HK: New Client Due Diligence and Licensing Regime for Providers
The Hong Kong government has now introduced amended legislation that regulates the provision of, until now, unregulated company services by accounting professionals, estate agents, legal professionals and trust and company service providers. The move is consistent with the government’s commitment to adopt common reporting standards, institute a register for persons with significant control and generally to the extension of enhanced client due diligence and record-keeping regarding private Hong Kong companies.