CATHERINE FUNG
YEAR OF CALL
1987 Call to the Bar of England & Wales, UK
1987 Hong Kong
1988 Barrister, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
1991 Legal Practitioner, Northern Territory, Australia
AREA OF PRACTICE
Criminal
Civil: mainly on issues on Restraint Order
LEGAL QUALIFICATIONS
2014: Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists ("ACAMS"), USA
2005: Master of Laws in Chinese & Comparative Law, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2002: Bachelor of Laws, Peking University, People's Republic of China
CONTACT
[email protected]
PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW
Formerly Crown Counsel, Senior Crown Counsel and then the Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions of the Department of Justice, Hong Kong, specializing in commercial fraud and anti-money laundering issues such as the restraint of the proceeds of crime, the variation and the release of the restrained funds and the confiscation of the proceeds of crime.
MEMBERSHIP
Member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists ("ACAMS"), USA
SCHOLARSHIP
Legal Scholar of Hong Kong Government
SELECTED CASES
In 2001, I handled the "Bank of China" case which was completed in 2011 when the Restraint Order against the Respondents was discharged. This was the first case in the legal history of Hong Kong that evidence was obtained in Mainland China by way of letter of request. After that, I handled further cases, the evidence of which was also obtained in similar way in Mainland China and by mutual legal assistance in Australia and Denmark.
FURTHER INFORMATION
In 2006, I was one of the assessors of Asia/Pacific Group on mutual evaluation on Money Laundering ("APG"), a regional body of the Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") on the assessment of the anti-money laundering measures of Outer Mongolia.
I have conducted presentations, seminars and talks on The Asset Forfeiture of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Hangzhou in Mainland China, Indonesia, Australia and England.