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Opening the Door, Staying Put: The Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s 2026 Listing Framework Reform
This newsletter sets out the material dates and transitional arrangements potential listing applicants should be aware of, offers a quick reference guide for different categories of stakeholders, summarises the key proposals adopted under each reform area, highlights where the Exchange stayed put, and the next phase of reform.
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Bowie Fung Shares Insights at ALB Roundtable
We are proud to share that our Managing Partner Bowie Fung recently participated in a roundtable interview hosted by Asia Legal Business, Thomson Reuters to share her insights on strategic positioning and the evolving dynamics of the city’s legal market in the July 2026 issue of ALB Asia magazine.
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CFN Shortlisted for ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2026
We are honoured to share that CFN Lawyers LLP has been named a finalist for “Transactional Boutique Law Firm of the Year” at the Asian Legal Business Hong Kong Law Awards 2026. This nomination stands as a testament to our ongoing dedication to excellence, professionalism, and client service in the legal field.
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CFN Lawyers LLP’s Client Edvance International Holdings Limited (1410.HK) shares insight on Cybersecurity at Data Center Asia 2026 Conference
CFN Lawyers LLP is pleased to show great support to Mr. Aaron Ang, a non-executive director of our valued client and business partner, Edvance International Holdings Limited (1410.HK) by attending his insightful presentation at the Data Center Asia 2026 conference.
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Navigating Hong Kong’s Uncertificated Securities Market: Key Obligations and Practical Considerations for Issuers
Hong Kong is set to implement its uncertificated securities market (the “USM”) regime, currently expected to be on 16 November 2026 (the “USM Implementation Date”), a landmark reform enabling investors to hold and transfer legal title to listed securities electronically, in their own names, without paper certificates.
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Harness-engineering the Legal Brain
One advantage of having cross-disciplinary knowledge is that it enables us to see one system of knowledge from the lens of another system. Because the world’s most innovative architectural thinking is currently concentrated in AI engineering, lawyers have a unique opportunity to learn from this discipline.
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CFN Lawyers LLP Forms Association with Beijing Anli (Hong Kong) Partners
CFN Lawyers LLP is thrilled to announce the establishment of our association with Beijing Anli (Hong Kong) Partners (北京市安理（香港）律师事务所), the Hong Kong branch office of 北京市安理律师事务所 (Anli Partners) , a renowned and award-winning law firm in Chinese Mainland, as approved by the Law Society of Hong Kong.
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CFN Lawyers LLP is relocating head office to Central
We are excited to announce that our head office will be relocating to Rooms 1710-1711, 17/F, New World Tower 1, Nos. 16–18 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong with effect from 18 May 2026 (Monday).
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The Claude Code Leak and IP Considerations
On March 31, 2026, AI industry leader Anthropic shocked the market with the leak of the proprietary source code of “Claude Code”, its flagship agentic coding tool. A debugging artifact known as the sourcemap file was mistakenly bundled into the version 2.1.88 release on the public registry. The sourcemap file exposes approximately 512,000 lines of source code of Claude Code across nearly 2,000 files to the public.