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88 QUEENSWAY
HONG KONG
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Damon So
Work Department
Projects, Engineering, and Construction
Position
Damon So is dual qualified in law and engineering, having started his professional life as a chartered civil and structural engineer. He subsequently qualified as a lawyer, and is now a partner in the Construction and Engineering practice of Hogan Lovells. Damon is a rare breed of lawyer who has done a large volume of both contentious and non-contentious work and understands the needs of both commercial and litigious clients. His contentious work includes litigation and arbitration, acting for statutory bodies, employers, contractors, consultants and insurers, in respect of building and civil projects, and in commercial disputes. His non-contentious work includes advising and drafting construction, consultancy, and other related contracts for employers, contractors, and consultants in respect of a number of building and civil projects using different forms of contract including the HKIA form, FIDIC, NEC3, IChemE, Australian Standard Form, Hong Kong Government forms, and standard forms of major statutory bodies in Hong Kong. He is the Honorary Legal Advisor to the American Society of Civil Engineers, Kwong Yuet Tong, the Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers, the Professional Green Building Council, and the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design.
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong > Construction
(Hall of Fame)Now headed by the ‘tactically and strategically astute‘ Damon So 
, Hogan Lovells provides ‘solutions-oriented’ advice to owners, developers, contractors and government entities across a broad swathe of large-scale infrastructure and building projects. As well as transactional and contractual drafting mandates, the firm handles a wide range of contentious matters, with So, who is also able to leverage his civil and structural engineering expertise, taking the lead across a range of disputes, including as it relates to defective work, outstanding payment and professional negligence. Hong Kong and UK-qualified counsel Joyce Leung is also well-versed in handling construction disputes, as is associate Jason So, who, since his move in March 2023 from Woo Kwan Lee & Lo, has already impressed clients with his ‘attention to detail’ and provision of ‘very client friendly deliverables’. Timothy Hill has retired.