Profile

In 1993, Richard was called to the Hong Kong Bar. He was appointed as Senior Counsel in 2016. For various periods from 2018 to 2021, he was appointed as Deputy Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court. He has been appointed as Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court since 2021. He also passed and completed the 2021 Greater Bay Area Legal Qualification Examination and Training.

Richard is currently Chairman of the Administrative Appeals Board, Chairman of the Management Committee of the Consumer Legal Action Fund of the Consumer Council, Co-Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Mainland Affairs, member of the Standing Committee on Legal Education and Training, member of the PCLL Academic Board of both the University of Hong Kong and the City University of Hong Kong. He is a member of the Board of Governors and the Council of Hong Kong Shue Yan University and also a member of the Audit Committee of the Council of City University of Hong Kong.

Richard’s practice is predominantly civil and commercial litigation which includes disputes on commercial agreements and company matters, shareholders’ disputes and also issues on conflict of laws, enforcement of foreign judgments/arbitral awards, law of property and trust. Apart from court proceedings, Richard actively participates in international arbitration as counsel (including cases in Mainland China, Hong Kong, London and Singapore) and is also regularly appointed as arbitrator. He is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators and is also on the List of Arbitrators of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the Hong Kong Bar Association. He is also on the Panel of Arbitrators of the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration and also the Shanghai Arbitration Commission.

The arbitration disputes Richard has handled relate to sale and purchase of shares regarding companies incorporated in Mainland China, Hong Kong and abroad, investment agreements (including agreement on “waste-to-energy” plant), equity funds, loan and security agreements, trusts, joint venture agreements, private jet management agreement; licensing and distributorship agreements (including system analysis and design agreements), international sale of goods/commodities and building/construction contracts.