Year of Call
2020 (Hong Kong)
2025 (Greater Bay Area)
HKIArb Fellow (2026)
HKMAAL Accredited Mediator (2023)
PCLL, University of Hong Kong (2019)
LLB, University of Hong Kong (2018)
Year of Call
2020 (Hong Kong)
2025 (Greater Bay Area)
HKIArb Fellow (2026)
HKMAAL Accredited Mediator (2023)
PCLL, University of Hong Kong (2019)
LLB, University of Hong Kong (2018)
HKSAR Government
Hong Kong Bar Association
Part-time Lecturer in Civil Advocacy, PCLL and Legal Research and Writing I & II, Department of Law, University of Hong Kong (2021-present)
Visiting Lecturer at Peking University Faculty of Law, “Common Law-Public Law Course”, hosted jointly by Peking University and the Hong Kong Bar Association (2025-present)
Chair, Sir Edward Youde Scholars Association (2025-present)
Kelly is developing a broad criminal and civil practice with experience in handling matters involving commercial, company, insolvency, land, trusts and probate, employment, civil fraud, professional liability and discipline, personal injuries, insurance, family, arbitration/mediation and white-collar crime, to name but a few. She is a Patrick Yu Scholar and a contributing author to Archbold Hong Kong: Criminal Law and Procedure. She served pupillage with Mr. Ambrose Ho S.C., Mr. Martin Hui S.C., Mr. Mike Lui (now Mr. Mike Lui S.C.) and Mr. Isaac Chan.
Kelly has appeared as an advocate in the Court of Final Appeal, the Court of Appeal, the Court of First Instance, the District/Family Courts, the Magistrates’ Courts and the Lands Tribunal, both in her own right and as a led junior. She also acts as a prosecutor on fiat for the Department of Justice, and accepts instructions from Legal Aid.
Prior to joining the private practice, Kelly served as a Public Prosecutor, and a Legal Trainee (Barrister) in Civil Division and Prosecutions Division at the Department of Justice, where she worked on public law and criminal cases.
Kelly is fluent in written and spoken English, Cantonese and Putonghua.
Company / Commercial Disputes
Trusts / Probate
Civil Fraud / Asset Recovery
Arbitration
· HKIAC Rules – high-profile dispute regarding the enforcement of a net profit guarantee clause in the Share Transfer Agreements involving a repurchase price of RMB950,000,000
· 2013 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules – acting for a listed PRC company in a contractual dispute involving over USD85 million
· HKIAC Rules – acting for a company registered in Taiwan in an investment dispute concerning bond principal in the sum of around USD12,000,000 and default damages in the amount of USD2,800,000
· COG v ES - HCMP 172/2022: in relation to the enforcement of arbitral award
Matrimonial
Criminal Law
Others