May Chan received her Bachelor of Laws degree and Postgraduate Certificate in Laws both from the University of Hong Kong. She was admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong. May was also admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in the United Kingdom and as a Legal Practitioner in Australia (New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania). She is a qualified Notary Public (Hong Kong).

She has over 10 years experience in intellectual property matters including enforcement of all intellectual property rights both in Hong Kong and mainland China, including advising on and arranging regional anti-counterfeiting strategies for multi-national brandname owners, liaising with customs and local administrative authorities for raid actions and cooperation with customs authorities for criminal prosecution of infringers. She has acted in dispute resolutions at World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) for cyber-squatting cases.

She has also been involved extensively in trademark prosecution, opposition and invalidation proceedings in China, Hong Kong, Macau and other Asian countries including Taiwan (ROC), Japan and Korea. She is a member of the Asian Patent Attorneys Associations (APAA) and the Hong Kong Institute of Trademark Practitioners.

May's working languages are English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese). She has a basic knowledge of French.