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. She is a Charles Ching Scholar.
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 different levels of Courts, including the Court of Final Appeal and the Court of Appeal. 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 is also a part-time lecturer (non-clinical) at the University of Hong Kong. She has published and presented on topics across commercial law, including at the University of Western Australia’s Private and Commercial Law Conference.
Commercial & Civil
- Beijing Renji Real Estate Development Group Co., Ltd v Zhu Min [2025] HKCA 748 (led by Bernard Man SC) – appointment of interim receivers; slip rule
- Beijing Renji Real Estate Development Group Co., Ltd v Zhu Min [2025] HKCFI 1295; [2025] HKCFI 1480 (with Mr Michael Lok) – post judgment injunction; appointment of interim receivers
- 安徽四建控股團有限公司 (formerly known as 安徽新基建有限公司) v 江蘇金昇實股份有限公司 [2024] HKCFI 3657 (with Mr Lai Chun Ho) – discharge of Mareva injunction
- Golden House Ventures Ltd v Kwek Leng Seng [2025] HKCFI 4681 (with Mr Martin Lau) – security for costs application; enforcement of promissory note
- Prime Success, L.P. v Sinovac Biotech Ltd & Others (HCMP 1037/2025) (with Mr Terrence Tai) – anti-suit injunction; arbitration agreement
- The Joint and Several Trustee of the Property of So Ching Wan v Assen limited (in liquidation) (CACV 339/2024) (as sole advocate) – review of taxation decision; recoverability of liquidators’ costs
Banking and Finance
- Yardley Finance Ltd v Rong Xiuli [2025] HKCFI 4036 (led by Dr William Wong SC, with Mr Martin Lau) – interim payment application; high value money-lender dispute
- HSBC v Lau Kim and Others (HCMP 663/2025) (as sole advocate) – mortgage action on undue influence and misrepresentation; acting for the bank
Land/Probate & Trusts
- So Kwai Chung v Wong Wai Ying Anita and Others (2025) 28 HKCFAR 243 (with Mr Michael Lok) – easement; proprietary estoppel; acquiescence
- Liang Xiaozi v Sole Executor of Estate of Tse Yee Sun (HCA 119/2020) (with Mr Kerby Lau) – trial; beneficial ownership of landed property; acting for the executor of the estate
Companies & Insolvency
- Oriental Textile Products Ltd v Asia television Holdings Ltd and Others [2025] HKCFI 5387 (led by Dr William Wong SC, with Mr Charlie Liu) – removal of directors; shareholders’ requisition
- Re Jingrui Holdings Limited (HCCW 568/2024) (as sole advocate)- winding up petition; three core requirements; underlying debt subject to arbitration clause
- Re Sham Chun Man Simon (HCB 7003/2024) – bankruptcy petition
- Re Sino Oil and Gas Holdings Limited (HCCW 281/2022) (as sole advocate) – appointment of liquidators
Employment
- Alessandro Guarino v Quasar Engineering Ltd [2024] HKDC 2159 (led by Ms Frances Lok SC) – disability discrimination; employment
Arbitration
- Represented the Respondent in a 1-day trial on a licensing agreement governed by HKIAC rules (as sole advocate)
- Represented the Respondent in a 3-day trial on exclusive franchise agreements, Chinese arbitration governed by HKIAC rules (with Mr Charlie Liu)
- HKIAC Tribunal Secretary Training Programme (2025)
- Associate Editor, The Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (2022-2023)
- Moot Coach, Department of Law, University of Hong Kong (2021-2022)
- Charles Ching Memorial Scholarship (2025)
- 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)
