Hong Kong Regulations

FOREIGN LAWYERS PRACTICE RULES - SECT 6

Supervision of office

A principal of a foreign firm shall ensure that every office where his firm
practises is and can reasonably be seen to be properly supervised in
accordance with the following minimum standards-

   (a)  every such office shall be managed by a foreign lawyer who shall
        normally be in attendance at that office during all the hours when it
        is open to the public; and

   (b)  every such office shall be attended on each day when it is open to the
        public by a foreign lawyer who holds an unconditional certificate of
        registration being either a principal of, or a foreign lawyer employed
        by, the firm and who shall spend sufficient time at such office to
        ensure adequate control of the staff employed there and afford
        requisite facilities for consultation with clients. (Enacted 1994)