Karen Cheung

About Karen

Karen’s practice covers a broad spectrum, ranging from complex cross-border corporate and commercial litigation, white-collar crime, regulatory matters, shareholders’ disputes, shipping law, employment law, land disputes, to judicial review. Apart from advising SOEs and multinational clients, she also advises high-net-worth individuals and families on a wide range of disputes, including contentious probate litigation and matrimonial proceedings.

Karen is based in the Hong Kong office and is also working closely with the Shenzhen and BVI offices.

Karen began her legal career as a barrister before practising as a solicitor, she regularly represents clients in Hong Kong court proceedings and assists clients in managing arbitrations and court proceedings across Asia, Australasia, and Europe. Karen’s arbitration experience includes HKIAC, ICC, CIETAC, LMAA, and ad hoc arbitrations. Karen is both a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators.

Karen received the accolade of “Asia Super 50 Disputes Lawyers” in 2022 from Asian Legal Business’ (ALB), which profiles 50 of the most outstanding dispute lawyers in Asia with respect to client service. She is praised for being “professional, efficient” and “for giving clients the confidence that they are being represented in the best possible manner” (ALB 2022). In the same year, she was also recognized as one of the top ten most influential lawyers under 40 by Hong Kong Business Magazine. In 2023, she was acknowledged as one of the “Asia 40 UNDER 40” by LexisNexis, a recognition of the top 40 lawyers under 40 in the Asia Pacific region.

Karen actively engages in community engagement. She is the founding member and Vice Chairman of the Greater Bay Area Union and serves as the Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong and Mainland Legal Profession Association, a Member of China Development Sub-committee of the Hong Kong Trustees’ Association, and a Board member of the Guangzhou Cooperative Development Center for GBA Nonprofits.

Trilingual in English, Putonghua, and Cantonese, Karen is also qualified as a lawyer in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and as a Foreign Registered Lawyer in England and Wales. She is also appointed by the Ministry of Justice of the PRC as a China Appointed-Attesting Officer.

张嘉尹律师的业务范围广泛，从复杂的跨境民商事诉讼、白领犯罪、监管事宜、股东纠纷、航运法、雇佣法、土地纠纷到司法复核。除了国有企业和跨国企业外，她还为高净值个人及家庭的多种纠纷提供法律意见，包括有争议的遗嘱认证诉讼及婚姻诉讼。

张律师常驻香港办事处，并与深圳和英属维尔京群岛办事处密切合作。

张律师作为事务律师执业前曾是大律师。她代表客户经常处理香港的法庭诉讼，并协助客户管理亚洲、澳大拉西亚和欧洲的仲裁和法庭诉讼。张律师的仲裁经验包括香港国际仲裁中心、国际商会仲裁院、中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会、伦敦海事仲裁员协会和临时仲裁。张律师是英国特许仲裁司学会的资深会员和香港仲裁司学会的资深会员。

张律师于2022年获《亚洲法律杂志》本年度“亚洲五十佳争议解决律师”名单，该名单挑选出全亚洲客户服务最出色的50名律师。 客户对张律师评价包括“专业，高效”及“张律师作为我们的代表律师，用最佳的方式为我们的项目保驾护航，令我们充满信心”（亚洲法律事务2022）。同年，她被《香港商业杂志》评选为 40 岁以下十大最具影响力律师之一。2023 年，张律师更被 LexisNexis 评选为“亚洲 40 位 40 岁以下律师”之一，表彰亚太地区 40 位 40 岁以下的顶尖律师。

张律师也积极参与社区活动。她是大湾区联合会创始成员兼常务副会长，并是香港及内地法律专业联合会副主席、香港信托人公会中国发展小组委员会委员的成员和粤港澳大湾区社会组织合作发展中心理事。

张律师精通英语、普通话和粤语，拥有粤港澳大湾区律师资格以及英格兰和威尔士外国注册律师资格。她还被中华人民共和国司法部任命为中国委托公证人。