Construction, Commercial and Chancery, International Arbitration, Pensions, Professional Negligence, Banking and Financial Services, Insolvency and Restructuring

Barrister specialising in Construction, Commercial & Chancery, International Arbitration, Pensions, Professional Negligence, Banking & Financial Services, Insolvency & Restructuring.

Anson Cheung was called to the bar in 2019.

Anson Cheung’s practice encompasses the full range of commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on litigation in the GCC region, international arbitration, construction, pensions and financial services. Anson’s cases frequently involve multi-jurisdictional elements. She is a member of the Attorney General’s Junior Junior scheme. 

Anson was awarded a full-ride merit-based scholarship, the Swire Scholarship, for her undergraduate degree, and graduated from the University of Oxford with a Double First in Jurisprudence. She then achieved a Distinction on the BCL at Oxford. During her studies, Anson represented the University of Oxford twice in international moots, and won the Herbert Smith Freehills Oxford Disability Mooting Championship 2017. She was a research assistant to Professor Timothy Endicott and contributed to comparative law reports that were submitted to the US Supreme Court, as organised by Oxford Pro Bono Publico.   

Prior to starting the BPTC, Anson worked in the Legal Office of the UN World Food Programme in Rome.   

For the BPTC, Anson was awarded the most prestigious scholarship at Gray’s Inn, the Bedingfield Scholarship, and an Advocacy Award for aptitude in advocacy from BPP University. She was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 2019.  

Cantonese (native)(spoken), Mandarin (fluent)(spoken and written)

The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn