HK solicitors admitted overseas

This table analyses all solicitors admitted in HK and currently seen in the Law Society's Law List, whether practising or not. To which other jurisdictions they have been admitted, before or after being admitted to HK? Click a column heading to sort. Click a jurisdiction to see lawyers who have been admitted both there and in HK.

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Jurisdiction Lawyers Before
HK
On or
after
HK
Share
before
1 England & Wales 3399 1384 2015 40.7%
2 New South Wales, Australia 470 398 72 84.7%
3 New York, USA 467 384 83 82.2%
4 Singapore 306 128 178 41.8%
5 Victoria, Australia 219 132 87 60.3%
6 ACT, Australia 164 33 131 20.1%
7 New Zealand 99 84 15 84.8%
8 China (People's Republic) 93 79 14 84.9%
9 California, USA 74 63 11 85.1%
10 Queensland, Australia 72 55 17 76.4%
11 Ontario, Canada 64 54 10 84.4%
12 Malaysia 51 51 0 100.0%
13 British Columbia, Canada 50 43 7 86.0%
14 West Australia, Australia 36 34 2 94.4%
15 Scotland 27 26 1 96.3%
16 District of Columbia, USA 24 24 0 100.0%
17 Ireland 24 16 8 66.7%
18 South Australia, Australia 21 20 1 95.2%
19 India 15 14 1 93.3%
20 Tasmania, Australia 15 2 13 13.3%
21 New Jersey, USA 14 14 0 100.0%
22 Alberta, Canada 12 10 2 83.3%
23 Illinois, USA 11 11 0 100.0%
24 Massachusetts, USA 11 11 0 100.0%
25 Washington, USA 10 9 1 90.0%
26 British Virgin Islands 9 3 6 33.3%
27 Taiwan 8 8 0 100.0%
28 France 7 7 0 100.0%
29 Northern Ireland 7 3 4 42.9%
30 Northern Territory, Australia 7 1 6 14.3%
31 Germany 6 6 0 100.0%
32 South Africa 6 6 0 100.0%
33 Bermuda 5 4 1 80.0%
34 Texas, USA 5 5 0 100.0%
35 Connecticut, USA 4 4 0 100.0%
36 Hawaii, USA 4 3 1 75.0%
37 Italy 4 4 0 100.0%
38 Pennsylvania, USA 4 4 0 100.0%
39 Florida, USA 3 3 0 100.0%
40 Maryland, USA 3 3 0 100.0%
41 Belgium 2 2 0 100.0%
42 Brunei 2 1 1 50.0%
43 Israel 2 2 0 100.0%
44 Japan 2 2 0 100.0%
45 Marshall Islands 2 1 1 50.0%
46 Minnesota, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
47 Missouri, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
48 Ohio, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
49 Philippines 2 2 0 100.0%
50 Quebec, Canada 2 2 0 100.0%
51 Sweden 2 2 0 100.0%
52 Virginia, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
53 Wisconsin, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
54 Alabama, USA 1 0 1 0.0%
55 Anguilla 1 0 1 0.0%
56 Colorado, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
57 Georgia, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
58 Indiana, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
59 Kentucky, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
60 Maine, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
61 Manitoba, Canada 1 0 1 0.0%
62 Michigan, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
63 Nauru 1 0 1 0.0%
64 Nebraska, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
65 Nepal 1 1 0 100.0%
66 Netherlands 1 1 0 100.0%
67 Nevada,USA 1 1 0 100.0%
68 North Carolina, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
69 Oregon, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
70 Pakistan 1 1 0 100.0%
71 Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 100.0%
72 Russia 1 1 0 100.0%
73 Saskatchewan, Canada 1 1 0 100.0%
74 South Carolina, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
75 Switzerland 1 1 0 100.0%

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