Personal bio
Lawrence Ma has been a practising barrister of the High Court of Hong Kong since 2008 and currently is the Head of the Foundation Chambers in Hong Kong. He qualified as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, as well as the High Court of Australia. He is also qualified as a lawyer of the Great Bay Area in the People’s Republic of China.
He has dual jurisdiction experience in commercial litigations in both Australia and in Hong Kong. For years in practice, Lawrence has accumulated substantial experience in drafting pleadings and in advising on suitable cause of action and grounds of appeal. Lawrence represents Chinese State-Owned Enterprises in international commercial arbitrations. He is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators. Lawrence is also a HKCICA Certified International Arbitrator and a Recognised Arbitrator of the South China Institution of Arbitration.
He is a Council Member of the China Law Society since 2013, and a Council Member of the Chinese Overseas Friendship Association since 2019. He also serves as a member of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference since 2012. He is an adjunct professor of the Nankai University law school since 2003. In 2021, he is appointed a Chairman of the Buildings Appeal Tribunal and in the same year, he became a member by nomination of the Hong Kong Election Committee representing the Hong Kong Legal Subsector.
Lawrence has published extensively in the area of equity and trusts law and in investor state arbitration.
Lawrence was practising at the Queensland Bar and the New South Wales Bar for 12 years before passing the Overseas Barristers Qualifying Examination in 2007 and then to commence practising at the Hong Kong Bar in 2008.