In addition to our Senior Partner, Miss Vivien Chan, we have a dedicated team of legal professionals, spread over three offices consisting of experienced lawyers, trademark attorneys, patent attorneys, trainee solicitors, senior paralegals and administrators.
Information technology and Intellectual property
Capital markets
Mergers and acquisitions
Trafficking in Human in PRC
Bank Bail Out: Out on Bail for the Future – Asia: How Badly is the Region Affected?
Doing Business in Asia: Workplace Law Survival Kit and the Change in Economy
Vivien has been identified by the AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers surveys as one of Asia's Leading Lawyers for China Practice in year 2002 and 2003; for Intellectual Property from 2003 to 2007; and for Mergers & Acquisitions and General Corporate Practice from 2006 to 2007. She has also been named as one of the World's Leading Project Finance and Trademark Lawyers by Euromoney Legal Media Group in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Vivien is a Justice of Peace, and was President of the Inter Pacific Bar Association 2002/2003. She is a Notary Public, a notarial Attesting Officer in PRC, and has been appointed Arbitrator of CIETAC, Shenzhen Arbitration Commission. She is Chairman of the HKSAR Estate Agents Authority and the HKSAR Advisory Board on Travel Agents. She also serves on the Board of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority and Air Transport Licensing Authority.
Vivien has served as independent director to listed concerns, and led noteable Corporate Finance and M&A projects in Hong Kong and China. The firm has acted for both underwriters and listed applicants in IPOs, and was counsel to the first company listed on Hong Kong's GEM in its listing exercise.
She is the recipient of the 2005 Outstanding Hong Kong Women Professionals and Entrepreneurs award. In July 2008, she was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BSS) by the HKSAR Government for her outstanding contributions to the community of Hong Kong. In January 2010, she was named as one of China's 100 Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs.
Vivien is fluent in English, Mandarin, French and Cantonese.
Vivien Chan, JP, BBS
Solicitor, Admitted to practice in:
Hong Kong since 1981
United Kingdom since 1981
State of Victoria, Australia since 1982
Singapore since 1990
Areas of Practice:
Direct China investment and related tax issuesInformation technology and Intellectual property
Capital markets
Mergers and acquisitions
Quasi-judicial/judicial offices :
Appointment by PRC National Government
Arbitrator
CIETAC (the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission)
Arbitrator
SZAC (Shenzhen Arbitration Commission)
Appointment by Hong Kong SAR Government Advisory Boards and Statutory Bodies
Chairman
Estate Agents Authority
Member
Hong Kong Hospital Authority
Member
Air Transport Licensing Authority
Member
Energy Advisory Commission
International professional/legal membership and offices :
Past President
Inter Pacific Bar Association
Member
Publications Committee of INTA, IBA, INTA, AIPPI, MARQUES, APAA, AIPLA
Advisory Board Member
Legal Practice Division of IBA
Recent Publications and Speeches :
International Bar Association, Annual Meeting, 2005, Prague
New Incentives for Private Equity ManagersTrafficking in Human in PRC
FICPI, 9th Open Forum, 2005, Lisbon
Trademark Enforcement in ChinaInternational Trademark Association, Annual Meeting, 2007, Chicago
Counterfeiting Issues in AsiaAmerican Intellectual Property Law Association, 2009, Palo Alto
Getting Your Mark Registered and Famous, Kicking Out Your Imitators and Getting Your Brand Entrenched in the PRCInternational Bar Association, 2009, Madrid
Common Law Clauses in Civil Law M&A Agreements: Do They Work?Bank Bail Out: Out on Bail for the Future – Asia: How Badly is the Region Affected?
Doing Business in Asia: Workplace Law Survival Kit and the Change in Economy
The New World Economy: Key Labour, Employment and HR Challenges Faced by Businesses with a Global Workforce: International Bar Association, 2010, New Dehli
Employment discrimination and human rights Vivien Chan is the senior partner of Vivien Chan & Co. She has more than 25 years' experience in M&A, technology transfers and information technology, and related tax issues.Vivien has been identified by the AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers surveys as one of Asia's Leading Lawyers for China Practice in year 2002 and 2003; for Intellectual Property from 2003 to 2007; and for Mergers & Acquisitions and General Corporate Practice from 2006 to 2007. She has also been named as one of the World's Leading Project Finance and Trademark Lawyers by Euromoney Legal Media Group in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Vivien is a Justice of Peace, and was President of the Inter Pacific Bar Association 2002/2003. She is a Notary Public, a notarial Attesting Officer in PRC, and has been appointed Arbitrator of CIETAC, Shenzhen Arbitration Commission. She is Chairman of the HKSAR Estate Agents Authority and the HKSAR Advisory Board on Travel Agents. She also serves on the Board of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority and Air Transport Licensing Authority.
Vivien has served as independent director to listed concerns, and led noteable Corporate Finance and M&A projects in Hong Kong and China. The firm has acted for both underwriters and listed applicants in IPOs, and was counsel to the first company listed on Hong Kong's GEM in its listing exercise.
She is the recipient of the 2005 Outstanding Hong Kong Women Professionals and Entrepreneurs award. In July 2008, she was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BSS) by the HKSAR Government for her outstanding contributions to the community of Hong Kong. In January 2010, she was named as one of China's 100 Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs.
Vivien is fluent in English, Mandarin, French and Cantonese.