Temple Chambers

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Abraham Chan SC’s practice spans commercial, constitutional and administrative law litigation. He regularly advises and acts as advocate in a wide range of complex, high-impact disputes for individuals and institutions at all levels of court in Hong Kong. Much of Abraham’s advocacy in silk has been at the appellate level, where he is often brought on fresh to lead in appealing or defending earlier judgments. Abraham has also acted as an independent court-appointed amicus curiae in appeals before the Court of Final Appeal and Court of Appeal, and as counsel for the Secretary of Justice intervening in the public interest. For more information, view full profile.

Alexander Stock SC

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Alexander Stock SC advises and appears as advocate, principally in the area of commercial litigation and arbitration. Alex’s commercial practice includes arbitration, banking, company law, insurance, professional negligence (auditors, solicitors, banks, brokers), and sale of goods. He has substantial experience of international arbitration, and challenges to arbitration awards before the Hong Kong courts. His regulatory experience extends to advising investment banks and others in relation to the Securities and Futures Ordinance, appearing before the Market Misconduct Tribunal, and cases involving the regulation and discipline of certified public accountants. Alex has acted for financial institutions on various cases regarding alleged mis-selling of investment products and derivative instruments, as well as unauthorised trading, letters of credit and issues arising from fraud claims. Alex has also been instructed in numerous sets of judicial review proceedings, for both applicant and respondent, with an emphasis on town planning and matters relating to the Buildings Ordinance. For more information, view the full profile here.

Anthony Chan SC

Anthony Chan SC has a broad civil litigation and advisory practice with an emphasis on public law and commercial law. Prior to his appointment as Senior Counsel on 20 May 2023, he was recognised by both Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 as a leading junior in his areas of expertise and was regarded as “probably one of the best junior counsel in town” and “on the up and up”. In his public law practice, Anthony has considerable experience in constitutional and administrative law litigations, civil liberty cases, town planning, judicial reviews generally and election petitions. Notable cases include acting for the Government in its successful defence of the constitutionality of the Small House Policy and the Co-location arrangement, and in advising the LegCo President on measures to resolve the filibustering of the election of the House Committee Chairman. He also advised and appeared for the LegCo President in the series of oath-taking cases and filibustering cases. Other highlights include representing the Bar in a case that confirms the distinction between counsel and solicitor advocates, and in successfully defending a constitutional challenge against the supplementary occupation rule. Anthony’s substantial commercial practice encompasses property disputes (compulsory sale, adverse possession and encroachment), shareholders’ disputes, insolvency matters and general contractual disputes. Anthony’s private client work include acting for family members and the committees in mental health and related proceedings (such as asset recovery and statutory will) and advising ultra-high net worth individuals on succession planning. Notably, he appeared in the leading case on the applicable principles on mental capacity in the context of the Mental Health Ordinance. Other areas of expertise include conflict of laws, breach of confidence (trade secrets), regulatory and disciplinary matters, building appeals, matrimonial finance and contempt of court proceedings. He also has a significant construction and arbitration practice. For more information, view the full profile here.

Astina Au

Astina maintains a broad civil practice, particularly in commercial and company matters, and has also handled cases relating to securities law, land, probate, trust, professional liability and defamation. She has appeared as a sole advocate before the Court of Appeal, Court of First Instance, District Court, Lands Tribunal; and has ample experience handling trials on her own. Her practice extends to local and cross-border arbitrations.

Bernard Man SC

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Bernard Man SC has a broad commercial litigation practice, with particular experience in banking, insolvency (corporate and personal) and company disputes. He also has a substantial chancery and family law practice. For more information, view the full profile here.

Bonnie Cheng

Bonnie Cheng practises in civil, commercial and family matters, as well as tax and public law, and accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work. She has appeared as junior counsel or as an advocate in her own right in the Court of Final Appeal, the Court of Appeal, the Court of First Instance, the District Court, the Family Court, the Inland Revenue Board of Review, the Market Misconduct Tribunal, the Securities and Futures Appeal Tribunal, the Coroner’s Court, the Town Planning Appeal Board, the Lands Tribunal and the Magistrates’ Courts. She has also advised on and appeared regularly in arbitrations (including arbitrations conducted in Putonghua). For more information, view the full profile here.

