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Hectar Pun SC

Hectar Pun SC

Greater China Region 2026

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Practice Areas

Administrative and Public Law

Arbitration

Commercial Law

Company and Insolvency

Competition Law

Criminal Law

Employment

Land and Property Law

Regulatory and Disciplinary

Career

Hectar was called to the Bar in 1995 and appointed Senior Counsel in 2015.

Hectar’s practice spans many areas including constitutional and administrative law, human rights law, immigration law, criminal law, land law, company law and commercial law. He appears regularly on behalf of applicants in major judicial review proceedings.

Hectar has acted for the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, legislative councillors, district councillors, demonstrators, police officers, prisoners, refugees and asylum seekers, tenants of public housing estates, homosexuals, transsexuals, the disabled and the underprivileged, etc.

Hectar has served on the Bar Council of the Hong Kong Bar Association as well as a number of its subcommittees. He was the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Civic Education and the Vice Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs & Human Rights from 2016 to 2018. He also regularly teaches constitutional law, administrative law and human rights law at law schools in Hong Kong. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the City University of Hong Kong and an Adjunct Professor of Law at The University of Hong Kong.

Hectar was educated at the City University of Hong Kong and was the 7th President of its Students’ Union. In 1996, Hectar went on to complete an LL.M at King’s College London on the British Chevening Postgraduate Scholarship. He also developed an interest in Chinese law and obtained an LL.B from Peking University in 1998. In 2015, he received the 5th Distinguished Alumni Award from the City University of Hong Kong.

For more information regarding Hectar's practice, please visit:https://dcc.law/barrister/hectar-pun-sc/

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Chambers Greater China Region

Administrative & Public Law: The Bar - China

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Individual Editorial
Hectar Pun of Denis Chang's Chambers is widely cited as a judicial review specialist who has handled a number of landmark cases relating to gender identity, same-sex marriages and unlawful assembly.

Strengths

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  • Hectar is no doubt a formidable figure in public law cases. I profoundly admire his exceptional ability to present complex legal arguments with compelling clarity and persuasive force.

    Administrative & Public Law: The BarChambers Greater China Region
  • He's a go-to person on administrative and public law.

    Administrative & Public Law: The BarChambers Greater China Region

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