Kerby Lau

Languages Spoken

English, Cantonese, Putonghua

Career

Kerby was admitted to University under the Early Admissions Scheme with a full scholarship and obtained first class honours in his undergraduate degree and his Bachelor of Civil Law degree from the University of Oxford.

He came top at Oxford for chancery law subjects, being awarded prizes for best performance in Trusts Law and Company Law.

Kerby joined Des Voeux Chambers in 2013. His practice has a particular emphasis on advisory and advocacy work involving (i) contentious probate, wills, trusts and estates litigation; and (ii) company and insolvency law. He has provided expert evidence on HK probate and estates law in foreign proceedings. He has also appeared in all levels of court, and argues cases regularly both on his own and as junior counsel.

Kerby has authored and contributed to numerous books and publications, including “Company Law – Powers and Accountability” (2nd Edition) which he co-authored with DVC’s William Wong SC, JP and Dato Loh Siew Cheang in 2017. He is a Contributing Editor to Hong Kong Company Law Cases (2008 – 2019) – published in 2020 by DVC in collaboration with Kluwer and the Hong Kong Civil Procedure (the White Book).

For more information, please refer to https://www.dvc.hk/members/kerby-lau