Mr C. K. Kwong, JP (Justice of the Peace)

Senior Partner, SFKS CK Kwong, Solicitors
Tel: 852 3691 2888
Email: ckkwong@sfks-ckkwong.com

Mr C. K. Kwong, JP is the Senior Partner of SFKS CK Kwong, Solicitors, appointed by Hong Kong Government Department of Justice as a member of the Expert Advisory Group on Legal and Dispute Resolution Services. He is a Past President of Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb) and International Past President of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA). Due to his contributions to the protection of intellectual property, Mr Kwong was appointed by the Hong Kong Government as Justice of the Peace in 2008. His practice covers arbitration, mediation, intellectual property (registration, licensing and enforcement of patent, design, copyright and trademark) and injunction proceedings, public and private corporate transactions, China projects, complex commercial litigation and mega property transactions.

Mr Kwong is qualified to practise law in 5 jurisdictions, namely Hong Kong, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Australia (Victoria), England and Singapore. He is also a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb London), a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) appointed (1) Neutral and Domain Name Panelist and (2) Panelist for the Legal Rights Objections (LRO), Accredited Mediator of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) and a Notary Public. He is also on the panels of Arbitrators of institutions in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Asia and Africa, including HKIAC, SCIA and AALCO-HKRAC.

He proposed the idea of legislative guidance on the arbitrability of intellectual property rights which was accepted by the Hong Kong Government and enacted as the Arbitration (Amendment) Ordinance 2017. Mr Kwong is a director of Nano and Advanced Materials Institute (NAMI). His book "Hong Kong Arbitration Judgments and Commentaries" was published by the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators in 2023.