Chambers Review
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Commercial Dispute Resolution: The Bar - China
What the Team is Known For
Temple Chambers is widely regarded as one of the top sets in Hong Kong, drawing on its 40-year history and deep well of experience across its membership of over 60 barristers. The set offers an array of expertise in all manner of commercial disputes, in addition to insights gleaned from its members' roles in the administration of the Bar, as well as in the judiciary. One source appreciates the set's "abundance of talents who are diligent and capable of giving practical advice", while another asserts: "They have top lawyers in their fields of practice". A third source summarises: "Temple is an excellent set of chambers with very helpful and learned barristers". Brittany Huang is practice development manager and a key contact.
Notable practitioners
Bernard is wonderful to work with and has a very good bedside manner with clients. He is super smart and very user-friendly.
He is undoubtedly a very well-rounded and experienced senior counsel.
Bernard is a brilliant mind and quick on his feet.
She is user-friendly, deals with legal issues capably and has a great ability to speak Chinese and work with Chinese clients, which is a great help.
Bonnie is commercial and has strong advocacy skills.
Bonnie is very good at the law, presenting complex legal issues and peparing advice for a layman client to understand easily.
Charles’ advice was not only commercially astute but also concise, user-friendly and directly relevant to our needs.
Charles is hardworking, very knowledgeable and pragmatic. He is excellent on his feet.
Charles is very hands-on and responsive to urgent requests.
Eva is simply amazing. She grasps the situation quickly and advises thoroughly.
Eva is one of the best at the bar. She is very impressive in court and an excellent advocate. She is a joy to work with.
Eva is at the cutting edge of company and insolvency matters and is very structured in her submissions.
He's got raw brilliance.
Given Jat's experience and advocacy skills, he is someone you would need when you need to argue difficult points of law at the appellate court.
He is an extremely experienced advocate who can give you a view on practically all matters.
Paul is quick on his feet, with a highly persuasive yet smooth advocacy style. He is capable of seeing the bigger picture and is highly trustworthy in his steer.
Rimsky is the best advocate in arbitration, and is well connected and commercially savvy.
We worked with Rimsky on an arbitration matter and he was fantastic. His advocacy and understanding of the dispute was tremendous.
He is commercially astute and very user-friendly.
Victor's advocacy is punchy. He is also very practical and commercial, which is appreciated by lay clients a lot.
He is well respected by all the judges and is a solid, complete lawyer.
Victor is a wonderful advocate. He is super smart, user friendly and incredibley well respected by the judiciary
He is extremely knowledgeable and experienced in shareholder disputes.
Victor is an outstanding advocate who is very grounded, sensible, doesn't have airs and graces and gives very sensible, practical advice. I couldn't speak more highly of him.
Wong Yan Lung is the brains behind the strategy.
Abraham would be our go-to silk for most types of cases. He has a strong all-round skillset.
Abraham doesn't get rattled and can always pivot in real time. He is not only thoroughly prepared but he anticipates any potential pitfalls.
Abraham is fantastically articulate and I will always try to use him for public law matters and an increasing number of other commercial disputes. He offers excellent value for money.
Charles understands the issues in complex cases quickly and expresses himself succinctly. He is a brilliant advocate and highly recommended for cases involving cross-examination of witnesses.
Keith is diligent, responsive and sharp.
He is very talented and strong in advocacy.
Tim Parker combines an advisory and advocacy practice, specialising in public international and regulatory law, and is also particularly active on civil liberties cases and constitutional law matters, as well as competition law disputes.
Tim is the full package and is absolutely superb, covering a wide variety of areas. He is brilliantly clever and fantastically savvy and tactically astute, and produces outstanding documents.
He is a very bright junior and very eloquent in delivery and advocacy in court.
Mr. Fung SC is very helpful and responsive to client needs.
I am amazed by James' fast turnaround time. He is always able to give practical advice to clients.
James is hardworking and dedicated.
James is one of the juniors I go to when I have a testing or difficult case. He is very responsive, thorough and knows the law. He is a clever barrister who will go far.
Justin is practical, user-friendly and knowledgeable.
Justin has a very active practice in contentious insolvency matters and he has never failed to impress.
Justin is diligent, intelligent and strategically intuitive.
He is very competent and user-friendly.
Laurence is my go-to silk for disputes involving financial and regulatory elements.
I am always impressed by Alex's quality of work and analysis.
Alex naturally commands a lot of respect in court. He knows what points to pursue and has very good judgement.
Alex is a strong advocate and delivers complex legal and factual issues in clear and forceful submissions. He is very meticulous and is able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the case.
Anthony makes excellent written submissions, with an ability to get to the heart of the matter very quickly.
Jonathan is punchy; he is a good counsel to have on your side when oral evidence and cross examination is crucial. He never disappoints.
I'm impressed by his ability to comprehend complex matters and provide practical solutions.
Julian is a super bright junior with very strong research skills. He is also good as a sole advocate.
Julian came up with a lot of good arguments for us to make and is very articulate and able to cut through a lot of stuff.
Law Man-Chung SC advises on an array of commercial disputes, with broad experience spanning construction disputes, probate claims and the enforcement of arbitral awards.
Man-Chung is a senior counsel who rolls up his sleeves and gets into the details of a case. He is practical, honest with his advice and an effective advocate.
He is first class in every respect; exactly what you would expect from a silk and more.
Man-Chung is highly approachable and provides very practical solutions.
Martin Ho combines a broad company and commercial practice with a noted line in the representation of the Hong Kong authorities in criminal contempt and so-called 'doxxing' cases involving the unauthorised publication of information concerning police or judicial officers and their families.
Martin is quick and understands client's needs.
Martin has impressed; the hearing involved a complicated procedural history and he was able to deliver quickly.
Martin is very pleasant to work with and provides practical advice.
She is a very good barrister who is intelligent, tenacious and easy to work with.
Sara is an excellent advocate and is capable of maintaing her sharpness and resilience in an apparently unfavourable situation. She is also highly exprienced in gauging the court's view.
Sara is extremely hands-on and responsive. She has great attention to detail and her written submissions are clear and persuasive.
Byron Chiu is a solid junior whose practice encompasses commercial disputes pertaining to competition and securities law. He is also equipped to handle enforcement of PRC arbitral awards.
Byron is solid in law and advocacy.
Byron is very good at all he does. He goes above and beyond for clients and is also very practical.
Joshua is a very talented young barrister and easy to work with.
He is very responsive and gives sensible advice.
Queenie Lau SC maintains a busy and varied caseload of commercial and company law disputes, offering extensive experience in the handling of shareholder disputes, fraud and professional negligence cases, in addition to defamation, land, employment and family law matters.
Queenie is excellent; she is intelligent, drafts well and is very responsive.
Queenie is hardworking and responsive.
Queenie is a reliable safe pair of hands who is proactive, pragmatic and highly competent. I am particularly impressed by her never-give-up style of advocacy.