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88 QUEENSWAY
HONG KONG
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Theresa Chow
Position
Theresa has a broad civil practice and accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work. She has been instructed in a wide range of cases involving areas such as family/ matrimonial (ancillary relief and children matters), probate, mental health proceedings, general commercial, company, employment and arbitration matters.
She has appeared as an advocate (either in her own right or as a led junior) in all levels of Court including the Family Court, the District Court, the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal.
She has also appeared as an advocate (either in her own right or as a led junior) in arbitration under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, HKIAC Administrated Arbitration Rules and the ICC Rules of Arbitration.
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Career
Before being called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2014, Theresa was a Judicial Assistant to the Court of Final Appeal and the Court of Appeal from 2012 to 2013 where she provided assistance to appellate judges. She has also been appointed as a Deputy District Judge (sitting in the Family Court) in 2022.
Theresa was previously qualified as a solicitor from 2012 to 2013 following her training at Allen & Overy from 2010 to 2012.
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong Bar > Family and private client
(Leading Juniors)Theresa Chow – Temple Chambers ‘Theresa is absolutely a leading junior in the family law field. Extremely knowledgeable in family law and practice, a very effective advocate, fearless, conscientious, and unflustered at all times.’
Temple Chambers is praised as ‘the best set in Hong Kong in family law and private client disputes‘ and it houses experts in matrimonial and family law matters, from junior to silk. Matrimonial finance specialists Deepak Nagpal KC – a silk in England and a co-tenant with 1 King’s Bench Walk – and Putonghua speaker Bernard Man SC are notable silks. At the junior level, Bonnie Cheng is strong in ancillary relief disputes, as well as representing parties in children, mental health, and contentious probate cases. Cheng acted in the case of Choo Pin, Tan Cheng Gay & Tan Yok Koon v Tan Choo Suan & Ng Giok Oh, which concerned contentious probate proceedings regrading the validity of two wills. Theresa Chow stands out for her demonstrable experience across a wide range of family and private client matters, including divorce and children-related disputes, mental health committee and enduring power of attorney cases, and probate issues.