Bryan Chan

Bryan has worked at international law firms, and has experience working in Beijing and Shanghai. He has also been seconded to the legal and compliance department of a global bank and the legal department of a leading technology company.

Bryan has served in various public service roles, including as an ordinary member of the Market Misconduct Tribunal, an adjudicator of the Immigration Tribunal, and a member of the Appeal Panel (Housing) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Bryan Chan is a quadruple-qualified lawyer (Hong Kong, New York, the Greater Bay Area of the People’s Republic of China, and England and Wales) based in Hong Kong.

Practice Profile

Bryan has acted for leading investment banks, asset management firms, funds, fintech companies, interdealer brokerage firms, securities firms, governmental authorities, law firms, telecommunication companies, listed companies – including Global 500 companies – ultra-high net worth individuals, and organisations of different sizes and backgrounds.

Bryan has experience advising clients on a full range of corporate and commercial transactions, including private equity transactions, venture capital projects, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and other securities-related transactions in Hong Kong.

Bryan also provides advice on all aspects of employment laws, including employment entitlements, termination strategies, cross-border issues, taxation, post-termination covenants, data privacy, immigration, discrimination and harassment issues, and employment issues arising from mergers and acquisitions, amalgamations, business transfers, corporate restructuring and IPOs.

He assists in drafting employment contracts; separation agreements, bonus, commission and incentive share schemes (including phantom share plans); and employee handbooks and policies. He also supports employers in carrying out separation negotiation, executing termination decisions, conducting internal investigation into potential misconduct and performing HR compliance audits.

Bryan also has experience advising clients on litigation proceedings at different levels of courts in Hong Kong, including the Labour Tribunal, Magistrates’ Court, District Court, Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal. He was involved in several landmark employment decisions in Hong Kong.

In addition, Bryan has advised clients on the handling of investigation by the public authorities, including the Labour Department, Equal Opportunities Commission, Immigration Department, Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, Securities and Futures Commission and Monetary Authority.

Furthermore, Bryan has advised on a wide range of data privacy matters, including general compliance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, data handling practices, preparation of personal information collection statement (PICS) and data privacy policies, handling investigations by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD), and providing guidance on data breach responses and remedial measures.

Public Appointments and Publications

Bryan’s public appointments include serving as an ordinary member of the Market Misconduct Tribunal, an adjudicator of the Immigration Tribunal and a member of the Appeal Panel (Housing) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He also sits on the Legal Professional Committee of the Council for the Promotion of Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao Cooperation.

In addition, Bryan has been appointed to the Panel of Mediators and Panel of Arbitrators of the Hong Kong Regional Arbitration Centre of the Asian African Legal Consultative Organization, an intergovernmental organisation that has 49 member states.

Bryan has from time to time been interviewed by the press and contributed to the legal column of the Hong Kong Law Society in Sing Tao Daily, the publication of the World Bank, the official journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management, the Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong and various other publications and knowledge-sharing platforms.