Edward Tai

Consulting Principal

Email: edward.tai@irlegal.lawyer

Born and educated in Hong Kong, Edward is admitted as a solicitor in Australia (NSW and SA), Hong Kong, and England & Wales. He began his career as a commercial litigator in Hong Kong before moving in-house, where he held senior positions—including General Counsel, Head of Legal, Director of M&A and Company Secretary—at prominent listed corporations in Hong Kong and Mainland China. His work has centred on cross-border M&A, corporate finance, and listing compliance, and he has advised Chinese enterprises on strategic overseas acquisitions. He has also served as the Legal and Executive Director of an ASX-listed gold mining company based in Perth.

Edward provides comprehensive corporate and commercial legal services, including e-commerce and technology transactions, M&A, corporate finance, governance and secretarial matters, franchising, intellectual property, data privacy, consumer law, employment law, commercial dispute resolution and litigation, and real estate transactions. He is also experienced in handling cross-border legal matters involving Australia, Hong Kong and Mainland China, particularly in relation to investment, commercial transactions and regulatory compliance.

He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the University of Hong Kong, a Graduate Certificate in Dispute Resolution from the University of Technology Sydney, and a Master of Laws in Corporate and Commercial Law from the University of New South Wales. Edward holds practising certificates in both NSW and Hong Kong.

Fully bilingual in English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Edward advises and drafts with equal proficiency in both languages.

戴律師出生於香港，並在那裡接受教育。他擁有澳大利亞（新南威爾斯和南澳大利亞）、香港以及英格蘭和威爾斯的律師執業資格。他的職業生涯始於香港的商業訴訟律師，之後轉入企業內部法務部門，先後在香港和中國的知名上市公司擔任高級職務，包括總法律顧問、法律主管、併購總監和公司秘書。他的工作主要集中在跨國併購、企業融資和上市合規方面，並曾為中國企業提供海外戰略收購的法律諮詢。他也曾擔任一家總部位於珀斯的澳洲上市黃金礦業公司的法律及執行董事。

戴律師能提供全面的公司和商業法律服務，包括電子商務和科技交易、併購、企業融資、公司治理和秘書事務、特許經營、智識產權、資料隱私、消費者權益保護法、僱傭法、商業糾紛調解和訴訟以及房地產交易。他在處理涉及澳洲、香港和中國內地的跨境法律事務方面經驗豐富，尤其擅長投資、商業交易和監管合規方面的事務。

他持有香港大學法學學士（榮譽）學位及法律研究生證書、雪梨科技大學調解學研究生證書，以及新南威爾斯大學公司及商法碩士學位。戴律師持有新南威爾斯省和香港的執業證書。

戴律師精通英語和中文（粵語和普通話），並且能夠以同樣嫻熟的語言提供法律諮詢和文書起草服務。

Areas of Practice:

• Corporate and Commercial Law

• Intellectual Property Law

• E-Commerce & Technology Law

• Cross-Border Transactions (AU/HK/China)