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Hin Han Shum
Senior Associate
Hin Han Shum is a solicitor advocate, able to be heard in the High Court and Court of Final Appeal. She has conducted various litigation cases and has represented clients in interlocutory applications in the District Court and High Court. She is heavily involved in the commercial practice and has experience in mergers and acquisitions and contract drafting. With a special interest in legal compliance on the use of technological tools, Hin Han often advises clients on data privacy laws, drafts privacy policies and website terms, and provides practical solutions to clients in relation to cybersecurity incidents.
Having previously served as solicitor in various civil litigation proceedings and qualified as an accredited general mediator, Hin Han is familiar with the common fundamental issues leading to disputes and aims to prevent those risks at the contract preparation stage. She is admitted as an associate member of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, and formerly sat on the Steering Committee on Mediation under the Department of Justice. She is empaneled as an arbitrator of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) Hong Kong Regional Arbitration Centre, an inter-governmental organization that has 48 member states.
She has been seconded to an international securities firm and international telecommunications companies, to assist their in-house legal teams with day-to-day operations and major legal transactions. These experiences have allowed her to develop a pragmatic approach to solve business operation issues.
Hin Han has experience with handling a range of criminal cases, including white-collar investigations. She is also qualified as a prosecutor on fiat for the Department of Justice.
She has been appointed as a Chairman of the Appeal Tribunal Panel (the Buildings Ordinance) since 1 December 2021 and sits on Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Boards and the Council on Human Reproductive Technology.
Hin Han is currently an officer of the International Bar Association (IBA) Anti-corruption Committee and the Young Lawyers Committee. Formerly, she was an officer of the IBA Online Services Committee and Professional Ethics Committee. She also sits on the Council of the Law Society of Hong Kong and serves as a member of various committees, including the Standing Committee on Compliance and External Affairs, Anti-Money Laundering Committee, Sports Law Committee, Arbitration Committee and Mediation Committee.
Hin Han publishes widely on topics including data privacy, cybercrime, blockchain, artificial intelligence, technology, anti-money laundering rules, and labour and discrimination matters. She has also authored data privacy practical guidance content for LexisNexis, and has contributed to the Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong: Business Registration Ordinance (Cap 310) (third and fourth editions, published by LexisNexis Hong Kong), and to the Butterworths Hong Kong Partnership Law Handbook (second and third editions, published by LexisNexis Hong Kong).
She is often invited to speak at international conferences, community events and universities on topics as data privacy and blockchain, cybercrime, artificial intelligence in businesses and family law. She is currently a part-time risk management tutor for Hong Kong lawyers.
Apart from work engagements, she enjoys contributing to the community and has been awarded the 4th Leadership Bauhinia Award, the Gold Award of the Hong Kong Law Society Pro Bono Community Work Recognition and the Professional Volunteers Accreditation Recognition Programme Leadership Award and the Gold Award.
She was also a finalist of the Asia Legal Business Hong Kong Law Award 2023 for the Taylor Root Award Young Lawyer of the Year.
- Advising private wealth clients on succession planning and dispute prevention options.
- Advising and preparing Wills and Enduring Power of Attorneys for clients.
- Advising on a US$50 million HKIAC arbitration, acting for a high net worth individual in a dispute with a BVI investment company relating to a claim arising from a personal guarantee.
- Assisted in advising on digital asset provisions in Trust documentation.
- Advising clients on various commercial and technology agreements, including preparing and drafting service and license agreements and the roll out of new technological tools for business operations.
- Assisting victims of to seek injunctions in the High Court and obtaining garnishee orders for recovery of funds.
- Representing clients in shareholder and commercial disputes in the High Court of Hong Kong.
- Representing a client in a High Court appeal in relation to Spectrum Use Fees.
- Advising clients on various commercial agreements, including preparing and drafting agreements for sale and purchase of shares, distributorship, consultancy, agency, management, employment and non-disclosure.
- Advising clients in negotiations, and drafting trademark, assignments, licenses and applications.
- Advising on and accompanying clients to report cases of intellectual property infringement to the Customs and Excise Department.
- Representing clients in infringement cases.
- Advising clients in relation to data privacy and cybersecurity, and preparing privacy policies.
- Advising clients on application for stored value facilities.
- Advising clients on their new mobile applications.
Education
- University of Hong Kong, P.C.L.L.
- University of Liverpool, LLB (Hons)
Admissions
- Hong Kong SAR
Languages
- English
- Chinese