Being one of the most established and progressive law firms in Hong Kong, we enjoy a rich history since the early years of Hong Kong’s development as a leading international financial centre. With our long tradition of excellence and wealth of experience, we are able to provide a complete range of legal services for large commercial entities as well as individuals through our different departments. Over the years, our firm has grown to over 80 staff and most of them have been working with us for many years. Some of the senior legal executives and clerks have been working in the field for over 30 years. In addition, our firm has trained many experienced and trustworthy lawyers and other legal staff of high quality. Their solid legal experience enables us to maintain our best services at all times. Without their effort, our firm could not have been supported by our loyal clients over half of the century. As we believe that the clients’ loyalty is always based on our understanding of their needs, we have always placed our clients’ interests first. Setting this as our principle, our firm is able to provide quality legal services to suit our clients’ diverse needs.
Founded in 1951
50 people in their team
Over the years, Lau, Chan & Ko has built up an extensive network of clients and connections comprising property developers, public bodies, government agencies, enterprises, banks, financial institutions and individuals. For our long standing in Hong Kong, our firm has been instructed by various developers to advise and deal with project conveyancing, redevelopment of tenanted properties and development of small houses in New Territories. Our firm has also been chosen by over 40 well-known banks and financial institutions and lenders to handle property-related cases including mortgage transactions, project finance and sale and purchase of properties in HK and PRC. Lau, Chan & Ko is also one of the appointed solicitors for the Government of HKSAR to deal with the sale and purchase of properties under various housing schemes. These all make our Property and Conveyancing Department one of the strongest departments of the firm.
Lau, Chan & Ko handles a large volume of civil litigation cases each year. Our 50 years practice enables us to obtain wealth of experience develop and maintain an efficient back-up system. Most of our solicitors are legal aid panel solicitors in civil litigation. Our firm offers solid and high quality legal services in all aspects of civil litigation.
Our firm has a wealth of experience in dealing with many criminal cases including,
| 1. | Sexual Offences—rape, indecent assault and operating a vice establishment; |
| 2. | Drug-related Offences; |
| 3. | Theft, Robbery, Burglary and Handling Stolen Goods; |
| 4. | Fraud and other property Offences; |
| 5. | Offences against the person - assault and battery, wounding and actual bodily harm; |
| 6. | Offences under the Securities and Futures Ordinance - insider dealing, market manipulation, false trading, price rigging, disclosure of false or misleading information; |
| 7. | Intellectual property rights offences - trade mark offences, false trade descriptions and copyright infringements; |
| 8. | Traffic offences including careless driving, reckless driving causing death; |
| 9. | Triad-related Offences; |
| 10. | Gambling-related Offences; |
| 11. | Possession of forged visas and passports; |
| 12 | Use of forgery and false documents; and |
| 13. | Serious offences including Homicide and Grievous Bodily Harm. We offer a 24- hour service to those arrested and accused of criminal offences. |
Our firm provides wide range of legal services in contentious and non-contentious probate matters.
Our history and wealth of experience enable us to give advice on strategy, law and procedures in respect of formation, restructuring, amalgamation and acquisition of companies and partnership and transfer of business. We also advise on joint-ventures and commercial projects. We provide company secretarial services for both Hong Kong and PRC based incorporated companies. Besides, we frequently advise on issues which bankers and lenders should be aware of in view of the modern trend. Our long tradition of providing a full range of legal advice to local banks and financial institutions proves our strength in banking and finance.
Our firm is well known for its sector or strength in immigration disputes. For the past years, we have been advising on and handling numerous immigration cases. We are able to act quickly and frequently to pay legal visits to Immigration Department and Airport.
