12 June 2018

(for immediate release)

 



The Law Society of Hong Kong Council elected Ms. Melissa K. Pang as President.

The list of Council members for 2018/19 is attached.

List of Council members (2018/19):
Melissa K. Pang (President)

Thomas S.T. SoStephen W.S. Hung
Amirali B. NasirBilly W.Y. Ma
Cecilia K.W. WongBrian W. Gilchrist
Denis BrockNick Chan
C.M. ChanSerina K.S. Chan
Warren P. GaneshSimon S.C. Lai
Roden M.L. TongRobert C. Rhoda
Jonathan RossPierre T.H. Chan
Eric T.M. CheungKaren Lam
Careen H.Y. Wong


Melissa Kaye Pang, President of Law Society of Hong Kong

Ms. Melissa K. Pang has been serving as a Law Society Council member since 2005. Ms Pang was elected Vice-President of the Law Society on 2 September 2014 and re-elected in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Ms. Pang currently serves as the Chairperson of Greater China Legal Affairs Committee, Consents Committee and Pro Bono and Community Work Recognition Committee. She is also a member of several other committees overseeing compliance, policy and resources, external affairs, constitutional affairs and human rights, and international legal affairs.

Ms. Pang is qualified to practise as a solicitor in Australia, England and Wales, and Hong Kong. She is also a Notary Public, Civil Celebrant, accredited mediator, associate member of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, and China Appointed Attesting Officer. Her main areas of practice are commercial law, property law and litigation. She is a Partner of Pang & Associates.

Ms. Pang is at present Vice-President of LAWASIA and represents the Law Society in Hong Kong Legal Aid Services Council. With her devotion to public service, Ms. Pang was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2006 and Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong in 2010



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About the Law Society of Hong Kong

The Law Society of Hong Kong is a professional body of solicitors in Hong Kong vested with the statutory powers to regulate the professional conduct of solicitors. It establishes and promotes professional standards and the solicitors' code of conduct and practice and ensures its compliance. The Law Society assists its members to promote Hong Kong legal services and offers its views from time to time on legal issues that are of public concern. For more information, please visit: www.hklawsoc.org.hk