Portrait of Toni Y.T. Chan

Toni Y.T. Chan

陳玄同大律師

Call: 2020 (Hong Kong)

About Toni

Toni joined Chambers after serving pupillage with Mr Andrew Raffell, Mr Peter TK Wong, Mr Marco KW Li, Mr Vod KS Chan and Mr Alex YH Lai. She had also previously served as a judge marshal with His Honour Judge Yiu.

Toni completed her Master of Law degree at the University of Cambridge in 2022, studying legal philosophy, jurisprudence, legal history and public law. She obtained her JD and PCLL from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. While at CUHK, she representing the school at the Willem C. Vis and Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot, and subsequently assisted the CUHK Vis team as a student coach.

Prior to her legal studies, Toni pursued her BA at the University of Hong Kong, majoring in Chinese Studies (中國文史) and Politics and Public Administration. Her interests includes Chinese Classical literature, Chinese philosophy, social and political theories.

Toni is developing a mixed practice. For criminal work, she has experience in cases ranging from riot, murder, sexual offences, drug offences and more. Toni also covers a wide range of civil matters, with particular interest in commercial disputes and personal injuries matters.

Toni is proficient in Cantonese, English and Mandarin.

Scholarships and Prizes

  • Boase Cohen & Collins Prize for Civil Litigation Practice (PCLL)
  • CUHK JD Gold Scholarship 2016/2017
  • CUHK JD Silver Scholarship 2017/2018
  • CUHK JD Dean's Honours List 2017/2018

Education

  • LL.M., University of Cambridge
  • P.C.LL., Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • J.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • B.A., University of Hong Kong