Speakers

Thematic Session
Legal Risk Management: Key to International Trade and Investment

Ms Winnie Tam, SC
Barrister-at-law, Arbitrator and Mediator, Chairman, Hong Kong Bar Association

Winnie Tam SC is the current Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar and is admitted to the English Bar and as an solicitor and advocate of Singapore of the Australian Capital Territory. Winnie was appointed Senior Counsel in 2006, and is one of Hong Kong’s leading specialist advocates in intellectual property law. In recent times she has been active in promoting mediation and arbitration of intellectual property disputes. She is a Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court of Hong Kong SAR.
Her practice spans across all areas of intellectual property and commercial litigation. The current issue of World Trade Mark Review describes Winnie as being held in “high esteem” for her “hard-won experience and solid IP knowledge”, and notes that “she has argued a vast number of landmark cases”.