“Hong Kong’s Comprehensive Framework for Regulated Virtual Asset Trading and Financial Crime Prevention: A 2026 Legal Analysis”,

a second lead feature article has been published in the latest issue:

“Defamation, Digital Speech, Apologies, and Privacy in Hong Kong in 2026”

Published on behalf of the Law Society of Hong Kong by Sweet & Maxwell, Thomson Reuters.

Thank you to the reviewers, editors, and the wider team for their work in bringing the article to publication.

Full article:

https://lnkd.in/gh_vs8UB

Legal Analysis" is the Lead Feature in the February 2026 issue of Hong Kong Lawyer, the official journal of the Law Society of Hong Kong (published by Thomson Reuters). The article examines the regulatory landscape at the intersection of virtual assets and financial crime prevention.

Thank you to solicitor, Irene Cheng for her invaluable contribution.

The article is available in the February 2026 issue at hk-lawyer.org.

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Full Article: https://www.hk-lawyer.org/content/hong-kong’s-comprehensive-framework-regulated-virtual-asset-trading-and-financial-crime

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