Personal bio
Arthur is a Hong Kong qualified barrister (4-5 years PQE) specializing in employment personal data protection law, IT governance, intellectual property (IP) law, tech law and cryptocurrency regulations. He is regularly retained by regional & global corporate clients to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional personal data-related compliance issues concerning different privacy regimes including but not limited to HK's PDPO, EU's GDPR, PRC's PIPL and other APAC data protection regimes (e.g. JP, AU, SG and TW) in the context of employment law, risk management and IT governance. Arthur also has an active advisory practice in tech-related matters. He has advised clients on cryptocurrency-related freezing order, pre-sale token purchase agreement, cybersecurity insurance policy, SaaS agreements and bio-tech regulations. Apart from data protection and tech law, Arthur has also advised clients on M&A transactions, joint venture shareholders’ agreement, regulatory & licensing issues, vendor risk assessment and internal compliance and governance policies. In the IP space, Arthur has previously advised clients on trademark litigations. He is appointed by the Hong Kong Film Censorship Authority as a member of the Panel of Advisers (Film Censorship) from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023. He teaches IP Asset Management at HKU SPACE as a part-time tutor and also delivers workshops for the Hong Kong Management Association. Arthur is a member of the Hong Kong Bar Association, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), PCPD's Data Protection Officers' Club (DPOC) and was a Non-Executive Director at ADG Consultants Limited. He has published articles in tech industry magazines, e.g. JUMPSTART, CPO Magazine, IoT For All and given talks on issues related to tech-funding, data protection and IoT regulations.