Olivia Kung
Chair, Publication Committee IPBA, Partner, ONC
About this speaker
Olivia Kung is an experienced litigation solicitor who has practised in both the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. She enjoys the buzz of litigation, and her practice focuses on contentious work. Prior to joining ONC Lawyers, Olivia was a co-founding partner of another Hong Kong law firm and had practised in several top tier firms in the UK before her return to Hong Kong in 2010.
Olivia has acted in litigation matters covering a wide variety of areas, including complex property ownership disputes; director and shareholder disputes; oral and written contract disputes; fraud cases; injunction proceedings; debt recovery; insolvency and bankruptcy.
She is a Fellow member of Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators and has acted as counsel in arbitration. She was appointed as an Arbitrator of Guangzhou Arbitration Commission in September 2020.
Olivia is also experienced in personal injury and fatal accident claims. She was a contributing author for LexisNexis Advance Practical Guidance and editor for Wolters Kluwer’s PrimeLaw Hong Kong Tort Cases.
For criminal defence, Olivia successfully defended cases which attracted media attention.
In September 2018, Olivia was appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Beijing Normal University.
Olivia is currently an officer and Chair of the Publications Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) and was the Chairperson of its Women Business Lawyers Committee from 2018-2022. She has acted as judge for various moot and debate competitions and has also been a mentor for a number of tertiary institutions.