Sara Tong SC
Greater China Region Guide 2024
Band 4 : Commercial Dispute Resolution: The Bar
Band 4
About
Provided by Sara Tong SC
Practice Areas
Sara Tong SC is an experienced counsel specialising in commercial litigation. Her practice comprises a broad spectrum of civil commercial disputes, corporate and shareholders’ disputes, trust and probate matters, professional negligence and disciplinary matters, employment disputes, securities and regulatory matters and judicial reviews.
Sara has been described in the Chambers & Partners guides (Global and Asia Pacific) as “diligent, meticulous and a strong advocate”, “one of the best for the difficult cases”, “a very bright and detail-oriented advocate whose written work and analysis is first rate” and “very practical, very solicitor-friendly and definitely easy to work with".
Sara has been instructed as advocate for a wide range of individuals and institutions at all levels of court in Hong Kong, as well as various specialist and disciplinary tribunals. She also appears as counsel in arbitrations and sits as arbitrator in commercial disputes.
Sara has served as a Deputy High Court Judge of the Court of First Instance and has also been appointed by the Government to various statutory appeal boards and tribunals.
Chambers Review
Greater China Region
Sara Tong is admired for the versatility of her commercial practice, which showcases noteworthy levels of activity in the professional negligence, employment, company law and probate spheres.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Sara is very proactive, thoughtful, organised and detail-oriented in managing her own tasks as well as coordinating matters. She is generally my preferred senior counsel for complex commercial matters given the consistent quality of her work and her responsiveness."
"Sara is excellent on the details of disputes."
"Sara is always very thorough on the papers and can make her points eloquently at court."
"Sara is very responsive to our enquiries and goes above and beyond to get the work done beautifully. She also understands and appreciates the commercial reality and dynamics within large financial institutions and crafts her work product with a view to addressing the client's needs."
"Sara is very proactive, thoughtful, organised and detail-oriented in managing her own tasks as well as coordinating matters. She is generally my preferred senior counsel for complex commercial matters given the consistent quality of her work and her responsiveness."
"Sara is excellent on the details of disputes."
"Sara is always very thorough on the papers and can make her points eloquently at court."
"Sara is very responsive to our enquiries and goes above and beyond to get the work done beautifully. She also understands and appreciates the commercial reality and dynamics within large financial institutions and crafts her work product with a view to addressing the client's needs."