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CHAN Bow Ye, Bonita

Title: Consultant
Tel: +852 3979 3833
Email: bonitachan@pclawyers.com.hk

Brief Introduction

Bonita Chan is a senior dispute resolution lawyer with extensive experience handling high-stakes commercial litigation, arbitration and regulatory matters. Her expertise spans complex shareholder disputes, directors’ duties, banking and securities litigation, white-collar crime, contentious SFC investigations, and cross-border disputes involving PRC and multinational parties.

Adept at navigating multijurisdictional disputes, Bonita represents financial institutions, listed companies, private enterprises, and high-net-worth individuals in domestic, PRC-related, and international arbitration proceedings. She is particularly skilled in managing PRC-related enforcement challenges, jurisdictional conflicts, and asset recovery across borders.

Beyond litigation, Bonita leverages her extensive professional network to facilitate strategic commercial transactions, including IPOs, and advises corporations and industry associations on dispute avoidance, compliance risk management, and cross-border dispute resolution frameworks. Known for her sharp legal acumen and business-minded approach, she seamlessly bridges the gap between contentious legal matters, international arbitration strategy, and transformative deal-making.

Focus Areas / Practice Groups

  • Arbitration
  • Banking & Finance
  • Contract Dispute
  • Commercial Fraud
  • Commercial & White Collar Crime
  • Companies and Shareholders Dispute
  • Cross Border Disputes, Debt and Asset Recovery
  • Defamation / Entertainment & Media
  • Employment
  • Enforcement
  • Injunction
  • Insolvency, Winding Up and Bankruptcy Proceedings
  • Probate Dispute
  • Registration of PRC judgment and arbitration award in Hong Kong
  • SFC and Regulatory Investigation
  • Tort and negligence

Qualifications / Admissions

  • LL.B. (Hons.) – City University of Hong Kong
  • P.C.LL. – City University of Hong Kong
  • 1994 : Admitted in Hong Kong

Professional Duties / Public Duties

  • 2024 – present : Deputy Chairman, Urban Renewal Authority Appeal Panel
  • 2017 – 2023 : Member, Human Organ Transplant Appeal Board Panel
  • March 2013 – 2017 : Member, Housing Appeal Panel
  • 2016 – 2022 : Appointed Member (appointed by the Chief Justice of HKSAR), Higher Rights Assessment Board pursuant to s.39E(3)(b)(ii) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance
  • 2016 – present : Council Member, Duty Lawyers Service Scheme
  • 2023 – 2024 : Council Chairman, Duty Lawyer Service Scheme
  • 2016 – 2023 : Law Society Representative, PCLL Academic Board of the City University of Hong Kong
  • 2016 – 2022 : Law Society Representative, PCLL Academic Board of the University of Hong Kong
  • 2015 – 2018 : Council Member, The Law Society of Hong Kong
  • 2022 – present : Court Member, City University of Hong Kong
  • 2021 – present : Hon. Legal Advisor, Pok Oi Hospital
  • 2017 – present : Hon. Legal Advisor, Hong Kong Bio-Med Innotech Association
  • 2018 – present : Hon. Legal Advisor, Hong Kong Young Chief Officers’ Association