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 3291 1253 2038 38.1%
2 New York, USA 463 366 97 79.0%
3 New South Wales, Australia 454 376 78 82.8%
4 Singapore 287 117 170 40.8%
5 Victoria, Australia 212 124 88 58.5%
6 ACT, Australia 160 30 130 18.8%
7 New Zealand 92 73 19 79.3%
8 China (People's Republic) 71 58 13 81.7%
9 Queensland, Australia 70 54 16 77.1%
10 California, USA 68 58 10 85.3%
11 Ontario, Canada 63 49 14 77.8%
12 British Columbia, Canada 49 42 7 85.7%
13 Malaysia 44 44 0 100.0%
14 West Australia, Australia 34 32 2 94.1%
15 Scotland 25 24 1 96.0%
16 Ireland 24 13 11 54.2%
17 District of Columbia, USA 20 20 0 100.0%
18 South Australia, Australia 17 16 1 94.1%
19 Tasmania, Australia 15 2 13 13.3%
20 India 14 13 1 92.9%
21 British Virgin Islands 13 2 11 15.4%
22 New Jersey, USA 13 13 0 100.0%
23 Washington, USA 10 9 1 90.0%
24 Alberta, Canada 9 7 2 77.8%
25 Illinois, USA 9 9 0 100.0%
26 Massachusetts, USA 9 9 0 100.0%
27 Taiwan 9 9 0 100.0%
28 Germany 7 7 0 100.0%
29 Northern Ireland 7 3 4 42.9%
30 Bermuda 6 4 2 66.7%
31 France 6 6 0 100.0%
32 Northern Territory, Australia 5 1 4 20.0%
33 Italy 4 4 0 100.0%
34 South Africa 4 4 0 100.0%
35 Texas, USA 4 4 0 100.0%
36 Florida, USA 3 3 0 100.0%
37 Hawaii, USA 3 2 1 66.7%
38 Israel 3 3 0 100.0%
39 Pennsylvania, USA 3 3 0 100.0%
40 Philippines 3 3 0 100.0%
41 Belgium 2 2 0 100.0%
42 Brunei 2 1 1 50.0%
43 Connecticut, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
44 Japan 2 2 0 100.0%
45 Manitoba, Canada 2 0 2 0.0%
46 Maryland, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
47 Minnesota, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
48 Missouri, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
49 Nevada,USA 2 2 0 100.0%
50 Ohio, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
51 Quebec, Canada 2 2 0 100.0%
52 Virginia, USA 2 2 0 100.0%
53 Alabama, USA 1 0 1 0.0%
54 Anguilla 1 0 1 0.0%
55 Colorado, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
56 Georgia, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
57 Indiana, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
58 Kentucky, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
59 Maine, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
60 Marshall Islands 1 1 0 100.0%
61 Michigan, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
62 Nauru 1 0 1 0.0%
63 Nebraska, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
64 Nepal 1 1 0 100.0%
65 Netherlands 1 1 0 100.0%
66 North Carolina, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
67 Oregon, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
68 Pakistan 1 1 0 100.0%
69 Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 100.0%
70 Russia 1 1 0 100.0%
71 Saskatchewan, Canada 1 1 0 100.0%
72 South Carolina, USA 1 1 0 100.0%
73 Sweden 1 1 0 100.0%
74 Switzerland 1 1 0 100.0%
75 Wisconsin, USA 1 1 0 100.0%

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