Benny Lo

Benny Lo is an independent barrister practising from Des Voeux Chambers with over 15 years of experience in civil and commercial, corporate and intellectual property dispute resolution. He is ranked as a tier 1 leading junior and has been lauded for being “a practical, meticulous barrister with excellent analytical skills”, having “good strategic vision for the case and goes into the very details of the case facts” and that “his examination of witnesses at oral hearings are very impressive”.

Alongside his litigation practice before the Hong Kong Courts, Benny is regularly engaged as counsel and lead advocate in international arbitrations in the areas of commercial and corporate disputes, investment disputes, shareholders disputes and intellectual property, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology-related disputes. His clients include renowned listed and private companies and state-owned enterprises. He co-counsels with lawyers from different jurisdictions and legal traditions and has conducted written and oral proceedings in both English and Chinese.

As an arbitrator, Benny has to date received over 100 arbitrator appointments including in proceedings before the HKIAC, ICC, LCIA, SIAC, CIETAC, BAC/BIAC and BAT. Acting in the roles of presiding arbitrator, sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator or emergency arbitrator, Benny has arbitrated a wide variety of subjec...