Contact Information: Tel: (852) 3163 4421 Fax: (852) 2994 2505 Email: dennishie@cuhk.edu.hk Office: Room 408, 4th Floor, Faculty of Law Mong Man Wai Building The Chinese University of Hong Kong Sha Tin, NT, Hong Kong SAR

Mr Dennis Hie 許學峰先生

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Dennis Hie is a solicitor admitted in Hong Kong, and in England and Wales. He is a commercial lawyer and practises in the areas of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and general commercial and China-related matters. Prior to joining the Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, he was a solicitor with a major law firm in Hong Kong. He continues to provide consultancy services on commercial and China-related matters. Currently he is a member of the Standing Committee on Compliance of the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Education and Professional Qualifications

• LLB (City University of Hong Kong)
• PCLL (City University of Hong Kong)
• LLM (The University of Hong Kong)
• Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong, since 1995
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, since 1997

Practice Areas

• Corporate law
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Joint ventures
• Drafting of various commercial agreements
• China-related commercial matters

• Company law
• Hong Kong and PRC commercial law
• Conflict of laws and issues arising from cross-border transactions

Representative Publications

D Hie, 'Tax Pitfalls Encountered by Hong Kong Landlords in Letting Out Their PRC Properties,' (1998) The Tax Journal, June, 5-10

D Hie, 'Leasing Property in China: Taxation Traps for Unwary International Investors,' (1998) 17 (1) Tax Notes International, 55–60

D Hie, 'Real Property Transactions by Foreign Investors,' (1999) 5 (5) Asia Pacific Tax Bulletin, 168-172

D Hie, 'Leasing Properties in the PRC: A Fruitful Investment for Hong Kong Landlords? An Examination of the PRC Tenancy Law,' (1999) 29 (2) Hong Kong Law Journal, 310-333

D Hie, 'Setting up Joint Ventures in China: Will the Problems Disappear after China's Accession to the WTO?' in David Smith and Guobin Zhu (eds), China and the WTO: Going West, Hong Kong, Sweet and Maxwell Asia, 2001

D Hie and E L G Tyler, 'Piercing the Corporate Veil,' (2002) Hong Kong Lawyer, January, 38-47

D Hie and E L G Tyler, Company Law, HKLRD Review Series 2002, Hong Kong, Sweet and Maxwell Asia, 2002

D Hie, 'Company Law,' in Business Law in Hong Kong in D K Srivastava (ed), HongKong, Sweet and Maxwell, 2002, 343-413

D Hie, 'Partnership Law' in Business Law in Hong Kong by D K Srivastava (ed), Hong Kong, Sweet and Maxwell, 2002, 415-437

D Hie and E L G Tyler, Company Law, HKLRD Review Series 2003, Hong Kong, Sweet and Maxwell Asia, 2003

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