Peter Chau is an associate in Hong Kong. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. He has assisted with a range of high-stakes matters, spanning commercial litigation, international arbitration, trust disputes, tax controversy, antitrust reviews, and white-collar defense and investigations.
Peter has experience with a spectrum of clients based in Asia, Europe and the Americas, including high-net worth individuals, institutional clients, and global conglomerates involved in finance, hospitality, healthcare, telecommunications, and trust administration, among others.
Peter is also actively involved in the firm’s pro bono practice, and has assisted various Hong Kong charitable institutions with their legal affairs.
Peter received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Hong Kong with First Class Honours. In addition to graduating second in his year, Peter received multiple academic prizes (including, among others, the Betty Ho Prize in Law and the Jerome Chan Memorial Prize for P.C.LL.), and was named President’s Scholar, M. W. Lo Memorial Scholar, Woo Li Shiu Charm Memorial Scholar, and Visiting Student to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Peter is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Capabilities
- Litigation
- Antitrust and Competition
- International Arbitration
- Judgment and Arbitral Award Enforcement
- Labor and Employment
- Tax
- Tax Controversy and Litigation
- Transnational Litigation
- Trials
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
Credentials
Education:
- University of Hong Kong - 2022 Postgrad Certificate in Laws
- University of Hong Kong - 2021 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Admissions:
- Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong