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A.
Registration as a Foreign Lawyer
1. The Information Package for Registration as a Foreign Lawyer 
2. The Application Form (Form FL)
B.
Supervision Condition under the Foreign Lawyers Registration Rules
1.
Rule 5 of the Foreign Lawyers Registration Rules provides that when an applicant with less than 2 years of post-qualification experience in the full-time practice of foreign law applies for registration as a Foreign Lawyer, he is required to be supervised irrespective of whether he works in a foreign firm or a Hong Kong law firm.
2.
Circular 10-66 (SD) provides the following guidelines:


(a) Guidelines for imposition of supervision condition for Foreign Lawyers with less than 2 years of post-qualification experience; and

(b)
Guidelines for reduction of the requirement of a period of 2 years of post-qualification experience in the full-time practice of foreign law under rule 5(3)(a) of the Foreign Lawyers Registration Rules.
3.
Circular 23-264 (SD) provides guidelines for removal of supervision condition from the certificate of registration as a Foreign Lawyer.
C.
Risk Management Requirements for Foreign Lawyers in Hong Kong Law Firms
1. Circular 19-670 (SD)

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