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HONG KONG
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Byron Chiu
Position
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.
Education
Byron completed his Juris Doctor degree at the University of Hong Kong as the top graduate. He subsequently obtained his Bachelor of Civil Law degree at the University of Oxford. Byron won two international mooting competitions with the University of Hong Kong team, namely the Herbert Smith Freehills Competition Law Moot in 2016, in which his team also won the award for Best Written Memoranda, and the Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot in 2014, in which he was also awarded the Sir Nicholas Pumfrey Award for Best Individual Mooter.
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong Bar > Competition
(Rising Stars)Temple Chambers boasts significant ‘experience of key senior and junior members who are at the forefront of the new competition regime‘, and the set is home to Abraham Chan SC, who is active in a large volume of the competition matters that reach the Competition Tribunal, and he frequently represents both the Competition Commission and respondents in enforcement actions and investigations. Chan SC represented a respondent in Competition Commission v Linde HKO Limited, Tse Chun Wah and Linde GMBH, which was the first case brought by the Competition Commission that alleged the abuse of market power contrary to section 21 of the Competition Ordinance. Eva Sit SC is another notable member of the team, in addition to Byron Chiu and Joshua Chan, the rising stars of the set.