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Peter K.P.Sit
Senior Partner

  • Bachelor of Laws (University of Hong Kong with Honours 1975).
  • Diploma in Chinese Law - 1987 (Graduate College, University of East Asia, Macau).

 

  • Solicitor of Hong Kong (1978), England (1983 (non-practising)) and Victoria Australia (1984).
  • Greater Bay Area Lawyer (2024 - Second Batch).
  • Notary Public.
  • China-Appointed Attesting Officer.

 

  • Council Member of the Law Society of Hong Kong (5/1995 - 5/2000).
  • Member of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (1994 - 1995).
  • Chairman of the Standing Committee on Compliance of the Law Society of Hong Kong (5/1998 - 5/2000).
  • Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Official Journal of the Law Society of Hong Kong (5/1998 - 5/2000).
  • External Examiner of the University of Hong Kong and City University (7/1997 - 7/2006).
  • Member of the Legislative Council Election Committee (1998 & 2000).
  • Member of the Panel of the Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance) (1/2001 - 12/2006).
  • Adjudicator of the Immigration Tribunal from 1st November 2003 to 31st October 2009.
  • Chairman of the Appeal Tribunal Panel (Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123)) from 1 February 2007 to 30 November 2015.
  • Part time tutor of The Law Society of Hong Kong Risk Management Education Programme (11/2006 - 10/2008).
  • Distinguished Professional Mentor of Chinese University Law School (8/2006 - 7/2016).
  • Member of the Appeal Panel (Housing) (Cap.283) (4/2007 - 3/2013).
  • Examiner on the Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination Head IV Panel (3/2007-3/2022).
  • Tutor for the Part-time PCLL course of The University of Hong Kong Law School (2007).
  • Member of the Practice Management Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong (2/2009–10/2011).
  • Acted as Law Society's Prosecutor at its Disciplinary Tribunals (2/2009 - 2/2015).
  • Member of the Standing Committee on Standards and Development of the Law Society of Hong Kong (8/2009 - 8/2021).
  • Member of the Disciplinary Tribunal Panel of the Association of China-Appointed Attesting Officers Limited (since April 2010).
  • Member of the Professional Services Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Trade Development Council (4/2011 - 3/2015).
  • Member of the Standing Committee on Directorate Salaries and Conditions of Service (4/2014 - 3/2020) 
  • Member of Council of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (4/2015 – 3/2021)
  • Member of the Air Transport Licensing Authority (8/2016 – 7/2022)
  • Member of the Appeal Board Panel (Town Planning) (10/2016 – 9/2022)
  • Admitted to the Law Society's Roll of Honour on 31 May 2018 in recognition of his distinguished contribution to the Law Society, the development of the legal profession and the practice of law in Hong Kong.
  • Member of the Governance Nomination and Development Committee of Hong Kong Red Cross (7/2018 - 8/2020).
  • Member of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Court (1/7/2021 to 30/6/2026)
  • University Fellow of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2023/2024)
  • Member of the Professional Committee on Foreign-related Legal Services of Jiangmen Lawyers Association, Guangdong Province (from July 2024)

 

  • Civil litigation, trust litigation, securities investigations and related matters, conveyancing and commercial litigation, defamation cases.
  • Criminal litigation, ICAC cases.
  • Conveyancing documents with special interests in structuring acquisitions of land projects, consent and non-consent scheme developments and re-developments and complex transactions.
  • Company (public and private) IPOs, mergers & acquisitions and commercial documentations.