We handle and specialize the following legal matters:-

1. Commercial and company, including incorporation of companies in Hong Kong and abroad;

2. Civil and Criminal Litigations;

3. Trademarks, Designs, Patents and other Intellectual Property;

4. Probate & Wills succession, and Tax planning;

5. Conveyancing, Real Properties, Landlord and Tenant;

6. Tax and Tariffs;

7. Separation and Divorce, Deed Poll for change of name etc.;

8. Insurance and Personal Injury;

9. Certification and attesting of documents for use in PRC, including letters of authorization or powers of attorney.

10. Mediation & Neutral Evaluation (See ★ below)

All our solicitors and registered foreign lawyers are well qualified and trained in their respective fields and the current lawyers are :

G.Y.C. Mok PhD MBA CCMI FCG FAIA FCMI MCIArb
M.S.W. Lau BSc (Hons) AHKIA
C.H. Hong LLB LLM PRC Lawyer
David K.K. Ip B.Eng LLB Msc ACG HKACG Trainee Solicitor

We act for and maintain account(s) with most of the leading banks in Hong Kong.

★ According to a survey conducted by Dr. G.Y.C. Mok on litigation lawyers in 2009-2010, the success or settlement rate on purely facilitative mediation after the commencement of court proceedings is less than 12%. However, the empirical study showed that the settlement rate is much higher, between 38% to 67%, if the mediator is a senior or leading lawyer (using the expert advisory mediation model) or the mediator adopted a combination of “Facilitative/Evaluative Mediation” or “Facilitative/Settlement Mediation” models.

In a nutshell, one may therefore conclude that purely facilitative mediation is ineffective and should be discouraged on, for instance, commercial disputes after the start of litigation process, otherwise it may be a waste of valuable time and expense.

Mediator & Evaluator

PERSONAL PARTICULARS

Name : Dr. G. Y. C. Mok

Qualification : PhD, MBA, CCMI, FCG, FCS, FAIA, FCMI, FCILEX, MCIArb., Barrister and Solicitor

Present Position : Senior Partner (Since 1986)

Firm Name : Messrs. George Y. C. Mok & Co., Solicitors

Firm Address :

5/F, Yuen Long Trade Centre, 99-109 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long, N.T., Hong Kong. Tel: 2475-9111 Fax: 2476-6722
20/F., Shatin Galleria, 18 Shan Mei Street, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong. Tel:2770 6688 Fax: 2770 6611

Email : info@gycmokco.com.hk Website: www.gycmokco.com.hk

Languages : Chinese and English

Proposed fee: HK$3,000 - 6,000 per hour

MEDIATION TRAINING

Bond University and Academy of Law's intensive mediation training course (50 hours) in Hong Kong.

CAREER

1983-86 Solicitor in charge of Yuen Long Branch of JSM (now known as Mayer Brown), Solicitors

1986-date Senior Partner of George Y. C. Mok & Co., Solicitors

1987-date Director of GM Commercial Consultants Corp.

1989-date Chief Management Consultant to GM International Management Consultants Ltd.

2003-date Chairman of Professional Publishers (Asia) Ltd.

2009-date Chairman of Global Vintage Wines Centre.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Ø Chairman of Appeal Tribunal (Buildings)

Ø Chairman and past Chairman/Adjudicator of several other Ad hoc Tribunals, e.g. Solicitors Disciplinary, for the past 12 odd years

Ø Dispute Resolution Adviser & Adjudicator on various commercial, employment, family, land and other misc. disputes over the past 25 years.

Ø Past Hon. Judge and Racing Steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Ø Author and writer of articles on mediation and other topics/books.