Franco Chung

Equity Partner

Franco is a solicitor, accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator and Police Station Representative. His main areas of practice are Dispute Resolutions, Litigations (commercial and civil), Possession Claims (residential and commercial properties) and Landlords and Tenants’ disputes. As a dual-trained civil and criminal litigator, Franco has previously undertaken criminal defence, high value confiscation and cash seizure proceedings. Utilising his extensive knowledge of various areas of law, Franco has successfully argued family law in confiscation proceedings to ensure the pre-marital assets of the innocent spouse were excluded from the POCA proceedings. Franco represents clients and advocates before the County Courts, Immigration First-Tier and Upper Tribunals and has extensive experience in representing defendants against allegations of the most serious and violent crimes, including murder, and case manages complex and high value High Court and Crown Court cases. ​ Franco now focuses his wealth of experience on predominantly civil and commercial litigation matters and no longer practices in the field of crime due to his thriving reputation in commercial and civil litigation. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Franco can also conduct cases in Mandarin, assisting clients from Taiwan, China and Hong Kong. 精通中文（國語/普通話）及英文，鐘律師是合法英國執業律師，可為您在移民、民事／商業訴訟及私人/公設刑事辯護上服務。 Prior to becoming a qualified solicitor, Franco was the managing director of an IT company for over 15 years before completing his legal trainings and graduated with a Commendation in PgDipLaw/CPE, a Merit in LLM (Legal Studies), a Distinction in LPC and a Distinction in MA (Law with Business).