Byron Chiu

Byron joined Chambers after completing his pupillage with Mr Bernard Man SC, Mr Derek Chan SC, Mr Laurence Li SC and Mr Keith Lam. He has a broad civil practice and accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work. He is recognised as a “rising star” in the Commercial Disputes section in Legal 500 (2021) and cited as an “excellent counsel who gives clear and concise advice, and is familiar with a range of aspects of financial regulatory matters”. Since commencing practice, Byron has appeared as an advocate (either in his own right or as a led junior) in the Court of Appeal, the Court of First Instance, the Competition Tribunal, the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal, the Market Misconduct Tribunal and the District Court. He has also conducted civil trials (either in his own right or as a led junior) in English and Chinese.

Charles Hollander QC

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Charles practises in London from Brick Court Chambers, but since joining Temple Chambers on his call to the Hong Kong Bar in 2015, he splits his time between London and Hong Kong. He took the Bar exams and became Hong Kong qualified in order to spend more time as an advocate in the courts and arbitration in Hong Kong. Charles’ practice is predominantly in commercial litigation. He has been involved in many of the major litigations of the day in London and is an advocate who has a hands-on involvement as team leader in any litigation where he is involved. Charles’ recent work in Hong Kong includes a jurisdiction challenge in a professional negligence action against a US-based firm in China Medical Supplies v Paul Weiss, involvement in the first case before the new Competition Tribunal in Hong Kong Competition Commission v Nutanix, and Mayer BVI v Alliance Financial Intelligence where the Court of Appeal had to consider whether to follow recent English and Australian authority on setting aside judgments for fraud. Elsewhere he has been involved in an HKIAC arbitration involving marine transportation, litigation in Bermuda and the Bahamas, an action for 202,000 plaintiffs arising from the collapse of the Fundao dam in Brazil and a seminal case before the English Court of Appeal as to whether the contribution act had extra-territorial effect. For more information, view the full profile here.

Charles Manzoni KC, SC

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As a qualified Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, Charles worked in the international development department of a multi-national blue chip industrial company for five years before qualifying as a lawyer and entering private practice. Charles’s work involves mainly international litigation, arbitration and mediation across a broad spectrum of commercial work. He acts as counsel in the High Courts of London and Hong Kong, in international and domestic arbitrations, acts as a mediator and conciliator in cross border disputes and regularly sits as a sole arbitrator or as part of a three man tribunal. He has an expanding Sports law practice, and sits as an arbitrator with the Court of Arbitration for Sport. He was appointed QC in London in 2009 and SC in Hong Kong in 2012. For more information, view the full profile here.

Danny Tang

Danny joined Chambers after completing his pupillage with Ms Linda Chan SC, Mr Jin Pao (now Mr Jin Pao SC), Mr Tony Li and Mr Wilson Leung. He is developing a broad civil practice and has been instructed in cases involving areas such as company, insolvency, commercial, public law and injunctive relief. He accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work.

Deepak Nagpal KC

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Deepak is one of leading barristers specialising in matrimonial cases in Hong Kong and England. Deepak has appeared at all levels in matrimonial finance proceedings in England, including in the House of Lords and in the Supreme Court. He has acted in some of the biggest and most complicated matrimonial cases. He has appeared in numerous landmark decisions, such as McFarlane; Charman; Crossley; Granatino v Radmacher; Juffali; Gray v Work; and Sharp. Deepak is renowned for his expertise in cases involving ultra high net worth and high profile individuals. The assets in Deepak’s cases regularly exceed GBP 100 million and he has acted in several cases where they have been in excess of GBP 1 billion. Deepak has a wealth of experience in matrimonial cases involving complex offshore structures and trusts. Deepak also has a particular interest in trust, restitution and conflict of laws cases. Deepak has an unrivalled reputation in multi-jurisdictional matrimonial cases. As a result of his expertise in international matters, Deepak has been appointed to the UK Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law. In the Law Commission’s Report on Matrimonial Property, Needs and Agreements, Deepak was specifically acknowledged for his advice and expertise. Deepak is the co-editor the leading practitioner text, Jackson’s Matrimonial Finance. Deepak maintains a dual practice in Hong Kong and London. For more information, view the full profile here.

Elizabeth Cheung

Elizabeth has a broad civil practice with an emphasis on commercial and insolvency matters. She advises and appears regularly in shareholder disputes, disqualification of directors and the appointment of provisional liquidators. Elizabeth also acts and advises in general commercial disputes, company matters, tax matters (both for the Revenue and taxpayers), contractual disputes, judicial reviews, banking and finance, probate and administration, professional negligence, conflicts of laws and jurisdiction and vendor-purchaser summons. Elizabeth has extensive experience in urgent matters including obtaining and resisting injunctive relief in commercial disputes and in aid of arbitration and the appointment of provisional liquidators. Elizabeth is regularly appointed as a mediator in a wide range of commercial disputes. For more information, view the full profile here.

