Denis Chang’s Chambers in Lexology’s Latest Litigation Guide
Delighted to share that Earl Deng, Isabel Tam, Valerie Tang, Emily Ting, and Matthew Suen have contributed to the Lexology Complex Commercial Litigation 2026 guide.
Our members contributed to the Hong Kong chapter of Complex Commercial Litigation, which provides a valuable global overview of the key principles and recent developments in complex commercial disputes. The publication explores fundamental legal issues such as contract formation and modification, interpretation, breach, defences to enforcement, fraud and misrepresentation, dispute resolution, remedies, and other significant topics.
Read the Hong Kong chapter: Lexology Link
Earl Deng
“Earl is a first-class lawyer with a good understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the points arising and good tactical judgement.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2026, Administrative and Public Law, Commercial disputes — Tier 1 Leading Junior
Earl Deng read Law at the University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam College on a Prince Philip Scholarship Bursary and was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2008, joining Chambers in the same year.
Earl has an active civil law practice involving advisory and advocacy work in complex commercial, contractual, chancery, and intellectual property disputes and is known as a specialist advocate for public and administrative law matters and sexual minority rights.
Earl is also a regular contributor to a large volume of practitioner publications, and has authored original chapters and volumes, including Chitty on Contracts (Hong Kong Specific Edn.), Employment Law and Practice in Hong Kong, Discrimination Law in Hong Kong, and various volumes of Halsbury Laws of Hong Kong.
View Earl’s profile for more details.
Isabel Tam
“She’s very articulate and is good at attention to detail. She gives us comprehensive advice that is very practical. I think she’s a good advocate.”
Chambers and Partners Greater China Region 2026
Administrative & Public Law: The Bar and Family/Matrimonial: The Bar
Recognised as Leading Junior in Legal 500 (2026, Administrative and Public Law & Family and private client) and ranked in Chambers and Partners Greater China Region 2026 (Administrative & Public Law: The Bar and Family/Matrimonial: The Bar), Isabel’s practice focuses on family law, public law, and regulatory matters. She has extensive experience in general matrimonial finance and preservation of assets, as well as particular expertise in complex legal issues arising out of LGBTQ/modern families and the dissolution of families with cross-border elements. She has acted as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal, Court of First Instance, District Court, Magistrates’ Courts, and the Court of Final Appeal.
Isabel has been involved in landmark family law cases concerning modern families and LGBTQ rights in Hong Kong. Notably, she represented the non-biological parent in AA v BB [2021] 2 HKLRD 1225, securing guardianship and joint custody for a same-sex couple. She was involved in NF v R [2023] 5 HKLRD 58, a case resulting in a novel type of relief, a declaration of “parentage at common law” for a same-sex parent. Her expertise in family law is augmented by her experience in other related areas including in particular tax (Koo Ming Kown & Anor v The Commissioner of Inland Revenue [2021] 3 HKLRD 642 on liability for additional tax), mental incapacitated persons, and trust claims.
She is a contributor to the current editions of Hong Kong Civil Procedure and Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Hong Kong Precedents of Pleadings.
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Valerie Tang
“Valerie is bright, professional, diligent and is able to address the commercial needs of clients in legal disputes. She is able to offer strategic insight into resolving issues, and her work in complex commercial disputes has been well recognized by clients.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2026, Commercial Disputes, Rising Star
Valerie was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2019. She enjoys a broad civil practice with a special focus on company and commercial law. Valerie is also well-versed in family law, and has experience in land, probate, personal injuries, employment and mental health-related matters.
Prior to obtaining her law degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Valerie read International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Valerie is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin, and she accepts instructions in all areas of work.
More details can be found in Valerie’s profile.
Emily Ting
“Emily is a top-class junior barrister with an amazing ability to process masses of information and documents quickly. and extract the key points. She is also able to leverage her skills across a range of commercial litigation to great effect in competition law cases.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2026, Competition, Rising Star
Called to the Bar in 2019, Emily has a broad civil practice with an emphasis on chancery matters. She is active in the area of land law (including land compulsory sale applications, adverse possession, mortgage actions, building planning, and advising on easements and governments leases) and has co-authored the articles Summary possession of land under Order 113: Practical tips (with Mr. Ross Yuen) and Exemption clauses in the Deed of Mutual Covenant: A built-in shield against liability for building managers? (with Ms. Isabel Tam).
Her recent cases include Wise Grace Investment Limited & others v Lui Man Dung & others [2025] HKLdT 5 in which she acted for respondent minority owner in the trial of an application for compulsory sale for redevelopment.
Emily was recognised by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025 and 2026 as a Rising Star in Competition.
More details can be found in Emily’s profile.
Matthew Suen
“Matthew has excellent technical skills, including legal research, legal analysis, very high-quality drafting, and excellent written and oral advocacy. He is also very well-organised, he displays very strong commercial awareness and understanding, and he has a great ability to solve legal problems for commercial clients with a creative and sensitive application of substantive law and procedural rules, applied effectively to the commercial circumstances of the case.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2026, Commercial Disputes, Rising Star
Matthew is a Charles Ching Scholar. Matthew is developing a broad civil practice across the full range of commercial litigation, international arbitration and advisory work. He is comfortable being instructed as part of a counsel team or in his own right, and has appeared unled in the High Court.
Before coming to the Bar, Matthew had a stint at one of China’s top Red Circle Firms where he acquired a good understanding of the mainland Chinese market in the context of cross-border commercial disputes. As barrister, Matthew is regularly instructed to act – as junior or sole counsel – in high-stakes commercial arbitrations administered by major arbitral institutions in Asia, including HKIAC, SIAC and CIETAC (HK). He also acts as secretary to arbitral tribunals.
Matthew read law in Hong Kong and mainland China and holds a Master of Laws degree in PRC Civil and Commercial Law from Peking University. He served pupillage with Mr Hectar Pun SC, Mr Adrian Lai JP, Dr Benny Lo, Mr Randy Shek and Mr Richard Yip before commencing his full practice in 2022. He currently serves in the Standing Committee on Mainland Affairs and the Committee on Arbitration of HKBA.
Please see Matthew’s profile for more details.
This article was first published on 2 February 2026.
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