime                    New Regime
        Delist a company immediately without         Delist a company immediately (LR 6.10)
         suspension (LR 6.10)
                                                      Delist a company after a Specified
        Delist a company after a specified            Remedial Period (LR 6..10)
         remedial period (with a specific 3-stage
         delisting procedures for PN 17               Delist a company for failure to remedy
         companies (being companies unable to          the issues causing its suspension of
         comply with LR13.24)) (LR 6.10)               trading, to re-comply with the rules and
                                                       resume trading before the end of the
                                                       prescribed remedial period of 18
                                                       months (the “Prescribed Remedial
                                                       Period”). (LR 6.01A and 6.10A)

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Other highlights of the new delisting regime

 Effective date: 1 August 2018.

 Transition period:
              Companies suspended for more than 12 months before August 2018: 31 July 2019.
              Companies suspended for less than 12 months before 1 August 2018: 31 January
               2020.

 According to the monthly prolonged suspension status report of the
  HKEx (as at 30 September 2019)
              18 suspended companies with PRP expired on 31 July 2019.
              At least 9 of them were delisted by the HKEx in August and September 2019 under
               the new LR6.01A for failure to resume trading by the end of the PRP.
              11 suspended companies with PRP expiring on 31 January 2020.

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Regulatory landscape

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Recent regulatory updates

   Listed companies governance is one of the top enforcement
    priorities for regulators in Hong Kong:

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Recent regulatory updates

  It was rare for the SFC to exercise its power to suspend, but this has changed in recent years:

          Year                                               Companies suspended by the SFC
          2010               -       30/03/ 2010: Hontex (0946)
          2011               -       Nil.
          2012               -       22/08/2012: China High Precision (591)
          2013               -       20/12/2013: Qunxing Paper (3868)
          2014               -       14/02/2013: China Longevity Group Company Limited (1863)
                             -       04/12/2014: Sijia Group (1863)
          2015               -       15/07/2015: Hanergy (566)
                             -       15/12/2015: Superb Summit (1228)
          2016               -       20/01/2016: Changgang Dunxin Enterprise Company Limited (2229)
                             -       16/04/2016: Sound Global (967)
                             -       28/06/2016: Real Gold Mining (246)
                             -       05/08/2016: National United Resources Holding (254)
                             -       27/09/2016: Hua Han Health Industry Holdings (587)
                             -       13/10/2016: China Fiber Optic Network (3777)
          2017               -       22/02/2017: GME (8188)
                             -       04/07/2017: Nationa Agricultural Holdings Limited (1236)
                             -       08/05/2017: Huishan Dairy (6863)
                             -       17/05/2017: CG Dunxin (2229)
                             -       25/05/2017: Tianhe Chemicals (1619)
                             -       06/06/2017: Lerado Financial Group Company Limited (1225)
                             -       17/07/2017: China Household Holdings Limited (692)
                             -       06/10/2017: New Ray Medicine International Holdings Limited (6108)
                             -       09/11/2017: Tech Pro Technology Development Limited (3823)
                             -       24/11/2017: First Credit Finance Group Limited (8215)
                             -       27/11/2017: China Wah Yan Healthcare Limited (648)
                             -       27/11/2017: Town Health International Medical Group Limited (3886)
          2018               -       04/07/2018: Real Nutriceutical Group Limited (2010)
                             -       20/11/2018: Hua Han Health Industry Holdings Limited (587)
          2019               -       08/03/2019: China Ding Yi Feng Holdings Limited (612)
                             -       29/05/2019: Combest Holdings Limited (8190)
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Recent regulatory updates

 Many listed companies were suspended from trading as a
  result of certain issues or regulatory concerns:

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Recent regulatory updates

   HKEx continued to focus on the four Enforcement Themes:

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Regulatory environment

                                                                                                   Auditors       Shareholders Regulators

                                                     SFC   HKEx
                                                                                          Whistle-blowers Creditors Company/INEDs

                                                                                                         Suspension                        Trading
                                                                                             Regulators                                   resumed
Company       Auditors      Sponsors                                                                                        Regulators
                                                                                                                            to approve

                                             Delisting

                                                                                                       Auditors
                                                                          Investigation    Creditors           Forensic     Restructuring
                                                                                                              accountants
                                                              Company/INEDs                                                                         PL/JL

                                          Liquidation
                                                                                          White knight Controlling / major
                                                                                                         shareholders                            Company

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Seeking a resumption

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Seeking a resumption

• Reasons for suspension
        − Material breaches of the LR
        − Fails to publish financial statements within time limit
        − Fails to maintain sufficient operation or assets
        − Fails to maintain sufficient public float
        − Receives disclaimer or adverse opinion (new suspension rule)
• Depending on the underlying issues, the regulators will impose
  different resumption conditions on the company
• The principle, however, remains the same: no resumption will be
  allowed unless and until all issues leading to the suspension have
  been properly resolved

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Seeking a resumption

• 3 key categories of suspension cases

                PN 17 companies/                     Companies with material                 Companies with insufficient
            companies with insufficient             irregularities (accounting/                    public float
             operation or assets or in                corporate irregularities)
               financial difficulties

          • Demonstrate that it has a              • Accounting irregularities:             • Devise a plan to restore the
            business that has substance and          discrepancy between group                required the minimum public
            is viable and sustainable in the         account records and information          float.
            longer term.                             obtained by auditors; concerns
                                                     over authenticity of the               • Placing of existing shares by the
          • If due to insufficient operation/        documents; concerns over the             controlling or substantial
            assets, acquisition – Note: a            commercial substance of certain          shareholders; or placing of new
            suspended issuer that ceased to          material transactions                    shares by the issuer.
            carry on the original principal
            business or to retain any              • Corporate irregularities: fraud;
            material assets is a listed shell        misappropriation of assets; other
            and any acquisition by it will be a      fraudulent activities
            RTO and be treated as a new
            listing application.                   • Address the irregularities: (1)
                                                     form a IBC; (2) forensic
          • If due to financial difficulties,        investigation; (3) address audit
            undertake corporate action to            concerns; (4) audit qualification;
            resolve the financial difficulties,      (5) internal control review; (6)
            such as capital reorganization,          remedial measures; (7) no
            equity fundraising and a scheme          concern about management
            of arrangement.                          integrity; (8) disclose all material
                                                     information and publish all
                                                     financial statements.

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Key criteria for resumption

                                                              Forensic
                                                            investigation

                                               Address                          Disclose
                                               auditor’s                     information to
                                               concern                         the market

                                         Demonstrate
                                                                                  Take
                                           adequate
                                                                               appropriate
                                        internal control
                                                                             remedial action
                                            system

                                                            Demonstrate
                                                             the integrity
                                                           and competence
                                                              of directors

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Case study

  Old PN 17 company: case study – Grande (186)

                   Date                                                     Chronology of events

            30/05/2011                -       Suspended upon the presentation of creditors’ winding up

            31/05/2011                -       Provisional liquidation

            08/09/2011                -       Grande was placed in the 1st stage of delisting procedure

            31/05/2012                -       A resumption proposal was submitted but was rejected by the HKEx

            05/07/2012                -       Grande was placed in the 2nd stage of delisting procedure

            25/09/2012                -       Grande requested a review of the Listing Division’s decision to place it in the 2 nd stage
                                              of delisting procedure. Review not successful.

            21/06/2013                -       A resumption proposal was submitted but was rejected by the HKEx

            11/07/2013                -       Grande was placed in the 3rd stage of delisting procedure

            12/09/2013                -       A winding up order made against Grande

            12/02/2014                -       Grande submitted a resumption proposal to the HKEx

            29/05/2015                -       HKEx approved the resumption proposal, and made (among others) the completion of
                                              all transactions contemplated under the resumption proposal as one of the
                                              resumption conditions

            30/05/2016                -       Fulfilled all resumption conditions and resumed trading

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Case study: PN 17 company

                                                                                              Resumption
                      Grande (186)                                                                         Publication of material
        Total current liabilities
                                                                                                            information: outstanding financial
         over HKD 3.9 billion                                                                                 information

        Total assets around
                                                                                                    Internal control review:
         HKD1.3 billion                                                                                internal control review, remedial measures, new CFO and

        Issues regarding                                                                              Company Secretary

         amounts due to related                                                            Strengthening existing business:
         companies                                                                           No acquisition, steps taken to strengthen its business

        Disclaimer                                                                Group Reorganization:                                  liquidating certain
        Internal control issues                                                     subsidiaries: to improve financial position, and to address audit issues
                                                                                     regarding certain subsidiaries.

                                                                       Scheme of arrangement:                                   Bermuda and Hong Kong
                                                                         schemes: discharging of all claims (excluding intercompany debts), by cash and
                                                                         creditors shares

                                                         Open offer: 5 offer shares for every 2 shares: raising
   Suspension                                              proceeds of around HKD100 million for the Scheme

                                      Capital Reorganization:                                  capital cancellation
                                         (unissued), capital reduction (reduce par value), increase authorized share
                                         capital: remove 1/3 accumulative losses, and enabling Open Offer and Scheme.

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Case study

  Companies with material issues: case study – Kaisa (1638)
                  Date                                                          Chronology of events
               Late 2014/               -          The Company had liquidity issues. Loans defaulted. Many litigations were commenced
               early 2015                          against the Company. CEO resigned.
              08/03/2015                -          Announced restructuring proposal.

              31/03/2015                -          Trading suspended as a result of its failure to publish the 2014 annual results.

              29/04/2015                -          Announced that auditors need additional audit evidence on certain matter for its 2014
                                                   audit.
              23/07/2015                -          HKEx imposed resumption conditions on the Company, which included, among others,
                                                   demonstrating sufficient working capital and investigation of matters raised by the
                                                   Company’s auditors in the course of the audit.
              18/09/2015                -          Auditors identified various audit issues. Auditors ceased work. The Company formed an
                                                   independent committee to investigate matters.
              10/06/2016                -          Schemes for restructuring of offshore debts were sanctioned by HK and Cayman court

              12/07/2016                -          Offshore debts restructuring became effective.

              15/07/2016                -          Auditor resigned and new auditors appointed.

              19/12/2016                -          Forensic accountants published its findings. Recommended action against wrongdoers
                                                   and remedial steps to be taken.
              24/03/2017                -          Internal control review completed.

              26/03/2017                -          Published the outstanding annual results for 2014 to 2016

              27/03/2017                -          All resumption conditions fulfilled.
                                        -          Trading resumed.

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Case study: material issues

                                                                                             Resumption
                        Kaisa (1638)
                                                                                                        Publication of the
         Serious liquidity issues
         Onshore debts                                                                                  outstanding financial
          (RMB49.6 billion)                                                                              information: New auditors appointed,
                                                                                                           and published outstanding financial information.
         Offshore debts (USD2.9
          billion)                                                                          Internal control review:                               internal control

         Loan default; material                                                               review, various weaknesses identified and remedial measures
                                                                                               implemented.
          litigation
         Material audit issues                                                    Forensic investigation of audit
                                                                                    issues: Engage a forensic accountant to investigate audit issues:
                                                                                      findings (a) certain former employees were involved in a scheme using
                                                                                      fictitious agreements, substantial improper and unauthorized payments,
                                                                                      incorrect accounting and collusion with third parties, to obscure the existence
                                                                                      of certain borrowing agreements; (b) certain payment transactions were
                                                                                      without clear business purposes or had no identifiable business purposes; (c)
                                                                                      certain acquisitions were not properly authorized and approved.
                                                                                      Recommended the Company to report the wrongdoing to the authorities and
                                                                                      to implement remedial measures.

      Suspension                                    Debt restructuring:                        Restructuring onshore debts by refinancing,
                                                    restructuring offshore debts by scheme of arrangement: to improve the Company’s financial
                                                    position

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Seeking a resumption (Cont.)

Example of a company no longer suitable for listing
- False and misleading IPO prospectus: Hontex (946)
                                                                     Hontex (946)

                                                   -   24/12/2009: Hontex was listed on the HKEx

                                                   -   30/03/2010: SFC sought injunction to freeze
                                                       IPO proceeds , alleging that Hontex materially
                                                       overstated its turnovers and cash in the IPO
                                                       prospectus.

                                                   -   20/06/2012: SFC obtained a repurchase order,
                                                       requiring Hontex to repurchase shares from
                                                       7,700 public shareholders.

                                                   -   29/10/2012: Repurchase completed – 0.42%
                                                       public float

                                                   -   22/11/2012: LC decided to delist, on the basis
                                                       of disclosure of false and misleading
                                                       information in the IPO prospectus and lack of
                                                       public float.

                                                   -   23/09/2013: Delisted.

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Seeking a resumption of trading (Cont.)

  Initial listing obtained by fraud: China Metal Recycling
  (773)
                                           Facts         SFC v. China Metal Recycling (HCCW
                                                                        210/2013)
   -        22/06/2009: China Metal was listed         -  First public interest winding up
            on the HKEx.                               -   Justice Harris: “Although the economic
   -        28/01/2013: Trading suspended.                 interests of creditors and minority
   -        26/07/2013: SFC petitioned to wind             shareholders are relevant in
            up the Company on public interest              determining a petition such as the
            basis under section 212 of the SFO.            present, as the authorities to which I
            SFC alleged that China Metal involved          have referred make clear, the
            in a highly complex, sophisticated and         overarching consideration is the
            dishonest scheme which inflated its            broader interest of market participants
            performance, revenue (over HKD 8               as a whole. That interest requires that
            billion) and profit (over HKD 1 billion)       serious misconduct is subject to
            dating back to the time of its IPO             unequivocal censure. The appropriate
            prospectus in 2009.                            order in a case where a listing has been
                                                           obtained by wholly dishonest
   -        26/02/2015: Winding up order made.             fabrication of accounts would, in my
   -        04/02/2016: Delisted, on the basis             view, almost invariably be a winding-up
            that it obtained its initial listing by        order”
            fraud.

