Stephanie Lau

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Stephanie concentrates on construction litigation and arbitration and has experience in drafting and advising on construction contracts, consultancy agreements and supply contracts relating to construction projects in a number of cities such as Hong Kong, Macau and Angola.

Stephanie specializes in health, safety and environment and has been acting for contractors in numerous industrial summons cases.

Stephanie was a Court Prosecutor of the Department of Justice of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region before she qualified as a solicitor.

Experience

• Acting for various contractors to defend industrial summonses laid by the Hong Kong Labour Department  
• Drafting and advising on construction contracts for developers and contractors involved in hotel and casino developments in Macau
• Drafting and advising on construction contracts for an infrastructure project in Africa
• Representing a developer against its fitting-out contractor in a Hong Kong High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings in connection with the fitting-out works and addition and alteration works in a residential development in Hong Kong
• Advising the Hong Kong Government in relation to various arbitration proceedings against its contractor 
• Representing a main contractor in 7 arbitration proceedings against its sub-contractor in connection with a number of school improvement projects in Hong Kong