Rachel’s practice relates mainly to insolvency, regulatory, company and commercial matters. She is qualified in three jurisdictions - Hong Kong, England & Wales and New York State - and has  practised in Hong Kong since 2006.

Rachel has extensive experience in insolvency matters, company and commercial litigation, as well as in the securities field.

She has significant experience in dealing with insolvency matters, acting regularly for liquidators, creditors, shareholders, and a wide range of companies. Her company and commercial litigation practice comprises commercial trust matters, corporate claims, derivative actions, and commercial injunctions. Her regulatory and securities practice encompasses market misconduct and related disciplinary, compliance and contentious matters.

In connection with these disputes, she regularly advises clients in relation to the multifarious issues which can crop up in both contentious and non-contentious settings. She deals regularly with complex issues of law and has advised and represented financial institutions, investors, listed companies and their directors, trustees, beneficiaries, regulators, and shareholders.

New silk Rachel Lam SC of Des Voeux Chambers is a "very busy" and "very bright and knowledgeable" counsel with a "calm yet persuasive advocacy style which is very succinct but covers every point." Experienced in a variety of commercial, intellectual property and regulatory issues, she stands out in particular for her expertise in the insolvency sphere, interviewees observing that she is "very much front and centre in the market" and the "preferred counsel" of a number of leading liquidators and professional trustees.

Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific (2020)

Rachel Lam of Des Voeux Chambers is noted both for "very intelligent and very detailed work" and for what one source calls "a particularly impressive advocacy style - eloquent and passionate and yet calm; a very powerful combination." Another source ascribes to her "all the gravitas of a silk." In addition to a busy company and commercial, regulatory and insolvency-related practice, she is also active in the intellectual property arena and acted for start-up company Acron International Technology in appellate proceedings which represented Hong Kong's first case concerning an employer's entitlement to lay claim to an employee's inventions.

Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific (2019)

Rachel Lam of Des Voeux Chambers is singled out by one source as "one of our best senior juniors," more than one interviewee stressing that she "pursues points strongly, but not unfairly," making her "someone the court trusts." Both sought after as a junior and increasingly seen leading cases in her own right, she is especially recommended for her "very good practice in insolvency matters" and assured handling of trust issues.

Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific (2018)