Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

 

 

CONYERS DILL & PEARMAN

 

29th Floor

One Exchange Square

8 Connaught Place

Central

Hong Kong

 

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July 31, 2026

 

Powell Max Limited

Commerce House

Wickhams Cay 1

P.O. Box 3140

Road Town, Tortola

British Virgin Islands VG 1110

 

Matter No. 1019161

Doc Ref: TT/114002382

 

Direct line: (852) 2842 9523

Email: Teresa.Tsai@conyers.com

 

 

Dear Sir/ Madam,

 

Re:Powell Max Limited (the “Company”)

 

We have acted as special British Virgin Islands legal counsel to the Company in connection with a registration statement on form F-3 (the “Registration Statement”, which term does not include any other document or agreement whether or not specifically referred to therein or attached as an exhibit or schedule thereto) as amended and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), relating to the shelf registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) of up to US$200,000,000 of the Company’s (i) class A ordinary shares and class B ordinary shares, par value US$0.008 each (the “Ordinary Shares”, which term includes any Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the conversion, exchange or exercise of any other Securities), (ii) preferred shares, par value US$0.008 each (the “Preferred Shares”, which term includes any preferred shares to be issued pursuant to the conversion, exchange or exercise of any other Securities), (iii) warrants of the Company to purchase the Ordinary Shares in one or more series (the “Warrants”), (iv) debt securities of the Company, in one or more series (the “Debt Securities”), and (v) units comprised of one or more of the Ordinary Shares, Preferred Shares, Warrants, Debt Securities or any combination thereof (the “Units”, together with the Warrants and the Debt Securities but excluding any Ordinary Shares or Preferred Shares forming part of a Unit, the “Non-Equity Securities”, and collectively with the Ordinary Shares and Preferred Shares, the “Securities”) described in the Registration Statement in any combination.

 

1.DOCUMENTS REVIEWED

 

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined copies of the following documents:

 

1.1.a copy of the certificate of incorporation, the seventh amended and restated memorandum of association and the articles of association of the Company (the “Seventh Amended M&A”), as obtained from the Registrar of Corporate Affairs on June 15, 2026;

 

1.2.a copy of a certificate of good standing issued by the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in relation to the Company and dated 28 July 2026;

 

1.3.a copy of the resolutions in writing signed by all the directors of the Company and dated July 29, 2026 (the “Resolutions”);

 

1.4.a copy of the Registration Statement; and

 

 

Partners: Piers J. Alexander, Crystal C. Au-Yeung, Christopher W. H. Bickley, Beverly Y. Cheung, Anna W. T. Chong, Angie Y. Y. Chu, Alexander T. Doyle, Vivien C. S. Fung, Richard J. Hall, Norman Hau, Wynne Lau, Ryan A. McConvey, Wesley D. O’Brien, Teresa F. Tsai, Flora K. Y. Wong

 

Consultant: David M. Lamb

 

BERMUDA | BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS | CAYMAN ISLANDS

 

 

 

 

1.5.such other documents and made such enquiries as to questions of law as we have deemed necessary in order to render the opinion set forth below.

 

The document listed in items 1.1 to 1.5 above are herein sometimes referred to as the “Documents” (which term does not include any other instrument or agreement whether or not specifically referred to therein or attached as an exhibit or schedule thereto).

 

2.ASSUMPTIONS

 

We have assumed:

 

2.1.the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures and the conformity to the originals of all copies (whether or not certified) examined by us and the authenticity and completeness of the originals from which such copies were taken;

 

2.2.that where a document has been examined by us in draft form, it will be or has been executed and/or filed in the form of that draft, and where a number of drafts of a document have been examined by us all changes thereto have been marked or otherwise drawn to our attention;

 

2.3.the capacity, power and authority of each of the parties to the definitive agreements relating to the Non-Equity Securities (the “Non-Equity Securities Agreements”), to enter into and perform its respective obligations under the Non-Equity Securities Agreements;

 

2.4.the due execution and delivery of the Non-Equity Securities Agreements by each of the parties thereto with an intention to be bound thereby;

 

2.5.the accuracy and completeness of all factual representations made in the Documents and other documents reviewed by us;

 

2.6.that the Resolutions were passed at one or more duly convened, constituted and quorate meetings or by unanimous written resolutions, remain in full force and effect and have not been rescinded or amended;

 

2.7.that there is no provision of the law of any jurisdiction, other than the British Virgin Islands, which would have any implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein;

 

2.8.that on the date of allotment (where applicable) and issuance of any Securities the Company is, and after any such allotment and issuance the Company is and will be able to, pay its debts;

 

2.9.that the applicable purchase, underwriting, or similar agreement and any other agreement or other document relating to any Securities to be offered and sold will be valid and binding in accordance with its terms pursuant to its governing law;

 

2.10.that neither the Company nor any of its shareholders is a sovereign entity of any state and none of them is a subsidiary direct or indirect of any sovereign entity or state;

 

2.11.that the Company will issue the Securities in furtherance of its objects as set out in its memorandum of association;

 

2.12.that the memorandum and articles of association of the Company will not be amended in any manner that would affect the opinions expressed herein;

 

