RE CIFI HOLDINGS (GROUP) CO. LTD

[2025] HKCFI 3250 Court of First Instance 28 July 2025 • HCMP2326/2024 • 33 min read

31 cases cited (0 HK, 31 foreign) Cited by 4 cases

Practice Areas

Judges (1)

Counsel (6)

Kirkland & Ellis Firm Linklaters Firm Jasmine Cheung Counsel Creditor Jat Sew-Tong Counsel Creditor Look Chan Ho Counsel Respondent William Wong Counsel Respondent

Parties (1)

Cifi Holdings (GROUP) Co. Ltd Applicant

Case Significance

RE CIFI HOLDINGS (GROUP) CO. LTD [2025] HKCFI 3250 is a Bankruptcy & Insolvency matter decided in the Court of First Instance on 28 July 2025. It draws on a body of related Court of First Instance winding-up decisions, including RE ADD HERO HOLDINGS LTD (and 1 other) [2025] HKCFI 310, RE HONG KONG PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY LTD AND ANOTHER [2024] HKCFI 2601, RE SHIMAO GROUP HOLDINGS LTD [2025] HKCFI 1751, RE CA CULTURAL TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD [2024] HKCFI 1721, RE POWERLONG REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LTD [2025] HKCFI 271, RE SINO-OCEAN LAND (HONG KONG) LTD [2025] HKCFI 1270, and RE HELENBERGH CHINA HOLDINGS LTD [2024] HKCFI 2628. [2025] HKCFI 3250 has in turn been cited in RE ASTRON CORPORATION LTD [2025] HKCFI 4659, RE DREAMEAST GROUP LTD (CARRYING ON BUSINESS IN HONG KONG AS DREAMEAST CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT) (and 1 other) [2025] HKCFI 4800, RE CHINA ECOTOURISM GROUP LTD [2025] HKCFI 5914, and RE SUNAC CHINA HOLDINGS LTD [2026] HKCFI 68.

What line of Court of First Instance decisions feeds into RE CIFI HOLDINGS (GROUP) CO. LTD [2025] HKCFI 3250?

[2025] HKCFI 3250 draws on related Bankruptcy & Insolvency decisions such as RE ADD HERO HOLDINGS LTD [2025] HKCFI 310, RE SHIMAO GROUP HOLDINGS LTD [2025] HKCFI 1751, RE POWERLONG REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LTD [2025] HKCFI 271, and RE SINO-OCEAN LAND (HONG KONG) LTD [2025] HKCFI 1270.

Which later decisions cite RE CIFI HOLDINGS (GROUP) CO. LTD [2025] HKCFI 3250?

Later Court of First Instance decisions citing [2025] HKCFI 3250 include RE ASTRON CORPORATION LTD [2025] HKCFI 4659, RE CHINA ECOTOURISM GROUP LTD [2025] HKCFI 5914, and RE SUNAC CHINA HOLDINGS LTD [2026] HKCFI 68.

What area of law is RE CIFI HOLDINGS (GROUP) CO. LTD [2025] HKCFI 3250 classified under?

[2025] HKCFI 3250 is classified under Bankruptcy & Insolvency, decided by the Court of First Instance on 28 July 2025, within a series of Hong Kong winding-up proceedings involving Mainland-incorporated corporate groups such as CIFI Holdings and related entities.

Statutes Cited

Companies Ordinance (Cap 622)

s 673

Cases Cited (31)

UK (10)

[2018] EWHC 2911 [2019] EWHC 3470 [2021] EWHC 1401 [2022] EWHC 1646 [2023] EWHC 1558 [2023] EWHC 1699 [2023] EWHC 2111 [2023] EWHC 696 [2025] EWHC 1015 [2025] EWHC 859

HK (21)

[2017] 1 HKLRD 1 [2020] HKCA 973 [2020] HKCFI 467 [2021] HKCFI 1592 [2022] HKCFI 3419 [2023] 5 HKLRD 765 [2023] HKCFI 1620 [2023] HKCFI 2041 [2023] HKCFI 2850 [2024] 3 HKLRD 668 [2024] 5 HKLRD 124 [2024] HKCFI 1721 [2024] HKCFI 2601 [2024] HKCFI 2628 [2024] HKCFI 808 [2025] 1 HKLRD 870 [2025] 2 HKLRD 518 [2025] HKCFI 1270 [2025] HKCFI 1751 [2025] HKCFI 271 [2025] HKCFI 310

Cited By (4)

[2026] HKCFI 68

RE SUNAC CHINA HOLDINGS LTD

[2025] HKCFI 5914

RE CHINA ECOTOURISM GROUP LTD

[2025] HKCFI 4800

RE DREAMEAST GROUP LTD (CARRYING ON BUSINESS IN HONG KONG AS DREAMEAST CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT) (and 1 other)

[2025] HKCFI 4659

RE ASTRON CORPORATION LTD

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 4 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2026] HKCFI 68 Court of First Instance

6 January 2026

[2025] HKCFI 4800 Court of First Instance

14 October 2025

[2025] HKCFI 5914 Court of First Instance

4 December 2025

[2025] HKCFI 4659 Court of First Instance

6 October 2025