Temple Chambers boasts a reputable competition practice, as the home to a number of skilled counsel. Abraham Chan SC is frequently engaged in a number of high-value matters, acting in cases with a range of industry sectors, including medical gases, real estate and sale of goods. Eva Sit SC has a notable and broad practice, and Tim Parker, joining from Denis Chang’s Chambers in 2023, possesses a considerable practice, of particular note is his involvement in the case of Apple Inc. v Competition and Markets Authority, concerning Apple and Google’s cloud gaming and mobile systems. Joshua Chan and Peter Dong possess growing competition practices and are the rising stars of the set.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ' The quality of barristers at Temple Chambers is particularly high.'
- 'Temple Chambers is the leading set in this (new) area of law. Their barristers are always in high demand.'
Silks
Leading Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Juniors
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Tim Parker
Temple Chambers 'Tim brings a rich experience in the competition sphere both in Hong Kong and from the United Kingdom.'
Rising stars
Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.
Byron Chiu
Temple Chambers ‘Byron has solid knowledge in the area of competition law. He’s always on top of the issues, and is able to form sensible advices. He has good advocacy skills too.’
Joshua Chan
Temple Chambers ‘Joshua is the standout junior in the Hong Kong Bar for competition matters. He has forensic attention to detail, is incredibly smart, and delivers clear and concise advice.’
Peter Dong
Temple Chambers ‘Peter is knowledgeable and hard working. He has particular expertise in competition law (an emerging area of HK law) particularly given his background in economics. He is responsive and a pleasure to work with.’