“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 is quick-witted, articulate in her advocacy and very knowledgeable with a sharp legal intuition. She is definitely a rising star in the legal industry and one to look out for.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025, Commercial Disputes — Rising Star

Valerie was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2019. She specialises in company and commercial matters with experience in insolvency, shareholder disputes, civil fraud and asset recovery. She has acted as sole advocate for various multinational corporations and high net worth individuals. 

Valerie is also well versed in family law, and has ample experience in ancillary relief proceedings, Hague Convention applications, Cap. 481 matters and MHO Part II inquiries. She also regularly handles land, probate and regulatory 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.

• Hong Kong Bar (2019)
• MCIArb (2020)

• PCLL, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2018)
• JD, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2017)
• BSc in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science (2015)

• University Grants Committee (UGC) funded PCLL place (2017)
• JD Bronze Scholarship for Academic Merit (2016)

Headnote Writer, Inland Revenue Board of Review Decisions (IRBRD) (June 2025 – June 2028)

Part-time lecturer (Family Law in Hong Kong), Faculty of Law, City University of Hong Kong (2025 – present)

Part-time lecturer (Legal Research, Analysis and Writing), Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2020, 2024 – present)

Member, Committee on Company Law (CCoL), Bar Association (2025 – present)

Member, Committee on Family Law (CFamL), Bar Association (2022 – present)

Member, Committee on Mediation (CMed), Bar Association (2020 – present)

Author, Atkin’s Court Forms Hong Kong on Companies (Winding-up) (Issue 107)

Speaker, Old Age and Beyond: Powers of Attorney, Mental Health Ordinance Part II and Beddoe Applications (CPD Talk), with Jeremy Chan and Jason Ko (October 2024)

Speaker, Commercial Injunctions (CPD Talk), with Thomas WK Wong (August 2024)

Speaker, Mock Mediator Assisted Financial Dispute Resolution Hearing (Advanced Legal Education (ALE) Programme accredited), with Mairead Rattigan SC and other Members of the Hong Kong Bar Association Committee on Family Law (May 2023 and October 2024)

“Winding Up and Arbitration: A Guide to Claiming against Insolvent Companies”, Hong Kong Lawyer (May 2023 Issue), republished by HKIAC on WeiXin

Speaker, Cross Border Enforcement: Practicalities and Special Features (CPD Talk), with Robin D’Souza and Tim Parker (October 2022)

Speaker, A Guide to Relationship Arrangements for Spouses, Cohabitees and Beyond (CPD Talk), with Jeremy Chan, Phyllis Lee and Gall Solicitors (May 2022)

Commercial and Arbitration

China Energy Development Holdings Limited v Yeung Ka Sing Carson [2026] HKCFI 1693 (sole advocate) – Acted for the Defendant in a dispute concerning the authenticity of signatures in various guarantee agreements.

Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited v Hi-Speed Supply Chain Limited (CACV 707/2025) (sole advocate) – Acted for the successful Petitioner Bank against Contributory’s application for leave to join into proceedings and to appeal against winding-up order.

SA & Ors v BH & Anor [2024] 3 HKLRD 204 (sole advocate) – Acted for the Plaintiffs and resisted a security for costs application based on the lack of jurisdiction under Order 23 of RHC in arbitration proceedings initiated by parties to set aside an arbitral award.

HKIAC Administered Arbitration (Hong Kong seat) (sole advocate) – Acted for the Claimant in a multi-million contractual dispute regarding acquisition of intellectual property rights for development of NBA players related NFT products.

Marspan Limited v Chiu Margaret & Ors (HCMP 968/2022) (sole advocate) – Acted for a family member of the Far East Group in his joinder application into proceedings disputing the ownership of a vast piece of garden land vis-a-vis the former owner’s trustees-in-bankruptcy.

A v B (HCMP 1625/2021) (with Mr Jose Remedios) – Acted for the successful Plaintiff in obtaining a Mareva injunction and Anton Pillar order under Section 21M in aid of foreign proceedings concerning HK$708 million worth of cryptocurrency.

Re Chan Kin Wing [2021] HKCFI 3330 (sole advocate) – Acted for the Petitioner in bankruptcy proceedings where the underlying dispute arose out of a shareholders’ agreement governing the parties’ construction business.

Sang Cheol Woo v Funvest Global Pte. Ltd (HCMP 847/2020) (with Mr Tim Parker, now SC) – Acted for the Defendant in an application to set aside a Section 21M injunction in aid of Singaporean proceedings.

Atkins China Limited v China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited [2020] HKCFI 2092 (sole advocate) – Acted for the successful Defendant in resisting an application for interim injunction to stay arbitration proceedings.

Matrimonial, Probate and Administration

PM v VM [2026] HKFC 18 (with Mr Jeremy Chan) – Acted for successful Petitioner in 6-day ancillary relief trial resulting in multi-million lump sum distribution.

Re Estate of WSY (with Mr Jeremy Chan) – Advised Deloitte on due administration of Estate.

MF v LJL (FCMC 655/2023) (sole advocate) – Successfully obtained a return and non-removal order for children abducted from Hong Kong to a non-Hague Convention contracting state.

Re CYH (FCAD 2/2022) (sole advocate) – Acted for the Applicants in adoption proceedings, including, inter alia, the application to dispense with consent by a mentally unfit birth mother.

KKSR v CLH [2021] HKFC 63, [2021] HKFC 213 (sole advocate) – Acted for the Respondent in securing MPS, and successfully resisted an application to vacate Form A at the Land Registry against matrimonial properties.

Re HVD (HCMH 48/2021) (with Mr Jose Remedios) – Acted for the alleged MIP and her child in highly contentious Part II Inquiry.

Re CKY (HCMP 2694/2006) (sole advocate) – Acted for the Committee of the MIP in resisting a removal application made against her.

CWBA v LWS (FCMC 10645/2008) (sole advocate) – Acted for Petitioner in enforcing maintenance payments in arrears by way of attachment order to government pension.

Land and Property 

Lee Charles Goon Lok v Lee Kwok Ching & Ors (HCA 2366/2015 and CACV 453/2025) (with Mr Denis Chang SC) – Acted for the Plaintiff in Chinese customary law dispute concerning 36 landed properties and the relevant duties of registered managers of a Tso in the New Territories.

Winmark Properties Limited & Anor v Prime Way Investment Co. Ltd & Ors [2022] HKLdT 62 (with Mr Ross Yuen) – Acted for the Applicants in land compulsory sale proceedings and resisted a legal challenge as to the proper constitution of the application.

Lu Xiaohua, the administratrix of the estate of Wong Yiu Chung, deceased v Hau Shun Chi Nelson [2020] HKDC 153 (assisted Mr Earl Deng) – Acted for the adverse possessor and acquired possessory title to the land in question.

Regulatory

Multiple SFC Section 183 Investigations (sole advocate) – Advised security brokerage firms on SFC requisitions concerning cross-border trading matters.

Multiple Court Applications for Cessation of Business (sole advocate) (HCMP 2314/2024, HCMP 1631/2020 and HCMP 150/2020) – Acted for security brokerage firms to comply with SFC requirements for cessation of business, including applications to discharge and vary existing injunctions in ancillary proceedings.