TNAG-2438-FCO40-3543-Hong-Kong-judiciary-appointments-1992 — Page 117

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FOREIGN LAW FIRMS

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In order to practise law in Hong Kong, a foreign law firm (which expression includes a sole practitioner) would also have to be registered under the Scheme and to do so would have to fulfill the following criteria:

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it must have a place of business in Hong Kong at or from which one or more of its partners and employees will practise law;

it must be duly authorised to practise the law of the jurisdiction(s) on which its application for registration is based and in good standing in the jurisdiction(s) concerned;

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all the persons who are to practise law in Hong Kong in the name of the firm must be registered foreign lawyers,

lawyers, i.e. registered under the Scheme;

and

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where

the

registered foreign law firm is a branch of a firm whose main place of business is outside Hong Kong, at least one of those persons must be a partner in the firm, should normally have been associated with the firm for not less than 2 years and should have been in practice for not less than 5 years.

In addition the firm must have a substantial reputation.

where the registered foreign law firm is not a branch of a firm whose main place of business is outside Hong Kong, one of the persons who is to practise law in Hong Kong must have been in practice for not less than 5 years and must have a substantial

reputation.

Where that

person

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