Matthew is a Charles Ching Scholar. Matthew is developing a broad civil practice across the full range of commercial litigation, international arbitration and advisory work. He is comfortable being instructed as part of a counsel team or in his own right, and has appeared unled in the High Court.
Before coming to the Bar, Matthew had a stint at one of China’s top Red Circle Firms where he acquired a good understanding of the Mainland market in the context of cross-border commercial disputes. As barrister, Matthew is regularly instructed to act – as junior or sole counsel – in high-stakes commercial arbitrations administered by major arbitral institutions in Asia, including HKIAC, SIAC and CIETAC (HK). He also acts as secretary to arbitral tribunals.
Matthew read law in Hong Kong and Chinese Mainland and holds a Master of Laws degree in PRC Civil and Commercial Law from Peking University. He served pupillage with Mr Hectar Pun SC, Mr Adrian Lai JP, Dr Benny Lo, Mr Randy Shek and Mr Richard Yip before commencing his full practice in 2022. He currently serves in the Standing Committee on Mainland Affairs and the Committee on Arbitration of HKBA.
孙晧邦大律师正全面开展民商事法律业务，执业范围涵盖商事诉讼、仲裁代理及提供法律咨询等各民事专业领域。孙大律师在高等法院、区域法院和仲裁庭均有独自出庭的经验。孫大律師在接受客户委聘时，可根据案件需求灵活采取独任代理或团队协作模式。
在国际仲裁领域，孙大律师经常受委托（不论作为独任代理人或大律师团队一员）代理客户参与亚洲地区不同仲裁机构管理的仲裁，包括香港国际仲裁中心（HKIAC）、新加坡国际仲裁中心（SIAC）和中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会香港仲裁中心（CIETAC (HK) 贸仲香港分会）的机构仲裁。 孙大律师处理的案件兼具中国内地法律要素与涉外因素，具体涉及：中国外汇管制规定、中国代理法、VIE结构（协议控制架构）、适用《联合国国际货物销售合同公约》（CISG）的跨境货物销售合同、中国7号公告间接转让税务规则、开曼群岛豁免有限合伙等。孙大律师正在多起仲裁中代理不同私募基金投资者，就目标公司拒不履行优先股被回购权进行追偿，其中一案请求金额接近1亿美元。孙大律师亦接受仲裁庭秘书的委任。
孙大律师具有中国内地与香港双重法律教育背景，获北京大学法学硕士学位。孙大律师师从潘熙资深大律师、黎逸轩大律师（太平绅士）、卢君政博士大律师、石书铭大律师和叶海琅大律师，并于2022年正式取得香港大律师执业资格。同年，孙大律师获香港大律师公会颁发“沈澄纪念奖学金”。孙大律师现任香港大律师公会内地事务常务委员会委员及仲裁事务委员会委员。
