Kristie Chan

Kristie is an Associate specialising in contentious and non-contentious private client and matrimonial matters. She also has experience in handling cross-border disputes, and has handled a broad range of cases spanning criminal and civil litigation, commercial disputes, and arbitration.

Kristie leverages her extensive litigation background to advise private clients with strategic insight and put her in a good position to develop a bespoke solution for each client.

Kristie also advises clients on all aspects of matrimonial law, including divorce, separation, children’s issues, ancillary relief, maintenance and settlements.  She has hands-on experience working with a wide range of clients, ranging from professionals to entrepreneurs. 

Kristie is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Key Experience

• Acted for the Respondent Father in defending the return of child and applying for interim custody, and subsequent applications for variation of interim care and control. See: NI v. TCHK [2023] HKFC 184.
• Represented the Respondent Wife in successfully opposing the Petitioner Husband 's application to amend his divorce petition. The application, which sought to exclude the parties ' child from the proceedings on grounds of alleged non-paternity, was dismissed in its entirety.
• Acted for the Petitioner Husband in a contested divorce. Successfully negotiated and secured a favourable out-of-court settlement.
• Acted for a PRC individual to apply for leave to appeal in a cross-border matrimonial dispute. See: FCMC 8529/2021.
• Advised the executor on estate administration and the removal of the current executor. Subsequently represented two executors in defending an originating summons brought by a co-executor seeking the removal of the entire executors.
• Acted for a PRC state-owned entity (1st Defendant; 1st Appellant) in Court of Appeal and Court of Final Appeal relating to Quistclose trusts in intra-group context and succeeded in the Court of Final Appeal in setting aside the garnishee order, which has later become a landmark case. See: China Life Trustees Limited v. China Energy Reserve and Chemicals Group Overseas Company Limited & China Energy Reserve and Chemicals Group Company Limited [2024] HKCFA 15.
• Represented a client in an ICAC investigation concerning allegations of money laundering and making a false declaration of interests, provided legal advice throughout the investigation process, including on case strategy and on the client's rights and positions during formal statement-taking interviews. Subsequently acted for the same client in a related criminal investigation by Hong Kong Police Force concerning allegation of access to computer with criminal or dishonest intent.
• Advised the client on contesting the validity of Will.
• Advised a high-net-worth (HNW) PRC individual/family on asset protection and trust issues.
• Advised HNW clients on pre-nuptial agreements.

Career History

Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Grandall Zimmern Law Firm
Assistant Solicitor, KCL & Partners
Corporate Counsel, Global Payments Asia-Pacific Processing Co. Ltd.
Trainee Solicitor, Edward Lau, Wong & Lou., Solicitors
City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK), Postgraduate Certificate in Laws, Dean's List
The University of Hong Kong, Master in Laws
University of Birmingham, Bachelor of Law