About Courses & Seminars

Courses & Seminars Limited (C&S) is a major provider of continuous professional training for legal, corporate, financial and other professional sectors. We are an accredited provider of the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Our Training Events

Since our inception in 2001, C&S has organized over 900 courses, seminars, workshops and conferences attended by over 29,000 professionals in Hong Kong.

Year
Courses, Seminars, Workshops & Conferences Organized
No. of speakers
No. of delegates
2001
38
73
1,571
2002
71
144
2,815
2003
107
264
3,582
2004
159
283
4,894
2005
165
346
5,073
2006
164
324
4,961
2007
146
281
4,820
2008*
64
111
1,689
Total
914
1,826
29,405
*As of 30-June-2008

Breakdown of our categories of courses (2001 – 2008*)

Categories of courses
Courses Organized
Categories of courses
Courses Organized
Funds
147
Corporate Crime
21
Listed Company Compliance & Corporate Goverance
114
Tax
20
Regulatory & SFC Compliance
68
IP Law
19
Corporate Finance & M&A
65
Offshore Jurisdictions
12
Banking & Capital Markets
59
Criminal Law
11
PRC Law
56
Personal Injury
10
Corporate / Commercial
51
Wealth Management
10
Civil Litigation & Procedures
43
Insurance
9
Property / Law
41
Matrimonial / Family Law
9
Employment & Anti-Discrimination Law
36
Arbitration & Mediation
8
Trust & Succession Planning & Probate
33
Financial Analysis & Internal Audit
7
Skills
26
Telecommunications
4
US Securities and other US Law
26
Others
9
    Total
914
*As of 30-June-2008


Our Standard and Quality


C&S is committed to providing the highest quality training to professionals and executives. To maintain our high standard and quality, we constantly discuss with professionals of different sectors and carry out research to identify topics of interest for our clients. We also engage qualified professionals to device concise outlines in conjunction with our speakers to ensure that topics covered will be in-depth and topical.

Our Speakers

We only invite the most experienced speakers from their fields to participate in our events. Our speakers come from governmental and regulatory agencies, leading law firms, international accounting firms, investment banks, financial institutions, leading fund management houses, listed companies and also include distinguished members from the judiciary, the bar, the academia as well as overseas experts.

Our Delegates

Over 29,000 professionals have attended our courses, seminars, workshops and conferences including lawyers in private practice, barristers, in-house counsels, compliance officers, company secretaries, finance directors, senior executives, listed company directors, CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, investment bankers, fund managers, analysts, commercial bankers, private bankers, financial planners, government employees, regulators, judiciary, accountants and academia.

Breakdown of our delegates

Professionals
No. of delegates
Professionals
No. of delegates
Lawyers - private practice
8,926
Regulators
454
Senior executives (Vice-presidents,
Senior Managers, Bankers, etc.)
6,180
Analysts
448
Listed company directors
3,523
CEOs
412
Fund Managers
2,397
CFOs
281
In-house counsels
2,363
Administrative officers
186
Compliance officers / directors
1,547
Barristers
117
Company secretaries
935
Academia
35
Accountants
838
Judiciary
20
Government officers
663
Others
80
    Total
29,405
*As of 30-June-2008


Good Corporate Citizen

C&S is a socially responsible company. Since 2001, we have been awarded the Caring Company Logo by the Hong Kong Council of Social Services for a consecutive of 6 years for offering training and working opportunities for those who come from vulnerable groups of the society. C&S also regularly donates money to charities offering help to the disadvantaged.