Timothy specialises in criminal defence with a focus on commercial and regulatory investigations initiated by various law enforcement agencies, including the Independent Commission Against Corruption, Commercial Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force, the Securities & Futures Commission and the Customs and Excise Department.
Timothy regularly provides legal advice in relation to criminal defence and regulatory compliance to listed companies, international conglomerates across a range of sectors, including healthcare, fast food, luxury fashion, aviation, engineering and construction, real estate, transportation, technology platforms, and cryptocurrency exchanges.
Timothy has acted for local and overseas clients in all levels of courts in Hong Kong for a board range of criminal defence matters, including complex commercial crime, money laundering, bribery, fraud, traffic offences, sexual offences, violence-related offences, dangerous drugs-related offences and immigration offences. He frequently represents clients before the Magistrates’ Courts and the District Court for mentions, bail applications, and mitigations.
Timothy is consistently recognized as a leading and recommended practitioner by prestigious international legal publications such as Asian Legal Business, Legal 500, Lexology Index, and Doyle’s Guide.
Outside work, he is an avid runner and was a member of the Hong Kong Athletics Team. He formerly represented Hong Kong in various local and regional competitions, where he was part of the team which broke the record for the Hong Kong Junior and HKAAA Junior Records of 4x400m.