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Preparing for investigations

  • A resumption of trading is unlikely to be the end of the
    matter
  • It usually marks the beginning of investigation by the
    regulators into the problematic companies and/or their
    officers for past breaches of rules and regulations
  • One of the enforcement objectives: to punish
    wrongdoers
  • It is important to bear in mind the likelihood of
    investigations and enforcement actions by the
    regulators, and to manage the relevant risks as
    appropriate

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Investigations carried out by HKEx

                                                                              Issues under Investigations in 1H2019
                           No. of Investigations
 120
 100
    80
    60
    40
    20
      0
                2015             2016              2017     2018   1H2019
                                 Main Board               GEM

                   No. of Directors subject to                              Director's duties
                     Disciplinary Sanctions                                 Failure to cooperate with an Exchange investigation
 120
 100                                                                        Inaccurate, incomplete and/or misleading disclosure in
    80                                                                      corporate communication
                                                                            Failure to comply with procedural requirements in respect of
    60                                                                      notifiable/connected transactions
    40                                                                      Repeated breaches of the Listing Rules
    20
                                                                            Financial reporting - delays, or internal controls and corporate
      0                                                                     governance issues
                2015             2016              2017     2018   1H2019
                                                                            Multiple themes
                  ED                     NED                INED
                                                                            Others
Sources: HKEX website
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Investigations carried out by SFC

 250

 200

 150

 100

    50

      0
                   13/14              14/15                  15/16            16/17               17/18
              Corporate disclosure                 Corporate misgovernance        Insider dealing
              Intermediary misconduct              Market manipulation            Unlicensed activities

 150

 100

    50

      0
                  13/14               14/15               15/16               16/17              17/18
          Prosecutions  Civil proceedings   Disciplinary proceedings    Maket Misconduct Tribunal proceedings
Sources: SFC Annual Report 2017-18
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More key takeaways …

                                                           “No Mistake.”
                                                          “No do-overs.”
                                                       “Whatever it takes!”

      “Alright, we have a plan. Six Stones. Three teams. One Shot. Five
    years ago we lost. All of us. We lost friends. We lost family. We lost a
      part of ourselves. Today we have a chance to take it all back. You
     know your teams. You know your mission. Get the stones. Get them
    back. One round trip each. No mistakes. No Do-overs. Most of us are
     going somewhere we know, but that doesn’t mean we should know
    what to expect. Be careful. Look out for each other. This is the fight of
        our lives. We are going to win. Whatever it takes. Good Luck.”

                                                   Steve Rogers, Avengers: Endgame
                                                         https://youtu.be/nLRnHaf3t54

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                              Partner, Hong Kong                                           Partner, Hong Kong/ Beijing

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 investigation into white collar crime, corruption particularly   Joseph joined Simmons & Simmons as a partner in October
 in the context of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and money        2013. He was admitted in Hong Kong in 2003, England in
 laundering, asset tracing inquiries, bribery & corruption risk   2008 and qualified as a lawyer in the PRC in 2012. He is one
 assessments.                                                     of the authors of Sweet & Maxwell’s Arbitration in Hong
                                                                  Kong: A Practical Guide, 2nd Edition, and was a contributing
 Juvenia’s investigative experiences cover a wide range of        editor of Hong Kong Civil Procedure (the “White Book”).
 industries but in particular she has worked extensively in the
 Pharmaceutical, medical device, media & entertainment,           Joseph has been recognized as “up and coming” in
 gaming, real estate, retail and manufacturing sectors.           International Arbitration by Chambers Global in 2016. He
                                                                  has been described as “best known for his expertise
 Juvenia is also experienced in preparing accounting expert       representing Mainland China-based businesses on cross-
 reports and exhibits for court hearing, in both civil and        border arbitrations” and “knowing the Mainland China
 criminal cases for family/estate disputes, share placements      market more than most” by Chambers Global. Joseph was
 and insider dealing.                                             also identified by the Asian Legal Business in 2016 as one of
                                                                  the “Top 15 Rising Lawyers” in the PRC.

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