Lai Wong was born in 1946. His professional life developed in Hong Kong, which was a British colony until 1997 and has since been a Special Administrative Region of China.
He speaks English and Cantonese, the principal language of everyday life in Hong Kong.
Lai Wong's documented education is associated with Hong Kong, where he was admitted to the bar in 1984. Admission to the bar marked his entry into the Hong Kong legal profession, which operated within the common-law system inherited from the territory's British colonial administration.
Lai Wong's documented professional career is centered on Wilkinson & Grist, where he serves as a partner. The firm traces its origins to 1883, when Daniel Edmund Caldwell founded it in Hong Kong. Charles David Wilkinson joined in 1886 and the firm became Caldwell & Wilkinson; after Caldwell left in 1891 and Edgar James Grist joined, it took the name Wilkinson & Grist.
The firm moved to Prince's Building on Chater Road in 1982 and opened an office in Beijing in 2000. Its dispute resolution practice, which the firm connects with its early role in Hong Kong's legal reports, remains one of its principal practice groups.
As a partner, Lai Wong belongs to the senior ownership and management tier of a partnership firm in Hong Kong's legal sector.