Eva Sit SC

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Eva practises predominantly in company and commercial areas, with experience in shareholders’ disputes, liquidation, commercial disputes, conflict of laws and jurisdictional disputes, and judicial review. For more information, view the full profile here.

James Man

James has been instructed in a wide range of cases and appeared as an advocate in the Lands Tribunal, the Market Misconduct Tribunal, the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal, the District Court, the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong. For more information, view the full profile here.

Jat Sew-Tong SC

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Jat Sew-Tong SC specialises in civil commercial litigation at all levels of courts and tribunals, covering international commercial disputes, banking, securities and regulation, company and shareholders disputes, breach of fiduciary duties claims, international trade and carriage of goods, international commercial arbitration, and media related matters. He has advised on and appeared in a number of judicial reviews and public law cases over a wide spectrum of subjects including constitutional law, human rights, elections, town planning, immigration, social welfare, telecommunication and broadcasting. In addition to his busy practice, Mr Jat is active in public service, having served as the inaugural Chairman of the statutory Independent Police Complaints Council, and Chairperson of the Minimum Wage Commission, as well as serving on a number of advisory bodies and appeal boards. In 2014, he was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star. For more information, view the full profile here.

Jennifer Fan

Jennifer has a broad civil practice, with particular experience in civil, commercial, property and family matters. She has had trial and appellate experience both as a junior counsel and as an advocate in her own right in English and Chinese. She has also advised on and appeared in arbitrations (including emergency arbitrations) and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work.

Jin Pao SC

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Jin actively accepts instructions in a broad spectrum of civil commercial matters, where he has a particular interest in cases with international dimensions. He also has significant experience in constitutional and administrative law, human rights and judicial review cases generally. He has also been instructed as an expert witness on Hong Kong law in proceedings in the BVI, Canada and the United States. For more information, view the full profile here.

Jonathan Chang SC

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Jonathan practices in all areas of civil matters, with a particular emphasis on commercial litigation, judicial review, tax, land and regulatory work. He has appeared in a wide variety of cases, at all levels of the Courts, the Board of Review, the Insider Dealing Tribunal, the Market Misconduct Tribunal and the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal. He was also appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2022. Born and educated in Hong Kong, Jonathan is comfortable with the use of the Chinese language in Court proceedings, and he has on numerous occasions conducted trials and appeals in Chinese. He has also given expert evidence on Hong Kong law in Putonghua in Mainland proceedings. For more information, view the full profile here.

Joshua Chan

Following completion of pupillage with Mr. Victor Dawes SC, Mr. Abraham Chan SC, Ms. Eva Sit and Mr. Tony Li, Joshua joined Chambers in 2017. He has appeared as an advocate in the Court of Appeal, the Court of First Instance, the Competition Tribunal, the Market Misconduct Tribunal and the Securities and Futures Appeal Tribunal of Hong Kong. For more information, view the full profile here.

Julian Lam

Julian has a broad civil and commercial practice, with experience in complex and high-value arbitration and litigation. Julian’s practice also extends to securities, revenue, admiralty, public law and medico-legal disputes. For more information, view the full profile here.

Justin Ho

Justin has developed a broad practice across the full spectrum of civil and commercial disputes (including arbitration-related and professional negligence disputes) with an emphasis on company and insolvency, trusts and probate as well as property litigation. He has a particular interest in multi-jurisdictional disputes and matters with a cross-border element, and has advised on and appeared in a number of such cases. He has also had exposure to public law, including judicial review and constitutional matters. Justin regularly appears as an advocate (either in his own right or as a led junior) in the District Court, Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal. He also has experience appearing in other statutory tribunals. He is a CEDR accredited mediator and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He also regularly appears in arbitrations as counsel, and accepts appointments to act as arbitrator. For more information, view the full profile here.

Keith Lam

Keith maintains a broad civil and commercial practice, regularly instructed to appear in court and has appeared at all levels from the District Court to the Court of Final Appeal. For more information, view the full profile here.

Laurence Li SC

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Mr. Li practices commercial litigation with a focus on matters involving the financial markets and financial services. He regularly acts for banks, investors, listed companies, their directors, shareholders, accounting firms, valuers, the Government, and the regulators. He has appeared in all levels of the Court as well as all the statutory and non-statutory tribunals in this field. For more information, view the full profile here.

