Johnson Stokes & Master

Tom Fu is a partner of JSM. He has extensive experience advising on issues arising from construction projects. Tom has been named Hall of Fame in China Real Estate and Construction (Foreign Firms) in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2023, 2024) and he was a leading individual between 2020-2022. In 2023, he was awarded Real Estate and Construction Lawyer of the Year at The Legal 500 China Awards. Tom is also recognised as a Litigation Star in China and Hong Kong Construction by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific (2024), and is named in the construction chapter of the Who’s Who Legal list (2014-2015, 2020-2023) and the Chambers Asia Pacific and Greater China Region guide (2012-2024). He has been appointed by the China Association of International Engineering Consultants (CAIEC) as a member of its committee of experts in 2019.

Tom has extensive experience handling cross-border disputes. He is listed in The Arbitration Powerlist: Hong Kong by The Legal 500 (2023). He is a fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb), and is listed on various panels of arbitrators. He has also been appointed by the China International Council for the Promotion of Multinational Corporations (CICPMC) as a committee member of its international legal affairs Committee of Experts since 2010. Tom also frequently counsels MNCs on investigation work in China.