Brian Poon

Written By QED Chambers

Year of Call

  • 2025 (Hong Kong)

Practice Areas

  • Administrative & Public Law

  • Arbitration

  • Mediation

  • Banking & Finance

  • Civil Litigation

  • Commercial Law

  • Company Law

  • Competition Law

  • Conflict of Laws/ Private International Law

  • Corporate Law

  • Criminal Law

  • Defamation

  • Disciplinary

  • Family Law

  • Insolvency

  • Insurance

  • Intellectual Property

  • International Trade

  • Labour/ Employment Law

  • Personal Injury

  • Planning Law

  • Professional Liability

  • Property and Conveyancing

  • Securities and Regulation

  • Shipping Law

  • Tax/ Revenue

  • Technology Law

  • Telecommunications

  • Trusts, Probate and Succession

  • Unjust Enrichment

  • Urgent Injunctions & Interlocutory Applications

Contact Information

P: +852 2950 6991 

F: +852 2406 9366

E: brianpoon@qedchambers.com

Downloadable CV
 

Background

Brian joined Chambers after completing the Legal Trainee Scheme at the Department of Justice. He served as a pupil to Mr Martin Hui SC and Mr Christopher Chain SC, and as a marshal to The Hon Mr Justice Kwok and Recorder Mr Martin Hui SC. He has been involved in various trials and appeals in general civil, commercial, criminal and public law matters, both as sole advocate and as junior.

Brian read law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and completed academic exchanges at the University of Cambridge and the National University of Singapore. During his studies, he received a string of scholarships and awards for his academic excellence and advocacy skills, including the Hong Kong Bar Association Prize for Trial Advocacy, the Dr Lily Fenn Prize for Legal Technologies, the Dean's List Award, and various mooting awards.

An avid mooter, Brian represented CUHK as an oralist at the Leiden-Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition, where his team won the championship as well as awards for best oral advocacy (respondent) and best written memorials (respondent). He has since been appointed as an external coach to CUHK’s mooting team for the same competition. The team secured the award for best oral advocacy (applicant).

Brian is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese, and has experience in drafting legal documents in both English and Chinese. He is developing a broad criminal and civil practice and accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work.

Details

Academic Qualifications

  • PCLL (Dist.), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2024)

  • LLB (Hons.), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2023)

Scholarships and Awards

  • The Hong Kong Bar Association Prize for Trial Advocacy: First in class in Trial Advocacy

  • Champion, 15th Leiden-Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition

  • Best Respondent Oral Pleadings, 15th Leiden-Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition

  • Best Respondent Written Memorials, 15th Leiden-Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition

  • First Prize (Postgraduate), The Professional Ethics Essay Competition

  • Dr Lily Fenn Prize for Legal Technologies: First in class in Legal Technologies

  • UGC-funded/ Distinguished Scholarship in PCLL

  • Dean’s Letter of Distinction

  • Dean’s List Award

  • Outstanding Student Award: Awarded for mooting achievements

  • Wan Chai District Outstanding Youth Award

  • HKSAR Reaching Out Award

  • Lee She Fan, Lee Wan Yim Fong Memorial Scholarship

  • Wat Mo Ki Memorial Scholarship for Balanced Education

  • Maritime Studies Exchange Scholarship

  • Yasumoto International Exchange Scholarship

Languages Spoken

  • English

  • Cantonese

  • Mandarin

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