As an entrepreneur myself running my own legal practice and other ventures, and also wife of an entrepreneur, that’s how my team and I work with our clients:- 

- We understand and consider business when advising.
- We take care of human elements in our advice.  Relationship matters.
- We discuss with you how your team can also prevent problems on operational level.
- We avoid incurring unnecessary hours and guide with you on things that you can do so to save our hours
- We ask about your budget and provide fee estimate 
- We share our connections with you
- We work in plain language

What can I do for you?

- any agreement drafting and reviewing
- fund raising 
- ESOP and employee motivation plan 
- handling dispute 
- advising on how to deal with negotiations 
- overseas expansion 

Who are my clients?

- Startup / emerging companies looking for scaling up their business and fund raising
- Corporate / individual investors who are new to start up / early stage investment
- Fast growing companies which are yet to afford a full time experienced legal counsel
- Corporates which are keen about corporate innovation but not sure how
- Overseas companies which plans to tap into the Hong Kong and PRC markets
- Overseas law firms who look for reliable Hong Kong legal support
- Individuals who look for more thoughtful and humane legal advice in family / trust / probate matters (which I will work closely with my team)

Industry: E-Commerce, SI, SaaS, Cloud, Food Tech, Prop Tech, Digital Assets, F&B, Retail, Entertainment, Real Estate, Logistics, Franchised Business, Trading, IoT etc.

By having a general retainer (I call it Legal First Aid Kit) with us, you can focus on growing your business.

DM or email me to check out how our Legal First Aid Kit works, or how I may be able to help you - cermain.cheung@oln-law.com

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Other than work, I am also a (mostly) stay at home working mommy of three adorable kids and a handsome kitten.

Cermain Cheung

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Cermain  Cheung

Human-centric legal solutions for everyone | 1/2 entrepreneur (森流GreenFlow & YeeGoo 易雇) | Wife of entrepreneur & mommy of 3 | Work-life integrator

Essential Guide: Appointing an In-House Head of Computer System Security🛡️

As cyber threats grow more sophisticated and regulatory expectations tighten, appointing the right internal leadership is no longer optional - it’s critical.

In this timely publication, our Consultant Cermain  Cheung explores the key considerations and practical steps involved in appointing an in-house Head of Computer System Security. From governance structure to accountability and compliance, the article offers guidance for boards, senior management, and security teams navigating today’s risk landscape in Hong Kong.

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#CyberSecurity #ComputerSystemSecurity #Compliance #CriticalInfrastructure

Quorum in shareholder meetings? It seems boring and standard under Hong Kong’s Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622). 

Default: just two members present (or one for single-owner firms). 

But ignore it, and it bites back hard.

In a 50/50 JV? One skips the meeting—no quorum, no vote, total deadlock.

Not just JVs. With three shareholders, two against a move? They ghost, quorum fails, proposal flops. Absenteeism becomes a sneaky veto in any uneven setup. Still sound standard?

These quirks can stall your business decisions.

How to fix —review and tweak articles.

Unsure about your setup? DM me for quick advice!

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I'm Cermain, an experienced corporate lawyer, a newbie entrepreneur, a mommy of 3 and a work-life integrator. I occasionally post insights on business, law, parenting and life. Stay updated, click the bell icon on my profile. DMs are welcome.  

Disclaimer - This post doesn't provide legal advice. Seek independent legal advice when necessary.

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I am the Chief Everything Officer!

I'll be honest. I was angry yesterday.

I won't go into the details — they're not all mine to share. But let's just say I discovered that a young lady and a new iPad and unlimited access to Shorts is a combination with consequences I hadn't fully thought through.

Part of me wanted to react. To take everything. To win.

But here's what I keep learning — from parenting, and from years of watching families navigate hard things — rage doesn't build anything. And with puberty-age kids especially, a power struggle isn't a strategy. It's just noise.

Parenting isn't a binary. There's no right answer you arrive at and stay at. It's a journey you walk with your child — not ahead of them, not behind them. With them.

And the moments where they find the loopholes, test every boundary, push every limit? Those aren't failures. They're fertilizer. That's how they grow. That's honestly how we grow.

