Head: Mr Paul CHOW

The Legal & Secretarial Services Division is responsible for providing legal advisory services (other than listing matters handled by Listing) and overseeing secretarial services function of HKEX. It is organised into the following functions:

Legal Services

Legal Services include advising on the legality of projects undertaken by the group, preparing and reviewing contracts to which any group member is a party, amending and advising on the provisions of the rules of the Stock Exchange, the Futures Exchange and the recognised clearing houses, advising on effective case management of any litigation and arbitration involving any group member, and advising on the statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to operational and administrative matters of the group.

Secretarial Services

Secretarial Services is responsible for providing company secretarial services for HKEX group of companies, ensuring HKEX is operating at the highest level of corporate governance and is in compliance with the relevant statutory and regulatory requirements.