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Martin Kok

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Career

Martin is a Rhodes Scholar, and is also a Bar Scholar and a Charles Ching Scholar.  He obtained a Distinction in his postgraduate BCL degree at the University of Oxford, after he received First Class Honours in his LLB at the University of Hong Kong (ranking first in his year).

He joined Des Voeux Chambers in 2014, and his practice covers both advisory and advocacy work in civil, public, and matrimonial law.  Apart from advocacy work at the various Court levels, Martin has handled a range of commercial arbitration cases, primarily before arbitral tribunals under HKIAC or UNCITRAL rules.  He has also provided expert opinion on Hong Kong law before the Supreme People’s Court of the PRC.

Martin is a part-time Lecturer (Non-Clinical) at the Department of Law of the University of Hong Kong.  His writings have appeared in publications ranging from the Restitution Law Review and the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice.

As from 2016, Martin has served on a number of Committees of the Hong Kong Bar Association, including the Committee on Companies Law, the Committee on Intellectual Property, the Committee on Competition Law, and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and Human Rights.

Languages

English, Cantonese

Memberships

• Committee Member, Committee on Intellectual Property, Hong Kong Bar Association (2018 – present)
• Committee Member, Committee on Competition Law, Hong Kong Bar Association (2016 – present)
• Committee Member, Committee on Companies Law, Hong Kong Bar Association (2016 – 2018)
• Committee Member, Committee on Constitutional Affairs and Human Rights, Hong Kong Bar Association (2016 – 2018)
• Lecturer (Non-Clinical), Department of Law, The University of Hong Kong (2015 – present)
• Coach, Mooting and Dispute Resolution Programme, The University of Hong Kong (2014 – 2018)

Education

• BCL, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (DISTINCTION)
• LL.B., UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (FIRST CLASS) (RANK 1)
• M.SC., UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (2011)
• RHODES SCHOLAR (2011)
• BAR SCHOLAR (2013)
• CHARLES CHING SCHOLAR (2013)