Tara Liao admitted to practise in the British Virgin Islands (BVI)

Chambers is delighted to announce that Tara Liao, our practising tenant, has been admitted as a legal practitioner in the BVI. Apart from her Hong Kong practice, Tara has embarked on this exciting new venture, and we are thrilled to see her as part of such a fantastic team in the BVI. This marks the third jurisdiction where Tara is admitted as a legal practitioner, after her call to the Bar of Hong Kong and the Bar of England & Wales.  

Denis Chang’s Chambers houses various members qualified to practise in various jurisdictions beyond Hong Kong. Our tenants are frequently instructed to work with their overseas colleagues in arbitration and litigation. For more information about our members’ work in other jurisdictions, please visit here.

 

Tara Liao

“Tara is a very safe pair of hands. She is extremely industrious and her work is consistently of a very high quality.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2021 – 2025, Commercial Disputes — Leading Juniors

Tara was recognised by Legal 500 as a leading junior in commercial dispute resolution from 2021 to 2025. She appears regularly in the Court of Appeal, the High Court and in arbitrations with a focus on commercial injunctions, arbitrations, company, insolvency, civil fraud, trust and cross-border disputes. She sat as a Deputy District Judge in 2021 and 2023. 

Tara has a keen interest in arbitration and was a committee member of HK45, an active young arbitration practitioners group in Asia formed under the auspice of HKIAC.  

Prior to joining the Bar in 2015, she was a solicitor in an international law firm specialising in commercial litigation and regulatory matters. She holds a bachelor’s degree in PRC laws from Peking University and has passed the PRC National Judicial Examination.  

Visit Tara’s profile for more details.

This article was first published on 12 December 2024.

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