Des Voeux Chambers

Tom is developing a broad civil and commercial practice, with a particular focus on company and insolvency work, banking law, and trust and probate matters. Tom has appeared as sole trial counsel before the Court of First Instance, the District Court and Arbitral Tribunals, and as sole advocate before the Court of Appeal. He was a Marshall to Mr. Justice Reyes in 2009 and to Mr. Justice Harris in 2016. He appeared in the recent cross-border insolvency cases of Re China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd [2021] 1 HKLRD 255 and FDG Electric Vehicles Ltd [2020] 5 HKLRD 701.

Tom has published more than 10 items in overseas and local peer-reviewed journals, including the Law Quarterly Review and the Cambridge Law Journal. His publications have been referred to by Chitty on Contracts and Clerk & Lindsell on Torts.

Year of call 2016

Part-time lecturer in equity and trusts, HKU FHKIArb

BCL (Dist.) (Oxon.) LLB & BBA (Law) (1st Class Hon.) (HKU) Bar Scholar (2015) Charles Ching Scholar (2016) FHKIArb