What I did instead of reacting: I found something useful. YouTube has quietly rolled out proper parental controls for Shorts — daily time limits from 15 minutes to 2 hours, bedtime locks, break reminders. And critically: kids can't override it themselves.

More importantly: I talked. Not lectured. Not punished. Talked.

I'm sharing this because I know I'm not the only parent sitting with this. The technology moves fast. Our kids are navigating identity and belonging in a virtual world that didn't exist when we were their age. We are all figuring this out in real time.

What helps: 
1. Staying curious rather than combative. 
2. Staying connected with each other as parents — because the hardest part of any limit is when your child's friends have none. 
3. And remembering that the goal was never control. It was connection.

#Parenting #ScreenTime #WorkLifeIntegration #YouTubeShorts #HongKong #RaisingKids #DigitalWellbeing

I've had the privilege of serving on two panels that have quietly shaped how I think about the law — and about people.

The first was the Housing Appeal Panel, where I heard case after case from public housing residents in breach of the rules. A lot of them weren't defiant. They simply didn't know. 

The regulations were there — buried in documents full of words that weren't written for them. 

The support systems existed. But the bridge between the law and the person it was meant to protect? Often missing.

What I took away wasn't frustration. It was profound respect. For the resilience of people carrying stories I will never fully know — who still showed up, still fought for their homes, still believed the system could hear them.

Now I've joined the Appeal Tribunal Panel under the Subdivided Units (Regulation) Ordinance (《簡樸房（規管）條例》).

And I see the same gap — and this time, a real determination to close it.

This Ordinance doesn't just set a minimum standard. It builds a support system around it: guidance for landlords, protection pathways for tenants. Because the goal isn't punishment. 

The goal is this: that every person in this city has a humane habitat. Not a luxury. A floor.

But law alone doesn't bridge the gap. Awareness does.

The people who need this law are not far away. They are in the buildings we walk past. They are our neighbours. And most of them don't know what they're entitled to — because no one told them plainly enough.

So I'm sharing this. Because sometimes the most useful thing a lawyer can do is simply point to the door and say: it's open.

Resources at bhu.gov.hk
#簡樸房 #SubdividedUnits #HousingPolicy #HongKong #BHU #SocialAwareness #habitat

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Cheng Huan Chambers

Yvonne graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 2011 with an LLB degree and her Postgraduate Certificate in Law. She joined Oldham Li & Nie as a trainee in November 2011, where she specialized at the firm’s Matrimonial and Family Law Department. After her training at Oldham Li & Nie, she qualified as a solicitor in November 2013 and joined the firm’s Matrimonial and Family Law Department as an Associate. She was promoted to Senior Associate in 1st January 2019 and became a Partner at OLN’s Matrimonial and Family Law Department in 1st December 2020. 

Yvonne has worked extensively with local and expatriate clients on applications for divorce, financial applications and children matters. Yvonne thrives and has a particular strong interest in complex children applications including Hague Convention, Wardship, surrogacy, adoption, relocation, custody, care and control and access. She has extensive experience attending and advising clients at mediation, hearings and high conflict trials where she works frequently with experienced Counsel. Yvonne also has experience with helping clients obtain adoption orders, maintenance orders for children born out of wedlock, applications for interim financial orders against deceased persons’ Estates and Committee Orders under Part II of the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap.136).

Yvonne has very extensive experience in ancillary relief matters throughout her years at OLN, advising high net worth clients on their division of assets as well as pre-nuptial and post nuptial agreements; in working on local and overseas probate and trust matters and advises clients on their Wills and on estate planning and administration of estates. Yvonne is a member of the Hong Kong Family Law Association and speaks fluent English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Recent reported cases handled by Yvonne:- 

• MGB aka MAG v. GCB [2018] HKFC 8
• ZJ v. XWN [2018] 3 HKLRD 644
• JKH v. AH [2019] HKFC249
• FJ v. DTD [2020] HKFC50
• Russian Pervomaisky District Court of Rostov-on-Don Case No. 2-2-2022/2019 before Judge N.D Shchedrina (25 April 2019) (Hague Convention in Russia)  
• Russian Appeal Case No. 333-10512/2019 of the Judicial Chamber of Civil Cases of the Rostov Regional Court before Judge N.D Shchedrina (24 June 2019) (Hague Convention in Russia)

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