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Practice Areas

Family Law

Family work involves especially delicate and intimate issues pertaining to marriage, children and matrimonial assets. It requires practical solutions which yield expedited outcomes and minimal impact on vulnerable individuals. Given Hong Kong’s diverse international make-up, many cases are cross-jurisdictional and may involve complicated trust structures and corporations both at home and abroad.

DVC has a strong pedigree and presence in the practice of family law in Hong Kong. Members bring a combination of legal skills and emotional intelligence to guide lay clients through matrimonial settlements and divorce and separation cases. Some members have played a major role in litigation spanning Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and Singapore. They are also equally adept at acting for interveners and third parties claiming proprietary intent in property prima facie falling within the matrimonial pool.

Specific Areas of Expertise

  • Children Issues
  • Divorce and Dissolution
  • Matrimonial Finance
  • Family Mediation
  • Private Financial Adjudication

Accolades

for Family Law at DVC

This Silk has practised family law in Hong Kong for three decades and operates across the full spectrum of practice area concerns, offering particularly focused expertise in the handling of financially complex pre- and post-nuptial settlements and jurisdictional questions. “She is very knowledgeable in the area of family law. She is firm but polite; a great advocate who is always giving sensible advice and is easy to work with. When you have her on your side, you know your client will be well looked after”“She is always the go-to barrister for family cases. Her submissions are on-point, and she understands the client, always offering pragmatic advice”.

 

Another DVC member stand out for her significant expertise in complex matrimonial and financial cases involving settlements, third-party interests and family trusts sits alongside her extensive child-related experience advising on custody, care and control, wardship and Hague Convention cases. She is praised for being “wonderful for cases involving child custody matters. She really cares about her clients and goes over and beyond her role as a barrister to help with a case”.

 

— Chambers & Partners: Greater China Region (2023)

This silk is praised for being regularly instructed in a broad range of cases, lending particular expertise to ancillary relief and child law matters. “A reputable senior family barrister in Hong Kong”.

This DVC member is recognized as “a reputable senior family law barrister in Hong Kong”.

Another DVC member is recognized for being ‘very diligent and hardworking. She is a very able junior who provides valuable support.’

— Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Hong Kong Bar (2023)

She is praised for being “absolutely excellent” and a specialist in child custody matters. “If you want someone to really fight, she’s the one; you don’t want her on the other side.” She focuses her practice exclusively on the family law sphere and draws regular praise for her assured handling of both matrimonial and child-related cases. Her significant expertise in complex matrimonial and financial cases involving settlements, third-party interests and family trusts sits alongside her extensive child-related experience advising on custody, care and control, wardship and Hague Convention cases.

— Chambers & Partners Greater China Region (2022)

‘She can see the big picture in a case.’

Hers is a key name in the set for child law cases. ‘She is excellent on children law matters.’

— Legal 500 Asia Pacific HK Bar (2022)

This senior junior barrister is endorsed as  a “go-to” and “true” family law barrister, and she wins plaudits for her broad coverage of matrimonial and child-related cases. She has practised family law in the jurisdiction for almost three decades. She is “very experienced in Hong Kong and sees the big picture.” She operates across the full gamut of family law, but is particularly well versed in handling cases involving pre-and post-nuptial settlements involving companies and trusts matters, in addition to issues of jurisdiction.

This barrister focusses her practice exclusively in the family law sphere and is widely endorsed for her capable handling of matrimonial and child-related cases. She is “excellent on children matters” and “a strong matrimonial barrister, too.” Her significant expertise in complex matrimonial and financial cases involving settlements, third-party interests and family trusts sits alongside her extensive child-related experience advising on custody, care and control, wardship and Hague Convention cases.

— Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific (2021)

“Very experienced in Hong Kong, she sees the bigger picture.”

“He is one of the few barristers in Hong Kong who focuses on private client and trust law and is a strong advocate that is well-prepared.”

“Her quality of work is very good, making her a suitable choice for more complex legal proceedings.”

“Excellent in children matters. She is one of two Leading juniors at Des Voeux Chambers who is held in high regard by peers and solicitors, particularly for her child law work.”

— Legal 500 Asia Pacific HK Bar (2021)

This “go-to senior junior, all-rounder matrimonial barrister knows the [family] field and is well respected by judges,” her status as “an exceptionally good, forceful but fair advocate” attracting special praise. Experienced in both the financial and child-focused spheres of the family law discipline, she offers focused expertise on ancillary relief issues, including those involving trustees, and also advises extensively on cross-jurisdictional questions.

Acting exclusively in the family law space, operating across the full spectrum of practice area disciplines, but being particularly well known for her handling of matters affecting children, including custody, care and control, removal application and wardship issues, this junior is known for being “very detail-focused and very, very well prepared.” She is also lauded as a “tough and well-respected advocate who is not afraid of a scrap” when the occasion demands it.

— Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific (2020)

Winning plaudits for “see[ing] the big picture” and “addressing matters holistically” this junior is also acclaimed as being “very experienced and for being a great practitioner” in the financial and child-related sectors within the Family law arena.

Fight[ing] her corner particularly tenaciously,” this junior is respected for her work in family matters “operating in both the financial and custody spaces, her expertise covering nuptial settlements, ancillary relief and third-party interests.” She is best known for her work where the interests of children are concerned.

— Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific (2019)

Characterised as being a very experienced practitioner who is popular among family law solicitors, one of DVC’s members is well-known for “being able to address all different aspects” of family law and for being able to “operate across the family spectrum for financial and child-related issues.” Another member “devotes her entire practice to family law matters covering all branches of the discipline,” and is respected for being “one of the most experienced handlers of children’s matters.”

— Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific (2018)

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