Melissa Kaye Pang, president of the Law Society of Hong Kong between 2018 and 2021, has joined PRC firm East & Concord’s GBA offering. The firm has offices in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, and has applied to open in Hong Kong.

Pang, who focuses on commercial law, property law and civil litigation, was one of the first batch of Hong Kong lawyers to pass the Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau Bar Examination, and was admitted to practice in the Greater Bay Area in 2022.

In a statement, East & Concord said that the addition of Pang will significantly increase business opportunities for its Greater Bay Area offices.