Ryan Chan

Practice Areas

Ryan was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2018. He is ranked as a "leading junior" for regulatory, investigations, and crime in the Legal500 guide to the Hong Kong Bar for 2025 and 2026.

Ryan is recognized as an expert in regulatory/white-collar crime, company, chancery, professional negligence/misconduct, and arbitration matters.

Ryan is regularly instructed as sole counsel or led junior in complex investigations and proceedings involving market misconduct, listed securities, and corruption. He is also experienced in representing directors and other officers of listed companies in proceedings brought by regulators, including petitions under sections 213 and 214 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) and proceedings in the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal. He is often instructed in complex trust disputes, private client work and asset recovery. Ryan has also been appointed as counsel, arbitrator, and tribunal secretary in various proceedings administered by the HKIAC and ICC.

Professional Memberships

- Foreign Registered Lawyer of the Singapore International Commercial Court

- Hardwicke Scholar of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn

- Member of the Denning Society for scholars of the Inn

- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)

- Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (FHKIArb)