Intern (Corporate Department) at Hui Doe & Sum Law Firm LLP (2025-08 – 2026-01)
- Conducted Legal translation. Documents include: KYC checklists used in a client due diligence process; and client quotation for a court application.
- Assisted in drafting the Chinese version of an escrow agreement governing the US$2.02 million escrow fund.
- Researched and prepared a due diligence list for a cross-border M&A transaction involving the Hong Kong subsidiary of a PRC parent company.
- Conducted legal research and drafted memoranda. Key topics: conflict of interests of external legal counsels acting for associated parties of a previous corporate client; directors' voluntary winding-up procedures; charge validity over mainland Chinese real estate registered under Hong Kong law; oral examination of judgment debtor (O.49B RHC); the interplay between professional investor status and collective investment scheme; and profits tax implications of cross-border share acquisition and subsidiary transfer.
- Assisted in conducting due diligence on a US debtor in a cross-border bankruptcy case around the debtor's financial status, assets, legal disputes, and social connections.
Summer Intern (Corporate & Commercial) at Shanghai Junhe Law Firm (2025-06 – 2025-08)
- Assisted in drafting a legal opinion for a debt collection case initiated by a Shanghai state-owned enterprise that involved 1.68 billion RMB. Key issues included: limitation period, locus standi, corporate veil-piercing, and the joint and several liability of affiliated companies and the actual controller.
- Conducted legal research and drafted a research memo for a complex debt collection case involving nearly 100 million RMB against an insolvent corporate guarantor. Key issues included: debt assignment, non-performing loan recovery ('NPL'), corporate guarantee, and the application of general and exclusive jurisdictional rules under the Civil Procedure Law of the PRC.
- Conducted legal research and drafted a research memo analyzing online copyright infringement by communicating to public through the internet (e-commerce platform) for a WFOE, focusing on its unauthorized use of music entitled to copyright protection.
- Drafted demand letters and a Statement of Claim for lease disputes on behalf of real estate developers and Shanghai state-owned enterprises for payment of outstanding rent, utility bills, and management fees.
Mini-pupil (Shadowing Mr. Jacky Lam) at Plowman Chambers (2024-08 – 2024-08)
- Cross-checked the authorities cited in the barrister's draft submission and removing duplicate documents from court hearing bundles.
- Prepared cross-examination indices that match key issues in the draft submission with witness statements for a substantive evidence hearing.
- Conducted research on contract term interpretation.
Summer Intern (Litigation) at Dorsey & Whitney (2024-07 – 2024-08)
- Conducted legal research and drafted research memos on issues regarding setting aside arbitration awards, resumption of civil litigation proceedings and the relationship between the presentation of winding-up petitions and the stay of civil litigation proceedings.
- Drafted a chronology on a commercial contract dispute case about the exercise of repurchase rights under a shareholder's agreement after a failed IPO.
- Translated emails, electronic messages and internal documents used as evidence for a contractual dispute about the exercise of repurchase rights following the non-occurrence of IPO as agreed in a shareholder's agreement.
Summer Intern (Civil Litigation) at Yu Sun Yau Mak & Lawyers (2024-05 – 2024-06)
- Conducted research and drafted an affidavit for granting and discharging a mareva injunction in a PRC-related divorce case.
- Assisted in a debt collection case through drafting a Statement of Claim on behalf of the creditor.
- Attended mitigation and sentencing hearings involving a bribery charge.
