Anthony Chow-北京观韬律师事务所

Anthony Chow

Consultant | Hong Kong

anthony@guantao.com

Brief

Mr. Chow is the Consultant of the Firm. He was admitted as a solicitor of England & Wales and Hong Kong in 1979 and 1980 respectively. On returning to Hong Kong in 1979, he joined the international law firm Baker & McKenzie and established his own practice in 1982.

Mr. Chow has more than 35 years of experience in corporate and commerce, merger and acquisition, cross border transactions, property, intellectual property, civil litigation and probate. He is also a China-Appointed Attesting Officer appointed by the Ministry of Justice, PRC.

He served on the Council of The Law Society of Hong Kong ('Law Society') between 1994 and 2004 and as its President between 1997 and 2000. He is still actively involved in Law Society's activities in the development of the Hong Kong legal profession in Mainland China. He was admitted on the list of Roll of Honour of Law Society in 2015.

Mr. Chow serves on the board of several listed companies, including nonexecutive director of Kingmaker Footwear Holdings Limited and independent nonexecutive director ('INED') of MTR Corporation Ltd. and WeBank Co., Ltd. in Mainland China. He had also previously served as an INED of the Link Management Limited, Fountain Set (Holdings) Limited, Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. and Evergro Properties Limited (formerly known as Dragon Land Limited), a company listed on the stock exchange of Singapore.

He is a member of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1998 and awarded Silver Bauhinia Star in 2003 by HKSAR. He was admitted to Honorary Fellowship of the Hong Kong Institute of Education in March 2010, and Honorary Fellowship of King's College London of United Kingdom in July 2013.

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