Walter K.L. CHAN
陳家樂律師

Senior Consultant
  • Experience :
    Over 40 years
  • Since :
    Joined in 2012
  • Qualifications/Accreditations/Appointments :
    - Degree of Bachelor of Social Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong (1976)
    - Admitted to Law Society of Hong Kong (1981)
    - Admitted to Law Society of England (1985)
    - Admitted to Supreme Court of Melbourne (1985)
    - Diploma of China Law Studies, University of East Asia, Macau (1988)
    - Master of Business Administration, Oklahoma City University (1990)
    - Admitted to Law Society of Singapore (1991)
    - Degree of Master of Laws, Sydney Technology University(1997)
    - China-Appointed Attesting Officer (2000)

Personal Strength

  • Land and properties, Banking, Litigation and Succession Law
  • Over 40 years’ solid practical experience in handling conveyancing, banking, litigation and testate and intestate succession cases

Honors awarded by Hong Kong Government SAR

  • Silver Bauhinia Star (2005)
  • Bronze Bauhinia Star (2000)
  • The Justice of the Peace (1997)

Career

  • Senior Consultant – So, Lung & Associates (2012 – present)
  • Senior Partner – Rowland Chow, Chan & Co. (1997 – 2011)
  • Senior Partner – Chow, Griffiths & Chan (1985 – 1997)
  • Senior Partner – Ng & Lee (1984 – 1985)
  • Associate Solicitor – Chan, Lau & Wai (1983 – 1984)
  • Assistant Solicitor – W.S. Lo & Co. (1982 – 1983)
  • Legal Aid Counsel – Legal Aid Department (1981 – 1982)

Public Services

  • Chairman of The Hong Kong Housing Society
  • Independent Non-executive Director of the MTR Corporation Limited
  • Convenor-cum-member of the Pensions Appeal Panel under Civil Service Bureau
  • Member of the Advisory Committee on Post-service Employment of Civil Servants
  • Former Chairman of Appeal Tribunal Panel (Buildings)
  • Former Non-executive Director of the Urban Renewal Authority
  • Former Member of Hong Kong Housing Authority
  • Former Chairman of the Home Ownership Committee and Commercial Properties Committee, Hong Kong Housing Authority
  • Former Member of the Town Planning Board
  • Former Member of the Harbourfront Commission
  • Former Member of the Board of Advisors of Radio Television Hong Kong

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