Call: 2008 (HK)
Inner Bar: 2024
Solicitor: 2007 to 2008 (HK); 2008 to present (England and Wales – non-practising)
Accredited as a mediator by CEDR in 2009
Accredited as a general mediator by HKIAC in 2009
Accredited as a mediator by HKMAAL in 2013
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 2017
Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators since 2016
Member of the HKIAC List of Arbitrators since 2018
Education
- MA, University of Cambridge
- BA (Hons) in Law, University of Cambridge
Contact
| Email: | qlau@templechambers.com |
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| Tel: | (+852) 2523 2003 |
Secretary
| Name: | Yvonne Yim |
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| Email: | yyim@templechambers.com |
| Tel: | (+852) 2248 1881 |
mentions
languages
Fluent in Cantonese, Putonghua and EnglishScholarship And Prizes
Profile
Queenie Lau SC is recommended as a mediator by Who’s Who Legal (Mainland China & Hong Kong SAR – Mediation). As a lawyer, Queenie is described by Chambers and Partners 2024 as “bright, diligent and very easy to work with” and “able to offer strategic insight into resolving issues”. Chambers and Partners 2024 also says, “No one at the Bar is calmer under pressure than Queenie: a real star.” In addition, Legal 500 2024 describes Queenie as “a first-class advocate”, and “her advice is practical and incisive and she is a pleasure to deal with”. Queenie is recognised by Chambers and Partners for commercial dispute resolution in both the Greater China Region Guide as well as the Global Guide, by Legal 500 as a leading junior for commercial disputes and also employment cases, and by Who’s Who Legal (Mainland China & HKSAR – Arbitration) as a Thought Leader.
Queenie has a broad, predominantly civil, practice which includes commercial law, securities and regulatory matters, banking, company law, land law, conveyancing, building management, professional negligence, employment law, family law, defamation, probate and commercial fraud.
Queenie qualified as a CEDR accredited mediator in March 2009 and as an accredited mediator on the HKIAC’s Panel of General Mediators in November 2009. She has conducted over 100 mediations (using English, Cantonese and/or Putonghua).
Queenie has also advised as Counsel in mediation matters and acted as mediation advocate in mediations. In particular, she has acted as mediation advocate in the second to fourth days of a four-day mediation.
In October 2021, Queenie sat as a Master in the Judiciary’s Case Settlement Conference pilot scheme. Queenie has also given demonstrations in several CEDR mediation courses, a CEDR mediation advocacy course and other mediation practice sessions organised by CEDR. Further, she has been a Part-Time Lecturer in respect of a mediation course run by the University of Hong Kong’s Department of Professional Legal Education.
Queenie was among the first batch of Hong Kong lawyers to qualify for legal practice in the Greater Bay Area.
Appointments And Public Office
Hong Kong Bar Association
