Timothy Loh LLP

Regulatory, FinTech, Corporate Law, White Collar Crime & Employment Law

Sally Lau is a Managing Associate of the firm. She has a broad range of experience in both contentious and non-contentious financial services, including money lending, money laundering, sanctions compliance, SFC licensing and ongoing compliance, as well as in corporate law, employment law and white collar crime.   Sally Lau has represented clients in enforcement matters involving investment services firms, including operators of digital asset exchanges and corporate finance advisers, and has substantial experience advising on blockchain and other distributed ledger technology (“DLT”), non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), stablecoins, crypto currencies and crypto currency derivatives, with a particular focus on corporate and commercial law issues, securities regulation and anti-money laundering (“AML”) compliance.   She has advised clients on employment arrangements, including preparing employment agreements, restrictive covenants and service company agreements, and represented clients in disputes between employers and employees. She has particular experience with internal investigations of employees, employment disputes involving employees who are licensed or registered or otherwise regulated by a regulatory agency, including the SFC and with regulatory issues, including licensing, registration and enforcement related matters, arising from termination of employment.   She has advised extensively on creditor-debtor relationships, with a particular focus on secured lending transactions.

Sally Lau started her legal career as a Trainee Solicitor at Timothy Loh LLP in 2019, progressing to Associate in 2022 and Managing Associate in 2023.

English, Cantonese and Mandarin

Sally Lau graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and a minor in Criminology in 2018 and completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) the next year at City University of Hong Kong.