Johnny SL Mok SC

Languages Spoken

English, Cantonese

Career

Johnny Mok SC, BBS graduated from Diocesan Boys’ School in Hong Kong and Philips Exeter Academy in the US in 1975 and 1976 respectively. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in English from York University in 1980 and in History and Education from the University of Toronto in 1981. Later, he finished his studies of Bachelors of Laws and Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (with five distinctions) at the University of Hong Kong in 1985 and 1986.

Johnny Mok SC, BBS was admitted to the Hong Kong Bar in 1986. In 2006, he was appointed Senior Counsel by the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal. He has been appointed by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress to be one of 12 members on the Basic Law Committee. In 2013 and 2016, he was appointed as a Justice of the Peace and awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star respectively.

Johnny Mok SC, BBS’s practice is centred on cases involving public interest (especially in the field of constitutional law, Basic Law and administrative law). He regularly represents the Hong Kong Government, Secretary for Justice and various public bodies. Johnny Mok SC, BBS also has a range of practice encompassing a wide spectrum of commercial matters, telecommunication, securities transactions and commercial crimes. He also has a deep interest in areas ranging from FinTech, RegTech, use of big data and other technology-related legal issues and advises public bodies and private enterprises on these matters.

Judicial Review in Hong Kong (2nd Edition, LexisNexis), co-authored by Johnny Mok SC, BBS and Richard Gordon QC in England, has been adopted by the University of Hong Kong as its textbook at the Department of Law.

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