Claire Chow

Senior Associate

Email: Claire@boasecohencollins.com
Phone: (852) 3416 1709

Overview

Claire is a Senior Associate in Boase Cohen & Collins with a broad civil practice focusing on commercial disputes, including directors and shareholders disputes, contractual litigation, contentious bankruptcy, and insolvency. She also has experience in handling judicial review and defamation claims.

Claire studied for her law degree at the London School of Economics and Political Science and obtained her Postgraduate Certificate in Laws at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

She accrued considerable work experience in the legal profession by assisting Hong Kong law firms and barristers’ chambers as well as serving as a Court Marshal at the High Court of Hong Kong.

Qualifications

LL.B., London School of Economics and Political Science, 2016

P.C.LL., Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2018

Admitted as a Solicitor in Hong Kong, 2021

Languages

English

French

Chinese (spoken Cantonese and Putonghua)

Capabilities

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26 Jul 17

Construction site smoking ban takes effect

By Stephanie Lai and Irene Wong Hong Kong, 17 July 2026: A new total smoking ban at construction sites in Hong Kong takes effect immediately today, with no grace period. This marks an important and urgent compliance development for the construction industry, with the new regime intended to reduce fire hazards and improve occupational health […]

26 Jul 15

Rewriting rules for the sporting elite

Paris, 15 July 2026: The world’s most exclusive tennis club sits atop a distinguished Art Deco building a stone’s throw – or miscued volley – from the Eiffel Tower. Tennis de la Cavalerie has only one court, covered by a vaulted wooden ceiling shaped like a honeycomb, and is a throwback to the 1920s. Vintage […]

26 Jul 8

Welcome clarity for owners’ corporations

By Claire Chow and Gabriel Brettell Hong Kong, 8 July 2026: In a landmark judgment, the Court of Final Appeal has affirmed the power of an owners’ corporation to waive or acquiesce in disputes involving a breach of the deed of mutual covenant (DMC). The ruling provides clarity in what had been a legal grey […]

26 Jul 7

Law & More: Episode 68 – Ronald Sum

Hong Kong, 7 July 2026: In this episode, we speak with high-profile solicitor Ronald Sum, who has vast experience across a range of practice areas, both at home and abroad. Ronald looks back on his Hong Kong upbringing, university days in Australia and his first steps in the legal profession, before offering his thoughts on […]

26 Jul 2

Hearsay evidence reform in pipeline

By Arthur Chan and Jasmine Kwong Hong Kong 2 July 2026: After years of deliberation, steps are being taken to reform the rule against hearsay in criminal proceedings in Hong Kong. The move has been widely welcomed by professional legal bodies, academics and the Judiciary as being in the best interests of justice. The Evidence (Amendment) Bill […]

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