Law Man Chung SC

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MC Law SC has a broad civil and commercial practice. He advises and acts in disputes in various fields, including general commercial and contractual disputes, company and shareholders disputes, land and real property, corporate finance, conflict of laws, insolvency, banking, trusts and probate, libel and slander, confidential information; arbitration and discrimination. For more information, view the full profile here.

Martin Ho

Martin maintains a civil practice, with a particular emphasis on commercial, company, insolvency, land, public law, securities-related and regulatory work. For more information, view the full profile here.

Matthew Gearing

Matthew Gearing KC is widely regarded as a leading arbitration practitioner of his generation; in particular, he was appointed Queen's Counsel (England & Wales) in February 2014. He has substantial experience of arbitrations, particularly in Hong Kong and the wider Asian region.

Paul Shieh SC

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Paul Shieh SC has a wide commercial litigation and arbitration practice, with experience in banking, insolvency (corporate and personal), company, commercial fraud, conflict of laws, family law and professional negligence. He also acts in judicial reviews, and appears both for applicants and for respondents (whether government departments or other public bodies). For more information, view the full profile here.

Queenie Lau

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Queenie has a broad, predominantly civil, practice which includes commercial law, securities and regulatory matters, banking, company law, land law, conveyancing, building management, professional negligence, employment law, family law, defamation, probate and commercial fraud. She has been instructed by a media conglomerate to advise and act for it in a range of cases, acts for the Securities and Futures Commission as well as parties under investigation, and also acts both for and against banks. She has substantial trial and appellate experience both as an advocate in her own right and as junior counsel. Queenie is also regularly involved in arbitration and mediation, and has experience conducting both arbitrations and mediations in Putonghua. For more information, view the full profile here.

Richard Khaw SC

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Richard’s practice covers a wide range of civil and commercial litigation which includes disputes relating to commercial agreements, company/shareholder, properties and trusts, banking, insurance policies, insolvency, defamation and professional negligence. The cases he has handled often involve the question of forum, conflict of laws and enforcement of both arbitral awards and court judgments. Apart from court proceedings, Mr Khaw appears regularly in international arbitrations (including LCIA arbitration proceedings in London) as counsel. Richard has sat as Deputy High Court Judge during various periods between 2018 and 2021. In 2021, he was appointed Recorder of the High Court. He is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators and acts as either presiding arbitrator or party-nominated co-arbitrator in international arbitrations from time to time. Richard is on the List of Arbitrators of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the Hong Kong Bar Association. He is also on the Panel of Arbitrators of the Shanghai Arbitration Commission. Further, as a CEDR accredited mediator, Richard has acted as a mediator in various disputes. Richard has also had the experience in conducting proceedings in Chinese (including arbitration proceedings in Putonghua). Apart from the above, Richard has a strong interest in competition law. In 2009, he spent time in both Brick Court Chambers and Monckton Chambers in London observing and learning the practice in that area. He has acted for and advised parties on matters arising from the investigative process. For more information, view the full profile here.

Rimsky Yuen SC

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Rimsky practises as barrister, arbitrator and mediator in commercial disputes. He has been appointed as arbitrator in various international arbitrations (both Hong Kong and overseas) and has also been retained as advising counsel or advocate in various commercial disputes.

Robin McLeish

Robin maintains a general civil practice with an emphasis on commercial litigation, employment law, including discrimination and privacy law aspects thereof, professional negligence, and personal injuries and medical negligence cases. For more information, view the full profile here.

Sara Tong SC

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Sara Tong SC is an experienced counsel specialising in commercial litigation. Her practice comprises a broad spectrum of civil commercial disputes, corporate and shareholders’ disputes, trust and probate matters, professional negligence and disciplinary matters, employment disputes, securities and regulatory matters and judicial reviews. Sara has been instructed as advocate for a wide range of individuals and institutions at all levels of court in Hong Kong, as well as various specialist and disciplinary tribunals. She also appears as counsel in arbitrations and sits as arbitrator in commercial disputes. Sara has served as a Temporary Deputy Registrar of the High Court and as a Deputy District Judge, and has also been appointed by the Government to various statutory appeal boards and tribunals. For more information, view the full profile here.

