Sum Lam: Email & Phone Number

Work Experience 26 years

Editorial Board-HKPG – TMT (Tech, Media & Telecom Law | AI, Finance & Entertainment) at LexisNexis

Jun 2025 - Current

Visiting Lecturer at University of Oxford

Jan 2025 - Current

Academic Book Author at Springer Nature

Jan 2025 - Current

Head of Patents (GC) | IP, Technology & Commercial at Eversheds Sutherland

Jun 2019 - Current

Leadership and Management Section Member at The Law Society

Mar 2026 - Current

President of Tsinghua University School of Law (Hong Kong) Postgraduate Association at Tsinghua University

Mar 2014 - Current

Legal Academic Book Author at LexisNexis Hong Kong & Taiwan

Jan 2021 - Current

President at Hong Kong Chinese Patent Attorneys' Association

Jan 2014 - Current

Vice President at Hong Kong Institute of Patent Attorneys

Jan 2020 - Current

Pro Bono Legal Counsel at Hong Kong Brands Protection Alliance

Jan 2024 - Current

IP Practice Lead at Squire Patton Boggs

Nov 2016 - Jun 2019

Senior Consultant (Senior Patent Attorney and Patent Litigator) at China Patent Agent (HK) Ltd

Aug 2000 - Sep 2016

Visiting Lecturer (HK Campus) at University of Warwick

Sep 2012 - Aug 2014

Lecturer at HKPC - Hong Kong Productivity Council

Sep 2011 - Aug 2014

Sum is proficient in English, German, and Mandarin Chinese & Cantonese. Their professional focus is Accounting, Analytical Chemistry, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) across 3 core areas.

Sum holds Attorney-at-law - US (Washington), England & Wales: Solicitor Advocate (Civil) | Right of Audience Before All Levels of Courts, and England & Wales: Solicitor Advocate (Criminal) | Right of Audience Before All Levels of Courts certifications and has been awarded Ranked Tier 1 in Hong Kong Patents, Copyright and Trademarks, Dato' (also spelt as Datuk or Datu - transliterated as 拿督 in Chinese), and Knight Commander