Greater China Region
Practice Areas
GENERAL CIVIL LITIGATION
Administrative and Public Law
Civil Fraud, Asset Recovery and Injunctive Relief
Financial Regulation and Securities Law
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION DEFENCE & APPEALS
Criminal Ancillary Matters: Extradition, Restraint, Confiscation and Forfeiture Matters, and Mutual Legal Assistance
Industrial-Related Matters
Other General Crimes
Regulatory Offences and Market Misconduct
White-Collar Crime
Career
Benson is a criminal barrister; he took silk in 2024. Before taking silk, he achieved “New Silk” ranking in Chambers and Partners’ White Collar Crime category (Greater China Region) in 2025 and as a 2024 Silk in Legal 500 for Regulatory, Investigations & Crime. He is now a “Recommended Silk” in Doyles' Guide as a Leading Criminal Law Barrister and a “thought-leader” in Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal) Business Crime Defence in 2024.
Benson was called to the English Bar in 2005 (Lincoln’s Inn), the Hong Kong Bar in 2007 and took silk in 2024. He practises in all areas of criminal law both at trial and appellate levels, with an emphasis on white collar and organised crime (often with a cross-border or international element). He has been ranked by various legal directories for his criminal practice in Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal and Expert Guides. He has been engaged to provide expert evidence to a foreign court on Hong Kong criminal law and procedure; he has also advised international corporations regarding potential criminal and regulatory liabilities under HK law.
He is a contributing editor of Archbold Hong Kong’s “bribery and corruption” chapter and an advocacy trainer for the HK Bar Association who has provided training overseas. He was a part-time lecturer at the University of Hong Kong on criminal procedure and was a member of the HK Bar’s Criminal Law & Procedure Committee.
Professional Memberships
HK Bar Association Advocacy Trainer since 2014 (Represented HK Bar to train South African Bar) 2023
Prosecutor for HK Barristers Disciplinary Tribunal since 2020
Member of HK Bar Criminal Law committee 2017
Member of HK Bar Pupillage Reform committee 2011
Part-time lecturer of the University of Hong Kong LL.B Criminal Law and Procedure module 2016-2018
Publications
Archbold Hong Kong:
Chapter 35 – Bribery and Corruption Offences (since 2017 to present)
Chapter 43 – Computer Crimes (from 2013 to 2020)
