Dillan Sum
Legal Advisor - HK & GBA
Legal Advisor - HK & GBA
Dillan Sum is the Legal Advisor of JCMarkinze with a focus on advising the firm's business consulting projects in Hong Kong and GBA. Dillan has practised law for over 25 years (including spending 4 years in Shanghai serving a Fortune 500 company) with more than 15 years senior inhouse legal experiences in various industries and sectors including:
His areas of specialisation are corporate and commercial law matters including M&A; cross-border transactions; technology startups (including fund-raising) and IP protection; trade dispute resolution; compliance; etc.
In the past years, Dillan has been advising startup companies in various industries or trades including but not limited to those specialising in coding network; robotic solutions; biotech in developing reagent and microbiology diagnotics device; AI fintech solution; medical equipments; AI solution for medical care & wellness; blockchain solution for logistics industry; road safety and telemetry technology; etc.
Mr. Sum graduated from the University of Essex with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1991 and was admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong in 1994, and of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1995. He also obtained a law degree in the China University of Political Science and Law in 1999. He passed the qualifying examination to practise law in the People's Republic of China (Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area) in July 2021 and obtained the Lawyer's License of the People's Republic of China (Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area) in August 2022.
- Manufacturing/building technology (Johnson Controls Inc. – Vice President and General Counsel for Asia)
- Media and entertainment (Technicolor SA (formerly as Thomson SA) – General Counsel Asia)
- Port, shipping and logistics (Hutchison Port Holdings Limited – Senior Counsel)
His areas of specialisation are corporate and commercial law matters including M&A; cross-border transactions; technology startups (including fund-raising) and IP protection; trade dispute resolution; compliance; etc.
In the past years, Dillan has been advising startup companies in various industries or trades including but not limited to those specialising in coding network; robotic solutions; biotech in developing reagent and microbiology diagnotics device; AI fintech solution; medical equipments; AI solution for medical care & wellness; blockchain solution for logistics industry; road safety and telemetry technology; etc.
Mr. Sum graduated from the University of Essex with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1991 and was admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong in 1994, and of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1995. He also obtained a law degree in the China University of Political Science and Law in 1999. He passed the qualifying examination to practise law in the People's Republic of China (Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area) in July 2021 and obtained the Lawyer's License of the People's Republic of China (Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area) in August 2022.
Areas of Focus - HK & GBA
- Tech Startups
- Corporate & Commercial Laws
- M&A
- Trade Dispute
- IP Protection
- Cross-Border Transactions
- Compliance