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38/F Gloucester Tower
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Central, Hong Kong
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Kaiser Leung
Career
Kaiser has a broad civil and commercial practice, with a particular emphasis on construction, company, insolvency, and securities law. He appears regularly at various levels of courts, including the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal. He has also advised on various commercial matters and has been involved in international arbitrations conducted in Hong Kong.
Kaiser’s recent notable cases include acting for the MTR Corporation Limited (led by Mr. Philip Boulding QC and Mr. Jat Sew-Tong SC) in The Commission of Inquiry into the Construction Works at and near the Hung Hom Station Extension under the Shatin to Central Link Project, the final report of which is expected to have a long-term impact on the construction industry.
In addition to his civil and commercial practice, Kaiser also has experience in matters concerning international law. He acted for the Asia Pacific Institute of International Law (led by Mr. Daniel Fung SC) in the submission of an amicus curiae brief on questions of jurisdiction and justiciability of issues in The Republic of the Philippines v the People’s Republic of China (the South China Sea Arbitration). Prior to joining the Bar, he worked at the Office of The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, where he was involved in the prosecution of war crimes.
Kaiser is a recipient of the Bar Scholarship (2014), the Charles Ching Memorial Scholarship (2015), and the Society of Construction Law Hong Kong Scholarship (2015). He was called to the Bar and joined Des Voeux Chambers in 2015 after obtaining First Class Honours in both Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws at the University of Durham and the University of Cambridge respectively. He is a contributing editor to Hong Kong Civil Procedure and Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Hong Kong Precedents of Pleadings (Third Edition)
Year of call
- 2015
Languages
English, Cantonese, Putonghua
Memberships
- Member, Council of the Society of Construction Law Hong Kong
- Member, Committee on Construction Law, Hong Kong Bar Association
- Member, Committee on International Law, Hong Kong Bar Association
Education
- Bachelor of Laws (University of Durham) (First Class Honours)
- Master of Laws (University of Cambridge) (First Class Honours)
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong Bar > Construction and property
(Leading Juniors)Kaiser Leung – Des Voeux Chambers ‘Kaiser is a go-to junior barrister for construction cases. He is very sharp, knowledgeable, responsive, diligent, and hard-working, and he always offers robust and practical advice to clients.’
Des Voeux Chambers is the preeminent set in Hong Kong’s construction and property arena ‘with both leading and junior counsel‘. Amongst the set’s juniors, Calvin Cheuk stands out for his expertise in handling construction-related disputes spanning across Hong Kong, Mainland China and beyond. Cheuk, led by John Scott SC, acted for the plaintiff in Johnson Controls Hong Kong Ltd v Wangle Engineering Lt, a dispute regarding whether there was a presumption that interim payment certificates are provisional and subject to a final review; this was the first case of its kind in the Hong Kong Court of Appeal. Kaiser Leung is another key member of the set with significant experience in complex construction disputes concerning heavyweight infrastructure projects and commercial and residential developments. Jonathan Chan is also a notable team member.