清洪資深大律師辦事處 One Jackson Road Chambers

Members

Prof. Priscilla M.F. Leung

Counsel

  • BSSC (CUHK)
  • CPE (Manchester Metropolitan University) (1994 July)
  • PCLL (HKU) (1996)
  • LLM (Renmin University of China)
  • JSD (Renmin University of China)

Qualifications & Awards

  • Member, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Basic Law Committee of Standing Committee of National People’s Congress, People’s Republic of China.
  • Ten Outstanding Persons of Hong Kong of the year 2000 (from the Professional Sector) (The applicant is, by far, the only academic who has won this award from the School of Law at the City University of Hong Kong.)
  • Appointed as JP (Justice of Peace) in 2011.
  • Awarded Silver Bauhinia Award (SBS) (2013)
  • Awarded Gold Bauhinia Award (GBS) (2024)
  • Hon. Fellow, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2025
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  • PUBLIC POSITION /APPOINTMENTS Chairman, Judicial and Legal Affairs Panel, Legislative Council ( from 2012 to 2015 and 2016 to 2020.)
  • Chairman , Educational Panel, Legislative Council ( from 2020 to 2024.)
  • Legislative Councillor of Hong Kong (2008 - now)
  • District Councillor of Hong Kong (2008 - 2019)
  • Delegate of National People’s Congress (2023 - now)
  • Member, NPCSC Basic Law Committee (2018 - now)
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  • Significant Professional Work: The China Law Reports Series and founder of the electronic bilingual database on Chinese Law www.isinolaw.com. The database was regarded as the most powerful database on the access of China Law in both English & Chinese on an instant bilingual version. Many prominent researchers in different English-speaking countries describe the voluminous legal work of Professor Leung as a breakthrough for Chinese court reporting history. This database is well recognized in Hong Kong and international professional circle.In 2012, the database was acquired by West Law.
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  • SIGNIFICANT LAW REPORTS SERIES The project was commented by Australian Business Journal as a breakthrough of the Chinese Legal History in August 1995.
  • 1. Priscilla Leung, Editor-in-chief, selected Edition of China Law Reports (1991-2004) People’s Court Press and China Renmin University Press, September 2005 (617 pages in English)
  • 2. Priscilla Leung, Editor in Chief, China Law Reports Series, Butterworths Asia, 1995, 2001 & 2002 (about 5,000 pages in English)
  • 3. Priscilla Leung and Wang Sheng Chang, co-editor in chief, China International Economic and Arbitration Commission Award Series, 1995 & 1998 (800 pages in English)
  • 4. Priscilla Leung and co-editor with Cai Hongde, Selected Works of the China Maritime Arbitration Commission, emis Professional publishing 2004 (714 pages in English)

Practice Profile

Professor Priscilla Leung Mei-fun is a Member of the Basic Law Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, a Deputy to the National People's Congress (Hong Kong Deputation), a Member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, a practicing Barrister in Hong Kong, a Greater Bay Area Lawyer, and a Professor at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong. She has been teaching at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong since 1989, specializing in the Hong Kong Basic Law, conflicts of law, cross border and jurisdictional disputes as well as alternative dispute resolution. She was awarded one of Hong Kong's Ten Outstanding Young Persons in 2000, elected to the Legislative Council in 2008 and has served in this position ever since. She is the Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Association for International Exchanges and Friendship. In 2024, she was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star, and in 2025, she was conferred the title of "Honorary Fellow" by The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Leung has authored and edited numerous legal books in constitutional law, arbitration, and alternative disputes resolution along the Belt and Road Initiatives countries. She is the Founder of the Hong Kong World Trade Organization Research Centre and the Belt and Road International Research Institute. She has actively participated in China's judicial reform in the publication and writing of the English Series of China Law Reports, serving as editor in chief since 1992. She has served as a visiting scholar at Yale Law School in 2004 and Aix-Marseille University School of Law in 2005. She is the co-editor in chief of the Dispute Resolution Mechanism for the Belt and Road (2016), jointly authored by more than 50 legal experts from different countries of the world. Professor Leung is very experienced in handling legal disputes of different jurisdictions and to settle disputes amicably. She has acted as an arbitrator since 2005 and legal expert in many high-profile matters involving international trade and cross-border business operations, commercial litigation and cross-border dispute resolution. She has worked as the China Law Consultant at Johnson Stokes and Master in 1992. A representative landmark case is the Shenzhen Zhili Factory Fire Case 1994, where she served as Principal Legal Advisor for the First Hong Kong Defendant Lo Chiu-chuen. The case drew massive attention locally and internationally and was closely watched by foreign investors. It prompted subsequent revisions and reforms of PRC laws and procedures concerning foreign investment, clarification of rights and liabilities of legal representatives and criminal proceedings. The case marks a key milestone showing how Hong Kong legal practitioners assisted mainland enterprises to align with international standards, improve corporate governance and refine dispute resolution systems. This case is included in the Collection of Success Stories: Hong Kong’s Professional Services Supporting Chinese Mainland Enterprises Going Global (2nd Series) compiled by the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. She has served as an expert witness for a number of court cases involving Chinese customary law in Hong Kong and cross-jurisdictional legal disputes in the mainland. She has served as the common law expert for Qianhai Court in the earliest mediation case involving a Hong Kong banking dispute.

Professional Appointments & Memberships

  • Barrister-at-Law, Hong Kong (Specialised in constitutional law, conflicts of law and alternative dispute resolution.)
  • Arbitrator, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
  • Greater Bay Area Licensed Lawyer
  • Mediator, International Organization for Mediation (IOMed)
  • Accredited Mediator, Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association Ltd.
  • Arbitrator, AALCO Hong Kong Regional Arbitration Centre
  • Senior Certified International Arbitrator, International Dispute Resolution & Risk Management Institute