Theresa Chow

Theresa has a broad civil practice and accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work. She has been instructed in a wide range of cases involving areas such as family/ matrimonial (ancillary relief and children matters), probate, mental health proceedings, general commercial, company, employment and arbitration matters. She has appeared as an advocate (either in her own right or as a led junior) in all levels of Court including the Family Court, the District Court, the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal. She has also appeared as an advocate (either in her own right or as a led junior) in arbitration under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, HKIAC Administrated Arbitration Rules and the ICC Rules of Arbitration. For more information, view the full profile here.

Tim Parker

Tim’s practice spans constitutional and administrative law, public international law, civil and commercial disputes (before the courts and in arbitration), as well as competition and other regulatory matters. He is engaged in complex, high impact matters either as sole advocate or as part of a wider team. Tim is also qualified in England & Wales, where he is a member of Blackstone Chambers. He has acted in numerous landmark cases before the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, the Privy Council, and courts at all levels in Hong Kong, England & Wales, and other commonwealth jurisdictions. Tim is a Bar Scholar. He holds an LLM (First Class) from the University of Cambridge, where he was elected to the coveted Whewell Scholarship for International Law, an LLB and PCLL from the University of Hong Kong, and a BA from the University of Melbourne. Tim is ranked in the major legal directories as a leading junior for commercial disputes, competition, and public law.

Val Chow

Val has a broad civil and commercial practice and is experienced in advising listed companies, regulators, financial institutions, liquidators, directors and shareholders on a range of financial, securities, company, trust and regulatory matters. Val is also actively developing an arbitration practice. He regularly acts in international commercial arbitrations and has advised on various aspects concerning arbitration (including document disclosure, jurisdictional challenge and interim relief). In early 2020, he was appointed by The Court of Arbitration for Arts at The Hague as a member of its pool of arbitrators. Val has also authored a number of legal opinions for use in court proceedings in Mainland China in which he provided expert opinion on Hong Kong law on areas including contract law, private international law, arbitration, money-lending, securities law and agency law. For more information, view the full profile here.

Victor Joffe KC, SC

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Victor appeares regularly in the Hong Kong Courts at both first instance and appellate level. His practice encompasses all aspects of company law (including corporate insolvency), commercial law, and trusts (particularly international trusts), and he has extensive experience in injunctions and other interlocutory applications. Victor has likewise appeared frequently at both first instance and appellate level in England, the BVI, Anguilla, Grand Cayman and Gibraltar. He is also well known for his leading publication Minority Shareholders: Law, Practice and Procedure (6th edition, 2018, OUP). For more information, view the full profile here.

Victor Dawes SC

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Victor is a commercial litigator with substantial experience in wide range of commercial and chancery disputes including international arbitration, equity and trusts, probate, company law, and banking and financial disputes. Since the financial crisis in 2008, he appeared for a large number of financial institutions in the most significant mis-selling cases concerning a wide range of investment products: e.g. Selina Kwok v HSBC, DBS Bank v Sit, Chang v Bank of Singapore and Shine Grace v Citibank. Victor also has a substantial practice in high value trust disputes, most recently appearing in Herman Budihardjo v Di Gunawan and Yang Foo-oi v Wai-wai Chen. As part of his ADR practice, Victor appears regularly as counsel in arbitrations and related court applications, and sits as arbitrator in a wide range of commercial disputes. He is on the HKIAC Panel of Arbitrator, the HKIAC Panel for Financial Services Disputes and the SHIAC Panel. He is also a member of the Proceedings Committee of the HKIAC. In July 2020, Victor was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Securities and Futures Commission. Throughout his career, Victor acted regularly as advocate for both regulators and market participants. Recent cases include acting for the Stock Exchange in a number of judicial review proceedings regarding decisions of the Listing Appeals Committee. Victor is currently the Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association. For more information, view the full profile here.

Wilson Leung

Wilson is a dual-qualified barrister practising in both England and Hong Kong. He focuses on complex commercial litigation, with particular experience in contract claims, trusts and probate, banking disputes, company matters, insolvency, arbitration, and tax. Wilson also has a substantial practice in judicial review and public law. Wilson has significant trial and appellate experience both as sole advocate and as junior counsel. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and holds the Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from CIArb. For more information, view the full profile here.

Wong Yan-Lung SC

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Mr. Wong specialise in civil commercial work and has been taking on judicial review cases with high constitutional importance. He has also been instructed in arbitration cases involving disputes in substantial investment projects. He has conducted mediation in family shareholders disputes. Mr. Wong also advises the Government and other public bodies in Hong Kong such as the Communications Authority on regulatory issues. For more information, view the full profile here.

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