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Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants operates under the professional accountant’s ordinance and works in the public interest. It offers CPA qualification programme and promulgating financial reporting, auditing and ethical standards in Hong Kong. The company was founded on January 1, 1973 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

M Squared Lasers Ltd. develops and manufactures lasers and photonic instruments. The firm’s products include SolsTiS, Lasers, Firefly-IR, and -THz laser. The company was founded by Graeme Malcolm Peter Alexander and Gareth Maker Thomas on May 2, 2006 and is headquartered in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.

Lostam BioPharmaceuticals Ltd. engages in the development of protein therapeutics aimed to prevent and treat lethal Gram-negative bacterial infections associated within the hospital setting. The company was founded by Lewis F. Neville on October 15, 2009 and is headquartered in Nof HaGalil, Israel.

Part of Sidley Austin LLP, Sidley Austin LLP (United Kingdom) acts as an alternative investment manager. The company is based in London, UK.

Part of Axiom Ince Ltd., Ince & Co. LLP is a British company that provides legal services. The company is based in London, UK. The company was founded in 2011. The CEO is Donald Campbell Brown. Ince & Co. was acquired by Axiom Ince Ltd. from The Ince Group plc on April 28, 2023.

CEC North Star Energy Ltd. acquires and develops oil fields. It exploits heavy oil and bitumen-filled sandstones, develops light heavy oil projects, offers oil trapping, mapping parameters, and seismic evaluation services; and provides oil saturation and oil quality solutions The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Locke Lord LLP provides legal services. The private company is based in Houston, TX.

The Law Society provides guidance, news, and advice for asset management, including wills and probate, power of attorney, trusts, and tax. The Law Society is based in London, UK, and is the independent professional body for solicitors in the UK. The British company offers a Lawyers For Your Business membership scheme to help find long-term clients in the small and medium enterprise sector. The non-profit company promotes the value of solicitors to consumers and businesses, raises the profile of the solicitor profession, and endorses the use of solicitors. The company also provides practical benefits and advantages of English and Welsh law. The company is run by and for their members.

Gide Loyrette Nouel is an international law firm founded in 1920. The private company is based in Paris, FR, and has subsidiaries in France and United Kingdom. The firm has a leading position in all areas of business law, including insurance, banking and finance, competition and international trade, and tax. Gide brings together 550 lawyers, including around a hundred partners, and operates in many countries with 11 offices.

CPA Australia Ltd. is an Australian company that has been operating since 1954 and provides education, training, technical support, and advocacy services in the accounting profession. The private company is based in Southbank, Australia and has subsidiaries in Hong Kong. The company engages with governments, regulators, and industries to advocate for policies that stimulate sustainable economic growth. With over 166,000 members working in 100 countries and regions, CPA Australia is one of the world's largest accounting bodies. It was founded in 1886 by Andrew Lyell, Arthur Cleveland, Benjamin Doughty Smith, Thomas Brentnall, John McAlister Howden, Charles Morell Holmes, William Crellin, and Edward Langton. Andrew Paul Hunter has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Westlake Group LLC provides investment banking and corporate management services. The company provides venture development, corporate finance, and business management services to entrepreneurial companies. It offers services to the technology, communications, and life sciences industries. It also offers consulting services that include mergers and acquisitions advice, financial and strategic consulting, and business plan development. Westlake Group is headquartered in Austin, TX

Part of GAM Holding AG, GAM Fund Management Ltd. is an independent asset management group that caters to various client segments such as institutions, wholesale intermediaries, financial advisers, and private investors. The company is based in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish company's expertise lies in providing thought leadership and investment insights to its clients. The company's latest insights suggest that benign markets are increasingly at odds with the underlying economic picture, and GAM Investments’ Julian Howard examines what, if anything, investors should be doing as a result. The company was founded by Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild.

Lloyds Bank Plc provides banking and financial services. It operates through the following segments: Retail and Commercial Banking. The Retail segment offers financial service products, including current accounts, savings, mortgages, motor finance and unsecured consumer lending to personal and small business customers. The Commercial Banking segment provides a range of products and services such as lending, transactional banking, working capital management, risk management and debt capital markets services to SMEs, corporates and financial institutions. The company was founded on June 3,1765 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Ocean Partners Investments Ltd. provides investment services. The company was founded on November 16, 2006 and is headquartered in Maidenhead, the United Kingdom.

Ocean Partners UK Ltd. engages in the wholesale of metals and metal ores. The company was founded on July 6, 2004 and is headquartered in Maidenhead, the United Kingdom.

Ocean Partners Holdings Ltd. provides trade services to miners, smelters and refiners. Its services include agency & consulting and trade & project finance. It has operations in countries including Canada, Chile, China, Cyprus, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Peru, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States, and retains agency representation in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, India, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Central/Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The company was founded in October 2004 and is headquartered in Maidenhead, the United Kingdom.

Bank of Scotland Plc provides banking and financial services. Its services include current accounts, savings, mortgages, credit cards, and unsecured loans to personal and business banking customers; and lending, transactional banking, working capital management, risk management and debt capital markets services to commercial customers. The company was founded on July 17, 1695 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Lloyds Development Capital (Holdings) Ltd. (LDC) is a private equity firm founded in 1981. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom and is wholly owned by LBG Equity Investments Ltd.

Morphochem AG discovers and develops drugs. It focuses on finding therapeutic agents to treat cancer, anti-infectives, inflammation, metabolic disorders and infectious diseases, with particular emphasis on enzyme inhibitors. The company has developed an integrated chemical genomics drug discovery engine that it is applying in third party research programs and for building its own fully owned pipeline. Morphochem is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Part of Bureau Veritas SA, Bureau Veritas Commodity Services Ltd. is a holding company that provides royalties and administrative services. The company is based in Witham, UK.