Jeremy Chan Recognised in Doyle’s Guide 2025 as a Leading Family & Divorce Law Barrister in Hong Kong
Denis Chang’s Chambers is delighted to announce that Jeremy Chan has been recognised in the Doyle’s Guide 2025 on Leading Family & Divorce Law Barristers in Hong Kong.
The 2025 Doyle’s Guide of Leading Family & Divorce Law Barristers in Hong Kong features counsel practising within the areas of family, divorce and matrimonial matters in the Hong Kong legal market who has been identified by Hong Kong’s family law solicitors and their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
For more information, please visit: https://doylesguide.com/leading-family-divorce-law-barristers-hong-kong-2025/
Jeremy Chan
Jeremy is a leading Junior Counsel specialising in all areas of Family Law with a particular focus on the areas of Matrimonial Finance, Private Clients, Inheritance, Probate and Trusts.
Called to the Bar in 2000, Jeremy has forged a career as a “go-to Junior” for Family matters and is noted for his “tough and very thorough” advocacy, he is “one of the top three Juniors in the field” and is considered to be “one of the most prominent Counsel here” in Hong Kong.
Jeremy is particularly noted for being “very numerate” and “with a good commercial sense” which “equip him particularly well in tackling high-value or financially complex cases”. Jeremy’s flourishing career has seen him be involved in the largest family disputes in Hong Kong, and he often represents clients within the Court of Appeal, often not associated with family proceedings.
Relevant to the issues discussed in this article, Jeremy represented the husband respondent in ML v YK (2010) 13 HKCFAR 796, a case involving a PRC divorce and in which the Court of Final Appeal in obiter dicta commented on the need for introduction of legislation enabling Hong Kong to provide, in appropriate cases, for ancillary relief in respect of marriages dissolved outside Hong Kong, ultimately leading to the enactment of Part IIA of the ) Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance (Cap. 192).
More details can be found in Jeremy’s Profile.
This article was first published on 3 April 2025.
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