Law
Leonard Ng
Solicitor and Musician
Law. Music.
Leonard Ng was born and raised in Singapore. He studied law at the National University of Singapore and qualified as a lawyer in Singapore in 1996. He then obtained a LL.M degree at the University of Chicago Law School in the United States in 1997. Leonard went on to join the London office of Sidley Austin LLP and is currently a partner in the International Finance Group of the firm in London. Sidley Austin is one of the world’s largest law firms, with over 1,800 lawyers practising in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. Leonard specialises in UK and EU financial services regulation and structured finance. He advises banks, investment firms, hedge funds and other entities on a wide range of regulatory issues. He is a regular speaker at industry conferences on regulation and structured finance.
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Christine Lee
Solicitor and Company DirectorCommunity. Law. Politics.
Christine Lee is one of the most prominent figures in British Chinese society and is one of the most experienced and leading Chinese lawyers practising in the United Kingdom today. She is the founder of the renowned British Chinese law firm Christine Lee & Co; Chief Legal Advisor to the Chinese Embassy; chairwoman of the North London Chinese Association; and leader of the ‘Integration of British Chinese into politics' campaign, also known as the ‘BC Project'.
Christine has worked on some of the leading cases in the field of Immigration and Human Rights and is highly regarded as a result by her peers and the UK Chinese Community.
She has close contacts at the Chinese Embassy in the UK and also has close contacts with the Parliamentary All Party group on Chinese affairs. Her commitment and passion for the Law has propelled the firm constantly forward. Christine is a specialist in Public Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Family Law. She is a qualified solicitor and a member of ILPA (Immigration Law Practitioners Assocation).
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Merlene Emerson
Solicitor and co-founder of Chinese Liberal DemocratsLaw. Politics.
Merlene was born in Singapore and came to London in 1979 as a law student. Both her parents are Chinese, but on her mother's side, she can trace her ancestry back 6 generations in South East Asia and she therefore inherits a strong sense of colonial history and identity. To that extent she feels a kindred bond with immigrants from other ex-colonies now in the Commonwealth.
One of her favourite laments is that her sons (along with a whole generation or two of students) have grown up in the UK not taught enough about the role played by Great Britain in shaping the world around us today.
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Louise Wong
SolicitorCommunity. Law.
At the age of 23, Louise Wong is the youngest qualified solicitor to be admitted onto the Roll of Solicitors of the Supreme Court, as attested by the Law Society. Her legal training has ranged from volunteering at the Derby Law centre, to working during her summer at a busy law firm in Hong Kong, to obtaining her honours degree in Law with European Studies, and finally achieving her crucial training contract with the Law centre, cementing her path towards qualified legal practice.
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