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 is recommended as a mediator by Who’s Who Legal (Mainland China & Hong Kong SAR – Mediation). As a lawyer, Queenie Lau is described by Chambers and Partners 2023 as “an excellent advocate” and “an outstanding junior counsel. She is probably the best in her rank. She is always hard-working and responsive. She is versatile and has solid knowledge in various areas of law.” Legal 500 2024 also describes Queenie as “a first-class advocate”, and “her advice is practical and incisive and she is a pleasure to deal with”. Queenie has been recommended by Chambers and Partners as a leading Hong Kong junior for commercial disputes, by Legal 500 as a leading junior for commercial disputes and also employment cases, by Who’s Who Legal (Mainland China & HKSAR – Arbitration) as a Thought Leader and by Doyle’s in the area of employment.
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
