Event information
Building on the continued success of our global GC Summit series, the 2025 edition of Legal 500’s GC Summit Hong Kong will bring together senior corporate counsel, legal experts, and industry leaders for a full day of dynamic discussion, practical insight, and professional exchange tailored to the needs of general counsel in Hong Kong’s unique and fast-evolving business environment.
As one of Asia’s most internationally connected legal and financial centres, Hong Kong remains a strategic hub for global business. The GC Summit will explore how in-house lawyers can proactively navigate a landscape shaped by cross-border regulation, market volatility, digital disruption, and complex governance challenges. The agenda will feature thought-provoking panels and presentations designed to empower GCs with tools to lead more strategically, influence business outcomes, and manage risk in a way that delivers real organisational value.
Participants will benefit from sessions that tackle the most relevant and forward-looking topics facing in-house legal teams today, including data protection and privacy in 2025, dealmaking in uncertain conditions, building effective governance frameworks, and enhancing legal operations. Discussions will also focus on leading through crisis, engagement with policymakers, managing multi-jurisdictional disputes, and adapting to an evolving employment law landscape.
Delivered in partnership with leading law firms and key stakeholders, the summit will offer a valuable opportunity for attendees to connect with their peers, share experiences, and explore new strategies for success. Throughout the day, there will be ample time for networking, collaborative dialogue, and the exchange of best practices that can be taken back to the workplace.
The Hong Kong GC Summit 2025 is an essential event for in-house counsel seeking to elevate their role, expand their professional network, and stay ahead of the curve in one of Asia’s most dynamic legal markets.
Agenda
8.15am – 8.50am Arrival & Registration
8.50am – 9.00am Welcome & Opening Remarks
9.00am – 9.50am Branding in the Age of Privacy: Navigating APAC’s Diverse Data Protection Regimes
From Beijing to Singapore, APAC’s data protection laws vary widely. For in-house counsel, the challenge lies in enabling effective marketing, customer engagement, and brand growth while meeting vastly different compliance requirements across jurisdictions. This panel will bring together legal leaders from diverse fields to examine how companies can harmonise brand strategies while keeping privacy obligations intact.
9.50am – 10.40am The Strategic GC: Navigating Cross-Border Geopolitical Risks
Trade wars, tariffs, sanctions. Geopolitical risk is now a fact of life for GCs across all industries. Whether they relish the role or not, the modern GC has to be a truly strategic advisor. Hear senior GCs reveal how they guide their companies through cross-border uncertainty, protect commercial interests, and turn legal insight into strategic advantage.
10.40am – 10.55am Coffee Break
10.55am – 11.45am Cyber Security: The GC’s Playbook for Rapid, Strategic Response
Breach. Outage. Ransomware. The business pages have seen multiple companies hit by cyber security challenges recently, with mixed results. When cyber crisis hits, GCs must lead with speed and clarity, while also building the best crisis response team possible to protect the business. This session will provide actionable frameworks to respond decisively, minimise disruption, and position their organisations to recover stronger.
11.45am – 12.35pm Doing More With Less: The GC’s Constant Challenge
For general counsel and senior in-house lawyers, the mandate to deliver high-quality legal support while managing tighter budgets is nothing new. But the pressures of the modern business landscape mean that the pressure is intensifying. To help take the weight off, this panel will see a very experienced panel of legal leaders talk you through strategies for maximizing team effectiveness, streamlining processes, and aligning legal priorities with business goals.
12.35pm – 12.40pm Closing Remarks
12.40pm – 1.40pm Networking Lunch