2.13.that the Company will have sufficient authorised shares available to issue under its memorandum of association to effect the issue of any Ordinary Shares or Preferred Shares (as the case may be) at the time of issuance, whether as a principal issue or on the conversion, exchange or exercise of any Non-Equity Securities;

 

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2.14.that the form and terms of any and all Non-Equity Securities, the issuance and sale of any Securities by the Company, and the Company’s incurrence and performance of its obligations thereunder or in respect thereof (including, without limitation, its obligations under any related agreement, indenture or supplement thereto) in accordance with the terms thereof will not violate the memorandum and articles of association of the Company nor any applicable law, regulation, order or decree in the British Virgin Islands;

 

2.15.that no invitation has been or will be made by or on behalf of the Company to the public in the British Virgin Islands to subscribe for any Securities;

 

2.16.that all necessary corporate action will be or has been taken to authorise and approve any issuance of Securities, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters, and that the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement, will be or has been duly approved, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company and all other parties thereto;

 

2.17.that the Non-Equity Securities to be offered and sold will be valid and binding in accordance with their terms pursuant to the applicable governing law;

 

2.18.that the issuance and sale of and payment for the Securities will be or is in accordance with the applicable purchase, underwriting or similar agreement duly approved or to be duly approved by the board of directors of the Company and/or where so required, the shareholders of the Company and the Registration Statement (including the prospectus set forth therein and any other applicable supplement thereto);

 

2.19.that, upon the issue of any Ordinary Shares or Preferred Shares (as the case may be), the Company will receive consideration for the full issue price thereof which shall be equal to at least the par value thereof;

 

2.20.that there is no contractual or other prohibition or restriction (other than as arising under British Islands law) binding on the Company prohibiting or restricting it from entering into and performing its obligations under the Registration Statement;

 

2.21.the validity and binding effect under the laws of the United States of America of the Registration Statement and that the Registration Statement will be duly filed with and/or declared effective by the Commission.

 

3.QUALIFICATIONS

 

3.1.The obligations of the Company under in connection with any offer, issuance and sale of any Securities:

 

(a)will be subject to the laws from time to time in effect relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, possessory liens, rights of set off, reorganisation, amalgamation, merger, consolidation, moratorium, bribery, corruption, money laundering, terrorist financing, proliferation financing or any other laws or legal procedures, whether of a similar nature or otherwise, generally affecting the rights of creditors as well as applicable international sanctions;

 

(b)will be subject to statutory limitation of the time within which proceedings may be brought;

 

(c)will be subject to general principles of equity and, as such, specific performance and injunctive relief, being equitable remedies, may not be available;

 

(d)may not be given effect to by a British Virgin Islands court, whether or not it was applying the foreign laws, if and to the extent they constitute the payment of an amount which is in the nature of a penalty;

 

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(e)in the case of any applicable purchase, underwriting, or similar agreement and any other agreement or other document relating to the issue of any Ordinary Shares or Preferred Shares (as the case may be), may be subject to the Common Law rules that damages against the Company are only available where the purchaser of such Ordinary Shares or Preferred Shares (as the case may be) rescinds such agreement; and

 

(f)may not be given effect by a British Virgin Islands court to the extent that they are to be performed in a jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands and such performance would be illegal under the laws of that jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any contractual submission to the exclusive or non-exclusive jurisdiction of specific courts, a British Virgin Islands court has inherent discretion to stay or allow proceedings in the British Virgin Islands against the Company under the Documents if there are other proceedings in respect of the Documents simultaneously underway against the Company in another jurisdiction.

 

3.2.We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any provision of the Documents which provides for the payment of a specified rate of interest on the amount of a judgment after the date of judgment or which purports to fetter the statutory powers of the Company.

 

3.3.We express no opinion with respect to the issuance of Ordinary Shares or Preferred Shares (as the case may be) pursuant to any provision of the Documents that purports to obligate the Company to issue Ordinary Shares or Preferred Shares (as the case may be) following the commencement of a winding up or liquidation.

 

3.4.We have made no investigation of and express no opinion in relation to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the British Virgin Islands. This opinion is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the British Virgin Islands and is limited to and is given on the basis of the current law and practice in the British Virgin Islands. This opinion is issued solely for the purposes of the filing of the Registration Statement and the issuance of the Securities and is not to be relied upon in respect of any other matter.

 

4.OPINION

 

On the basis of and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

 

4.1.The Company is duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands in good standing (meaning solely that it has not failed to make any filing with any British Virgin Islands governmental authority or to pay any British Virgin Islands government fee or tax which would make it liable to be struck off the Register of Companies and thereby cease to exist under the laws of the British Virgin Islands).

 

4.2.Upon the due issuance of any Ordinary Shares or Preferred Shares (as the case may be), and payment of the consideration therefor, such Ordinary Shares or Preferred Shares (as the case may be) will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (which term when used herein means that no further sums are required to be paid by the holders thereof in connection with the issue thereof).

 

4.3.Upon the due issuance of any Non-Equity Securities by the Company and payment of the consideration therefor, such Non-Equity Securities will be validly issued and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent the references to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement.

In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are experts within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

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Yours faithfully,

/s/ Conyers Dill & Pearman

 

Conyers Dill & Pearman

 

 

 

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