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 3418 1385 2033 40.5%
2 New South Wales, Australia 475 400 75 84.2%
3 New York, USA 468 385 83 82.3%
4 Singapore 307 129 178 42.0%
5 Victoria, Australia 220 132 88 60.0%
6 ACT, Australia 164 33 131 20.1%
7 New Zealand 100 84 16 84.0%
8 China (People's Republic) 91 77 14 84.6%
9 California, USA 74 63 11 85.1%
10 Queensland, Australia 72 55 17 76.4%
11 Ontario, Canada 64 53 11 82.8%
12 Malaysia 52 52 0 100.0%
13 British Columbia, Canada 50 43 7 86.0%
14 West Australia, Australia 37 35 2 94.6%
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 22 21 1 95.5%
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 British Virgin Islands 10 3 7 30.0%
26 Washington, USA 10 9 1 90.0%
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 Israel 3 3 0 100.0%
41 Maryland, USA 3 3 0 100.0%
42 Belgium 2 2 0 100.0%
43 Brunei 2 1 1 50.0%
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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