Profile
Profile
Valerie joined Chambers in 2024 after successfully completing pupillage under Ms Maggie Wong SC, Mr Christopher Chain SC, Mr Jason Yu, and Mr Michael Lok.
Valerie is building a broad practice across Chambers’ practice areas, with a focus on civil and commercial matters. She has experience in cases involving commercial, company and insolvency, banking and finance, employment and property law. She has appeared before the High Court, both for trial and interlocutory application. Valerie accepts instructions in all areas of work, as sole counsel or part of a team.
Valerie read law at the University of Oxford, fully sponsored by prizes and scholarships (including the D.H. Chen Foundation Scholarship, Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme, and DVC Harry Liu Postgraduate Scholarship). Having graduated with a First Class BA in Jurisprudence, she stayed on to read for the Bachelor of Civil Law, winning the John Morris Prize for the best performance in the Conflict of Laws across the cohort.
During her studies, Valerie represented the University of Oxford at prestigious mooting competitions, winning prizes including Regional Champion of the Price Media Law Moot. She went on to coach the HKU team for an international moot. She has published and presented on topics across commercial law, including at the University of Western Australia’s Private and Commercial Law Conference.
- Pacific Bulk Supramax Company Ltd v Wong Man Kam Patrick & Leung Chi Kin (HCMP 1632/2021) – trial on civil contempt (led by Mr Christopher Chain SC, with Mr Arthur Poon)
- China International Fund Limited v West China Cement Limited and West International Holding Limited (HCA 1889/2019) – interlocutory application; succeeded on seeking specific discovery (with Mr Michael Lok)
- So Kwai Chung v Wong Wai Ying Anita and Others (FAMV 101/2024) – application to leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal; easement; proprietary estoppel (with Mr Michael Lok)
- Associate Editor, The Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (2022-2023)
- Moot Coach, Department of Law, University of Hong Kong (2021-2022)
- University of Oxford BCL – John Morris Prize in the Conflict of Laws (2023)
- Des Voeux Chambers Harry Liu Postgraduate Scholarship (2022)
- Price Media Law Moot – Regional Champion and Best Memorials Runner-up (2022-2023)
- University College Finalist Award (2021)
- University of Oxford Maitland Chambers Inter-Collegiate Mooting Competition – Runner-up (2020)
- Oxford Hong Kong Moot – Runner-up (2019)
- Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme (2018)
- DH Chen Foundation Scholarship (2018)
- “All’s well that ends well for keepwell deeds: successful claims of breach of keepwell deeds in Re Peking University Founder Group Company Limited [2024] HKCA 445”, South Square’s Digest (July 2024)
- “Contracts Void as Instruments of Fraud: Halley v Law Society Revisited” , presented at University of Western Australia Private and Commercial Law Conference (December 2023) (with J. Yap, A. Yean)
