Alice is a practicing solicitor in Hong Kong. Alice focuses her practice on a variety of intellectual property transactions and contentious matters, bringing a thorough knowledge within the field of life sciences to her work in guiding clients. Alice has advised healthcare and technology companies on intellectual property, corporate and transactional matters. She assists local and overseas clients in patent filings and management, IP due diligence, regulatory matters and a wide range of commercial and transactional arrangements.
Alice obtained her Bachelor of Science, Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Juris Doctor and P.C.LL. from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Before joining the legal profession, Alice had engaged in research in the field of molecular biology and protein science for more than 7 years and had worked as an Intellectual Property Specialist for another 7 years with a focus on biotechnology and healthcare inventions.
Alice has published articles discussing IP and regulatory issues in the areas of stem cells, natural products, genomic medicine, foods and biosimilars and had been invited as a speaker on those issues. She is also a lecturer on IP and related topics in the School of Life Sciences at the CUHK since 2016 and a Registered Laboratory Medical Technologist in Hong Kong.