Mabel Lui is admitted to practise in Hong Kong, England & Wales, Victoria (Australia), New York and Singapore. She is an international Notary Public and an Appointed Attesting Officer in Hong Kong appointed by the Ministry of Justice of the Government of the People's Republic of China. Mabel is currently a government appointed member of (i) the Administrative Appeals Board (ii) Disciplinary Panel of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (iii) Deposit Protection Appeals Tribunal (iv) the Appeal Panel (Housing) and (v) Air Transport Licensing Authority. She is a Justice of the Peace of Hong Kong and a member of the China People's Political Consultative Conference of Liaoning Province.

Mabel leads the Corporate practice in Asia and has over 30 years' experience advising clients on China-related business matters. She was advisor to the foreign investor in the first Sino-foreign joint venture in China in 1978 and was on the Hong Kong team of counsel advising one of the first H share issues by Chinese corporations with dual listing in Hong Kong and New York Stock Exchanges in 1993, on both occasions participating in the clarification and formulation of important regulatory issues in the relevant areas.

Mabel has extensive experience in private equity work in Hong Kong and China, dealing in mergers and acquisitions and investments of a diverse nature. She also undertakes real estate and private client work and has accumulated substantial experience in both areas of practice.

• Named 'M&A Lawyer of the Year' at the 2011 M&A Atlas Awards
• Exclusive winner of the Commercial Property category for Hong Kong by ILO Client Choice Awards 2010
• Named by Chambers Asia as a leading lawyer in Corporate M&A, China and Hong Kong, 2011 and Real Estate, China and Hong Kong, 2010-2011
• Named by Asia Pacific Legal 500 as a leading lawyer in Corporate M&A China, 2010/11
• Named by IFLR as a leading lawyer in M&A, China and Hong Kong, 2010, and PEVC, China, 2010
• Acknowledged in the franchise section of the 2009 edition of Who's Who Legal as 'leading franchise lawyer in Hong Kong and the PRC' respectively
• Acknowledged as Asia's leading lawyer in construction and property by Asia Law & Practice 2008

Mabel is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.