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Tara Liao

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Career

Tara began full practice as a barrister in 2015. She sat as a Deputy District Judge in 2021 and 2023.

As counsel, Tara appears regularly in the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the District Court and in arbitrations with a focus on commercial injunctions, arbitrations, shareholders’ disputes, company, insolvency, civil fraud, trust and cross-border disputes. She also has experience in land, competition, insurance and regulatory cases. She was a Committee member of HK45 from 2020 to 2022, an active young arbitration practitioners group in Asia.

Prior to joining the Bar, she was a solicitor in an international law firm specialising in commercial litigation and regulatory matters. She holds a bachelor degree in PRC laws from Peking University and has passed the PRC National Judicial Examination.

Due to her language skills and background, she has been instructed by PRC law firms and clients in arbitrations and to provide legal opinions on Hong Kong law in PRC legal proceedings from time to time.

Education

PCLL, The University of Hong Kong

Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School, UK

Bachelor of Laws (PRC), Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China