This handbook aims to provide a comprehensive guide to the Companies Ordinance (Cap 622), alongside sectional annotations detailing their relevant practice and procedures, as well as the recent legislative and judicial developments. It is an essential text for students studying Company Law, as well as for practitioners and analysts, examining all aspects of company law, with reference to the relevant legislation and cases in Hong Kong. The Butterworths Hong Kong Company Law Handbook (23rd Edition) aims to deal with the intricacies of the Companies Ordinance (Cap 622) in an easily accessible form. This Handbook reproduces the text of the Ordinance as currently in force along with section by section annotations and examines the significant judicial decisions and rules of court. The annotations also provide definition of words and phrases, discussion on practical aspects and contentious issues with reference to each section and other authoritative materials including cross-jurisdictional references. Readers may wish to refer to the Butterworths Hong Kong Company Law (Winding-Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Handbook, which is a complementary text containing the remaining Parts from the ‘old Companies Ordinance’ (Cap 32) that have not been repealed. This series has been cited with authority in over one hundred court cases in the Hong Kong Court of First Instance, Court of Appeal and Court of Final Appeal. This Handbook will be an invaluable source of information for practitioners, legal advisers, company secretaries, students and anyone interested in the laws governing companies in Hong Kong.