Jocelyn is the Head of the Family Law team of Withers Hong Kong and is the managing director of the Hong Kong office. As one of the leading divorce and family lawyers in Hong Kong with over 18 years of experience, Jocelyn advises on high net worth divorces and complex family law matters.
A Hong Kong divorce lawyer with over 18 years' experience
Jocelyn advises on all aspects of matrimonial law, including divorce, separation, prenuptial agreements, asset division, child care and custody, and both international and cross-border divorces that involve complex financial disputes. She advises husbands, wives and unmarried partners and is an experienced advocate in the Hong Kong courts as well as a seasoned negotiator in mediations.
High-profile family law cases in Hong Kong
Jocelyn has been involved in a number of high-profile divorce cases in Hong Kong, acting for high net-worth individuals with diverse and complex financial issues. Her work includes advising on family wealth planning and protection, matters involving trusts and corporate structures, and applications for injunctive relief arising in a family law context.She also advised on two landmark cases before the Hong Kong High Court, resulting in a big victory for the LGBTQ+ community through the grant of equal parental rights to same-sex partners.
Cross-border divorce experience
Jocelyn also has experience advising on cross-jurisdictional divorce issues, which require coordination with overseas solicitors and experts, alongside leading counsel in Hong Kong and other countries.Jocelyn is experienced with divorce cases involving disputes on beneficial ownership of assets, asset dissipation, valuation of assets, and the division and preservation of assets.
Children, custody and relocation
Her recent cases have included issues of jurisdiction and financial discovery with a few notable cases involving well-known families in Hong Kong.Jocelyn is passionate about cases involving children’s interests, custody, care and control, and has successfully acted in a number of child relocation matters, with expertise in Hague Convention child abduction cases before the Hong Kong High Court.
Achievements
Jocelyn has been recognised as one of the Top 100 Women in Litigation 2025 by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific. She is also recognised as a Recommended Lawyer in Doyle’s Hong Kong Family & Divorce Lawyers Ranking from 2020-2023, and as a Leading Lawyer in 2024 and 2025. She is rated as a Future Star in Benchmark Litigation in the practice areas of Family and Matrimonial for 3 consecutive years (2020-2022) and as a Litigation Star from 2023-2025.She is also ranked in Chambers and Partners' Greater China Region from 2021-2026, and in Chambers HNW in 2024 and 2025. She's named as Next generation partner in Legal 500 in 2023 - 2025, the Visionaries in China Business Law Journal's The A-List 2023 and 2024, the Young Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm) at the ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2022, and was listed as Asia’s top 40 lawyers under the age of 40 by ALB in 2022.
Recent recognition
Me in a minute
People often say they have Monday blues, but I never feel that way. I love what I do.
I knew I did not want to focus on any area of law but family law right from the beginning. I started straight off working as a trainee in a firm specialising only in family law before I joined Withers. People often say they have Monday blues, but I never feel that way. I love what I do.
Out of work, I lead a second life as an athlete. I have been training in all sorts of sports for hours every day since I was young as a competitive swimmer, a marathon runner, and a mid-fielder in my hockey teams. What drives me in life is my passion in sports, and the more challenging it is, the more I want to pursue it. I wake up early every morning for CrossFit training, and train Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) every evening after work which includes the disciplines of Brazillian jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai and Boxing.