Updated on 18 Nov 2020
The major areas of practice of Alfred are dispute resolution including commercial and other litigation, arbitration and mediation, merger and acquisition, probate (contentious and non-contentious) and Conveyancing. Alfred also handles a lot of compliance and intellectual properties related works.
Alfred obtained Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1984 and Post-Graduate Certificate in Laws in 1985. Alfred also got a Bachelor of Social Science degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1979. Alfred was admitted to the Supreme Court of Hong Kong as a solicitor in 1987 and was also enrolled as a solicitor in England, High Court of Australia and Singapore. He practised as a solicitor in the firm of Ford, Kwan & Co. since 1987 and as a consultant of Ford, Kwan & Co. from 1989 to 1996. Alfred was the partner of S. K. Lam, Alfred Chan & Co. from 1996 until he joined Guantao.
Alfred is an accredited General Mediator (accredited by the Law Society and the HKMAAL) and a Civil Celebrant of Marriages.
Alfred served as a committee member of the Standing Committee on Compliance of the Law Society of Hong Kong between 2011 and 2017.
Since September 2016, Alfred is appointed as an External Examiner for the 'Solicitors' Accounts' component of the P.C.LL. programme of the University of Hong Kong.
Representative Experience
* Obtained Injunction Order from the High Court to freeze more than HK$80M of a PRC Defendant's funds in Hong Kong on behalf of a PRC company
* Acted for a PRC hotel group and negotiated Hotel Management Agreement, Residential Management and other agreements with Marriott Hotel group for the construction and operation of a JW Marriott luxury hotel & residence in Jeju, South Korea
* Provided legal opinions to a major PRC Group on two off-shore financing projects involving a total sum of EUR120M
* Advised on the Continuing Connected Transaction and other compliance matters of Listed Companies in Hong Kong
* Advised a major PRC Group on forfeiture of shares and decrease of share capital
* Advised an US$56M acquisition of a manufacturer with production facilities in Vietnam and U.S.A.