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As a non-member you are welcome to browse the public sections of this Site. However, in order to access our Newsletters, On-line Members Directory or to attend any of our events/seminars/conferences, you must become a member. The benefits of membership are numerous and far outweigh the modest annual fees.
More details of membership benefits available here.
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Some of the benefits of membership are:
- The HKCCA AGM, Annual Conference and Annual Dinner. The Association’s annual conference, a key highlight for the Association’s calendar, is held every autumn, and our keynote speakers to date have included Nicholas Sallnow-Smith, who was then CEO of Hongkong Land, Secretary for Justice Wong Yan Lung and David Eldon, former chairman of HSBC, and Mr. Justice Geoffrey Ma, Chief Judge of the High Court.
- HKCCA CPD accredited seminars, conferences and workshops, including the regionally renowned "ADR in Asia" conference, a joint HKCCA- HKIAC Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre initiative. The HKCCA works with local and overseas law firms, to come up with a topic that we think would be of interest to our members, and we ask them to provide a speaker, a venue (often in their offices, but sometimes in a hotel, club or conference space), lunch (ranging from simple sandwiches to gourmet sit-down meals) and to apply for CPD points. Our past venues range from the Ritz-Carlton to the Hong Kong Club. Attendance at the seminars can range, depending on the topic and space available, from a dozen to 50 people.
- Access to many local and regional conferences, seminars and other continuing legal education events either free of charge or at a substantial discount to members. For several of these events, the HKCCA and its Patron, The Hon. Mr. Justice Anthony Rogers assist in selecting topics and panel speakers, and secure the opportunity to host a panel discussion.
- Stylish and more adventurous social events, such as cocktail parties, junk trip, nights at the races, and other social events limited only by our imaginations, where in-house counsel can meet each other in an informal setting and have some fun .
- Networking - the many and varied social functions and continuing legal education events held by HKCCA provide an ideal opportunity for in-house lawyers to network with their colleagues and peers.
- Resources – The professional network availed through the HKCCA serves as an invaluable resource. In-house counsel are encouraged to reach out to other in-house counsel for help in their professional activities, be it for a recommendations of external counsel in unfamiliar jurisdictions; provision of a general template to act as a precedent for a contract; or advice on how to handle political situations in a corporation. We also facilitate links to newsletters of various law firms and are about to launch our very own HKCCA monthly newsletter to keep members apprised of key developments in the region.
- Members on-line directory – Members have unrestricted access to a Members Directory in the Members Only section of the website, that lists the name, title, organization and contact details of every member of the HKCCA.
- Email alerts / invitation to events – the HKCCA sends out emails to its members informing them about upcoming events, providing links to select resources, etc.
- The HKCCA has forged an international network with the Australian Canadian, New Zealand, South African, Malaysian and Singapore Corporate Counsel Associations. We have also reached out to in-house counsel in Beijing and Shanghai, and we look forward to working closely with them in the future. All of these associations can be accessed through HKCCA’s website. We have also, on several occasions worked with the Trade Development Council and the Association of Corporate Counsel in America to present videoconferences to provide practical insights to our colleagues in the United States on doing business in China
- Advocacy with Government and Regulatory Bodies - The HKCCA maintains effective relationships with the Hong Kong Law Society, and prepares on law reform proposals and other issues affecting in-house lawyers, as required, from time to time. Our main contribution so far has been to persuade the Law Society to include two of our members on the Sub-Committee for Employed Lawyers, which was charged with drafting a new Practice Direction on the permitted scope of activities for in-house counsel. We also comment from time to time on consultation papers issued by the government on topics of interest to in-house counsel and their employers.
- Publication Discounts - We have been working with various publishers, such as Asia Law and Practice, Sweet & Maxwell and Butterworths/LexisNexis, to arrange special discounts for our members.
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We currently have three classes of membership: individual, overseas and corporate...
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Individual membership is open to all in-house lawyers in Hong Kong performing legal services for corporations and government organizations, and lawyers acting as company secretaries or compliance officers. Lawyers acting in quasi-legal roles may be admitted as determined on a case-by-case by ExCo.
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In-house lawyers based outside Hong Kong with an interest in or connection to Hong Kong may join on-line through the website for free and gain access to the significant network of in-house counsel through the website and, when in Hong Kong, attend selected HKCCA functions. Overseas members, however, are not entitled to vote at general meetings of the Association.
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Introduced in April 2008, corporate membership is open to companies with at least six lawyers in Hong Kong. The corporate membership period will run from the date of acceptance to August 31 each year, and must cover all the lawyers in the corporate unit at the time of application. The corporate unit could be a company, a department or division within a company, or a group of related companies.
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You may apply for corporate membership online or using the application form which may be downloaded here. You may also renew your corporate membership online or using the renewal form which may be downloaded here. |


The Association's membership fees are kept deliberately low, to the point even that savings from a single selected event attended at members’ rates offsets the annual fee. The cost of individual membership is HK$500 per year, while corporate membership is HK$250 multiplied by the number of corporate members covered. The membership year runs 1 September to 31 August (50% fee discount applies to members joining after 1 May). Fellow corporate counsel wishing to join this young and vibrant organisation are very welcome to register through this website.
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For membership enquries, please contact:
HKCCA Membership Services
T: (852) 3667 9205 |
F: (852) 3667 9002 |
E: HKCCAmembership@intellitrain.biz |
W: www.HKCCAmembership.intellitrain.biz |
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