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 1,100 courses, seminars, workshops and conferences attended by over 33,000 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 153 321 4,024
2009 100 203 1,918
Total 1,103 2,239 33,658
As of 30-November-2009


Breakdown of our categories of courses (2001 - 2009)

Categories of courses Courses
Organized
Funds 178
Listed Company Compliance & Corporate Goverance 139
Regulatory & SFC Compliance 83
Corporate Finance & M&A 76
Banking & Capital Markets 67
PRC Law 65
Corporate / Commercial 64
Civil Litigation & Procedures 50
Property / Law 48
Employment & Anti-Discrimination Law 41
Trust & Succession Planning & Probate 38
Skills 30
Corporate Crime 29
US Securities and other US Law 29
Categories of courses Courses
Organized
IP Law 21
Tax 21
Wealth Management 15
Offshore Jurisdictions 15
Risk Management 14
Insurance 12
Criminal Law 11
Arbitration & Mediation 10
Personal Injury 10
Matrimonial / Family Law 9
Financial Analysis & Internal Audit 8
Telecommunications 4
Others 16
Total 1,103
As of 30-November-2009


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 our own research to identify topics of interest for our clients.  We also engage consultants / qualified professionals to work on the scope of courses / conferences with our speakers to ensure that topics covered will be comprehensive, in-depth, topical and relevant to the daily work of our audience.

Due to demand of our attendees, recently we are also diversifying to offer soft skills evening courses to enhance the communication and management skills of our attendees.

Our Speakers

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

Our Delegates

We offer high level and in-depth courses and our target audience is mainly professionals and senior executives. Over 33,000 professionals / executives have attended our courses, seminars, workshops and conferences. They include 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
Lawyers - private practice 9,634
Listed company directors 3,997
Bankers / Financial advisors and professionals 3,585
Senior Executives of commercial organisations 3,481
In-house counsels 2,682
Fund Managers 2,665
Compliance officers / directors 2,600
Company secretaries 1,040
Accountants 901
Government officers 748
   
Professionals No. of delegates
Analysts 529
Regulators 506
CEOs 442
CFOs 308
Administrative officers 219
Barristers 123
Judiciary 67
Academia 36
Others 95
   
Total 33,658
As of 30-November-2009