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Mr Dillan SUM

Mr Dillan SUM

Consultant

Dillan is a solicitor admitted to practise in both Hong Kong, and England and Wales, and obtained a law degree from the Essex University and from the China University of Political Science and Law. In 2021, he passed the qualifying examination to practise law in the Greater Bay, PRC and in 2022, obtained a practising licence.

 

Dillan has practised law for over 25 years with more than 15 years senior inhouse legal experiences in various industries and sectors including:-

  • media and entertainment technology (Technicolor SA (formerly as Thomson SA) – General Counsel Asia)
  • manufacturing/building technology (Johnson Controls Inc. – General Counsel for Asia)
  • port and shipping (Hutchison Port Holdings Limited – Senior Counsel), etc.

 

Advisor/Mentor/Guest Speaker/Partner of or for the Tech Startups of :-

  • The Mentorship Programme of The Hong Kong Science and Technology Park
  • The Mentorship Program of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited
  • The Techno-Entrepreneurship Core of The Hong Kong University
  • The Entrepreneurship Centre of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • The Office of Research & Knowledge Transfer Services of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • The Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office of The Hong Kong Polytechnics University
  • The Office of Research Affairs and Knowledge Transfer of Hong Kong Metropolitan University

 

Dillan spent about 4 years in Shanghai and was engaged by a Fortune 500 company as their Vice President and General Counsel, Asia. He specialises in corporate and commercial law matters including merger and acquisition; joint venture; restructuring; cross-border transactions; technology startups and IP protection; labour and employment related matters, trade disputes and dispute resolution as well as compliance cases.

 

Dillan regularly renders services to both private and listed companies including providing legal and company secretarial services. He is one of the independent non-executive directors of a public-listed company (HKEX Trading Code: 8333). He is now a consultant lawyer of Messrs. Lee Chan Cheng Solicitors, a Hong Kong medium sized law firm established for over 20 years.

Legal Practice Areas
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Administrative Law
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Building Management
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Company / Commercial Law
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Intellectual Property